Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 721
[The example of ‘Īsā (Jesus) :] If you desire I will tell you about ‘Īsā (a.s.) son of Maryam (Mary). He used a stone fo…
Nahj al-Balagha 722
[Following the example of the Holy Prophet :] You should follow your Prophet, the pure, the chaste, may Allāh bless him …
Nahj al-Balagha 723
The Prophet used to eat on the ground, and sat like a slave. He repaired his shoe with his hand, and patched his clothes…
Nahj al-Balagha 724
Certainly there was in the Prophet of Allāh all that would apprise you of the evils of this world and its defects, namel…
Nahj al-Balagha 725
Therefore, one should follow His Prophet, tread in his footsteps and enter through his entrance. Otherwise he will not b…
Nahj al-Balagha 726
[The example of himself :] By Allāh, I have been putting patches in my shirts so much that now I feel shy of the patcher…
Nahj al-Balagha 727
Deputation of the Holy Prophet
Nahj al-Balagha 728
Allāh deputed the Prophet with a sparkling light, a clear argument, an open path and a guiding book. His tribe is the be…
Nahj al-Balagha 729
Allāh sent him with a sufficing plea, a convincing discourse and a rectifying annoucement. Through him Allāh disclosed t…
Nahj al-Balagha 730
I trust in Allāh, the trust of bending towards Him, and I seek His guidance for the way that leads to His Paradise and t…
Nahj al-Balagha 731
[Drawing lessons from this world :] I advise you, O creatures of Allāh, to exercise fear of Allāh and to obey Him becaus…
Nahj al-Balagha 732
So close your eyes, O creatures of Allāh, from its worries and engagements, because you are sure about its separation an…
Nahj al-Balagha 733
Therefore, fear O creature of Allāh, like the fear of one who has control over himself, who can check his passions and p…
Nahj al-Balagha 734
One of Amīr al-mu’minīn’s companions (from Banū Asad) asked him: “How was it that your tribe (Quraysh) deprived you of t…
Nahj al-Balagha 735
O brother of Banū Asad! Your girth is loose and you have put it on the wrong way. Nevertheless you enjoy in-law kinship …
Nahj al-Balagha 736
“Now leave this story of devastation about which there is hue and cry all round.” [1]
Nahj al-Balagha 737
Come and look at the son of Abū Sufyān (Mu‘āwiyah). Time has made me laugh after weeping. No wonder, by Allāh; what is t…
Nahj al-Balagha 738
Attributes of Allāh
Nahj al-Balagha 739
Praise be to Allāh, Creator of people; He has spread the earth. He makes streams to flow and vegetation to grow on high …
Nahj al-Balagha 740
Imagination cannot surmise Him within the limits of movements, limbs or senses. It cannot be said about Him: “whence”?; …