Al-Shafi‘i Quotes

The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.

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• The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.

  

  Al-Shafi‘i
  • Virtue
  • Status
  • Loftiest