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Peak of Eloquence Nahjul-Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib With Commentary By Martyr Ayatollah Murtada Mutahhari Edited by Yasin T. Al-Jibouri In the name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful
Nahjul Balagha contains 240 sermons given by Imam Ali (a), dealing with a wide variety of topics including our existence, relationship with the Almighty, building a God-fearing personality, and the Imam's (a) reflections upon historical incidents.
The English translation (accompanied with original Arabic text) of a collection of letters and sayings of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) that provide divine wisdom and eternal guidance for his followers.
Nahj al-balāgha (Arabic: نَهْج ٱلْبَلَاغَة, lit. 'the path of eloquence') is the best-known collection of sermons, letters, and sayings attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 661), the fourth Rashidun caliph (r. 656–661), the first Shia imam, and the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
- Motivation of Collecting Imam 'Ali's (A) Words
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- Content
- Translations
- Commentaries
- References of Nahj al-Balagha
- Mustadraks
- Effects in Arabic Literature
In the introduction of Nahj al-balagha, al-Sayyid al-Radi wrote: 1. "In my early age at the dawn of youth I commenced writing Khasa'is al-a'imma on the characteristics of the Imams covering the account of their virtues and masterpieces of their utterances. The purpose of the compilation was stated by me in the beginning of the book. Therein I compl...
"Nahj" means "clear path". Therefore, Nahj al-balagha means the "Clear Path of Eloquence". In the preface of the book, al-Sayyid al-Radisaid: 1. "Nahj al-balagha, the pathway of rhetoric would be the appropriate title of the book, in that it would open the doors of eloquence for the reader and shorten its approach for him or her, it would meet the ...
In the preface of Nahj al-balagha, al-Sayyid al-Radiwrites in the categorization of topics that, "In my view Amir al-mu'minin's utterances are divisible into three categories; 1. firstly Sermons and Decrees, 2. secondly Letters and Communications and 3. thirdly Maxims and Counsels, Allahwilling I have decided to compile first the Sermons, then Lett...
Many translations have been made from Nahj al-balaghainto Persian, Urdu, Turkish, English, Spanish, Germany, French and ... some of which are: 1. translation and commentary in Persian by 'Alinaqi Fayd al-Islam 2. translation into English by Sayyid 'Ali Rida 3. translation into Urdu by Sayyid 'Ali Naqi Naqawi 4. translation into Turkish by Abd al-Ba...
Many commentaries have been written for Nahj al-balagha, many of which are now unavailable. Bibliographers have been listed many commentaries; for example, in kitabnamiyi Nahj al-balagha which mentions more than 300 works about Nahj al-balaghawritten in different languages and even the author says the list is incomplete. What is mentioned here are ...
Some Sunni scholars doubted in the references of Nahj al-balagha including Ibn Khallikan (d. 681/1282) who says that, 1. "Disagreements have been found among people about Nahj al-balagha, compiled of the sayings of Imam 'Ali (a)) over whether al-Sayyid al-Murtada compiled it or his brother al-Radi; they also say that they are not sayings of Imam 'A...
Since Nahj al-balagha is just a selection of Imam 'Ali (a)'s sayings not all of them; therefore, some researchers tried to collect all of them. Such efforts are listed below: 1. Tamam Nahj al-balagha mimma awradah al-Sharif al-Radi athar mawlana al-Imam Amir al-Mu'minin 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a), researched and completed by Sadiq al-Musawi, raised to p...
Arab speakers after 1st/7th century used to read Imam 'Ali (a)'s sayings and sentences in order to enrich and decorate their speeches and avoid wrong usages so that their habit of eloquence is formed in their speeches and writings and their words are accepted by everyone. Studying sermons and treatises of Arab men of literature and poets after Isla...
Faith in Religion. When Imam ‘Ali was asked about Faith in Religion, he replied that the structure of faith is supported by four pillars endurance, conviction, justice and jihad. Endurance is composed of four attributes: eagerness, fear, piety and anticipation (of death).
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