Hadrat Ali ( radiyallaahu 'anhu ) Farmayili di,
1. Silence is the best reply to a fool.
2. Humility is the outcome of Knowledge.
3. Forgiveness is the crown of greatness.
4. To assist the wrong is to oppress the right.
5. Friendship is impossible with a liar.
6. Enmity is the occupation of fools.
7. Pride blocks progress and damages greatness.
8. Boasting small issues from small minds.
9. None is more respected than a pious man.
10.Your tongue will speak out what it is accustomed to.
11.Ones behavior is the index to ones mind.

The story of Hadrat Imam Abu Hanifa ^{Rahmatallah alaih}

Many years ago, during the time of Taabi'een(the generation of Muslims after the Sahabah), Baghdad was a great city of Islam.In fact, it was the capital of the Islamic Empire and because of th egreat number of scholars who lived there: it was the center of the Islamic knowledge. One day, the ruler of Rome at that time sent an envoy to Baghdad with three challenges for the Muslims.When the messenger reached the city, he informed the Khalifa that he had three questions, which he challenged the Muslims to answer.
The khalifa gathered together all schollars of the city and Roman messenger climbed upon a high platform and said," I have come with three questions. If you answer them, then I will leave with you a great amount of wealth. which I have brought from the king of Rome. As for the question, they were:

*What was there before Allah?

*In which direction does Allh face?

*what is Allh engaged in at this moment?"
The great assembly of people was silent. (Can you think of answers to thses questions?) In the midst of these brillient scholars and students of Islam, there was a man looking on with his young son. " O my dear father! I will answere him and silence him!" said the youth.

So the boy sought the permission of the Khalifa to give the answers and he was given the permission to do so.
The Roman addressed the young Muslim and repeated his question," what was there before Allah?" The boy asked, "Do you know how to count?"
"Yes", said the man.
Then count down from ten!" So the roman counted down,"ten, nine , eaight.....," until he reached "one" and he stoped counting," But what comes before 'one'? asked the boy.
"There is nothing before one-that is it!" said the man. Well then, if there obviously is nothing before the arithmetic 'one', how do you expect that there should be any thing before the'one' who is Absolute truth,All-Eternal, Everlasting the First, the Last, the Manifest, the Hidden?"
Now the man was ssurprised by this direct answer , which he could not dispute. So he asked , " Then tell in which direction is Allh facing?"
" Bring a candel and light it," said the boy,"and tell me in which direction the flam is facing."
"But the flam is just-light it spread in each of the four directions, North, South, East and West. It dies not face any one direction only," said the man in wonderment.
The boy cried," then if this physical light spreads in all four directions such that you cannot tell me which way it faces, then what do you expect of the Nurus-Samawati-wal-'Ard- the light of the Heavens and the earth!?Light upon light, Allh faces all directions at all times."
The Roman was stupefied and astounded that here was young chil answering his challenges in such a way that he couldn't argue against the proofs. So, he de desperately wanted try his final question. But before doing so, the boy said," Wait! You are the one who is asking the questions and I'm the one who is giving the answers to these challenges. It is only fair that you should come down to where I am and that I should go up where you are right now, in order that the answers may be heard as clearly as the questions.

"This seemed reasonable to the Roman, so he came down from where he was standing and the boy ascended the platform. Then man repeated his final challenge," Tell me, What what is Allah doing at this moment?" The boy proudly answered," At this moment, when Allah found upon this high platform a liar and mocker of Islam, He caused him to descend and brought him low. And as for the one who believed in the oneness of Allah, He raised him up and established the Truth. Every day He exercises (Universal) power (Surah55 arRahman,Verse 29)." The Roman had nothing to say expect to leave and return back to his country,defeated. Meanwhile,this young boy grew up to become one of the most famous scholars of Islam. Allah, the Exalted, blessed him with special wisdom and knowldge of the Deen(religion). His name was Abu Hanifa(rahmatullah alayhi-May Allah have mercy on him) and he is know today as  Imam Abu Hanifa(Imam-e-Azam), the great Imam and scholar of Islam.
May Allah shower his blessings on all of us (Ameen)