Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 41
None in the Islamic community can be taken at par with the Progeny [3] of the Prophet (Ãlu Muḥammad). One who was under …
Nahj al-Balagha 42
Known as the Sermon of ash-Shiqshiqiyyah [1]
Nahj al-Balagha 43
Beware! By Allāh the son of Abu Quḥafah (Abu Bakr) [2] dressed himself with it (the caliphate) and he certainly knew tha…
Nahj al-Balagha 44
Proposes Patience in Absence of Supporters
Nahj al-Balagha 45
I found that endurance thereon was wiser. So I adopted patience although there was pricking in the eye and suffocation (…
Nahj al-Balagha 46
My days are now passed on the camel’s back (in difficulty) while there were days (of ease) when I enjoyed the company of…
Nahj al-Balagha 47
It is strange that during his lifetime he wished to be released from the caliphate but he confirmed it for the other one…
Nahj al-Balagha 48
Nevertheless, I remained patient despite length of period and stiffness of trial, till when he went his way (of death) h…
Nahj al-Balagha 49
But I remained low when they were low and flew high when they flew high. One of them turned against me because of his ha…
Nahj al-Balagha 50
Allegiance paid to ‘Ali
Nahj al-Balagha 51
At that moment, nothing took me by surprise, but the crowd of people rushing to me. It advanced towards me from every si…
Nahj al-Balagha 52
Yes, by Allāh, they had heard it and understood it but the world appeared glittering in their eyes and its embellishment…
Nahj al-Balagha 53
(It is said that when Amīr al-mu’minīn reached here in his sermon a man of Iraq stood up and handed him over a writing. …
Nahj al-Balagha 54
ash-Sharif ar-Raḍi says: The words in this sermon “like the rider of a camel” mean to convey that when a camel rider is …
Nahj al-Balagha 55
Amīr al-mu’minīn’s far-sightedness and his staunch conviction in Belief
Nahj al-Balagha 56
Through us you got guidance in the darkness and secured high position, and through us you got out of the gloomy night. T…
Nahj al-Balagha 57
I always apprehended from you consequences of treachery and I had seen you through in the garb of the deceitful. The cur…
Nahj al-Balagha 58
Today I am making these dumb things speak to you (i.e. my suggestive ideas and deep musings etc.) which are full of desc…
Nahj al-Balagha 59
Delivered when the Holy Prophet died and ‘Abbās ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib and Abu Sufyān ibn Harb offered to pay allegiance t…
Nahj al-Balagha 60
O People! [1] Steer clear through the waves of mischief by boats of deliverance, turn away from the path of dissension a…