Triumph through sin is true defeat

Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 327

Nahj al-Balāgha

Book 3, Chapter 327

Triumph through sin is true defeat
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۳۲۷. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): مَا ظَفِرَ مَنْ ظَفِرَ الْإِثْمُ بِهِ، وَالْغَالِبُ بِالشَّرِّ مَغْلُوبٌ.

327. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: He whom sin overpowers is not victorious, and he who secures victory by evil is (in fact) vanquished.