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Vanity prevents improvement

Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Mufassir
Muhaddith
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Makkah al-Mukarramah
Ali
Lion of God
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Father of the Soil
Abu Turab
Leader of the Faithful
Door of the City of Knowledge
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