# Imam Ali's Letter 53: Governance and Equality in Humanity

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- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:50
- Published: 2026-11-05
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1IUz6OqeM2Kc/en/imam-ali-s-letter-53-governance-and-equality-in-humanity) About 1400 years ago, a man by the name of Imam Ali, may God be pleased with him, wrote a letter.

[0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1IUz6OqeM2Kc/en/imam-ali-s-letter-53-governance-and-equality-in-humanity?t=9) And he was writing a letter to the governor he had just appointed to a faraway land.

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1IUz6OqeM2Kc/en/imam-ali-s-letter-53-governance-and-equality-in-humanity?t=13) And you can find this letter, letter 53 in Nahj al-Balagha.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1IUz6OqeM2Kc/en/imam-ali-s-letter-53-governance-and-equality-in-humanity?t=18) And in the letter he talks about people and governance.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1IUz6OqeM2Kc/en/imam-ali-s-letter-53-governance-and-equality-in-humanity?t=21) And he says in this letter that do not seek to make yourself omnipotent like God is omnipotent, for you're a human.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1IUz6OqeM2Kc/en/imam-ali-s-letter-53-governance-and-equality-in-humanity?t=29) And know that everyone is of two types. They are either a brother in faith or an equal in humanity.