Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha 1946

387. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: That good is no good after which there is the Fire, and that hardship is…

Nahj al-Balagha 1947

389. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Whomever his action detains behind, his lineage cannot put him forward.

Nahj al-Balagha 1948

In another version it is thus: Whoever misses personal attainment cannot be benefited by his forefathers’ attainments.

Nahj al-Balagha 1949

390. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The believer’s time has three periods : The period when he is in communi…

Nahj al-Balagha 1950

It does not behove a wise person to be away (from his house) save for three matters, namely for purposes of earning, or …

Nahj al-Balagha 1951

392. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Speak so that you may be known, since man is hidden under his tongue.

Nahj al-Balagha 1952

393. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Take off the favours of the world whatever comes to you and keep away fr…

Nahj al-Balagha 1953

394. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Many an expression is more effective than an attack.

Nahj al-Balagha 1954

396. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Let it be death but not humiliation. Let it be little but not through ot…

Nahj al-Balagha 1955

397. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The best scent is musk; its weight is light while its smell is scentful.

Nahj al-Balagha 1956

399. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The child has a right on the father while the father too has a right on …

Nahj al-Balagha 1957

401. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Nearness with people in their manners brings about safety from their evi…

Nahj al-Balagha 1958

402. Someone uttered an expression above his position, then Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said to him: You have s…

Nahj al-Balagha 1959

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: Here “shakīr” means the first feathers that grow on a bird before it is strong enough to fly. An…

Nahj al-Balagha 1960

404. On being asked the meaning of the expression: “lā ḥawla walā quwwata illā bi’llāh” (there is no strength nor power …