Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 501
Certainly that which you have been commanded to do is wider than what you have been refrained from, and what has been ma…
Nahj al-Balagha 502
But by Allāh, most certainly the position is that doubt has overtaken and certainty has been shattered and it seems as i…
Nahj al-Balagha 503
Seeking rain
Nahj al-Balagha 504
O my Allāh! surely our mountains have dried up and our earth has become dusty. Our cattle are thirsty and are bewildered…
Nahj al-Balagha 505
O my Allāh! we have come out to Thee when the years of drought have crowded over us like (herd of) thin camels, and rain…
Nahj al-Balagha 506
O my Allāh! give rain from Thee which should be life giving, satisfying, thorough, wide-scattered, purified, blissful, p…
Nahj al-Balagha 507
O my Allāh! give rain from Thee with which our high lands get covered with green herbage, streams get flowing, our sides…
Nahj al-Balagha 508
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: The wonderful expressions of this sermon: Amīr al-mu’minīn’s words “insāḥat jibālunā” means the …
Nahj al-Balagha 509
His words “wa hamat dawābbuna” means became thirsty, as “huyam” means thirst.
Nahj al-Balagha 510
His words “ḥadābiru's-sinin”. This is plural of “hidbar” It means the camel whom treading has made thin. So Amīr al-mu’m…
Nahj al-Balagha 511
His words “wa lā qaza`in rababuha”. Here “al-qaza`” means small pieces of cloud scattered all round.
Nahj al-Balagha 512
His words “wa lā shaffānin dhihābuhā”. It stands for “wa lā dhāta shaffānin dhihābuha”. “ash-shaffān” means the cold win…
Nahj al-Balagha 513
About troubles which would arise and the Day of Judgement
Nahj al-Balagha 514
Allāh deputed him (the Prophet) as a caller towards Truth and a witness over the creatures. The Prophet conveyed the mes…
Nahj al-Balagha 515
[A part of the same sermon, complaining about his men :] If you know what I know of the unknown that is kept wrapped up …
Nahj al-Balagha 516
I do long that Allāh may cause separation between me and you and give me those who have a better right to be with me tha…
Nahj al-Balagha 517
Beware! by Allāh, a tall lad of swinging gait from Banū Thaqīf would be placed over you. He would eat away your vegetati…
Nahj al-Balagha 518
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: “al-Wadhāḥah” means “al-khunfusā' (dung-beetle).” In this sentence Amir al-mu'minin has referred…
Nahj al-Balagha 519
Rebuking Misers
Nahj al-Balagha 520
You spend no wealth in the cause of Him Who gave it, nor do you risk your lives for the sake of Him Who created them. Yo…