عَجِبتُ لِمَن يَرجُو رَحمَةَ مَن فَوقَهُ كيفَ لا يَرحَمُ مَن دُونَهُ.
How I wonder at the one who hopes for the mercy of the One above him and yet himself does not have mercy on the one below him.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. ۶۲۵۵
Hawzah News Agency- Imam Ali (Peace be Upon Him) says:
عَجِبتُ لِمَن يَرجُو رَحمَةَ مَن فَوقَهُ كيفَ لا يَرحَمُ مَن دُونَهُ.
How I wonder at the one who hopes for the mercy of the One above him and yet himself does not have mercy on the one below him.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. ۶۲۵۵