Nahjul Balaaghah about Life

1. Nahjul Balaaghahabout Life By A.S. Hashim. MD

2. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life Supplicationبـســـم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the Name of God, Lord of Mercy and Lord of Grace

3. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life Nahjul Balaaghah • Nahjul Balaaghah, a highly valued book, consists of: • 254 sermons, • 48 letters, and • 212 sayings of Imam Ali • Nahjul Balaaghah is unique to Imam Ali • None of the Sahaaba was ever able to produce anything like it: • neither in substance • nor in literary eloquence. • No wonder Ali was referred to as: • Sayyid al-Bulaghaa' (Pinnacle of Literary Expression) and • Sayyid al-Fu'qahaa, (Pinnacle of the Jurisprudents)

4. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life References about Earthly Life • Nahjul Balaaghah contains 27 references about Earthly Life, some of which appear here • The quotes appear in various sermons, • said at variable occasions and • about different subjects. • The Arabic quotes are from the book of Nahjul Balaaghah, by Dr. Subhi Al-Salih, and so is the numbering of the sermons and pages, 1st Edition, Beirut 1967. • The Number of the sermons may differ by a factor of 1 in other volumes of Nahjul Balaaghah • The references are quotes by Abd al-Zahra' al-Husayni in vols. I & IV of his work (see Al-Islam.org, internet)

5. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life Time Element • The majority of Ali's sayings and speeches were stated: • During his Khilaafah when in Kufa, • At Different Places • At Different Occasions • Often at Khutba of Jumu’ah

6. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 83, Page 108 Ali: about Life #1 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 146; • al-Quda`i, Dustur, 59, • al-'Amidi, Ghurar; • al-Wasiti, `Uyun al-hikam; • Abu Nu`aym, Hilyah, I, 77; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, I, 132 (b.d.d), II, 287 (`a.a.z).

7. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 83, Ali: about Life #1

8. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 99, Page 144 Ali: about Life #2 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Saduq, Ma`ani, 184; • al-Saduq, Man la yahduruh, I, 270; • al-Tusi, al-'Amali, II, 50; • al-Tabarsi, Mishkat, 107.

9. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 99, Ali: about Life #2

10. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 103, Page 148 Ali: about Life #3 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Kulayni, Rawdah, 139; • al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 143; • al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, II, 225; • Ibn Qutaybah, `Uyun, II, 352; • al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 219; • Ibn Talhah, Matalib, I, 202; • al-Qadi al-Quda`i, Dustur, 48; • al-Khuza`i, al-Fitan, see (9) • Ibn Tawus, al-Malahim, 27; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, V, 131.

11. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon, Ali: about Life #3

12. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 103, Page 149 Ali: about Life #4 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Kulayni, Rawdah, 139; • al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 143; • al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, II, 225; • Ibn Qutaybah, `Uyun, II, 352; • al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 219; • Ibn Talhah, Matalib, I, 202; • al-Qadi al-Quda`i, Dustur, 48; • al-Khuza`i, al-Fitan, see (9) • Ibn Tawus, al-Malahim, 27; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, V, 131.

13. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 103, Ali: about Life #4

14. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 111, Page 164 Ali: about Life #5 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Marzbani, al-Muniq, see Ibn Abi al-Hadid, II, 242; • al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 127; • al-Qadi al-Quda`i, Dustur, 51; • Ibn Talhah, Matalib, 144; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, I, 18, 25, 308; • al-Jahiz, al-Bayan, II, 112; • Ibn Qutaybah,`Uyun, II, 250.

15. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 111, Ali: about Life #5

16. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 133, Page 191 Ali: about Life #6 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 77; • See Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh, II, 386.

17. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 133, Ali: about Life #6

18. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 145, Page 202 Ali: about Life #7 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 73; • al-Mufid, al-'Irshad, 139 as well as al-'Amali; • al-Tusi, al-'Amali, I, 220; • al-Qali, al-'Amali, II, 67.

19. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 145, Ali: about Life #7

20. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 173, Page 148 Ali: about Life #8 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 130; • Abu Ja`far al-'Iskafi, Naqd al-`Uthmaniyyah, see Ibn Abi al-Hadid, II, 171-173.

21. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 173, Ali: about Life #8

22. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 186, Page 276 Ali: about Life #9 • See next slide please Other sources: • -Kulayni, al-Kafi, I, 138; • al-Saduq, al-Tawhid, 96, 320, 324; • al-Saduq, al-'Amali, 205; • al-Mufid, al-'Irshad, 131; • al-Mufid, al-'Ikhtisas, 236; • Sibt ibn al-Jawzi, Tadhkirah, 157; • al-Tabarsi, al-'Ihtijaj, I, 299; • al-Murtada, al-'Amali, I, 103.

23. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 186, Ali: about Life #9

24. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 190, Page 281 Ali: about Life #10 • See next slide please Other sources: • Ibn Nubatah (d. 374/984) narrated this khutbah, see Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh, III, 220; • al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 20, 108.

25. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 190, Ali: about Life #10

26. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 203, Page 320 Ali: about Life #11 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Saduq, al-'Amali, 132; • al-Saduq, `Uyun akhbar al-Rida, I, 298; • al-Mufid, al-'Irshad, 139; • al-Tabarsi, Mishkat, 243; • Ibn Qutaybah, `Uyun, II, 253; • al-Mubarrad, al-Kamil; • Ibn `Abd Rabbih, al-`Iqd, II, 200; • Warram, Majmu`ah, 66; • al-Qali, al-'Amali, I, 258; • al-Bayhaqi, al-Mahasin, II, 31; see `Arshi.

27. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In Sermon 203, Ali: about Life #11

28. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life In answering someone about Life, Ali said: Life #12

29. Nahjul Balaaghah about Earthly Life Be in Allah’s Care Thank you and May God Bless you. Dr. A.S. Hashim