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Nahj al-Balaghah/Letters

Letters · To the governor of Basra upon learning that he had accepted an invitation to a lavish banquet

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

فَاتَّقِ اللهَ يَا ابْنَ حُنَيْفٍ، وَلْتَكْفُفْ أَقْرَاصُكَ، لِيَكُونَ مِنْ النَّارِ خَلَاصُكَ.

Translation

Therefore, O’ Ibn Ḥunayf, fear Allāh and be content with your own loaves so that you may escape Hell.

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