Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha 1441

(Fear) Allāh (and) keep Allāh in view in the matter of jihād with the help of your property, lives and tongues in the wa…

Nahj al-Balagha 1442

You should keep to a respect for kinship and spending for others. Avoid turning away from one another and severing mutua…

Nahj al-Balagha 1443

Then he said: O’ sons of ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib, certainly I do not wish to see you plunging harshly into the blood of Muslims…

Nahj al-Balagha 1444

Wait till I die by his (Ibn Muljam’s) existing stroke. Then strike him one stroke for his stroke and do not dismember th…

Nahj al-Balagha 1445

To Mu‘āwiyah

Nahj al-Balagha 1446

Surely, revolt and falsehood abase a man in his religious as well as worldly matters and manifest his shortcomings befor…

Nahj al-Balagha 1447

You called us to a settlement through the Qur’ān although you were not a man of the Qur’ān, and we responded to the Qur’…

Nahj al-Balagha 1448

To Mu‘āwiyah

Nahj al-Balagha 1449

So now, this world turns away from the next one. He who is devoted to it achieves nothing from it except that it increas…

Nahj al-Balagha 1450

To the officers of his army

Nahj al-Balagha 1451

From the servant of Allāh, ‘Alī, Amīr al-mu’minīn to the Officer-in-charge of garrisons :

Nahj al-Balagha 1452

Now, it is obligatory on an officer that the distinction he achieves, or the wealth with which he has been exclusively e…

Nahj al-Balagha 1453

Beware, that it is obligatory for you on me that I should not keep anything secret from you except during war, nor shoul…

Nahj al-Balagha 1454

When I have done all this, it becomes obligatory on you to thank Allāh for this bounty and to obey me, and you should no…

Nahj al-Balagha 1455

To his collectors of (land) tax

Nahj al-Balagha 1456

From the servant of Allāh ‘Alī, Amīr al-mu’minīn to the tax collectors:

Nahj al-Balagha 1457

So now, he who does not fear where he is going, does not send forward for himself that which could protect him.

Nahj al-Balagha 1458

You should know that the obligations laid on you are few, while their reward is much. Even if there had been no fear of …

Nahj al-Balagha 1459

Behave yourselves justly with the people and act with endurance with regard to their needs, because you are the treasure…

Nahj al-Balagha 1460

Do not deprive anyone of his needs and do not prevent him from (securing) his requirements. For the collection of tax (k…