And it has been reported from the great writer Gibran Khalil Gibran that he said: "Ali is a jewel among the pebbles," meaning that all people are pebbles in comparison to him, while he is a brilliant jewel among them. And Professor Shibli Shumayyil said: "Imam Ali bin Abi Talib is the greatest of the great and a singular exemplar of which neither the East nor the West has seen an exact replica, neither in ancient nor in modern times."

[153] And from the book Mashariq al-Anwar, the Commander of the Faithful (exalted be his might) said in a sermon of his: "And no one can be compared to us."

❖ From Surah Al-Fatihah ❖