The greatest of what Imam Ali (PBUH) saidCategory Archive

  “My son! Know that you were created for the Hereafter, not for this world, for extinction (in this world), not for permanence, and for death, not for life. You are in an abode from which you must depart, in a place from which you acquire your provisions, and on a path to the Hereafter. You are being chased by death from which no fleeing one is saved, none whom it seeks escapes from More ...

  aith is patience during difficulty and thankfulness during prosperity." "It suffices for one to work on his own flaws rather than other peoples flaws. "These are a few words from a devout and virtuous person. Every religion has individuals who are exceptional in their holiness and virtue. Such individuals are called saints. In Islam, the saints are the 12 successors after More ...

  An Extract of Du’a Kumayl The following sayings of Imam ‘Ali (as) are taken from Dua Kumail, trans. N. Husayn Mardi, Chehel Sotoon Theological School: Iran, 1989. The most complete gift of God is a life based on knowledge. The innumerable fools have made the learned very scarce. The learned man understands the ignorant for he was once ignorant for he was once ignorant himse More ...

  A Man in the Audience Requested Imam Ali to Preach about Leading a Sober Life Imam Ali thereupon advised him thus: Do not be among those people who want to gain good returns without working for them, or those who have big hopes and keep on postponing repentance and penance, and who talk like the pious but prefer worldly pleasures. Do not be among those who are dissatisfied despite being More ...

  His Counsel and Preaching, Keys to Success Introduction In this collection of admonishment, counsel, and advice, Imam Ali (p) invites people to honesty, truthfulness, and God- consciousness. This demonstrates his superior knowledge and highest level of spirituality. In a few words, he defines success, which is gaining salvation through prayers and thankfulness to God, repentance, and s More ...

  Do not seek to know the Truth (al-Haqq) according to other people. Rather first come to know the Truth — and only then will you recognize Its people. [1] One of the most striking characteristics about those surviving oral traditions that have come down to us from the earliest periods of each of the world-religions — as with the Gospels, the earliest Buddhist teachings, or the P More ...

 “And do not speak of those who are slain in the Way of Allah as dead; nay, they are alive, but you perceive not.” Quran 2:154 ****** My Dear Son, Let it be known to you that decay of health, passing away of time and nearness of death, have made me realize that I should give more thought to my future (next world) and to my people; advise them more and spend more time in equ More ...

  Mālik al-Ashtar was a famous companion of Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the fourth of the rightly-guided caliphs. The following instructions in the form of a letter were written to him by Imām ‘Alī who appointed him as the governor of Egypt in place of Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr: The letter is found under “Letter 53” of the famous Nahj al-Balāgha collection. This letter is a More ...

  A person reaches the top of his humanity, when he reaches the summit of his greatness and he do that when he reaches the summit of submission to the fact that in order for a person to be among the servants of Allah and his beloved ones, he must be a good man and the first thing to reach goodness is to practice justice with his self and with people, to be mercy, and to serve others without r More ...

Learning is very important to realize the happiness of living in this world and the hereafter.  Without a proper of knowledge, humans cannot do anything. To make a living, for an example,  needs a proper knowledge, to do good worships needs a proper knowledge, even to eat and drink  needs a proper knowledge as well. Thus, learning is undeniable, because it is related to ones  More ...

 Based on the analysis, it is found that the poems of Imam Ali contained and implied many  valuable moral messages and wisdoms which are very important to be studied, revealed, explained,  and known by the public. The valuable moral messages conveyed by Imam Ali in the verses of his  poems are mainly originated from the values of Islamic teachings contained in the Quran and More ...

 Imam Ali (pbuh) wrote to his Governor Maskala Al Shaibani, threatening and promising him because of something he had done: "I have come to know concerning you a matter which if you have done it you have displeased your Allah and disobeyed your Imam. You are distributing among the Arabs (Bedouins) of your kin who tend towards you the property of the Muslims which they collected by dint More ...

 He (pbuh) once received news from one of his governors, who was Othman bin Hunayf, Governor of Basra, that he had attended a banquet by one of Basras riches. So Imam Ali (pbuh) was worried that he would be attracted to that type of life or that kind of men, which would make him deviate from righteous and neglect values of justice and equalness,  so he wrote to him: " O Ibn Hunayf, More ...

  Sympathy and Kindness The sympathy and the willingness to share the suffering of the needy and the deprived is another ingredient of zuhd. When the destitute witness the luxuries and comforts of the richer classes, their anguish is multiplied. To the hardships of poverty and destitution is added the stinging feeling of deprivation and backwardness More ...

  The Zahid and the Monk We said that Islam encourages zuhd but condemns monasticism. Both the zahid and the ascetic monk seek abstinence from pleasures and enjoyments. But the monk evades life in society and the responsibilities and the duties it entails, regarding them as the low and mean facets of worldly existence, and takes refuge in mountains or monasteries. On the o More ...

  Taqwa is Immunity not Restraint We have already mentioned some of the various elements found in the spiritual advices (mawaiz) of the Nahj al-balaghah. We began with taqwa and saw that taqwa, from the viewpoint of the Nahj al-balaghah, is a sublime spiritual faculty which is the cause of certain attractions and repulsions; i.e. attraction towards edifying spiritual value More ...

  The Contradiction Between the World and the Hereafter The problem of the conflict between the world and the Hereafter and the contradiction between them as two opposite poles, such as the north and the south, which are such that proximity to the one means remoteness from the other-is related to the world of human heart, conscience, human attachment, love and worship. God has not given two More ...

Zuhd, Spirituality, Love, and Worship Another fountainhead of zuhd and renunciation of hedonism is the aspiration to avail of spiritual bounties. Presently we do not intend to undertake any argument to the effect that man and the universe possess an undeniable spiritual aspect. It is another story by itself. It is evident that from a materialistic outlook of the world, the rejec More ...

Mawizah and Khitabah (Exhortation and Oratory) Mawizah also differs from khitabah (oratory, rhetoric). Although oratory also deals with emotions, but it seeks to stir and agitate them. Mawizah on the other hand is intended to pacify emotions and it seeks to bring them under control. Oratory is effective when emotions are inert and stagnant; mawizah is required when l More ...

It is necessary, at the beginning, to provide our brothers and sisters with a brief introduction to the Nahj-ul-Balagha. As you know, the Nahj-ul-Balagha is a collection of Sermons, Letters and miscellaneous Sayings left as a memorial from the Master of the Pious, the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali, peace be upon him. This book is divided into three sections of Sermons, Lett More ...