Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha 1827

252. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Allāh has laid down īmān (belief) for purification from polytheism; ṣalā…

Nahj al-Balagha 1828

254. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: O’ son of Adam, be your own representative in the matter of your propert…

Nahj al-Balagha 1829

255. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Anger is a kind of madness because the victim to it repents afterwards. …

Nahj al-Balagha 1830

256. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Health of body comes from paucity of envy. [1]

Nahj al-Balagha 1831

258. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: When you fall in destitution, trade with Allāh through charity.

Nahj al-Balagha 1832

260. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: There is many a man being gradually brought towards punishment by good t…

Nahj al-Balagha 1833

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: This saying has appeared earlier as well but here it contains a beautiful and useful addition.

Nahj al-Balagha 1834

261. When the news of the attack of Mu‘āwiyah’s men on al-Anbār reached Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, he himself …

Nahj al-Balagha 1835

You cannot be enough for me against yourselves, so how can you be enough for me against others? Before me the people use…

Nahj al-Balagha 1836

The narrator says: When Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, uttered this during his long speech which we have included …

Nahj al-Balagha 1837

262. It is said that al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥawṭ came to Amīr al-mu’minīn, and said: Do you believe I can ever imagine that the p…

Nahj al-Balagha 1838

Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: O’ al-Ḥārith! You have seen below yourself but not above yourself, and so you…

Nahj al-Balagha 1839

Then al-Ḥārith said: In that case, I shall withdraw along with Sa‘d ibn Mālik and ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar;

Nahj al-Balagha 1840

whereupon Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Verily, Sa‘d and ‘Umar have neither sided with Right nor forsaken W…