The Fountain of Life hath been given me to drink...

The Fountain of Life hath been given me to drink, I have been made an adapt of the mystery of Life. No one hath told the secret which I will tell Or threaded a pearl of thought like mine Heaven taught me this lore, I cannot hide it from my comrades. [^3] In fact, 'Ali is like the laws of nature which remain unchanged by time. He is a well-spring of munificence which is never dry, but which rather increases day by day.

In the words of Kahlil Gibran[^4] he was one of those personalities who was born before his time. [^1]: Nahju' l-balaghah: Saying no. 47 [^2]: Nahju 'l-balaghah, Sermon no. 149 [^3]: Muhammad Iqbal: The Secrets of the self, translation of R. A. Nicholson, 2nd revised ed., Lahore 1940. [^4]: Jubran Khalil Jubran [1300/ 1883 - 1349/1931] Previous…