Nahjul Balaaghah
about the Holy Quran
By A.S. Hashim. MD
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
Supplication
‫بـســـم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬
In the Name of God,
Lord of Mercy and
Lord of Grace
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
Nahjul Balaaghah
Nahjul Balaaghah, a highly valued book, consists of:
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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
2. nor in literary eloquence.
1.
No wonder Ali was referred to as:
Sayyid al-Bulaghaa' (Pinnacle of Literary Expression) and
2. Sayyid al-Fu'qahaa, (Pinnacle of the Jurisprudents)
1.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
References about the Holy Quran
Nahjul Balaaghah contains 21 references about
the Holy Quran, 12 of which appear here
The quotes appear in various sermons,
– said at variable occasions and
– about different subjects.
1. 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.
2. The Number of the sermons may differ by a factor of 1 in
other volumes of Nahjul Balaaghah
3. 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
the Holy Quran
Time Element
The majority of Ali's sayings and speeches
were stated:
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During his Khilaafah when in Kufa,
At Different Places
At Different Occasions
Often at Khutba of Jumu’ah
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 1, Page 45 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #1
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 57;
2. al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, I, 140;
3. al-Qadi al-Quda`i, Dustur, 153;
4. al-Razi, Tafsir, II, 164;
5. Ibn Talhah, Matalib;
6. al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, bab al-sama' wa al-kawakib;
7. al-Wasiti, `Uyun, see al-Majlisi, Bihar, vol.77, 300, 423;
8. al-Rawandi, Sharh, see Kashif al-Ghita', Madarik, 69;
9. al-Tabarsi, al-'Ihtijaj, I, 150
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 1,
Ali: about the Holy Quran #1
The Book of God clarifies to you what it
permits and prohibits, its obligations and
discretion, its repealing injunctions and the
repealed ones, its permissible matters and
compulsory ones, its particulars and the
generic, its lessons and illustrations, its long
and the short ones, its clear and obscure ones,
detailing its abbreviations and clarifying its
obscurities
In it there are verses whose knowledge is
obligatory and others whose ignorance by
people is permissible. It contains what appears
to be obligatory but its repeal is signified by the
Prophet's Sunnah or otherwise what appears
compulsory according to the Prophet's action
but the Book allows not following it……
ً ‫] ُمبَ ِينا‬:‫اب َربِ ُك ْم [فِي ُك ْم‬
َ َ ‫ِكت‬
ُ‫ضه‬
َ ِ‫ َوفَ َرائ‬،ُ‫َحالَلَهُ َو َحرا َمه‬
،ُ‫سو َخه‬
ُ ‫ َونَا ِس َخهُ َو َم ْن‬،ُ‫ضائِلَه‬
َ َ‫َوف‬
ُ‫صه‬
َّ ‫ َوخَا‬،ُ‫عزَ ا ِئ َمه‬
َ ‫صهُ َو‬
َ ‫َو ُر َخ‬
،ُ‫ َو ِعبَ َرهُ َوأَ ْمثَالَه‬،ُ‫عا َّمه‬
َ ‫َو‬
ُ‫ َو ُم ْح َك َمه‬،ُ‫سلَهُ َو َم ْحدُودَه‬
َ ‫َو ُم ْر‬
ً ‫ َو ُمبَ ِينا‬،ُ‫ ُمفَ ِسرا ً ُج َملَه‬،ُ‫َو ُمتَشَا ِب َهه‬
.ُ‫ضه‬
َ ‫غ ََو ِام‬
ُ َ ‫بَيْنَ َمأ ْ ُخوذ ِميث‬
،‫اق ِع ْل ِم ِه‬
،‫علَى ال ِعبَا ِد في َج ْه ِل ِه‬
َّ ‫َو ُم َو‬
َ ‫سع‬
،ُ‫ضه‬
ُ ‫ب فَ ْر‬
ِ ‫َوبَيْنَ ُمثْبَت في ال ِكتا‬
،ُ‫سنَّ ِه نَ ْس ُخه‬
ُّ ‫َو َم ْعلُوم في ال‬
،ُ‫سنَّ ِة أ َ ْخذُه‬
ُّ ‫َو َواجب في ال‬
….ُ‫ب ت َ ْر ُكه‬
ِ ‫َو ُم َر َّخص في ال ِكتا‬
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 86, Page 117 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #2
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-Dinawari, Akhbar, 145;
2. al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 100, 101;
3. al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, 233-4;
4. al-Mufid, al-Majalis, 120;
5. al-Tabarsi, Mishkat, 156;
6. al- 'Amidi, Ghurar.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 86, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #2
Verily, Allah has not created you in vain nor
left you unbridled nor alone in blinding
ignorance. He has defined for you the
legacies, knows your works, and ordains
your life span.
Allah has sent down to you the Book
explaining everything, and made His Prophet
live among you for a lengthy time till the
Prophet completed for Him and for you the
message, namely the religion that God likes,
and Allah clarified through him His good
acts and bad acts, His prohibitions and His
commands. So, Allah placed before you His
arguments and exhausted His excuses. He
put forth before you His promises but also
warned you of severe retribution
،ً‫عبَثا‬
ُ ‫هللا‬
َ ‫س ْب َحانَهُ لَ ْم يَ ْخلُ ْق ُك ْم‬
َ ‫فَإِ َّن‬
‫ َولَ ْم يَدَ ْع ُك ْم ِفي‬،‫ى‬
ُ ‫َولَ ْم يَتْ ُر ْك ُك ْم‬
ً ‫سد‬
،‫ار ُك ْم‬
َ َ‫َج َهالَة َوال‬
َ ‫ قَ ْد‬،‫مى‬
َ َ‫س َّمى آث‬
ً ‫ع‬
،‫ب آ َجالَ ُك ْم‬
َ ‫َو‬
َ َ ‫ َو َكت‬،‫ع ِل َم أ ْع َمالَ ُك ْم‬
‫ع َّم َر‬
َ ‫ َو‬،ً‫اب تِ ْبيَانا‬
َ ‫َوأَ ْنزَ َل‬
َ َ‫علَ ْي ُك ُم ْال ِكت‬
‫ َحتَّى أَ ْك َم َل لَهُ َولَ ُك ْم‬،ً‫فِي ُك ْم نَبِيَّهُ أَ ْز َمانا‬
‫ـ فِيَما أ ْنزَ َل ِم ْن ِكت َا ِب ِه ـ [دِينَهُ] الَّذِي‬
،‫ي ِلن ْف ِس ِه‬
ِ ‫َر‬
َ ‫ض‬
ُ‫سانِ ِه ـ َم َحابَّه‬
َ ‫َوأَ ْن َهى ِإلَ ْي ُك ْم ـ‬
َ ‫علَى ِل‬
ْ ‫ِمنَ ا‬
ُ‫ َون ََوا ِهيَه‬،ُ‫ار َهه‬
ِ ‫ال ََ ْع َما ِل َو َم َك‬
،َ‫ فَأَلقَى ِإلَ ْي ُك ُم ْال ِم ْع ِذ َرة‬،ُ‫َوأ َ َو ِام َره‬
‫ َوقَدَّ َم ِإلَ ْي ُك ْم‬،َ‫علَ ْي ُك ُم ْال ُح َّجة‬
َ َ‫َوات َّ َخذ‬
‫عذَاب‬
َ ‫ي‬
ْ َ‫ َوأَ ْنذَ َر ُك ْم بَيْنَ يَد‬،ِ‫بِ ْال َو ِعيد‬
.‫شَديد‬
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 91, Page 125 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #3
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Mas`adah ibn Sadaqah, author of Khutab Amir al-Mu'minin;
2. Ibn `Abd Rabbih, al-`Iqd, II, 406;
3. al-Saduq, al-Tawhid, 34;
4. al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, bab al-mala'ikah;
5. Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, discusses its unusual (gharib)
phrases in several places;
6. Ibn Tawus, Faraj al-mahmum, 56.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 91, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #3
ُ ‫فَا ْن‬
Be confined to the Quran’s attributes
ُ ‫ فَ َما دَلَّ َك ْالقُ ْر‬:‫سائِ ُل‬
‫آن‬
َّ ‫ظ ْر أَيُّ َها ال‬
and seek light from its guidance. Leave ‫ست َضىء بنُور‬
ِ ‫علَ ْي ِه ِم ْن‬
َ
ِ ْ ِ ْ ‫صفَتِ ِه فَائْتَ َّم ِب ِه َوا‬
ِ
it to Allah what Satan has prompted you
ْ ‫ان ِع‬
َ ‫ش ْي‬
َّ ‫ َو َما َكلَّفَ َك ال‬،‫ِهدَايَتِ ِه‬
ُ
ُ
‫ا‬
‫م‬
‫م‬
‫ه‬
‫م‬
‫ل‬
‫ط‬
ِ
َّ
َ
to seek which neither the Quran enjoins
‫ َوالَ ِفي‬،ُ‫ضه‬
ُ ‫علَي َْك فَ ْر‬
ِ ‫ْس ِفي ْال ِكتَا‬
َ ‫ب‬
َ ‫لَي‬
you to seek nor the Sunnah of the
‫سنَّ ِة النَّبِي ِ (صلى هللا عليه وآله) َوأَئِ َّم ِة ْال ُهدَى‬
Prophet and Imams of guidance. This in
ُ
deed is the extreme limit of Allah's claim
ِ ‫ فَ ِك ْل ِع ْل َمهُ ِإلَى‬،ُ‫أَثَ ُره‬
‫ فَإِ َّن‬،ُ‫س ْب َحانَه‬
ُ ‫هللا‬
upon you.
ِ ‫ق‬
.‫علَي َْك‬
َ ‫هللا‬
ِ ‫ذ ِل َك ُم ْنت َ َهى َح‬
Be aware that the firm in knowledge
َّ‫الرا ِس ِخينَ ِفي ْال ِع ْل ِم ُه ُم ال‬
َ ‫َوا ْعلَ ْم أ‬
َّ
‫ذ‬
‫ن‬
َ‫ِين‬
َّ
are those who refrain from opening the
َ‫سدَ ِد ْال َمض ُْروبَ ِة دُون‬
ُّ ‫ع ِن ا ْقتِ َح ِام ال‬
َ ‫أ َ ْغنَا ُه ْم‬
barriers against the unknown, and their
ْ ‫ ا‬،‫ب‬
acknowledgement of ignorance about
‫ار ِب ُج ْملَ ِة َما َج ِهلُوا‬
ُ ‫ال َِ ْق َر‬
ِ ‫ْالغُيُو‬
the hidden unknown prevents them from ُ‫ح هللا‬
ِ ‫ب ا ْلـ َم ْح ُجو‬
ِ ‫يرهُ ِمنَ ْالغ ْي‬
َ َ‫ فَ َمد‬،‫ب‬
َ ‫ت َ ْف ِس‬
further probe. Allah praises them for
‫ع ْن تَنَ ُاو ِل َما‬
‫ـ تَعَالَى ـ ا ْع ِت َرافَ ُه ْم ِب ْالعَ ْج ِز‬
َ
their admission that they are unable to
ُ ‫لَ ْم يُ ِحي‬
ً ‫طوا بِ ِه ِع ْلما‬
….
،
get knowledge not allowed to them….
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 110, Page 164 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #4
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 104;
2. al-Saduq, Man la yahduruh, I, 131;
3. al-Saduq, `Ilal, 114;
4. al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, 233;
5. al-Tusi, al-'Amali, I, 220.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 110, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #4
Learn the Quran for it is most superb of
discourses, and understand it thoroughly
for it is the wellspring of the hearts.
Seek the cure from its beacon for it is the
remedy for the hearts.
Recite it well for its narration adorns you
with so much benefit.
For certainly a scholar who does not
apply his knowledge is like the straying
ignorant who finds no relief from his
ignorance,
But on the learned the plea of Allah is
greater and the grief more incumbent, and
he is more blameworthy before Allah.
‫س ُن‬
ْ ‫َوتَعَلَّ ُموا ْال‬
َ ‫قرآن فَإِنَّهُ أ َ ْح‬
‫ َوتَفَقَّ ُهوا فِي ِه فَإِنَّهُ َر ِبي ُع‬،ِ‫ْال َحدِيث‬
،‫ب‬
ِ ‫ْالقُلُو‬
‫ور ِه فَإِنَّهُ ِشفَا ُء‬
ِ ُ‫َوا ْست َ ْشفُوا ِبن‬
،‫ُور‬
ُّ ‫ال‬
ِ ‫صد‬
‫َوأ َ ْح ِسنُوا تِالَ َوتَهُ فَإِنَّهُ أ َ ْنفَ ُع‬
.‫ص‬
ِ ‫ص‬
َ َ‫ْالق‬
‫ام َل ِبغَي ِْر ِع ْل ِم ِه‬
ِ َ‫َو ِإ َّن ْالعَا ِل َم ْالع‬
ُ ‫َك ْال َجا ِه ِل ْال َحائِ ِر الَّذِي الَ يَ ْست َ ِف‬
‫يق ِم ْن‬
،‫َج ْه ِل ِه‬
َ ‫علَ ْي ِه أ َ ْع‬
ُ ‫ َو ْال َح ْس َرة‬،‫ظ ُم‬
َ ُ‫بَ ِل ْال ُح َّجة‬
ِ َ‫ع ْند‬
.‫هللا أ َ ْل َو ُم‬
َ ‫ َو ُه َو‬،‫لَهُ أَ ْلزَ ُم‬
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 125, Page 182 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #5
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-Tabari, Ta'rikh, VI, 37, events of 37 H.;
2. Sibt ibn al-Jawzi, Tadhkirah, 100;
3. al-Mufid, al-'Irshad, 157;
4. al-Tabarsi, al-'Ihtijaj, I, 275.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 125, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #5
We did not name people as arbitrators
but we named the Quran the arbitrator.
The Quran is a book covered between
two flaps, and it does not speak. It
should have an interpreter. Men have to
interpret on its behalf.
When these people invited us to name
the Quran as the arbitrator between us,
we could not be the party turning away
from the Book of Allah, since Allah has
said: “. . . And then if ye quarrel about a
thing refer it to Allah and the Prophet . .”
Reference to Allah means that we
decide according to the Quran while
reference to the Prophet means that we
follow his Sunnah.
‫ َو ِإنَّ َما َح َّك ْمنَا‬،‫الر َجا َل‬
ِ ‫ِإنَّا لَ ْم نُ َح ِك ِم‬
ٌّ ‫آن ِإنَّ َما ُه َو خ‬
ُ ‫ وهذَا ْالقُ ْر‬. َ‫ْالقُ ْرآن‬
‫َط‬
،‫سان‬
ٌ ُ ‫َم ْست‬
َ ‫ الَ يَ ْن ِط ُق ِب ِل‬،‫ور بَيْنَ الدَّفَّت َي ِْن‬
ُ‫ع ْنه‬
َ ‫ َو ِإنَّ َما يَ ْن ِط ُق‬،‫َوالَ بُدَّ لَهُ ِم ْن ت َ ْر ُج َمان‬
.‫الر َجا ُل‬
ِ
‫عانَا ْالقَ ْو ُم ِإلَى أَ ْن نُ َح ِك َم بَ ْينَنَا‬
َ َ‫َولَ َّما د‬
‫ع ْن‬
َ ‫ي‬
َ ‫ْالقُ ْرآنَ لَ ْم نَ ُك ِن ْالفَ ِريقَ ْال ُمت َ َو ِل‬
ِ ‫ب‬
‫ (فَإ ِ ْن ت َنَازَ ْعت ُ ْم‬:ُ‫حانَه‬
ُ ُ‫ وقَا َل هللا‬،‫هللا‬
ِ ‫ِكتَا‬
َ ‫س ْب‬
‫ فَ َردُّهُ ِإلَى‬،)‫الر ُسو ِل‬
َّ ‫َيء فَ ُردُّوهُ ِإلَى هللاِ َو‬
ْ ‫في ش‬
ِ
‫سو ِل‬
ُ ‫لر‬
َّ ‫ َو َردُّهُ ِإلَى ا‬،‫هللا أَ ْن ن َْح ُك َم ِب ِكتَا ِب ِه‬
;‫سنَّ ِت ِه‬
ُ ‫أَ ْن نَأ ْ ُخذَ ب‬
ِ ‫ب‬
،‫هللا‬
ِ ‫ق فِي ِكتَا‬
ِ ‫فَإِذَا ُح ِك َم ِب‬
ِ ‫الص ْد‬
‫سنَّ ِة‬
ُ ‫كم ب‬
ِ َّ‫فَن َْح ُن أ َ َح ُّق الن‬
َ ‫ َو ِإ ْن ُح‬،‫اس ِب ِه‬
.‫سو ِل ِه فَن َْح ُن أَ ْوالَ ُه ْم ِب ِه‬
ُ ‫َر‬
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 133, Page 191 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #6
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 77;
2. See Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh, II, 386.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 133, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #6
The Book of Allah is among you.
It speaks, whose tongue does not falter. It is a
house whose pillars cannot be demolished, and
a power whose supporters cannot be routed.
A part of the same sermon about the Holy
Prophet
Allah deputized the Prophet after a gap from
the previous prophets when there was much
disparagement among the people.
With him Allah exhausted the series of
prophets and ended the revelation.
So the Prophet struggled for God’s Cause
against those who were turning away from God
and the ones equating others with Him.
ْ َ‫هللا بَ ْينَ أ‬
ِ ‫اب‬
،‫ظ ُه ِر ُك ْم‬
ُ َ‫َو ِكت‬
َ‫ت ال‬
ٌ ‫ن‬
ٌ ‫ َوبَ ْي‬،ُ‫سانُه‬
َ ‫َاطق الَ يَ ْعيَا ِل‬
‫ َو ِع ٌّز الَ ت ُ ْهزَ ُم‬،ُ‫ت ُ ْهدَ ُم أ َ ْر َكانُه‬
.ُ‫أَع َْوانُه‬
]‫ [في رسول هللا‬:‫منها‬
َ‫ين فَتْ َرة ِمن‬
َ ُ‫سلَه‬
َ ‫أ َ ْر‬
ِ ‫علَى ِح‬
ْ ‫َازع ِمنَ ا‬
ُ ‫ َوتَن‬،‫س ِل‬
،‫س ِن‬
ُ ‫ال ََ ْل‬
ُ ‫الر‬
ُّ
‫ َو َخت َ َم ِب ِه‬،‫س َل‬
ُ ‫الر‬
ُّ ‫فَقَفَّى ِب ِه‬
،‫ي‬
َ ‫ْال َو ْح‬
ِ ‫فَ َجا َهدَ فِي‬
،ُ‫ع ْنه‬
َ َ‫هللا ْال ُم ْد ِب ِرين‬
.‫َو ْالعَا ِد ِلينَ ِب ِه‬
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 133, Page 192 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #7
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 77;
2. See Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh, II, 386
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 133, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #7
By the Book of Allah and through it you truly
see, you truly speak, and you truly hear.
One part of it speaks for the other part, and
one part of it testifies to the other. The Quran
does not create variables about Allah nor does
it mislead its followers from the path of Allah.
You have joined each other in rancor towards
each other and in the growth of malice among
yourselves. You have concurred with each
other in the passion for desires and caused
enmity against each other for the sake of
hording wealth.
The devil has enamored you, and deceit has
misdirected you. I seek help from Allah for
myself and you.
ِ ‫اب‬
،‫ْص ُرونَ ِب ِه‬
ُ َ‫ِكت‬
ِ ‫هللا تُب‬
،‫ َوت َ ْس َمعُونَ ِب ِه‬،‫َوتَ ْن ِطقُونَ ِب ِه‬
ُ‫ َويَ ْش َهد‬،‫ضهُ ِببَ ْعض‬
ُ ‫َويَ ْن ِط ُق بَ ْع‬
‫ف‬
ُ ‫بَ ْع‬
ُ ‫ َوالَ يَ ْختَ ِل‬،‫على بَ ْعض‬
َ ُ‫ضه‬
ِ ‫فِي‬
‫ع ِن‬
ِ ‫ص‬
ُ ‫ َوالَ يُخَا ِل‬،‫هللا‬
َ ‫احبِ ِه‬
َ ِ‫ف ب‬
ِ
.‫هللا‬
َ ‫ص‬
‫علَى ْال ِغ ِل ِفيَما‬
ْ ‫قَ ِد ا‬
َ ‫طلَ ْحت ُ ْم‬
،‫علَى ِد َمنِ ُك ْم‬
َ َ‫ َونَب‬،‫بَ ْينَ ُك ْم‬
ْ ‫ت ْال‬
َ ‫عى‬
َ ‫مر‬
ْ ‫با‬
،‫ال َما َل‬
ِ ‫على ُح‬
َ ‫صافَ ْيت ُ ْم‬
َ َ ‫َوت‬
ْ ‫با‬
.‫ال ََ ْم َوا ِل‬
ِ ‫َوتَعَادَ ْيت ُ ْم فِي َك ْس‬
ُ ِ‫ام بِ ُك ُم ْال َخب‬
‫ َوت َاهَ بِ ُك ُم‬،‫يث‬
َ ‫لَقَدِا ْست َ َه‬
ُ َ‫ َوهللاُ ْال ُم ْستَع‬،‫ور‬
‫علَى‬
ُ ‫ْالغُ ُر‬
َ ‫ان‬
‫نَ ْف ِسي َوأ َ ْنفُ ِس ُك ْم‬
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 156, Page 219 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #8
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-Tusi, Talkhis al-Shafi, I, 326;
2. al-Hilli, Mukhtasar Basa'ir al-darajat, 195;
3. al-Tabarsi, al-'Ihtijaj, I, 326;
4. al-Muttaqi, Kanz, VIII, 215;
5. al-Majlisi, Bihar, bab al-fitan wa al-mihan, 448.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 156, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #8
Adhere to the Book of Allah
ِ ‫ب‬
،‫هللا‬
ِ ‫علَ ْي ُك ْم بِ ِكتَا‬
َ ‫َو‬
for it is the potent rope, and the clear
ُ ‫ور ْال ُم ِب‬
ُ ‫فَإِنَّهُ ْال َح ْب ُل ْال َم ِت‬
،‫ين‬
ُ ُّ‫ َوالن‬،‫ين‬
beacon, and the befitting remedy, and the
،‫ي النَّاقِ ُع‬
ِ ‫َو‬
ِ ‫ َو‬،‫الشفَا ُء النَّافِ ُع‬
ُّ ‫الر‬
quencher for thirst of knowledge,
ُ ‫ َوالنَّ َجاة‬،‫ص َمةُ ِل ْل ُمت َ َم ِس ِك‬
ْ ‫َو ْال ِع‬
The Quran is the protection for its
adherents and the deliverer for its
،‫ق‬
ِ ‫لَ ْل ُمتَعَ ِل‬
devotees.
َ‫الَ يَ ْع َو ُّج فَيُق‬
‫ َوالَ يَ ِزي ُغ‬،‫ام‬
َ
The Quran is straight without a curve and
،‫ب‬
َ َ ‫فَيُ ْستَ ْعت‬
it does not deviate as to need correction.
‫ َو ُولُو ُج‬،ِ‫الرد‬
َّ ُ ‫َوالَ ت ُ ْخ ِلقُهُ َكثْ َرة‬
Neither the frequency of its repetition nor
،‫س ْم ِع‬
َّ ‫ال‬
the listening to it makes you weary.
He who speaks according to the Quran,
‫ع ِم َل بِ ِه‬
َ ‫ َو َم ْن‬، َ‫صدَق‬
َ ‫َم ْن قَا َل بِ ِه‬
speaks the truth and he who acts by it is
. َ‫سبَق‬
َ
up front and ahead in his affairs
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 176, Page 252 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #9
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 219;
2. al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, II, 443;
3. al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, 6;
4. al-Saduq, al-'Amali, 153;
5. al-`Ayyashi, Tafsir, II, 262;
6. al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 71.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 106, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #9
This Quran is an adviser who deceives
not, a leader who misleads not, and a
narrator who speaks no lie.
When you study this Quran you attain
one or lose one ─attain a guidance or
eliminate a spiritual blindness.
Also know that besides the Quran no
one will be in need, nor will there be a
wealth for guidance before the Quran.
Therefore, seek its remedy for your
ailments and seek its assistance in your
distresses. It contains a cure for the
biggest ailments, namely disbelief,
hypocrisy, temptation, and misguidance.
‫اص ُح‬
ِ َّ‫َوا ْعلَ ُموا أَ َّن هذَا ْالقُ ْرآنَ ُه َو الن‬
َ‫ َو ْال َهادِي الَّذِي ال‬،‫ش‬
ُّ ُ‫الَّذِي الَ يَغ‬
ُ ‫الَُ م َحد‬
ْ ‫ َو‬،‫ض ُّل‬
،‫ب‬
ُ ‫ِث الَّذِي الَ يَ ْك ِذ‬
ِ ُ‫ي‬
‫ام‬
َ َ‫َو َما َجال‬
َ َ‫س هذَا ْالقُ ْرآنَ أَ َحدٌ ِإالَّ ق‬
‫ ِزيَادَة فِي‬:‫صان‬
َ
َ ‫ع ْنهُ ِب ِزيَادَة أَ ْو نُ ْق‬
.‫مى‬
َ ‫صان ِم ْن‬
َ ‫ أ َ ْو نُ ْق‬،‫ى‬
ً ‫ُهد‬
ً ‫ع‬
َ‫علَى أَ َحد بَ ْعد‬
َ ‫ْس‬
َ ‫َوا ْعلَ ُموا أَنَّهُ لَي‬
‫آن‬
ِ ‫ َوالَ ال َحد قَ ْب َل ْالقُ ْر‬،‫آن ِم ْن فَاقَة‬
ِ ‫ْالقُ ْر‬
;‫نى‬
ً ‫ِم ْن ِغ‬
‫ َوا ْست َ ِعينُوا‬،‫فَا ْست َ ْشفُوهُ ِم ْن أَ ْد َوائِ ُك ْم‬
َّ َ‫ ف‬،‫علَى الَ َْ َوائِ ُك ْم‬
‫إن فِي ِه ِشفَا ًء ِم ْن‬
َ ‫ِب ِه‬
ُ َ‫النف‬
،‫اق‬
ِ َّ‫أ َ ْكبَ ِر الد‬
ِ ‫ َو ُه َو ْال ُك ْف ُر َو‬،‫اء‬
،‫ضالَ ُل‬
َّ ‫ي َوال‬
ُّ َ‫َو ْالغ‬
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 176, Page 252 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #10
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 219;
2. al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, II, 443;
3. al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, 6;
4. al-Saduq, al-'Amali, 153;
5. al-`Ayyashi, Tafsir, II, 262;
6. al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 71.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 176, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #10
Know that the Quran intercedes and its
intercession will be accepted. It is a speaker
who is sure. For him whom the Quran
intercedes on the Day of Judgment, its
intercession would be accepted. And for the
one about whom the Quran speaks ill, he
shall testify to it.
On the Day of Judgment it will be
announced: "Beware. The cultivator of a crop
deals with its consequence except the
cultivator of the Quran."
Therefore, be among the cultivators of the
Quran and its devotees. Make it your guide
towards Allah. Seek its advice, do not trust
your views against it. and regard your wishes
in the matter of the Quran as deceitful.
‫ َوقَا ِئ ٌل‬،‫شفَّ ٌع‬
َ ‫َوا ْعلَ ُموا أَنَّهُ شَا ِف ٌع ُم‬
ُ ‫شفَ َع لَهُ ا ْلقُ ْر‬
‫آن‬
َ ‫ َوأَنَّهُ َم ْن‬،‫صدَّ ٌق‬
َ ‫ُم‬
ُ ‫يَ ْو َم ْال ِقيَا َم ِة‬
‫ َو َم ْن َم َح َل‬،‫ش ِف َع فِي ِه‬
ُ ‫ِب ِه ْالقُ ْر‬
َ‫ص ِدق‬
ُ ‫آن يَ ْو َم ْال ِقيَا َم ِة‬
،‫علَيْه‬
َ
َ‫ أَال‬:‫فَإنَّهُ يُنَادِي ُمنَاد يَ ْو َم ْال ِقيَام ِة‬
َّ
‫لى فِي َح ْرثِ ِه‬
ِ ‫إن ُك َّل َح‬
ً َ ‫ارث ُم ْبت‬
َ ،‫ع َم ِل ِه‬
;‫رآن‬
َ ‫عاقِبَ ِة‬
َ ‫َو‬
ِ ُ‫غي َْر َح َرث َ ِة ْالق‬
،‫فَ ُكونُوا ِم ْن َح َرث َتِ ِه َوأَتْبَا ِع ِه‬
،‫على ِر ِب ُك ْم‬
َ ُ‫َوا ْستَدِلُّوه‬
،‫على أ َ ْنفُ ِس ُك ْم‬
َ ُ‫ص ُحوه‬
ِ ‫َوا ْستَ ْن‬
ُّ ‫ َوا ْست َ ِغ‬،‫آرا َء ُك ْم‬
‫شوا‬
َ ‫َوات َّ ِه ُموا‬
َ ‫علَ ْي ِه‬
‫فِي ِه أ َ ْه َوا َء ُك ْم‬
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 176, Page 254 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #11
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 219;
2. al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, II, 443;
3. al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, 6;
4. al-Saduq, al-'Amali, 153;
5. al-`Ayyashi, Tafsir, II, 262;
6. al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 71.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 106, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #11
Allah the Glorified, has not admonished
anyone more than in this Quran, for it is the
firm rope of Allah and His trustworthy
means.
The Quran is the wellspring of the hearts
and fountainhead of knowledge. There is
no other polisher for the heart than the
Quran, and although those who
remembered it had passed away, those
who forget or pretend to have forgotten it
have remained.
If you see any good give your support to
it, but if you see evil evade it, because the
Messenger of Allah used to say:
”O' son of Adam, do good and evade evil;
by doing so you will be treading correctly."
ْ ‫س ْب َحانَهُ لَ ْم يَ ِع‬
ً ‫ظ أ َ َحدا‬
ُ ‫هللا‬
َ ‫َو ِإ َّن‬
ِ ‫ فَإِنَّهُ َح ْب ُل‬،‫آن‬
‫هللا‬
ِ ‫ِب ِمثْ ِل هذَا ْالقُ ْر‬
ْ ‫سبَبُهُ ا‬
ُ ‫ال ََ ِم‬
ُ ِ‫ْال َمت‬
،‫ين‬
َ ‫ َو‬،‫ين‬
،‫ َويَنَا ِبي ُع ْال ِع ْل ِم‬،‫ب‬
ِ ‫َوفِي ِه َر ِبي ُع ْالقَ ْل‬
َ ‫ب َجالَ ٌء‬
‫ َم َع أَنَّهُ قَ ْد‬،ُ‫غي ُْره‬
ِ ‫َو َما ِل ْلقَ ْل‬
َ‫سون‬
ُ ‫ي النَّا‬
َ ‫ذَ َه‬
َ ‫ َوبَ ِق‬، َ‫ب ْال ُمتَذَ ِك ُرون‬
. َ‫سون‬
ُ ‫أ َ ِو ْال ُمتَنَا‬
،‫علَ ْي ِه‬
َ ‫فَإِذَا َرأ َ ْيت ُ ْم َخ ْيرا ً فَأ َ ِعينُوا‬
َّ َ‫ ف‬،ُ‫ع ْنه‬
‫إن‬
َ ‫َو ِإذَا َرأَ ْيت ُ ْم شَرا ً فَا ْذ َهبُوا‬
ِ ‫سو َل‬
َ‫هللا (صلى هللا عليه وآله) َكان‬
ُ ‫َر‬
:‫يَقُو ُل‬
ْ
ِ‫ ا ْع َم ِل ال َخي َْر َودَع‬،‫«يَابْنَ آدَ َم‬
َّ ‫ال‬
.»ٌ‫اصد‬
َ ‫ فَإِذَا أ َ ْن‬،‫ش َّر‬
ِ َ‫ت َج َوادٌ ق‬
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 183, Page 265 Ali:
about the Holy Quran #12
See next slide please
Other sources:
1. Al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 53;
2. Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, V, 299;
3. al-Bahrani, Tafsir al-burhan, I, 9, from a source other than
Nahj.
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
In Sermon 183, Ali:
about the Holy Quran #12
The Quran commands as well as forbids
remains silent yet also speaks. It is the proof
of Allah before His creation. Allah has taken
from people a pledge by it, and held them as
hostages by its covenant. He has completed
through it His religion. Allah let the Prophet
leave this world when he had conveyed to
the people all His commands of guidance.
Therefore regard Allah and hold Him
Supreme as He has held Himself Supreme
Allah has not concealed a thing of His
religion from you, nor has He left out a thing
which He likes or dislikes, without making for
it a clear guidance and a definite sign which
either refrains from it or calls towards it.
ُ ُ‫فَ ْالق‬
ٌ ‫ام‬
‫ت‬
ِ ‫ص‬
ِ َ‫رآن ِآم ٌر ز‬
َ ‫ َو‬،‫اج ٌر‬
َ‫ أَ َخذ‬،‫علَى خ َْل ِق ِه‬
ِ ُ‫ ُح َّجة‬،‫َاط ٌق‬
ِ ‫ن‬
َ ‫هللا‬
،‫س ُه ْم‬
ْ ‫ َو‬،ُ‫علَ ْي ِه ْم ِميثاقَه‬
َ َ‫ارت َ َهن‬
َ
َ ُ‫علَ ْي ِه أ َ ْنف‬
‫ض‬
َ َ‫ َوقَب‬،ُ‫ َوأ ْك َر َم ِب ِه دِينَه‬،ُ‫وره‬
َ ُ‫أَت َ َّم ن‬
َ ‫نَبِيَّهُ (صلى هللا عليه وآله) َوقَ ْد فَ َر‬
‫غ ِإلَى‬
.‫ق ِم ْن أَح َك ِام ْال ُهدَى بِ ِه‬
ِ ‫ْالخ َْل‬
َّ ‫ع‬
‫ظ َم ِم ْن‬
ُ ُ‫فَعَ ِظ ُموا ِمنه‬
َ ‫س ْب َحانَهُ َما‬
،‫نَ ْف ِس ِه‬
،‫ع ْن ُك ْم شَيئا ً ِم ْن دِي ِن ِه‬
ِ ‫فَإِنَّهُ لَ ْم يُ ْخ‬
َ ‫ف‬
َّ‫ضيَهُ أَ ْو َك ِر َههُ ِإال‬
ِ ‫َولَ ْم يَتْ ُر ْك شَيئا ً َر‬
،ً‫ َوآيَةً ُم ْح َك َمة‬،ً‫علَما ً بَا ِديا‬
َ ُ‫َو َجعَ َل لَه‬
،‫عو ِإلَ ْي ِه‬
ُ ‫ أ َ ْو تَ ْد‬،ُ‫ع ْنه‬
َ ‫ت َ ْز ُج ُر‬
Nahjul Balaaghah about
the Holy Quran
Be in Allah’s Care
Thank you and May God Bless you.
Dr. A.S. Hashim