List of Commentaries of Nahj al-balagha
The List of Commentaries of Nahj al-balagha is a compilation of books written by both Shi'a and Sunni scholars in various languages, providing interpretations and explanations of Nahj al-balagha. Nahj al-Balagha itself is a collection of sermons, letters, and sayings attributed to Imam Ali (a) that were compiled by the Shi'a scholar Sayyid Radi in the fourth/ninth century. The following list details commentaries on this book in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu."
| Title | Language | Commentator | Religion | Century |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Ibn Abi l-Hadid | Sunni Mu'tazili | 7th/13th |
| Misbah al-salikin | Arabic | Ibn Maytham al-Bahrani | 7th/13th | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Unknown | Shi'a | 8th/14th |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Mawla Muhammad Salih Qazwini | Shi'a | 11th/17th |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Muhammad Baqir Lahiji Isfahani | 13th/19th | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Shaykh Muhammad Abduh | Sunni | |
| Anwar al-Fisaha fi Sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Nizam al-Din 'Ali b. Hasan Gilani | 11th/17th | |
| Minhaj al-Bara'a fi sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian-Arabic | Habibullah Khoei | ||
| Tarjuma wa tafsir nahj al-balagha | Persian | Muhammad Taqi Ja'fari | Shi'a | |
| Fi zilal nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Muhammad Jawad Mughniyya | Shi'a | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Qazwini | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha al-muqattaf min bihar al-anwar | Arabic | 'Ali Ansariyan | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | 'Ali Muhammad 'Ali Dakhil | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Ahmad al-Mudarrisi al-Wahid | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian-Arabic | Mirza Muhammad Baqir Nawwab Lahiji | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha manzum | Persian-Arabic | Muhammad 'Ali Ansari Qummi | Shi'a | |
| Ma'arij nahj al-balagha or Sharh Ibn Funduq Bayhaqi | Arabic | Ibn Funduq | Shi'a | 6th/12th |
| Miftah al-sa'ada fi sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Al-Qayini Khurasani | Shi'a | |
| Tanbih al-Ghafilin wa tadhkirat al-'arifin | Persian | Mulla Fath Allah Kashani | Shi'a | |
| Bahjat al-hada'iq | Sayyid 'Ala' al-Din Muhammad Isfahani | Shi'a | 11th/17th | |
| Hada'iq al-Hada'iq | Sayyid 'Ala' al-Din Muhammad Isfahani | Shi'a | ||
| Anwar al-Fisaha fi sharh nahj al-balagha | Nizam al-Din 'Ali b. Husaun | Shi'a | 11th/17th | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sayyid Diya' al-Din Rawandi | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Khwarizmi | |||
| Hada'iq al-haqa'iq | ||||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha Ibn 'Atayiqi | Ibn 'Atayiqi | Shi'a | ||
| Mukhtasar nahj al-balagha | 'Allama Hilli | Shi'a | ||
| A'lam nahj al-Balagha | Sayyid 'Ali b. al-Nasir | |||
| Minhaj al-bara'a fi sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Qutb al-Rawandi | Shi'a | |
| Minhaj al-fasaha | Ilahi Ardabili | Shi'a | ||
| Minhaj al-Wilaya fi sharh nahj al-balagha | Sufi Tabrizi | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Rawghani Qazwini | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Nawwab Lahiji Isfahani | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha manzum | Persian-Arabic | Muhammad 'Ali Ansari Qummi | Shi'a | |
| Ma'arij nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Ibn Funduq | Shi'a | 6th/12th |
| Miftah al-sa'ada fi l-sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Al-Naqawi al-Qayini Khurasani | Shi'a | |
| Tanbih al-ghalifin wa tadhkirat al-'arifin | Persian | Mulla Fath Allah Kashani | Shi'a | |
| Bahjat al-hada'iq | Gulistana Isfahani | Shi'a | 11th/17th | |
| Hada'iq al-hada'iq | Gulistana Isfahani | Shi'a | ||
| Anwar al-fasaha fi sharh nahj al-balagha | Nizam al-Din 'Ali b. Husayn Jilani | Shi'a | 11th/17th | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Taj al-Islam Sayyid Diya' al-Din Abu l-Rida Fadlullah b. 'Ali Rawandi | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Khwarizmi | |||
| Hada'iq al-haqa'iq fi fasrdaqa'iq afsah al-khala'iq | Arabic | Qutb al-Din Kaydari | 6th/12th | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha Ibn 'Atayiqi | Ibn 'Atayiqi | Shi'a | ||
| Mukhtasar nahj al-balagha | 'Allama Hilli | Shi'a | ||
| A'lam nahj al-balagha | Sayyid 'Ali b. al-Nasir | |||
| Minhaj al-Bara'a fi sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Al-Qutb al-Rawandi | Shi'a | |
| Manhaj al-fasaha | Kamal al-Din Husayn b. Sharaf al-Din 'Abd al-Haqq Ardabili | Shi'a | ||
| Minhaj al-wilaya fi sharh nahj al-balagha | Jamal al-Salikin 'Abd al-Baqi Sufi Tabrizi | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Rawghani Qazwini | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Nawwab Lahiji Isfahani | Shi'a | ||
| Al-Durrat al-najafiyya fi Sharh nahj al-balagha al-Haydariyya | Mirza Ibrahim b. Husayn Khoei | Shi'a | ||
| Bahj al-sabagha fi sharh nahj al-balagha | Muhammad Taqi Shushtari | Shi'a | ||
| Ma'arij nahj al-balagha | Abu l-Hasan 'Ali b. Abi Qasim | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Afdal al-Din Hasan b. 'Ali b. Ahmad Mahabadi | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Fakhr Razi | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sayyid Radi al-Din Abbu l-Qasim 'Ali b. Musa b. Tawus Husayni | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Ibn al-Sa'i | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Shaykh Kamal al-Din Ibn 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim 'Ata'iqi Hilli | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Yahya b. Hamza 'Alawi Yamani | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sa'd al-Din Mas'ud b. 'Umar b. 'Abdullah Taftazani Shafi'i | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sayyid Afsah al-Din Muhammad b. Habibullah b. Ahmad Husayni | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Mawla Qiwam al-Din Yusuf b. Hasan (Qadi Baghdad) | |||
| Rawdat al-Abrar | Persian | Abu l-Hasan 'Ali b. Hsan Zawarah | Shi'a | |
| Tarjuma sharh Ibn Abi l-Hadid | Mawla Shams b. Muhammad b. Murad | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Shaykh Baha'i | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Shaykh al-Ra'is Abu l-Hasan Mirza Qajar | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Shaykh Nur Muhammad Ibn Qadi 'Abd al-'Aziz b. Qadi Tahir Muhammad | ||
| Anwar al-Fasaha | Mawla Nizam al-Din 'Ali b. Hasan Jilani | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Shaykh Husayn b. Shahab al-Din b. Husayn 'Amili Karaki | Shi'a | ||
| Al-'Aqd al-nadid al-mustakhraj min sharh Ibn Abi l-Hadid | Arabic | Fakhr al-Din 'Abdullah b. mu'ayyad bi-llah | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sayyid Majid b. Muhammad Bahrani | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Shaykh Muuhammad Mahdi b. Abi Turab Sahandi | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sayyid Hasan b. Mutahhar b. Muhammad Yamani Hasani | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Mawla Taj al-Din Hasan (Mulla Taja) | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Mawla Muhammad Salih b. Muhammad Baqir Rawghani Qazwini | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Al-Sayyid Ni'mat Allah al-Jaza'iri | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Mawla Sultan Mahmud b. Ghalam 'Ali Tabasi Qadi | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Mawla Muhammad Rafi' b. Faraj Gilani | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Shaykh Muhammad 'Ali b. Shaykh Abu Talib Zahidi Gilani Isfahani | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Al-Sayyid Abd Allah Shubbar | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Amir Muhammad Mahdi Khatunabadi Isfahani | Shi'a | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Haj Sayyid Muhammad Taqi b. Amir Muhammad Mu'min Husayni Qazwini | Shi'a | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Mirza Baqir Nawwab b. Muhammad b. Muhammad Lahiji Isfahani | Shi'a | |
| Tarjuma sharh nahj al-balagha Ibn Abi l-Hadid | Persian | Haj Nasrullah b. Fathullah Dizfuli | Shi'a | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sayyid Sadr al-Din b. Muhammad Baqir Musawi Dizfuli | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sayyid Mufti 'Abbas | |||
| Ta'liqa bar mushkilat nahj al-balagha | Mawla Ahmad b. 'Ali Akbar Maraghi Tabrizi | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Shaykh Baha' al-Din Muhammad | |||
| Sharh mushkilat lughawi nahj al-balagha | Muhammad Hasan Na'il Marsafi | |||
| Sharh al-ihtisham 'ala nahj al-balagha l-Imam | Shaykh Jawad Tarimi b. Haj Mawla Muharram 'Ali Zanjani | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Jahangir Khan Qashqa'i | Shi'a | ||
| Al-Isha'a | Sayyid Awlad Hasan b. Muhammad Hasan Hindi | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Shaykh Muhammad Husayn b. Muhammad Khalil Shirazi | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sayyid 'Ali Athar Kahjawi Hindawi | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Arabic | Muhyi al-Din Khayyat | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Urdu | Sayyid Dhakir Husayn Akhtar Dihlawi | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Urdu | Sayyid Zafar Mahdi Lakhnawi | ||
| Balagh al-Minhaj | Sayyid Muhammad Ali Husayni Shahristani | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Shaykh Muhammad 'Ali b. Bisharat Khayqani | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Mirza Muhammad Taqi Almasi | Shi'a | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Shaykh 'Abdullah Bahrani | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Shaykh 'Abdullah b. Sulayman Bahrani Samahiji | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Haj Mawla 'Ali 'liyari Tabrizi | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Habibullah Sharif Kashani | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Husayni Al Kammuna Brujirdi | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Mirza Muhammad 'Ali b. muhammad Nasir chahardahi Gilani | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Qaracha Daghi Tabrizi | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Muhammad Muhyi l-Din 'Abd al-Hamid | |||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Haj Mirza Khalil Kamarah'i Tihrani | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Persian | Sayyid Mahmud Taliqani | Shi'a | |
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Sayyid 'Ali Naqi Fayd al-Islam | Shi'a | ||
| Sharh nahj al-balagha | Jawad Fadil | Shi'a | ||
| Dars-ha-yi az nahj al-balagha | Persian | Husayn 'Ali Muntaziri | Shi'a | |
| Tafsir nahj al-balagha | Persian | Abd Allah Jawadi Amuli | Shi'a | |
| Payam-i Imam Amir al-Mu'minin | Persian | Nasir Makarim Shirazi | Shi'a |