Sayings · Triumph through sin is true defeat

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

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Arabic text

۳۲۷. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): مَا ظَفِرَ مَنْ ظَفِرَ الْإِثْمُ بِهِ، وَالْغَالِبُ بِالشَّرِّ مَغْلُوبٌ.

Original English translation

327. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: He whom sin overpowers is not victorious, and he who secures victory by evil is (in fact) vanquished.

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