Book Series on Imam Ali’s Nahj al-Balaqa completed

Holy Qom, Oct 23, IRNA – Compiling of full text of interpretation of Imam Ali’s Nahj al-Balaqa, titled “Message of Imam Emir of the pious Believers (P), was completed Monday under supervision of Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi.

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Date: 23 October 2012 - 12:24

According to IRNA, a report on Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi’s information website on the matter says that the 15 volume work has been completed after two decades of painstaking academic work of a group of prominent clerics and elite professors of the Qom Seminary in Persian language an in an innovative style, and is now available for the enthusiasts of scientific works on Imam Ali (P).

The precious work’s 14th volume is now printed and its last and 15th volume is in the print shop which means the 15 volume work on Nahj ul-Balaqa would be unveiled in near future.

Also a noticeable volume of this precious work’s Arabic translation version has already been published and its full text in Arabic would be presented to the enthusiastic individuals in near future.

The worthy work’s translations into other languages, too, are being prepared and would be presented to the book markets later on.

Nahj-ul-Balaqa is a collection of Sermons, Letters and Miscellaneous Sayings left as a memorial from the Emir of the Pious Beleivers Imam Ali (P). This book is divided into three sections of Sermons, Letters and short Sayings. Some of the sayings have been selected from the Sermons and Letters of that Infallible Imam (P).

The late Sayyed Radhi compiled Nahj-ul-Baraga over a thousand years ago and before he made the effort these jewels were scattered all over the Islamic literature. Other scholars were in the process of doing the same thing, but God gave Sayyed Radhi the opportunity and the will to finish this enormous task. According to him certain words and expressions of Nahj-ul-Balaqa are matchless in human expression by eloquent writers, Islamic thinkers and even the adversaries of Islam. These people have always accepted that some statements of the Nahj-ul-Balaqa are superior to human expression and beyond the ordinary level of the human being's knowledge at that time. We are indebted to the endeavors and initiatives of Sayyed Radhi who left the Nahj-ul-Balaqa for us.

The Sermons included in Nahj-ul-Balaqa were expressed and written by the Emir of the Pious Believer Imam Ali (P) as a teacher, ruler and an Islamologist. Thus, in addition to reflecting the general lines of Islamic thought, these Sermons and Letters also cover daily matters, i.e. the current problems and difficulties of Imam Ali’s life.

The importance of the Nahj ul-Balaqa lies in two dimensions. First, it speaks about the fundamentals of Islam such as the matters concerning Almighty Allah, the human being, Islamic views on humanity, prophethood and its position in human history as a means of understanding Islam and thus necessary for us to study. Secondly, the Nahj ul-Balaqa refers to the social problems of a hypocritical society with which we deal today. Accordingly, this book can be a source of Inspiration for us as regards to the social and political problems of life and the possible solutions to them.