Ghurar Al-Hikam – Chapter 001
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Simon Ockley on Imam Ali a.s.
Simon Ockley (1678-1720) Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge. “One thing particularly deserving to be noticed is that his mother was delivered of him at Mecca, in the very temple itself; which never happened to any one else.”
Nahjul Balagha Letter 010 – A letter to Mu’awiya.
Have you ever seriously considered what would happen to you if all your wealth and property is taken away from you. The possessions, the riches and the luxuries that you have surrounded yourself with, belong to this world, a world which has profusely decorated itself and which is bent upon alluring you with its enjoyments. […]
Nahjul Balagha Letter 009 – A letter to Mu’awiya.
Quraysh was our tribe, but they wanted to kill the Holy Prophet (s) and to exterminate our family. They conspired against us and made plots after plots to harm us. They tried their best to frighten and injure us. They forced us to leave our homes and to retire to the cave of Shi’b Abi […]
Nahjul Balagha Letter 008 – Jarir bin Abdullah Bajali was sent to Damascus.
After praising Allah and the Holy Prophet (s) I want to advise you that as soon as you receive this letter of mine, force Mu’awiya for a reply to my letter written to him. Compel him to come to a decision and to give a final reply. He must decide between two things. Either war […]
Nahjul Balagha Letter 006 – The following is a letter to Mu’awiya and in it Imam Ali (a) has used the same principle that he applied on Talha and Zubayr.
Imam Ali (a) in this letter has raised all the points which were once quoted against him. He says if an election on the basis of general franchise is the criterion to decide such a caliphate, then general election took place to elect him the Caliph and nobody can deny this fact, and if limited […]
Nahjul Balagha Letter 004 – A letter to one of the commanders of his army.
If our enemies agree to obey us, it will be as I desire, but if they adamantly insist upon dissension and revolt, then be ready to fight against them with the help of your faithful followers. Trust those who have proved themselves faithful. Do not trust and do not count upon the help of those […]
Nahjul Balagha Letter 007 – A letter to Mu’awiya, on receiving letters from him based on hypocritical advice and false accusations.
After praising Allah and invoking His Blessings and Peace on the Holy Prophet (s), I write to inform you that I am in receipt of many of your letters which appear to consist of various pieces of advice to me. You have very cunningly tried to couch them in flowery words and phrases. You have […]
Nahjul Balagha Letter 002 – After the conquest of Basra Imam Ali (a) wrote the following letter to the citizens of Kufa.
O’ Citizens of Kufa! May the Merciful Lord reward you on His behalf and on behalf of the Ahlul Bayt (Progeny of the Holy Prophet) (a) for obeying their orders and coming to their help. May He reward you more handsomely than He rewards those who obey His commands (because you followed the true path […]
Sermon 070 – In condemnation of the people of Iraq
Now then, O ‘ people(1) of Iraq! You are like the pregnant woman who, on completion of the period of pregnancy delivers a dead child and her husband is also dead and her period of widowhood is long while only remote relation inherits her. By Alláh, I did not come to you of my own […]