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“Selection from glimpses of the Nahj al-balaghah” written by Murtadha Mutahhari

Those who understood the Nahj al-balaghah, their knowledge did not go beyond the translation of its words and explanatory notes on its sentences.The spirit and the content of the book were hidden from the eyes of all.

According to rahyafte (the missionaries and converts website): This is the translation of sections from Martyr Mutahhari’s book Sayri dar Nahj al-balaghah. This book consists of seven sections. In the first section the author discusses the two main characteristics of the Nahj al-balaghah; its literary excellence and its multidimensionality, quoted various opinions expressed about Imam Ali’s eloquence in general and about the Nahj al-balaghah in particular.

In the second section, the author discusses the theological and metaphysical ideas propounded in the Nahj al-balaghah and compared them with the parallel notions familiar to the Muslim mutakallimun and philosophers.

The third section deals with ibadah (worship) and its various levels. The fourth section deals with Islamic Government and Social Justice. The fifth, dealing with the controversial issue of caliphate (khilafah) and the superior status of the Ahl al-Bayt (A), has been deleted in this translation.

The sixth and the seventh sections discuss the Nahj al-balaghah’s ethical teachings, in particular the Islamic Concept of zuhd (abstinence); the meaning of the world (dunya), so often condemned in the Nahj al-balaghah; and the meaning of the contradiction between the world and the hereafter, which is also recurring theme. …

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source: hawzah news

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