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Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam. By A.S. Hashim. MD. Supplication بـســـم الله الرحمن الرحيم. In the Name of God, Lord of Mercy and Lord of Grace. Nahjul Balaaghah. Nahjul Balaaghah, a highly valued book, consists of: 254 sermons, 48 letters, and 212 sayings of Imam Ali
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Nahjul Balaaghahabout Islam By A.S. Hashim. MD
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam Supplicationبـســـم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the Name of God, Lord of Mercy and Lord of Grace
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam 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)
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam References about Islam • Nahjul Balaaghah contains 10 references about Islam, 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)
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam 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
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 106, Page 153 Ali: about Islam • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Ghazali, Ihya'; • al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 126; • al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, II, 49; • al-Qali, al-'Amali, 171; • Abu Talib al-Makki, Qut, I, 382, 407; • Abu Nu`aym, Hilyah, I, 74, 75; • al-Saduq, al-Khisal, I, 108; • al-Qadi al-Quda`i, Dustur, 121; • al-Tusi, al-'Amali, * 23.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 106, Ali: about Islam
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 108, Page 157 Ali: about Times Ahead • Ali was talking about times ahead, describing Muslims’ behavior and character of those times • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 85, 209; • al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, bab tabaddul al-'ahwal
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 108, Ali: about Times Ahead
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 110, Page 163 Ali: about Islam • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 104; • al-Saduq, Man la yahduruh, I, 131; • al-Saduq, `Ilal, 114; • al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, 233; • al-Tusi, al-'Amali, I, 220.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 110, Ali: about Islam
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 152, Page 212 Ali: about Islam • This was a part of a sermon about the Attributes of Allah, whereby he details those attributes and clarifies them. Then he refers to what Islam is, as appears in the following slide. • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, I, 139; • al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 232, 235.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 152, Ali: about Islam
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 176, Page 252 Ali: about Urging to Islam • This was a part of a sermon when Ali preached about Islam in general, a component of which appears in the following slide: • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 219; • al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, II, 443; • al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, 6; • al-Saduq, al-'Amali, 153; • al-`Ayyashi, Tafsir, II, 262; • al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 71.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 176, Ali: about Urging to Islam
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 192, Page 299 Ali: Teaching Caution and Islam • Known as Sermon of Disparagement, it comprises disparagement of Satan for his vanity, and being the first to display bigotry and defiance to God. A component of this sermon is about Islam as appears in the following slide: • See next slide please Other sources: • Ibn Tawus, Kitab al-yaqin, 196; • al-Kulayni, Furu` al-Kafi, IV, 168; • al-Saduq, al-Faqih, I, 152; • al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 113; • al-Mawardi, A`lam, 97; • See al-Tehrani, al-Dhari`ah, VII, 204.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 192, Ali: Teaching Caution and Islam
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 198, Page 313 Ali: about • In a sermon about Allah's attribute of Omniscience, Ali refers to Islam in glorious terms. A component of this sermon is about Islam as appears in the following slide: • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 126; • al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, II, 49; • al-Qali, al-'Amali, 171; • Abu Talib al-Makki, Qut, I, 382; • Abu Nu`aym, Hilyah, I, 74, 75; • al-Saduq, al-Khisal, I, 108.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam In Sermon 198, Ali: about Greatness of Islam
Nahjul Balaaghah about Islam Be in Allah’s Care Thank you and May God Bless you. Dr. A.S. Hashim