Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 701
Know, O creatures of Allāh! that your ownself is a guard over you; your limbs are watchmen and truthful vigil-keepers wh…
Nahj al-Balagha 702
Today will depart with all that it has and tomorrow will come in its wake. It is as though every one of you has reached …
Nahj al-Balagha 703
About the Holy Prophet and the Holy Qur’ān
Nahj al-Balagha 704
Allāh deputed the Prophet at a time when there had been no prophets for some time. People had been in slumber for a long…
Nahj al-Balagha 705
[A part of the same sermon About the autocracy of the Umayyads :] At that time there will remain no house or tent but op…
Nahj al-Balagha 706
They are nothing but carrier-beasts laden with sins and camels laden with evil deeds. I swear and again swear that the U…
Nahj al-Balagha 707
Good behaviour with people and ignoring their faults
Nahj al-Balagha 708
I lived as a good neighbour to you and tried my best to look after you, and I freed you from the snare of humbleness and…
Nahj al-Balagha 709
Greatness and Praise of Allāh
Nahj al-Balagha 710
[Greatness of Allāh :] Allāh’s verdict is judicious and full of wisdom. His pleasure implies protection and mercy. He de…
Nahj al-Balagha 711
[Praise of Allāh :] O my Allāh! praise be to Thee for what Thou takest and givest and for that from which Thou curest or…
Nahj al-Balagha 712
We do not know the reality of Thy greatness except that we know that Thou art Ever-living and Self-subsisting by Whom al…
Nahj al-Balagha 713
We see Thy creation and wonder over it because of Thy might, and describe it as (a result of) Thy great authority; where…
Nahj al-Balagha 714
He who frees his heart (from all other engagements) and exerts his thinking in order to know how Thou established Thy th…
Nahj al-Balagha 715
[A part of the same sermon about hope and fear in Allāh :] He claims according to his own thinking that he hopes from Al…
Nahj al-Balagha 716
He hopes big things from Allāh and small things from men but he gives to man (such consideration as) he does not give to…
Nahj al-Balagha 717
Similarly, if a man fears man he gives him (such consideration) out of his fear which he does not give to Allāh. Thus, h…
Nahj al-Balagha 718
[The example of the Holy Prophet :] Certainly, in the Prophet of Allāh — peace and blessing of Allāh be upon him and his…
Nahj al-Balagha 719
[The example of Mūsā (Moses) :] If you want, I will, as a second example, relate to you concerning Mūsā, the Interlocuto…
Nahj al-Balagha 720
[The example of Dāwūd (David) :] If you desire I can give you a third example of Dāwūd (a.s.). He is the holder of the P…