“have you fully realized what Islam is?

It is indeed a religion founded on truth.

It is such a fountain-head of learning

that serveral streams of wisdom

and knowledge flow from it.

It is such a lamp

That several lamps will be lighted from it.

It is a lofty beacon

illuminating the path of Allah.

It is such a set of principles and beliefs

that will satisfy every seeker of truth and reality.

Know you all!

that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path

for the attainment of His supreme pleasure

and the highest standard of His obedience.

He has favord it with

noble preceps

exalted principles

undeniable wisdom

undoubtable arguments

and unchallengeable supremacy.

It is upto you to maintain the eminence

and dignity granted to it by the Lord,

to follow it sincerely,

to do justice to its articles of faith and beleifs,

to obey implicitly its tenets and orders

and to give it the proper place in your lives.”

Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib
in Nahjul Balagha