Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha 1927

369. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: A time will come when nothing will remain of the Qur’ān except its writi…

Nahj al-Balagha 1928

371. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: There is no distinction higher than Islam; no honour more honourable tha…

Nahj al-Balagha 1929

372. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said to Jābir ibn ‘Abdillāh al-Anṣārī:

Nahj al-Balagha 1930

O’ Jābir, the mainstay of religion and the world are four persons: The scholar who acts on his knowledge; the ignorant w…

Nahj al-Balagha 1931

O’ Jābir, if favours of Allāh abound on a person the people’s needs towards him also abound. Therefore, he who fulfils f…

Nahj al-Balagha 1932

374. Another saying in the same strain runs as follows:

Nahj al-Balagha 1933

So, among them (the Muslim community) there is he who disapproves evil with his hand, tongue and heart. This man has per…

Nahj al-Balagha 1934

All the virtuous deeds including war in the way of Allāh as compared to the persuasion for good and dissuasion from evil…

Nahj al-Balagha 1935

375. It is related from Abū Juḥayfah who said: I heard Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, saying:

Nahj al-Balagha 1936

The first fighting with which you will be overpowered is the fighting with hands, thereafter with your tongues and then …

Nahj al-Balagha 1937

377. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him said: Do not feel safe from the punishment of Allāh even about the best man in …

Nahj al-Balagha 1938

Again, do not lose hope even for the worst man of the community because Allāh, the Sublime says : Verily, despairs not o…

Nahj al-Balagha 1939

378. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Miserliness contains all other evil vices and is the rein with which one…

Nahj al-Balagha 1940

379. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: O’ son of Adam, livelihood is of two kinds: the livelihood which you see…