{"id":29052,"date":"2026-02-11T23:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=29052"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:58:21","slug":"sharh-nahj-al-balaghah-ibn-abi-al-%e1%b8%a5adid-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/sharh-nahj-al-balaghah-ibn-abi-al-%e1%b8%a5adid-vol-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharh Nahj al-Bal\u0101ghah \u2013 Ibn Ab\u012b al-\u1e24ad\u012bd \u2013 Vol. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharh Nahj al-Bal\u0101ghah \u2013 Ibn Ab\u012b al-\u1e24ad\u012bd \u2013 Vol. 1
\nIf he had said \u201cthe Divine Book\u201d instead of \u201cDivine Knowledge,\u201d it would have been better.
\nAl-Ra\u1e0d\u012b (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
\n\u201cSo I responded to their request to begin with that, knowing the immense benefit therein, the widespread remembrance it would bring, and the stored reward. Through it, I intended to clarify the \u0639\u0638\u064a\u0645\u0629 status of the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) in this virtue\u2014added to his abundant merits and numerous excellences\u2014and that he alone reached its utmost degree among all the early predecessors, from whom only little and rare, scattered statements are transmitted. As for his speech (peace be upon him), it is a sea that none can rival, an abundant source that none can outdo. I also wished to allow myself pride in him\u2014may Allah\u2019s blessings be upon him\u2014by citing the words of al-Farazdaq:
\nThose are my forefathers\u2014so bring me the like of them
\nWhen assemblies gather us together, O Jar\u012br.\u201d
\nCommentary:
\nal-ma\u1e25\u0101sin al-dathirah: abundant virtues; m\u0101l dathir means plentiful wealth.
\nal-jammah: likewise means abundant.
\nyu\u2019thar \u02bfanhum: transmitted or narrated from them; qultuhu \u0101thiran means I related it.
\nl\u0101 yus\u0101jil: none can compete with it in abundance. The origin is from drawing water with a full bucket (sijl).
\nIt is said:
\nWhoever competes with me competes with a noble one
\nWho fills the bucket to the knot of the rope.
\nIt is also narrated l\u0101 yus\u0101\u1e25il (with \u1e25\u0101\u02be), from the shore (s\u0101\u1e25il) of the sea\u2014meaning none can match it in vastness.
\nl\u0101 yu\u1e25\u0101fil: none can boast against it in abundance; from \u1e25afl, meaning fullness.
\nmu\u1e25\u0101falah: boasting of plenitude.
\n\u1e0dar\u02bf \u1e25\u0101fil: a full udder.
\n(The origin of mus\u0101jalah, as Ibn Barr\u012b \u0646\u0642\u0644, is that two water-drawers would draw water, each matching the other bucket for bucket; whoever failed was defeated. The Arabs then used it metaphorically for mutual boasting.)
\nAl-Farazdaq is Hamm\u0101m ibn Gh\u0101lib ibn \u1e62a\u02bf\u1e63a\u02bfah al-Tam\u012bm\u012b. Among the verses are:
\nAmong us is he who was chosen for generosity and liberality
\nWhen the fierce winds blow.
\nAmong us is he who revived the buried infant girl\u2014Gh\u0101lib and \u02bfAmr;
\nAnd among us are \u1e24\u0101jib and al-Aq\u0101ri\u02bf.
\nAmong us is he who led the steeds across rough terrain
\nAt Najr\u0101n until the noble steeds met them at dawn.
\nAmong us is he who granted the Messenger a gift\u2014
\nThe captives of Tam\u012bm, while eyes overflowed with tears.
\nal-tar\u0101\u02bei\u02bf: noble horses.
\nal-waj\u0101: sore-footedness from hardship.
\nal-ash\u0101ji\u02bf: the visible sinews of the hand.
\nal-agharr: a distinguished, noble man (as a horse is known by the white mark on its forehead).
\nHe concludes:
\nThose are my forefathers\u2014so bring me the like of them
\nWhen assemblies gather us together, O Jar\u012br.
\nThrough them, D\u0101rim rose to what I bear;
\nAnd I strike down my rivals whom I confront.
\nWe seized the horizons of the sky above you\u2014
\nOurs are its two moons and the rising stars.
\nHow astonishing! Even Kulayb reviles me\u2014
\nAs though his father were Nahshal or Muj\u0101shi\u02bf!
\nAl-Ra\u1e0d\u012b (may Allah have mercy on him) then said:
\n\u201cI observed that his speech (peace be upon him) revolves around three principal themes:
\nFirst, sermons and commands;
\nSecond, letters and correspondence;
\nThird, wisdom sayings and admonitions.
\nWith Allah\u2019s success, I resolved to begin by selecting the finest sermons, then the finest letters, then the finest wisdom sayings and etiquette\u2014assigning to each category its own chapter and arranging pages within it. This would serve as a foundation for including whatever might later come to my attention that I initially missed.
\nIf something of his speech appears within a dialogue, an answer to a question, or another context outside the categories I mentioned, I will assign it to the most appropriate chapter and the one most fitting to its intent.
\nSometimes what I select may contain sections that are not fully connected, or eloquent passages not entirely sequential, for I present highlights and luminous excerpts, not a continuous, systematic arrangement.\u201d
\nCommentary:
\nHis statement \u201cI resolved to begin\u201d (ajma\u02bftu \u02bfal\u0101 al-ibtid\u0101\u02be) means: I firmly decided.
\nAl-Qutb al-R\u0101wand\u012b said its implied meaning is: \u201cI resolved, being determined, to begin,\u201d since one normally says ajma\u02bftu al-amr (I resolved the matter), not ajma\u02bftu \u02bfal\u0101 al-amr. Allah says:
\n\u201cSo resolve upon your plan\u201d (Qur\u2019an 10:71).<\/p>\n

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