NAHJUL BALAGHA   

 

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SERMON 1

The Creation of Earth and Sky and the Birth of Adam

The Creation of the Universe

The Creation of the Angels

Description of the Creation of Adam

Allah chooses His Prophets

The Prophet hood of Muhammad

The Holy Qur'án and Sunnah

About Haj

SERMON 2

Arabia before proclamation of Prophet hood

About Ahlu'l-bayt (the Household of the Holy Prophet)

About the Hypocrites

SERMON 3

The Sermon of ash-Shiqshiqiyyah –

Amir al-mu'minin's view about the First three

Caliph's rule, troubles created by the opponents during his own rule

SERMON 4

Amir al-mu'minin's farsightedness and his staunch conviction in belief

SERMON 5

Delivered when the Holy Prophet died and 'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib and Abu Sufyan ibn Harb offered to pay allegiance to Amir al-mu'minin for the Caliphate

SERMON 6

Delivered on being advised not to chase Talhah ibn 'Ubaydillah and az-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam for fighting

SERMON 7

About the Hypocrites

SERMON 8

Said about az-Zubayr at a time for which it was appropriate

SERMON 9

Cowardice of the people of Jamal

SERMON 10

About Talhah and az-Zubayr

SERMON 11

Delivered in the Battle of Jamal when Amir al-mu'minin gave the standard to his own son Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah

SERMON 12

When Allah gave Amir al-mu'minin victory over the enemy at the Battle of Jamal one of his comrades said on that occasion, "I wish my brother so-and-so had been present and he too would have seen what success and victory Allah had given you," whereupon Amir al-mu'minin said

SERMON 13

Condemning the people of Basrah

SERMON 14

Condemning the people of Basrah

SERMON 15

After resuming the land grants made by 'Uthman ibn'Affan

SERMON 16

Delivered when allegiance was sworn to him at Medina

SERMON 17

About those who sit for dispensation of justice among people but are not fit for it

SERMON 18

In disparagement of the differences of view among theologians

SERMON 19

About the treachery and hypocrisy of al-Ash'ath ibn Qays al-Kindi

SERMON 20

                Death and taking lessons from it

SERMON 21

Advice to keep light in this world

SERMON 22

                        About those who accused Amir al-mu'minin of 'Uthman's killing

SERMON 23

                        About keeping aloof from envy, and good behaviors towards kith and kin

SERMON 24

                        Exhorting people for jihad

SERMON 25

After devastation spread by Busr ibn Abi Artat

SERMON 26

Arabia before the proclamation of Prophet hood

                        On the attentiveness of the people after the death of the

Holy Prophet

On the settlement between Mu'awiyah and'Amr ibn al-'As

SERMON 27

                        Exhorting people for jihad

SERMON 28

                              About the transient nature of this world and importance of the next world

SERMON  29

                        About those who found pretext at the time of jihad

SERMON  30

                        Attitude in connection with 'Uthman ibn'Affan's killing

SERMON  31

                              At the time of sending 'Abdullah ibn'Abbas to az-Zubayr ibn'Awwam on the 

 

                             eve of the battle  of   Jwnal

SERMON  32

                        About the disparagement of the world and categories of its people

SERMON  33

                        At the time of setting off for the Battle of Jamal

SERMON  34

                        Exhorting people to fight against the people of Syria (ash-Sham)

SERMON  35

                        About Arbitration

SERMON  36

Warning the people of Nahrawan of their fate

SERMON  37

Amir al-mu'minin's utterance which runs like a ser­mon.

About his own stead-fastness in religion and precedence in (acceptance of) belief

SERMON 38

About naming of doubt as such and disparagement of those in doubt

SERMON  39

In disparagement of those who shrink from fighting

SERMON  40

                              In reply to the slogan of the Kharijites that there is no verdict save of Allah

SERMON  41

In condemnation of treason

SERMON  42

About heart's desires and extended hopes

SERMON  43

When people advised Amir al-mu'minin to fight

SERMON  44

                        When Masqalah ibn Hubayrah ash-Shaybani fled away to Mu'awiyah

SERMON  45

About Allah's greatness and lowness of this world  179

SERMON 46

At the time of marching towards Syria (ash-Sham)

SERMON  47

About calamities befalling Kufah

SERMON  48

                        At the time of marching towards Syria (ash-Sham)

SERMON  49

                        About Allah's Greatness and Sublimity

SERMON  50

                        Admixture of right and wrong

SERMON  51

                        When the Syrians stopped the supply of water

SERMON  52

About the downfall of the world and reward and punishment of the next world

Qualities of the animal meant for sacrifice (on 'Id al-Adha)

SERMON  53

                        On the swear of allegiance

SERMON  54

When people thought Amir al-mu'minin was delaying the permission to fight in Siffin

 

SERMON 55

About steadiness in the battle field

SERMON 56

                        About Mu'awiyah

SERMON  57

Prophecy about the Kharijites

SERMON 58

Prophecy about the defeat of the Kharijites

SERMON  59

When Amir al-mu'minin was told that the Kharijites had been totally killed

SERMON  60

About the Kharijites

SERMON 61

On being threatened of being killed by deceit

SERMON 62

                        About the transience of the world

SERMON 63

                        About decline and destruction of the world

SERMON 64

About Allah's attributes

SERMON 65

In some of the days of Siffin Amir al-mu'minin said to his followers about ways of fighting

SERMON  66

On hearing the account of what took place in Saqifah of Bani Sa'idah

SERMON  67

On hearing the news of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr's death

SERMON  68

Admonishing his companions about careless behavior   197

SERMON  69

At dawn of the night of assassination

SERMON  70

In condemnation of the people of Iraq

SERMON  71

How to seek blessings on the Prophet

SERMON 72

When Hasan and Husayn interceded on behalf of Marwan ibn al-Hakam

SERMON  73

When the Consultative Committee (of Shura) decided to swear allegiance to 'Uthman ibn'Affan

SERMON  74

When the Umayyads accused Amir al-mu'minin of killing'Uthman

SERMON  75

About preaching and counselling

SERMON 76

About Umayyads

SERMON  77

Supplications of Amir a]-mu'minin

SERMON 78

About the prophecy of astrologers

SERMON  79

Physical defects of women

SERMON  80

About the way of preaching and counseling

SERMON  81

About the world and its people

SERMON  82

The brilliant Sermon

Enjoining people to Piety

Caution against this world

Death and Resurrection

The limitation of Life

No happiness without Piety

Reminding people of Allah's bounties

Preparation for the Day of Judgment

Warning against Satan

About the Creation of Man

The lesson to be learn from those who have passed away

SERMON  83

About 'Amr ibn al-'As

SERMON  84

                        About the perfection of Allah and counseling

About Paradise

SERMON  85

About getting ready for the next world and following

Allah's commandments

SERMON  86

The qualities of a faithful believer

The characteristics of an unfaithful believer

About the Descendants ('Itrah) of the Holy Prophet

About Bani Umayyah (Umayyads)

SERMON  87

About the division of the community into factions

SERMON  88

About the Holy Prophet

SERMON  89

Allah's attributes and some advice

SERMON  90

The Sermon of Skeletons (Khutbatu'l-Ashbah)

Description of Allah

Attributes of Allah as described in the Holy Qur'án

About Allah's Creation

About the greatest perfection in Allah's creation

Description of the Sky

Description of Angels

In description of earth & its spreading on water

On the creation of Man and the sending of the Prophet

SERMON  91

When allegiance was sworn to Amir al-mu'minin

SERMON  92

About the annihilation of the Kharijites, the mischief mongering of Umayyads and the vastness of his own knowledge

SERMON  93

Allah's praise and eulogy of the prophets

About the prophets

About the Holy Prophet & his Descendants ('Itrah)

SERMON  94

About the condition of the people at the time of the Prophet's proclamation and his actions to do with the dissemination of his message

SERMON  95

In eulogy of the Holy Prophet

About the Holy Prophet

SERMON  96

Admonishing his own companion

About the Household of the Holy Prophet

SERMON  97

Oppression of the Umayyads

SERMON  98

About abstinence of the world and vicissitudes of time

SERMON  99

About the Holy Prophet and his Descendants

SERMON  100

About the vicissitudes of time

SERMON  101

About the Day of Judgment

About future troubles (fitan)

SERMON 102

About abstemiousness and fear of Allah

On the attributions of a learned person

Concerning future times

 
SERMON  103

About the condition of the people before the procla­mation of prophet hood and the Prophet's performance in spreading his message

SERMON  104

In eulogy of the Holy Prophet

About the Umayyads

About the functions of the Imams

SERMON  105

About Islam

About the Holy Prophet

Addressed to his followers

SERMON  106

Delivered during one of the days in Siffin

SERMON 107

About the vicissitudes of time

About the Holy Prophet

Blaming Muslims

SERMON  108

About the Might of Allah

About the Angels

About the bounties and guidance of Allah, and those who are ungrateful

About Death

About the Day of Judgment

About the Holy Prophet

About the Descendants of the Holy Prophet

SERMON  109

About Islam

About the Holy Qur'án and Sunnah

SERMON  110

Caution about this world

SERMON  111

About the Angel of Death and departing of spirit

SERMON  112

About this world and its people

SERMON  113

About abstemiousness, fear of Allah and importance of providing for the next life Enjoining people to Piety

SERMON  114

Seeking rain

SERMON  115

About troubles which would arise and the Day of Judgment

Complaining about his men

SERMON  116

Rebuking Misers

SERMON  117

In praise of his faithful companions

SERMON  118

On his companions keeping silence when called to jihad

SERMON  119

About the greatness of Ahlu'l-bayt and the importance of the laws of Islam

SERMON  120

In reply to a person who raised objection about

Arbitration during the course of a sermon    

SERMON  121

In reply to Kharijites when they became adamant in rejecting the arbitration

SERMON 122

Amir al-mu'minin's address to his followers on the battlefield of Siffin:

About supporting the weak and the low-spirited during the fighting

SERMON  123

To exhort his followers to fight

SERMON  124

About the Kharijites and their opinion on arbitration

SERMON 125

In reply to objections on equal distribution from the Bayt al-mal (Muslim Public Treasury)

SERMON  126

About the Kharijites

SERMON  127

About important happenings at Basrah

Referring to the Turks (Mongols)

SERMON  128

About measures and weights, the transience of this world and the condition of its people

SERMON  129

Delivered when Abu Dharr was exiled to ar-Rabadhah

SERMON  130

Grounds for accepting the caliphate and the qualities of a ruler and governor

SERMON  131

Warning about death and counseling

SERMON  132

On the Glory of Allah

About the Holy Qur'án

About the Holy Prophet

About this world

A caution

SERMON 133

In reply to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab who consulted him about taking part in the battle against Byzantine

SERMON  134

Addressing al-Mughirah ibn al-Akhnas when he wanted to speak in  support of' Uthman (ibn'Affan)

SERMON  135

About the sincerity of his own intention and support of the oppressed

SERMON 136

                        About Talhah and az-Zubayr

SERMON  137

Referring to events in the future

SERMON 138

On the occasion of the Consultative Committee (after the death of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab)

SERMON 139

About backbiting and speaking ill of others

SERMON 140

Against reliance on heresy

SERMON  141

Against misplaced generosity

SERMON  142

Praying for rain

SERMON  143

Deputation of Prophets

The position of Ahlu'l-bayt (the Household of the Holy Prophet)

About those who are against the Ahlu'l-bayt

SERMON  144

About this world

On innovation (bid'ah)

SERMON  145

Spoken when'Umar ibn al-Khattab consulted Amir al-mu'minin

about taking part in the battle of Persia

SERMON  146

The purpose of the deputation of the Holy Prophet and the condition of the

time when people would go against the Qur'an

On the future

About Ahlu'l-bayt

SERMON  147

About Talhah and az-Zubayr and the people of Basrah

SERMON  148

Before his passing away (last will)

SERMON  149

About future events and some activities of the hypocrites

SERMON  150

The condition of the people during disorder, and advice against  

oppression and unlawful earning  

 

 

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SERMON  151

About the greatness and the attributes of Allah

About the Divine leaders (Imams)

 

SERMON  152

About negligent persons and the characteristics of beasts, carnivores and women

 

SERMON  153

About the Ahlu'l-bayt (of the Holy Prophet) and their opposers

 

SERMON  154

About the wonderful creation of the bat 315

 

SERMON  155

About the malice home by 'A'ishah, and warning the people of  Basrah about what was to occur

 

SERMON  156

Urging people towards Piety (taqwa)

 

SERMON 157

About the Holy Prophet and the Holy Quran

About the autocracy of the Umayyads

 

SERMON  158

Good behavior with people and ignoring their faults

 

SERMON  159

Praise of Allah

Greatness of Allah

About hope and fear in Allah

The example of the Holy Prophet

The example of Musa (Moses)

The example of Dawud (David)

The example of 'Isa (Jesus)

Following the example of the Holy Prophet

The example of himself (Amir al'mu'minin)

 

SERMON 160

Deputation of the Holy Prophet

 

SERMON 161

Reasons for keeping Amir al-mu'minin away from the caliphate

 

SERMON 162

Attributes of Allah

Allah, the Originator from nought

About man's creation, and pointing towards the requirements of life

 

SERMON  163

Dialogue with'Uthman (ibn'Affan)

 

SERMON  164

Describing the wonderful creation of the peacock:

About the wonderful creation of birds

About the peacock

The magnificence of the Creator in great and small creation

Describing Paradise

Note explaining some of the wonderful and obscure portions of this sermon

 

SERMON  165

Advice for observing courtesy and kindness and keeping in and out of the same

About the autocracy and oppression of the Umayyads and their fate

The cause of tyranny

 

SERMON  166

At the beginning of his Caliphate: Fulfillment of rights and obligations,

and advice to fear Allah in all matters

 

SERMON 167

In reply to the people's demand for avenging 'Uthman's blood

 

SERMON 168

When the people of Jamal set off for Basrah

 

SERMON 169

In reply to a man who came from Basrah to enquire about Amir al-mu'minin's

position vis-a-vis the people of Jamal

 

SERMON  170

When Amir al-mu'minin decided to fight the enemy face to face at Siffin

 

SERMON  171

About the Consultative Committee and the battle of Jamal

About the Consultative Committee after the death of'Umar ibn al-Khattab

Describing the people of Jamal

 

SERMON  172

On eligibility for the caliphate

The need for sagacity in fighting against Muslims

The behavior of this world with its adherents

 

SERMON  173

About Talhah ibn'Ubaydillah.  Delivered when he received the news that Talhah

and az-Zubayr had already left for Basrah to fight against him

 

SERMON 174

Warning to neglectful people, and about the vastness of his own knowledge

 

SERMON  175

Preaching

The greatness of the Holy Qur'an

About the believers and their good deeds; and the hypocrites and their bad deeds

Following the sunnah and refraining from innovation

Guidance from the Holy Quran

Categories of oppression

 

SERMON  176

About the two arbiters (after the battle of Siffin)

 

SERMON  177

Praise of Allah, transience of this world, and causes of the decline of Allah's blessings.

(Delivered at the beginning of his caliphate after the killing of 'Uthman)

 

SERMON  178

In reply to Dhi'lib al-Yamani's question about seeing Allah

 

SERMON  179

Condemning his disobedient men

 

SERMON  180

About the group which was intended to join the Kharijites

 

SERMON  181

About Allah's attributes, His creatures and

His being above physical limitations

An account of past peoples and about learning from them

About the Imam al-Mahdi

On the method of his ruling, and grief over the martyrdom of his companions

 

SERMON  182

Praise of Allah for His bounties

About the greatness and importance of the Holy Qur'an

Warning against punishment on the Day of Judgement

 

SERMON  183

About the Kharijites slogan "Command behoves only Allah

 

SERMON  184

Praise of Allah and His wonderful creatures

About the Holy Prophet

About the creation of animal species

The Creation of the Universe

The wonderful creation of the locust

About the Glory of Allah

 

SERMON  185

About the Oneness of Allah

 

SERMON  186

Regarding the vicissitudes of time (the mischief’s that are to occur

and the absence of lawful ways of livelihood)

 

SERMON  187

Allah's favors

The condition of people while dying

Transience of this world

 

SERMON 188

Steadfast and transient belief

The challenge "Ask me before you miss me" and prophecy about the Umayyads

 

SERMON  189

Importance of fear of Allah, desolateness of the graves, and about the death of the lovers of Ahlu'l-bayt (the household of the Holy Prophet) being like that of a martyr

 

SERMON  190

Praise of Allah

Advice about fear of Allah and an account of this world and its people

 

SERMON  191

Known as "al-Khutbah al-Qasi'ah" (The Sermon of Disparagement

 [against Satan]) Allah's trial and the vanity of Satan

Warning against Satan

Caution against vanity and boasting about ignorance

Caution against obeying haughty leaders and elders

The humbleness of the Holy Prophet

The Holy Ka'bah

Caution against rebellion and oppressiveness

Enthusiasm for attractive manners, respectable position, and taking lessons from the past

Condemning his people

Amir al-mu'minin's high position and wonderful deeds in Islam

 

SERMON 192

Qualities of the God-f6aring, the effect of preaching on minds amenable to it, etc

 

SERMON 193

About the deputation of the Holy Prophet, the animosity of the Arab tribes

and the position of the hypocrites

 

SERMON 194

Allah's praise, advice about fear of Allah and details about the Day of Judgement

 

SERMON 195

The condition of the world at the time of the proclamation of prophet hood, the transience of this world and the state of its inhabitants

 

SERMON 196

Amir al-mu'minin's attachment to the Holy Prophet:

The performance of his funeral rites

 

SERMON  197

Allah's attributes of Omniscience

Advantages of fear of Allah

About Islam

About the Holy Prophet

About the Holy Qur'an

 

SERMON 198

Containing advice given by Amir al-mu'minin to his companions:

About Prayer

About the Islamic tax (zakat)

Fulfillment of Trust

 

SERMON  199

Treason and treachery of Mu'awiyah and the fate of those guilty of treason

 

SERMON 200

One should not be afraid of the scarcity of those who tread on the right path

 

SERMON 201

On the occasion of the burial of Hadrat Fatimah (p.b.u.h.)

 

SERMON  202

Transience of this world, and importance of collecting provisions for the next world

 

SERMON  203

Warning his companions about the dangers of the Day of Judgement

 

SERMON  204

In reply to Talhah and az-Zubayr's complaint about not consulting them

 

SERMON  205

When Amir al-mu'minin heard some of his men abusing the Syrians during the battle of Siffin

 

SERMON  206

On Imam al-Hasan when Amir al-mu'minin saw him proceeding rapidly to fight in the battle of Siffin

 

SERMON  207

When Amir al-mu'minin's army was on the verge of mutiny in connection with arbitration

 

SERMON  208

When Amir al-mu'minin went to enquire about the health of his  companion al-'Ala'ibn Ziyad al-Harithi and noticed the vastness of his house

 

SERMON  209

Causes of difference in the traditions and categories of the relaters of traditions

First: The lying hypocrites

Second: Those who are mistaken

Third: Those who are ignorant

Fourth: Those who memorize truthfully

 

SERMON  210

The Greatness of Allah and the creation of the Universe

 

SERMON 211

About those who give up supporting right

 

SERMON  212

The sublimity of Allah and a eulogy of the Prophet

About the Prophet

 

SERMON  213

The Prophet's nobility of descent

The characteristics of the virtuous whose guidance must be followed

 

SERMON  214

A prayer which Amir al-mu'minin often recited

 

SERMON  215

Delivered at the battle of Siffin:

Mutual rights of the ruler and the ruled

 

SERMON  216

About the excesses of the Quraysh

About those who went to Basrah to fight Amir al-mu'minin

 

SERMON 217

When Amir al-mu'minin passed by the corpses of Tathah ibn'Ubaydullah and'Abd ar-Rahman ibn'Attab ibn Asid who were both killed in the battle of Jamal

 

SERMON 218

Qualities of the God-fearing and the pious

 

SERMON  219

Delivered after reciting the verse: Engage (your) vying in exuberance,

until ye come to the graves. (Qur'an, 102:1-2)

 

SERMON  220

Delivered after reciting the verse:…………

       therein declare glory unto Him in the mornings and the evenings; Men whom neither merchandise  nor any sale diverteth from the remembrance of Allah and constancy in prayer and paying the poor-rate; they fear the day when the hearts and eyes shall writhe of the anguish

 

SERMON 221

Delivered after reciting the verse: O' thou man! what hath beguild thee from thy Lord,

the Most Gracious One. (Qur'an, 82:6)

 

SERMON 222

About keeping aloof from oppression and misappropriation.

'Aqil's condition of poverty and destitution

 

SERMON  223

Supplication

 

SERMON 224

Transience of the world and the helplessness of those in graves

 

SERMON  225

Supplication

 

SERMON  226

About a companion who passed away from this world before the occurrence of troubles

 

SERMON  227

About allegiance to Amir al-mu'minin for the Caliphate

 

SERMON 228

Advice about fear of Allah, and an account of those who remain apprehensive

of death and adopt abstemiousness

About ascetics

 

SERMON  229

Delivered (when he was marching) towards Basrah

 

SERMON  230

Delivered when'Abdullah ibn Zaina'ah asked for some money (from the Public Treasury)

 

SERMON  231

On Ja'dah ibn Hubayrah al-Makhzumi's inability to deliver a sermon:

About speaking the truth

 

SERMON  232

Causes for difference in the features and traits of people

 

SERMON  233

Spoken when Amir al-mu'minin was busy in the funeral ablution (ghusl)

of the Holy Prophet and shrouding him

 

SERMON  234

About following the Prophet after his immigration to Mecca

 

SERMON  235

About collecting provision for the next world while in this world

and performing good acts before death

 

SERMON  236

About the two arbitrators (Abu Musa al-Ash'ari and'Amr ibn al-'As)

and disparagement of the people of Syria (ash-Sham)

 

SERMON  237

Describing the members of the Prophets family

 

SERMON  238

When'Uthman ibn'Affan sent word through 'Abdullah ibn al-'Abbas

that Amir al-mu'minin should leave for Yanbu

 

SERMON  239

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