Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha 1967

413. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: One should endure like free people, otherwise one should keep quite like…

Nahj al-Balagha 1968

415. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said about the world: It deceives, it harms and it passes away. Allāh, the Sub…

Nahj al-Balagha 1969

416. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said to his son al-Ḥasan (peace be upon him): O’ my son, do not leave anything…

Nahj al-Balagha 1970

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: This saying is also related in another version namely: Whatever of this world is now with you wa…

Nahj al-Balagha 1971

11. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: When you gain power over your adversary pardon him by way of thanks for b…

Nahj al-Balagha 1972

12. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The most helpless of all men is he who cannot find a few brothers during …

Nahj al-Balagha 1973

16. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: All matters are subject to destiny, so much so that sometimes death resul…

Nahj al-Balagha 1974

19. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: He who gallops with loose rein collides with death.

Nahj al-Balagha 1975

22. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: We have a right. If it is allowed to us well and good, otherwise, we will…

Nahj al-Balagha 1976

As-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: This is a very fine and eloquent expression. It means that if we are not allowed our right we wi…

Nahj al-Balagha 1977

25. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: O son of Adam, when you see that your Lord, the Glorified, bestows His fa…

Nahj al-Balagha 1978

28. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The best abstemiousness is to conceal it.

Nahj al-Balagha 1979

31. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, was asked about faith. He said: Faith stands on four supports: on endurance, co…

Nahj al-Balagha 1980

Endurance again has four aspects: eagerness, fear, abstention (from the world) and anticipation (of death). So, whoever …