Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha 1361

Know O my child, that livelihood is of two kinds - a livelihood that you seek and a livelihood that seeks you, which is …

Nahj al-Balagha 1362

Ward off from yourself the onslaught of worries by firmness of endurance and purity of belief. He who gives up moderatio…

Nahj al-Balagha 1363

Delay an evil because you will be able to hasten it whenever you desire. The disregard of kinship of the ignorant is equ…

Nahj al-Balagha 1364

Do not consult women because their view is weak and their determination unstable. Cover their eyes by keeping them under…

Nahj al-Balagha 1365

For everyone among your servants fix a work for which you may hold him responsible. In this way, they will not fling the…

Nahj al-Balagha 1366

Place your religion and your world at Allah’s disposal and beg Him to ordain the best for you in respect of the near and…

Nahj al-Balagha 1367

To Mu‘āwiyah

Nahj al-Balagha 1368

You have ruined a large group of people whom you have deceived by your misguidance, and have flung them into the current…

Nahj al-Balagha 1369

Therefore, O’ Mu‘āwiyah, fear Allāh about yourself and take away your rein from Satan, since this world is shortly to be…

Nahj al-Balagha 1370

To Qutham ibn al-‘Abbās, his Governor of Mecca

Nahj al-Balagha 1371

My spy in the West has written [1] to me telling me that some people of Syria have been sent for ḥajj who are blind of h…

Nahj al-Balagha 1372

Therefore, behave yourself in your duties like an intelligent, experienced, well-wishing and wise man who follows his su…

Nahj al-Balagha 1373

To Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr on coming to know that he had taken over the position of (Mālik) al-Ashtar as Governor of Egypt…

Nahj al-Balagha 1374

I have come to know of your anger at the posting of al-Ashtar in your place, but I did not do so because of any shortcom…

Nahj al-Balagha 1375

The man whom I have made Governor of Egypt was my well-wisher, and very harsh and vengeful towards our enemies. May Allā…

Nahj al-Balagha 1376

Now get ready for your enemy and act according to your intelligence. Prepare for fighting him who fights you and calling…

Nahj al-Balagha 1377

To ‘Abdullāh ibn al-‘Abbās after Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr had been killed.

Nahj al-Balagha 1378

Now then, Egypt has, been conquered and Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, may Allāh have mercy on him, has been martyred. We seek h…

Nahj al-Balagha 1379

I ask Allāh the Sublime, to give me early relief from them, for by Allāh, had I not been yearning to meet the enemy for …

Nahj al-Balagha 1380

To his brother ‘Aqīl ibn Abī Ṭālib, [1] in reply to his letter which contained a reference to the army Amīr al-mu’minīn …