بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Nahjul Balagha “Quotes” of Imam Ali (as)
1. During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you – they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.
2. He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
3. Avarice is disgrace; cowardice is a defect; poverty often disables an intelligent man from arguing his case; a poor man is a stranger in his own town; misfortune and helplessness are calamities; patience is a kind of bravery; to sever attachments with the wicked world is the greatest wealth; piety is the best weapon of defense.
INTRODUCTION
Nahj means open way, road, course, method or manner. Balaghah means eloquence, art of good style and communication, rhetoric etc. This book is a translation of the sermons, letters and sayings of Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib. It was originally compiled in arabic by Sayyid Razi under the caption Nahjul Balagha.
HISTORY
The Nahj al-Balagha (Peak of Eloquence) is the most famous collections of Twelver Shi’a hadith, attributed to Imam Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib). It was collected by Al-Sharif al-Radi, or in Persian Seyyed Razi, in the 10th century. Nahj means open way, road, course, method or manner. Balaghah means eloquence, art of good style and communication, rhetoric etc. This book is a translation of the sermons, letters and sayings of Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib. It was originally compiled in arabic by Sayyid Razi under the caption Nahjul Balagha. These sermons and preaching of Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib were so highly valued and venerated in the Islamic world that within a century of his demise they were taught and read as the last word of philosophy and monotheism and as very effective sermons towards piety, a guiding beacon towards truth and justice, marvellous eulogies of the holy Prophet SAW) and the Holy Qur’an , convincing discourses of the spiritual values of Islam , awe-inspiring discussions about the attributes of Allah (SWT), masterpiece of literature and a model of the arts of rhetoric’s. Sayyid Razi who was born in 359 AH/970 CE in Baghdad and died in the year 406/1015 in his hometown, coincided with the era of the Buyid dynasty. It was the golden age of Arabic literature and among his contemporaries mention could be made of the great poets Al-Mutinabbi and Abual-“Ala”Mu” arri. He was born in a prominent household directly descended from the Prophet (pbuh), as is clear from the epithets of “Sayyid” and “Sharif, by which he was referred.
CONTENT
Introduction
Nahjul Balagha part 1 , The sermons
Nahjul Balagha part 2, Letter and Saying
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