Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 661
He is One but not by the first in counting, is Creator but not through activitiy or labour, is Hearer but not by means o…
Nahj al-Balagha 662
He who describes Him limits Him. He who limits Him numbers Him. He who numbers Him rejects His eternity. He who said “ho…
Nahj al-Balagha 663
[A part of the same sermon about the Divine leaders (Imāms) :] The riser has risen, the sparkler has sparkled, the appea…
Nahj al-Balagha 664
Allāh the Glorified, has distinguished you with Islam and has chosen you for it. This is because it is the name of safet…
Nahj al-Balagha 665
About negligent persons and the characteristics of beasts, carnivores and women
Nahj al-Balagha 666
He has been allowed time by Allāh. He is falling into error along with negligent persons and goes early in the morning w…
Nahj al-Balagha 667
[A part of the same sermon :] At last when Allāh will make clear to them the reward for their sins, and take them out fr…
Nahj al-Balagha 668
I warn you and myself from this position. A man should derive benefit from his own self. Certainly, prudent is he who he…
Nahj al-Balagha 669
[Exhorting the people :] O my listener! be cured from your intoxication, wake up from your slumber, decrease your hasty …
Nahj al-Balagha 670
One of the firm decisions of Allāh in the Wise Reminder (Qur’ān) upon which He bestows reward or gives punishment, and t…
Nahj al-Balagha 671
Beasts are concerned with their bellies. Carnivores are concerned with assaulting others. Women are concerned with the a…
Nahj al-Balagha 672
About the Ahlu’l-bayt (of the Holy Prophet) and their opposers
Nahj al-Balagha 673
He who has an intelligent mind looks to his goal. He knows his low road as well as his high road. The caller has called.…
Nahj al-Balagha 674
They (the opposers) have entered the oceans of disturbance and have taken to innovations instead of the sunnah (the Prop…
Nahj al-Balagha 675
[A part of the same sermon :] The delicacies of the Qur’ān are about them (Ahlu’l-bayt, the descendants of the Prophet) …
Nahj al-Balagha 676
The beginning of the action of one who sees with heart and acts with eyes is to assess whether the action will go agains…
Nahj al-Balagha 677
You should also know that the outside (of every thing) has a similar inside. Of whatever the outside is good, its inside…
Nahj al-Balagha 678
You should also know that every action is like a vegetation, and a vegetation cannot do without water while waters are d…
Nahj al-Balagha 679
About the wonderful creation of the bat
Nahj al-Balagha 680
[In Praise of Allāh :] Praise be to Allāh who is such that it is not possible to describe the reality of knowledge about…