 god combined in the commander of the faithful the nobility of lineage and the goodness of origin the distance from the preference of desire. have you seen actions more similar to morals or morals more similar to races than his actions to his morals and his morals to his races?
وقد جمع الله لأمير المؤمنين مع كرم العروق وصلاح المنشأ، البعد من إيثار الهوى. وهل رأيت أفعالا أشبه بأخلاق، ولا أخلاقا أشبه بأعراق، من أفعاله بأخلاقه، وأخلاقه بأعراقه.