Philip Hitti In his book History of the Arabs, Professor Hitti assessed the character of Hadrat Ali as follows: “Valiant in battle, wise in council, eloquent in speech, true to his friends, magnanimous to his foes, Ali became both the paragon of Muslim nobility and chivalry, and the Solomon of Arabic tradition around whose name, poems, proverbs, sermonettes and anecdotes innumerable have clustered.
MRITHI WA KWANZA WA MTUME MUHAMMAD (Rehma na amani ziwe juu yao) Imam Ali bin Abi Talib alikuwa ni mrithi wa Mtume Muhammad, amani ziwe juu yao. Huu ni mkusanyiko wa nukuu fupi fupi kumhusu yeye kutoka kwenye maelezo mbali mbali ya wasomi wa imani nyingine, wakiwamo wanataaluma, waandishi, wanafalsafa, washairi, wanasiasa na wanaharakati. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Mwanahistoria,mkosoaji, na mwandishi wa elimu ya jamii: " Kuhusu huyu kijana Ali, mtu yeyote atampenda tu.