Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 481
No person gets rejoicing from this world but tears come to him after it, and no one gets its comforts in the front but h…
Nahj al-Balagha 482
It is deceitful, and all that is there in it is deception. It is perishable and all that is on it is to perish. There is…
Nahj al-Balagha 483
Are you not (residing) in the houses of those before you, who were of longer ages, better traces, had bigger desires, we…
Nahj al-Balagha 484
You have observed its strangeness towards those who went near it, acquired it and appropriated it, till they depart from…
Nahj al-Balagha 485
They are neighbours who do not answer a caller nor ward off trouble, nor pay heed to mourner. If they get rain they do n…
Nahj al-Balagha 486
About the Angel of Death and departing of spirit and man’s incapacity to describe Allāh
Nahj al-Balagha 487
Do you feel when the Angel of Death enters a house, or do you see him when he takes out life of anyone? How does he take…
Nahj al-Balagha 488
About this world and its people
Nahj al-Balagha 489
I warn you of the world for it is the abode of the unsteady. It is not a house for foraging. It has decorated itself wit…
Nahj al-Balagha 490
Include whatever Allāh has made obligatory on you in your demands. Ask from Him fulfilment of what He has asked you to d…
Nahj al-Balagha 491
Remembrance of death has disappeared from your hearts while false hopes are present in you. So this world has mastered y…
Nahj al-Balagha 492
Nothing prevents anyone among you to disclose to his comrade the shortcomings he is afraid of, except the fear that the …
Nahj al-Balagha 493
About abstemiousness, fear of Allāh and importance of providing for the next life
Nahj al-Balagha 494
Praise be to Him Who makes praise followed by bounty and bounty with gratefulness. We praise Him on His bounties as on H…
Nahj al-Balagha 495
We stand witness that there is no god but Allāh, the One, Who has no partner for Him, and that Muāammad is His slave and…
Nahj al-Balagha 496
[Enjoining people to Piety :] O creatures of Allāh ! I advise you to have fear of Allah which is the provision (for next…
Nahj al-Balagha 497
O creations of Allāh ! Certainly fear of Allāh has saved the lovers of Allāh from unlawful items and gave His dread to t…
Nahj al-Balagha 498
Then, this world is a place of destruction, tribulations, changes and lessons. As for destruction, the time has its bow …
Nahj al-Balagha 499
As for its changes, you see a pitiable man becoming enviable and an enviable man becoming pitiable. This is because the …
Nahj al-Balagha 500
Certainly nothing is viler than evil except its punishment, and nothing is better than good except its reward. In this w…