Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha 1561

From the servant of Allāh ‘Alī, Amīr al-mu’minīn to all the collectors of revenue and officers of the realm through whos…

Nahj al-Balagha 1562

Now, I have sent an army that will pass by you, if Allāh wills. I have instructed them about what Allāh has made obligat…

Nahj al-Balagha 1563

I am myself within the army. So, refer to me their high-handedness and any hardship which is caused by them and which yo…

Nahj al-Balagha 1564

To Kumayl ibn Ziyād an-Nakha‘ī, the Governor of Hit expressing displeasure on his inability to prevent the the enemy for…

Nahj al-Balagha 1565

Now, the neglecting by a man of what he has been made responsible for and doing what is to be done by others is a manife…

Nahj al-Balagha 1566

To the people of Egypt sent through Mālik al-Ashtar when he was made the Governor of that place

Nahj al-Balagha 1567

Now, Allāh the Glorified, deputed Muḥammad (may Allāh bless him and his descendants) as a warner for all the worlds and …

Nahj al-Balagha 1568

By Allāh, it never occurred to me, and I never imagined, that after the Prophet the Arabs would snatch away the caliphat…

Nahj al-Balagha 1569

I therefore withheld my hand till I saw that many people were reverting from Islam and trying to destroy the religion of…

Nahj al-Balagha 1570

(A part of the same letter) By Allāh, if I had encountered them alone and they had been so numerous as to fill the earth…

Nahj al-Balagha 1571

Do you not see that the boundaries of your cities have diminished, your populated areas have been conquered, your posses…

Nahj al-Balagha 1572

To Abū Mūsā (‘Abdullāh ibn Qays) al-Ash‘arī, the Governor of Kūfah when Amīr al-mu’minīn learned that he was dissuading …

Nahj al-Balagha 1573

From the servant of Allāh, Amīr al-mu’minīn to ‘Abdullāh ibn Qays:

Nahj al-Balagha 1574

Now, I have come to know of words uttered by you which go in your favour as well as against you. [1] So, when my messeng…

Nahj al-Balagha 1575

By Allāh, you will be caught wherever you may be and you will not be spared till you are completely upset and everything…

Nahj al-Balagha 1576

Set your mind in order, take a grip on your affairs and acquire your (lot and your) share. If you do not like it then go…

Nahj al-Balagha 1577

By Allāh, this is the case of right with the rightful person and we do not care what the heretics do; and that is an end…

Nahj al-Balagha 1578

In reply to Mu‘āwiyah

Nahj al-Balagha 1579

Now then, certainly, we and you were on amiable terms as you say but difference arose between us and you the other day, …

Nahj al-Balagha 1580

You have stated that I killed Ṭalḥah and az-Zubayr, forced ‘Ā’ishah out of her house and adopted residence between the t…