Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha 761

How can sharpness of intellect describe such a creation, or faculty of mind, or the utterances of describers manage to t…

Nahj al-Balagha 762

Glorified is Allāh who has disabled intellects from describing the creation which He placed openly before the eyes and w…

Nahj al-Balagha 763

[The magnificence of the Creator in great and small creation :] Glorified is Allāh who has assigned feet to small ants a…

Nahj al-Balagha 764

[A part of the same sermon Describing Paradise :] If you cast your mind’s eye at what is described to you about Paradise…

Nahj al-Balagha 765

They are a people whom honour has always followed till they were made to settle in the house of eternal abode, and they …

Nahj al-Balagha 766

Allāh may, by His mercy, include us and you too among those who strive with their hearts for the abodes of the virtuous.

Nahj al-Balagha 767

[Note explaining some of the wonderful and obscure portions of this sermon :] as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: In Amīr al-mu’minī…

Nahj al-Balagha 768

Advice for observing courtesy and kindness and keeping in and out of the same

Nahj al-Balagha 769

The young among you should follow the elders while the elders should be kind to the young. Do not be like those rude peo…

Nahj al-Balagha 770

[A part of the same sermon About the autocracy and oppression of the Umayyads and their fate :] They will divide after t…

Nahj al-Balagha 771

[The cause of tyranny :] O people! If you had not evaded support of the truth and had not felt weakness from crushing wr…

Nahj al-Balagha 772

At the beginning of his Caliphate.

Nahj al-Balagha 773

[Fulfilment of rights and obligations, and advice to fear Allāh in all matters :] Allāh, the Glorified, has sent down a …

Nahj al-Balagha 774

Hasten towards the most common matter which is peculiar to every one; and that is death. Certainly, people (who have alr…

Nahj al-Balagha 775

After swearing of allegiance to Amīr al-mu’minīn, some people from among the companions of the Prophet said to him. “You…

Nahj al-Balagha 776

O my brothers! I am not ignorant of what you know, but how do I have the power for it while those who assaulted him are …

Nahj al-Balagha 777

This demand is certainly that of the pre-Islamic (al jāhiliyyah) period and these people have support behind them. When …

Nahj al-Balagha 778

When the people of Jamal set off for Baṣrah Amīr al-mu’minīn said:

Nahj al-Balagha 779

There is no doubt that Allāh sent down the Prophet as a guide with an eloquent Book and a standing command. No one will …

Nahj al-Balagha 780

Certainly, these people are in agreement in disliking my authority. I will carry on till I perceive disunity among you; …