hadith
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Imam Ali (AS) said, I am amazed at the arrogant one who was [nothing but] a drop of semen yesterday and will tomorrow be [just] a corpse.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَجِبْتُ لِمُتَكَبِّر كانَ أمْسِ نُطْفَةً وَ هُوَ فِي غَد جيفَةً
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