Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 1141
Transience of the world and the helplessness of those in graves
Nahj al-Balagha 1142
This is a house surrounded by calamities and well-known for deceitfulness. Its conditions do not last and those who inha…
Nahj al-Balagha 1143
Know, O creatures of Allāh, that, certainly, you and all the things of this world that you have are (treading) on the li…
Nahj al-Balagha 1144
Their magnificent places and spread-out carpets were changed to stones, laid-in-blocks and cave-like dug out graves whos…
Nahj al-Balagha 1145
It is as though you too have gone where they have gone, the same sleeping place has caught you and the same place has de…
Nahj al-Balagha 1146
Supplication (seeking guidance to the right path)
Nahj al-Balagha 1147
O My Allāh! Thou art the most attached to Thy lovers and the most ready to assist those who trust in Thee. Thou seest th…
Nahj al-Balagha 1148
O My Allāh! If I am unable to express my request or cannot see my needs, then guide me towards my betterment and take my…
Nahj al-Balagha 1149
O My Allāh! Deal with me through Thy forgiveness and do not deal with me according to Thy justice.
Nahj al-Balagha 1150
About a companion who passed away from this world before the occurrence of troubles.
Nahj al-Balagha 1151
May Allāh reward such and such man 1 who straightened the curve, cured the disease, abandoned mischief and established t…
Nahj al-Balagha 1152
About allegiance to Amīr al-mu’minīn for the Caliphate (A similar sermon in somewhat different version has already appea…
Nahj al-Balagha 1153
You drew out my hand towards you for allegiance but I held it back and you stretched it but I contracted it. Then you cr…
Nahj al-Balagha 1154
Advice about fear of Allāh, and an account of those who remain apprehensive of death and adopt abstemiousness
Nahj al-Balagha 1155
Certainly, fear of Allāh is the key to guidance, provision for the next world, freedom from every slavery and deliveranc…
Nahj al-Balagha 1156
Perform (good) acts while such acts are being raised (up to Allāh), while repentance can be of benefit, prayer can be he…
Nahj al-Balagha 1157
It is an unwanted visitor, an invincible adversary and an unaccounting killer. Its ropes have entrapped you, its evils h…
Nahj al-Balagha 1158
Very soon you will be overwhelmed with the gloom of its shades, the severity of its illness, the darkness of its distres…
Nahj al-Balagha 1159
It will seem as if it has come to you all of a sudden, silenced those who were whispering to you, separated your group, …
Nahj al-Balagha 1160
Therefore, it is upon you to strive, make effort, equip yourself, get ready and provide yourself from the place of provi…