Imam Ali (AS) said, The decline [and imminent fall] of empires is evinced by four things: neglecting the principles [and core values of justice and equity], clinging to vanities, promotion of the wicked and demotion of the virtuous.
Mīzān al-Ḥikma #4000Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The fall of states can be discerned by four things: neglect of the fundamentals, embracing peripheral matters, bringing...