Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 281
O my Allāh! Forgive me what Thou knowest about me more than I do. If I return (to the sins) Thou return to forgiveness.
Nahj al-Balagha 282
My Allah forgive me what I had promised to myself but Thou didst not find its fulfilment with me.
Nahj al-Balagha 283
My Allah forgive me that with what I sought nearness to Thee with my tongue but my heart opposed and did not perform it.
Nahj al-Balagha 284
My Allah forgive me winking of the eye, vile utterances, desires of the heart and errors of speech.
Nahj al-Balagha 285
When [1] Amīr al-mu’minin decided to set out for the battle with the Khārijites someone said, “If you set out at this mo…
Nahj al-Balagha 286
Do you think you can tell the hour when a man goes out and no evil befall him or can warn of the time at which if one go…
Nahj al-Balagha 287
Then Amīr al-mu’minin advanced towards the people and said: O people ! Beware of learning the science of stars except th…
Nahj al-Balagha 288
After the Battle of Jamal, [1] Amīr al-mu’minin said about physical defects of women
Nahj al-Balagha 289
O ye peoples! Women are deficient in faith, deficient in shares and deficient in intelligence. As regards the deficiency…
Nahj al-Balagha 290
About Abstinence
Nahj al-Balagha 291
O people! abstinence is to shorten desires, to thank for bounties and to keep off prohibitions. If this is possible then…
Nahj al-Balagha 292
About the world and its people
Nahj al-Balagha 293
In what way shall I describe this world whose beginning is grief and whose end is destruction? [1] The lawful actions pe…
Nahj al-Balagha 294
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: If a thinker thinks over this phrase of Amīr al-mu’minin “waman abṣara bihā baṣṣarat-hu” (“If on…
Nahj al-Balagha 295
This sermon is called the al-Gharrā’ and it is one of the most wonderful sermons of Amīr al-mu’minin.
Nahj al-Balagha 296
Praise be to Allāh who is High above all else, and is Near (the creation) through His bounty. He is the Giver of all rew…
Nahj al-Balagha 297
And I stand witness that Muḥammad (blessing of Allāh be on him and his progeny) is His slave and His Prophet. He sent hi…
Nahj al-Balagha 298
[Enjoining people to Piety] O creatures of Allāh I advise you to have fear of Allāh Who has furnished illustrations and …
Nahj al-Balagha 299
[Caution against this world] Certainly this world is a dirty watering place and a muddy source of drinking. Its appearan…
Nahj al-Balagha 300
[Resurrection after Death] Till when matters come to a close, the world dies and resurrection draws near. Allāh [2] woul…