Sermon 236: Perform (good) acts while you are still in the vastness of life…

About collecting provision for the next world while in this world and performing good acts before death

ومن خطبة له (عليه السلام)

في المسارعة إلى العمل

Perform (good) acts while you are still in the vastness of life, the books are open (for recording of actions), repentance is allowed, the runner away (from Allah) is being called and the sinner is being given hope (of forgiveness) before the (light of) action is put off, time expires, life ends, the door for repentance is closed and angels ascend to the sky.

فَاعْمَلُوا وَأَنْتُمْ فِي نَفَسِ الْبَقَاءِ وَالصُّحُفُ مَنْشُورَةٌ وَالتَّوْبَةُ مَبْسُوطَةٌ وَالْمُدْبِرُيُدْعَى، وَالْمُسِيءُ يُرْجَى، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْمُدَ العَمَلُ وَيَنَقَطِعَ الْمَهَلُ، وَتَنْقَضِيَ الْمُدَّةُ، وَتُسَدَّ أبْوابُ التَّوْبَةِ، وَتَصْعَدَ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ

Therefore a man should derive benefit from himself for himself, from the living for the dead, from the mortal, for the lasting and from the departer for the stayer. A man should fear Allah while he is given age to live upto his death, and is allowed time to act. A man should control his self by the rein and hold it with its bridle, thus by the rein he should prevent it from disobedience towards Allah, and by the bridle he should lead it towards obedience to Allah.

فَأخَذَ امْرُؤٌ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ لِنَفْسِهِ، وَأَخَذَ مِنْ حَيٍّ لِمَيِّتٍ، وَمِنْ فَانٍ لِبَاقٍ، وَمِنْ ذَاهِبٍ لِدَائِمٍ. امْرُءٌ خَافَ اللهَ وَهُوَ مُعَمَّرٌ إلَى أَجَلِهِ، وَمَنْظُورٌإلَى عَمَلِهِ. امْرُءٌ أَلْجَمَ نَفْسَهُ بِلِجَامِهَا، وَزَمَّهَا بِزِمَامِهَا فَأَمْسَكَهَا بِلِجَامِهَا عَنْ مَعَاصِي اللهِ، وَقَادَها بِزِمَامِهَا إِلَى طَاعَةِ اللهِ

Alternative Sources for Sermon 236

(1) Al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 54.

Sermon 237: They have been collected...

About the two arbitrators (Abu Musa al-Ash`ari and `Amr ibn al-`As) and disparagement of the people of Syria (ash-Sham).

ومن خطبة له (عليه السلام)

في شأن الحكمين وذمّ أهل الشام

Rude, low people and mean slaves. They have been collected from all sides and picked up from every pack. They need to be taught the tenets (of Islam), disciplined, instructed, trained, supervised and led by the hand. They are neither muhajirun (immigrants from Mecca), nor ansar (helpers of Medina) nor those who made their dwellings in the abode (in Medina) and in belief.

جُفَاةٌ طَغَامٌ، عَبِيدٌ أَقْزَامٌ، جُمِّعُوا مِنْ كُلِّ أَوْب، وَتُلُقِّطُوا مِنْ كُلِّ شَوْب، مِمَّنْ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُفَقَّهَ وَيُؤَدَّبَ، وَيُعَلَّمَ وَيُدَرَّبَ، وَيُوَلَّى عَلَيْهِ، وَيُؤْخَذَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ، لَيْسُوا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالاْنْصَارِ، وَلاَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ تَبَوَّؤا الدَّارَ

Look! They have chosen for themselves one who is nearest of all of them to what they desire, while you have chosen one who is nearest to what you dislike. You may certainly recall that the other day `Abdullah ibn Qays (Abu Musa) was saying: "It is a mischief, therefore, cut away your bow-string and sheathe your swords." If he was right (in what he said) then he was wrong in marching (with us) without being forced, but if he was lying then he should be viewed with suspicion. Therefore, send `Abdullah ibn al-`Abbas to face `Amr ibn al-`As. Make use of these days and surround the borders of Islam. Do you not see that your cities are being attacked and your prowess is being aimed at?

أَلاَ وَإِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اخْتَارُوا لاِنْفُسِهِمْ أَقْرَبَ الْقَوْمِ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ، وَاخْتَرْتُمْ لاِنْفُسِكُمْ أَقْرَبَ الْقَوْمِ مِمَّا تَكْرَهُونَ، وَإِنَّمَا عَهْدُكُمْ بَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَيْس بِالاْمْسِ يَقُولُ: إِنَّهَا فِتْنَةٌ فَقَطِّعُوا أَوْتَارَكُمْ وَشِيمُوا سُيُوفَكُمْ، فَإِنْ كَانَ صَادِقاً فَقَدْ أَخْطَأَ بِمَسِيرِهِ غَيْرَ مُسْتَكْرَه، وَإِنْ كَانَ كَاذِباً فَقَدْ لَزِمَتْهُ التُّهَمَهُ. فَادْفَعُوا فِي صَدْرِ عَمْرِوبْنِ الْعَاصِ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَخُذُوا مَهَلَ الاْيَّامِ، وَحُوطُوا قَوَاصِيَ الاْسْلاَمِ، أَلاَ تَرَوْنَ إِلَى بَلاَدِكُمْ تُغْزَى، وَإِلَى صَفَاتِكُمْ تُرْمَى ؟

Alternative Sources for Sermon 237

(1) Ibn Qutaybah, al-'Imamah, I,154 ;

(2) al-Thaqafi, al-Gharat, I,312 ;

(3) al-Kulayni, al-Rasa'il;

(4) al-Tabari, al-Mustarshid, 95;

(5) Ibn Tawus, Kashf,173 ;

(6) Safwah, Jamharah.

Sermon 238: They are life for knowledge and death for ignorance...

Amir al-mu'minin describes herein the members of the Prophet's family

ومن خطبة له (عليه السلام)

يذكر فيها آل محمد (عليهم السلام)

They are life for knowledge and death for ignorance. Their forbearance tells you of their knowledge, their outer self of their inner self, and their silence of the wisdom of their speaking. They do not go against right nor do they differ (among themselves) about it. They are the pillars of Islam and the asylums of (its) protection.

With them right has returned to its position and wrong has left its place and its tongue is severed from its root. They have understood the religion attentively and carefully, not by mere heresy or from relaters, because the relaters of knowledge are many but its understanders are few.

هُمْ عَيْشُ الْعِلْمِ، وَمَوْتُ الْجَهْلِ، يُخْبِرُكُمْ حِلْمُهُمْ عَنْ عِلْمِهِمْ،وَ ظاهِرِكُمْ عَن باطِنِكُمْ وَصَمْتُهُمْ عَنْ حِكَمِ مَنْطِقِهِمْ، لاَ يُخَالِفُونَ الْحَقَّ وَلاَ يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ، هُمْ دَعَائِمُ الاْسْلاَمِ، وَوَلاَئِجُ الاْعْتِصَامِ، بِهِمْ عَادَ الْحَقُّ فِي نِصَابِهِ، وَانْزَاحَ الْبَاطِلُ عَنْ مُقَامِهِ، وَانْقَطَعَ لِسَانُهُ عَنْ مَنْبِتِهِ، عَقَلُوا الدِّينَ عَقْلَ وِعَايَة وَرِعَايَة، لاَ عَقْلَ سَمَاع وَرِوَايَة، فَإِنَّ رُوَاةَ الْعِلْمِ كَثِيرٌ، وَرُعَاتَهُ قَلِيلٌ

Alternative Sources for Sermon 238

(1) Al-Kulayni, Rawdah,386 ;

(2) al-Harrani, Tuhaf,163 .

Sermon 239: O Ibn al-`Abbas!...

When `Uthman ibn `Affan was surrounded, `Abdullah ibn al-`Abbas brought a letter to Amir al-mu'minin from `Uthman in which he expressed the desire that Amir al-mu'minin should leave for his estate Yanbu` so that the proposal that was being mooted out for him to become caliph should subside. `Uthman had this request earlier also. Upon this Amir al-mu'minin said to Ibn al-`Abbas:

ومن كلام له عليه السلام

قاله لعبد الله بن العباس وقد جاء برسالة من عثمان بن عفان وهو محصور يسأله فيها الخروج إلى ماله بينبُع، ليقلّ هتف الناس باسمه للخلافة، بعد أن كان سأله مثل ذلك من قبل. فقال عليه السلام :

O Ibn al-`Abbas! `Uthman just wants to treat me like the water-drawing camel so that I may go forward and backward with the bucket. Once he sent me word that I should go out then sent me word that I should come back. Now, again he sends me word that I should go out. By Allah, I continued protecting him till I feared lest I become a sinner.

يَابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، مَا يُرِيدُ عُثْـمَانُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَجَعَلَنِي جَمَلاً نَاضِحاً بِالْغَرْبِ أَقْبِلْ وَأَدْبِرْ! بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ، ثُمَّ بَعَثَ إِليَّ أَنْ أَقْدُمَ، ثُمَّ هُوَ الاْنَ يَبْعَثُ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ! وَاللهِ لَقَدْ دَفَعْتُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ آثِماً

Alternative Sources for Sermon 239

(1) Ibn Qutaybah, al-'Imamah, I, 34;

(2) al-Mubarrad, al-Kamil, I, 11;

(3) Ibn `Abd Rabbih, al-`Iqd, IV,309 .

Sermon 240: Exhorting his men to jihad and asking them to refrain from seeking ease

ومن كلام له (عليه السلام)

يحثّ فيه أصحابه على الجهاد

Allah seeks you to thank Him and assigns to you His affairs. He has allowed time in the limited field (of life) so that you may vie with each other in seeking the reward (of Paradise). Therefore, tight up your girdles and wrap up the skirts. High courage and dinners do not go together. Sleep causes weakness in the big affairs of the day and (its) darkness obliterates the memories of courage.

وَاللهُ مُسْتأْدِيكُمْ شُكْرَهُ، وَمُوَرِّثُكُمْ أَمْرَهُ، وَمُمْهِلُكُمْ فِي مِضْمار مَحْدُود، لِتَتَنَازَعُوا سَبَقَهُ، فَشدُّوا عُقَدَ الْمَـآزِرِ، وَاطْوُوا فُضُولَ الْخَوَاصِر، وَلاَ تَجْتَمِعُ عَزِيمَةٌ وَوَلِيمَةٌ، وَمَا أَنْقَضَ النَّوْمَ لِعَزَائِمِ الْيَوْمِ،أَمحَى الظُّلَمَ لِتَذَاكِيرِ الْهِمَمِ !

Alternative Sources for Sermon 240

(1) Al-'Amidi, Ghurar,308 .

Bibliography of Alternative Sources of Nahjul Balaghah

In the following bibliography, works written before or about the same time as Nahjul Balaghah (400/1009) are indicated by asterisk, one for extant works and two for those which, apparently, have been lost.

An asterisk upon a title in the lists of sources indicates an edition of it used by the marhum Imtiyaz `Ali Khan `Arshi, and its particulars are mentioned here after that of the edition of it referred to by `Abd al-Zahra' al-Husayni.

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(d. 356/967),

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* Maqatil al-Talibiyyin, ed., by al-Sayyid Ahmad al-Saqar, Cairo.

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(d. 157/773),

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ABU NU`AYM, `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-'Isfahani

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(3rd/9th century),

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(d. 588/1192),

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(d. after 395/1004),

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(d. 382/992),

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(d. 1107 or 1109/1695 or 1697),

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(d. 401/1010),

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IBN ABI AL-HADID

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IBN `ASAKIR

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** al-'Insaf fi al-'Imamah.

IBN QUTAYBAH al-Dinawari

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IBN SA`D, Katib al-Waqidi

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* al-Tabaqat al-kubra, Leiden.

IBN SALAM, Abu `Ubayd al-Qasim al-Harawi

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IBN SHAHR ASHUB

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Ma`alim al-`ulama', Najaf.

IBN SHAKIR

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Fawat al-Wafayat, Egypt.

IBN SHAMS al-Khilafah, Ja`far

(543-622/1148-1225),

al-'Adab, Matba`at al-Sa`adah, Cairo.

IBN AL-SABBAGH al-Maliki

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al-Fusul al-muhimmah, Najaf.

IBN TALHAH al-Shafi`i, Kamal al-Din Muhammad

(d. 652/1254),

Matalib al-sa'ul, Najaf.

IBN TAWUS, al-Sayyid `Ali

(d. 664/1265)

al-Yaqin, Najaf,

Kashf al-mahajjah,

Faraj al-mahmum.

IBRAHIM ibn al-Husayn ibn Dizil al-Muhaddith

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AL-'IBSHIHI, Baha' al-Din Muhammad

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al-Mustatraf fi kull fann mustazraf, Egypt.

AL-'IRBILI, Baha' al-Din `Ali ibn `Isa

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AL-'ISKAFI, Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah

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ISMA`IL ibn Musa ibn Ja`far al-Saduq

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** al-Ja`fariyyat (or al-'Ash`athiyyat).

AL-JAHISHYARI, Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn `Abdus

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AL-JAHIZ, Abu `Uthman

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AL-JAWHARI, Isma`il ibn Hammad

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AL-JAZA'IRI, Ni`mat Allah

(d. 1112/1700),

al-'Anwar al-Nu`maniyyah, Iran.

AL-JUHANI, Zayd ibn Wahb

(d. 96/714),

** Khutab Amir al-Mu'minin `alayhi al-salam.

AL-KALBI, Abu al-Mundhir Hisham ibn Muhammad

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** Jamharat al-'ansab.

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AL-KASHSHI, Abu `Amr Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn `Abd al-`Aziz

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* Rijal al-Kashshi, Najaf.

AL-KHAZZAZ, ibn Khalid al-Kufi

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** Khutab Amir al-Mu'minin.

AL-KHWANSARI

Rawdat al-jannat, lithograph.

AL-KHUZA`I, Na`im ibn Hammad

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** Kitab al-fitan.

AL-KHU'I, Habib Allah

Minhaj al-bara`ah, 1st. ed., lithograph, Iran.

AL-KHWARAZMI, al-Khatib

(316-383/928-993)

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AL-KINDI, Abu `Amr Muhammad ibn Yusuf

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* al-Wulat wa al-qudat, Cairo.

AL-KULAYNI, Muhammad ibn Ya`qub

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** al-Rasa'il.

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** al-Jamal,

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AL-MAHMUDI

Nahj al-sa`adah fi mustadrak Nahjul Balaghah, Najaf.

AL-MAJLISI

(1037-1110/1627-1698),

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Tanqih al-maqal, Najaf.

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Nuzhat al-'absar.

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(d. 384/994),

** al-Muniq.

MAS`ADAH ibn Sadaqah

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** Khutab Amir al-Mu'minin (A) narrated from al-'Imam al-Sadiq (A).

AL MAS`UDI, `Ali ibn al-Husayn

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AL-MAWARDI

(d. 450/1058),

Adab al-dunya wa al-Din, Egypt.

A`lam al-nubuwwah, Cairo.

AL-MAYDANI

(d. 518/1124),

Majma` al-'amthal, ed. al-Shaykh Muhammad Muhyi al-Din `Abd al-Hamid, Cairo.

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* al-Kamil, Dar al-`Ahd al-Jadid, Cairo.

* al-Fadil, ed. `Abd al-`Aziz al-Maymani, Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyyah; Cairo; 1375/1956.

* al-Muqtadab.

AL-MUFID, Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu`man

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* al-'Ikhtisas, Iran, 1379.

* al-'Amali (or al-Majalis), al-Matba`at al-Haydariyyah Najaf, 1369.

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** al-Maqna`ah.

AL MUFADDAL ibn Muhammad al-Dabbi

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** al-'Amthal.

MUHAMMAD ibn `Abd al-Wahhab

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MUHAMMAD ibn Habib al-Baghdadi

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MUHAMMAD ibn Qasim ibn Ya`qub

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* al-'Amali (or Ghurar al fawa'id), Egypt, 1325.

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MUSLIM

* Sahih, Egypt.

AL-MUTTAQI, `Ali ibn Husam al-Din al-Hindi

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Kanz al-`ummal

AL-NAJASHI

(372-450/982-1058),

* Rijal al-Najashi, Najaf.

AL-NASA'I

(d. 303/915),

* al-Khasa'is, Najaf.

NASR ibn Muzahim

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* Siffin, ed. `Abd al-Salam Harun, Egypt, (*Iran, 1300)

** Khutab `Ali (A)

AL-NU`MANI, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, Ibn Abi Zaynab

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AL-NURI

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AL-NUWAYRI

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al-Wafi bi al-Wafayat, Beirut.

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al-Sahifat al-`Alawiyyah al-'ula

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