Similar narrations

• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #7058 Imam Ali (AS) said, The scholar is alive even when he is dead.
• Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1762 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘An ignorant person is dead, even though he is living.
• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1511 Imam Ali (AS) said, An ignorant person is dead, even when he is alive.
• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1497 Imam Ali (AS) said, An ignorant person is [like the] dead among the living.