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58 – Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to me: he said, A sage once observed, “Of what use are ‘if only…’ and ‘alas…’—the road has already overtaken you.”
٥٨ - حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: قَالَ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ «مَا لَيْتَ وَمَا لَكَ، وَالسَّبِيلُ قَدْ أَصَالَكَ»