hadith
5988
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Attest to the truth that has passed and take lesson from what has elapsed of this world, because indeed its one phase resembles the other and its end catches up to its beginning.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَدِّقْ بِما سَلَفَ مِنَ الحَقِّ وَ اعْتَبِرْ بِما مَضى مِنَ الدُّنيا فَإنَّ بَعْضَها يُشْبِهُ بَعْضاً وَ آخِرُها لاحِقٌ بِأوَّلِها
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