Saluni qabla 'an tafqiduni (book)
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| Author | Abdullah Jawadi Amuli |
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| Original title | سلونی قبل أن تفقدونی؛ تحریر نهجالبلاغه |
| Language | Persian |
| Subject | Commentary of Nahj al-balagha |
| Publisher | Isra' Publishing Center |
| Pages | Volume One: 671 – Volume Two: 582 – Volume Three: 616 – Volume Four: 623 – Volume Five: 632 – Volume Six: 640 – Volume Seven: 680 – Volume Eight: 680 – Volume Nine: 656 |
Salūnī qabla an tafqidūnī (Persian: (کتاب) سَلونی قَبلَ أن تَفقِدونی) is a Persian-language commentary on Nahj al-balagha by Abdullah Jawadi Amuli. The book follows an approach that interprets Nahj al-balagha in light of other passages in the same work and the Qur'an. When examining a topic, the author also looks for discussions of the same subject in other sermons, letters, and wise sayings. By cross-referencing these passages, he avoids repetition and clarifies the relationships between concepts. As of September 2025, this book has been published in nine volumes.
Introduction
The book Saluni qabla an tafqiduni is the result of twenty-seven years of interpreting and expounding upon Nahj al-balagha by Abdullah Jawadi Amuli, which began in 1992 in the Friday prayer sermons of Qom and continues in his ethics lectures until now (September 2025).[1]
Author's Method
The author's method in explaining Nahj al-balagha is based on interpreting Nahj al-balagha by Nahj al-balagha or by the Qur'an. In this method, when examining a subject in Nahj al-balagha, the author also considers other sermons, letters, and wise sayings of Imam Ali (a) to determine whether the same subject is discussed elsewhere in Nahj al-balagha.[2]
About the Author
Abdullah Jawadi Amuli (b. 1933) is a Shi'a Marja', philosopher, jurist, renowned interpreter of the Qur'an and Nahj al-Balaghah, and a teacher at the seminary of Qom.[3] As of November 2025, he has been engaged in teaching Islamic sciences for nearly six decades. Alongside teaching other branches of religious sciences, Jawadi Amuli has paid special attention to the exegesis of the Holy Qur'an and started Qur'an exegesis sessions in 1976, which continues to this day (November 2025).[4]
In addition to teaching various seminary sciences and training students, Jawadi Amuli has authored numerous scientific works in the form of books and articles.[5] Some of these works are dedicated to Nahj al-balagha, including:
- Dunya-shinasi wa dunya-garayi dar Nahj al-balagha (Understanding of the world and worldliness in Nahj al-balaghah)
- Qur'an dar Nahj al-balagha (Qur'an in Nahj al-balagha)
- Wahdat-i jawami' dar Nahj al-balagha (Unity of societies in Nahj al-balagha)
- Hikmat-i nazari wa 'amali dar Nahj al-balagha (Theoretical and practical wisdom in Nahj al-balagha)
Reason for Naming
The author derived the title "Saluni qabla an tafqiduni" from a hadith of Imam Ali (a): "Saluni qabla an tafqiduni" (Ask me before you lose me),[6] and chose the title of the book based on it.
The book's introduction explains that, although such titles are uncommon, this one alludes to Imam Ali's high rank and scholarly standing.[7]
The hadith "Saluni qabl an tafqiduni" appears in Shi'a and Sunni hadith sources and is regarded as one of the extraordinary sayings of Imam Ali (a).[8]
Content and Structure
The book "Saluni qabla an tafqiduni" examines the doctrinal, ethical, social, and political concepts present in the words of Imam Ali (a) with an analytical and argumentative approach centered on the Qur'an and Nahj al-balagha, and explains them for today's audience.[9] As of September 2025, nine volumes of this book have been published, and each volume is dedicated to a set of sermons, divided as follows:
- Volume 1: Sermons 1 to 15
- Volume 2: Sermons 16 to 32
- Volume 3: Sermons 33 to 49
- Volume 4: Sermons 50 to 76
- Volume 5: Sermons 77 to 88
- Volume 6: Sermons 89 to 97
- Volume 7: Sermons 98 to 111
- Volume 8: Sermons 112 to 133
- Volume 9: Sermons 134 to 153[10]
Notes
- ↑ "Majmūʿa-yi arzishmand-i 'Salūnī qabla an tafqidūnī; taḥrīr Nahj al-balāgha' Āyatullāh al-ʿUẓmā Javādī Āmulī", Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ-rasānī-yi Isrāʾ.
- ↑ "Salūnī qabla an tafqidūnī 1: taḥrīr Nahj al-balāgha", Ketab-e Jamkaran.
- ↑ "Abd Allah Jawadi Amuli", Pāygāh-i Iṭṭilāʿ-rasānī-yi Ḥawza.
- ↑ "Ḥayāt-i ʿilmī wa Qurʾānī-yi Āyatullāh Javādī Āmulī", Webgāh-i Bunyād-i Bayn al-Milalī-yi ʿUlūm-i Waḥyānī-yi Isrāʾ.
- ↑ "Ḥayāt-i ʿilmī wa Qurʾānī-yi Āyatullāh Jawādī Āmulī", Webgāh-i Bunyād-i Bayn al-Milalī-yi ʿUlūm-i Waḥyānī-yi Isrāʾ.
- ↑ Ibn Qūlawayh, Kāmil al-ziyārāt, p. 74.
- ↑ "Sakhun-i Nāshir", Salūnī qabla an tafqidūnī, p. 27.
- ↑ Ṣaffār, Baṣāʾir al-darajāt, pp. 266-268, 296-299; Ibn Qūlawayh, Kāmil al-ziyārāt, 1356 Sh, p. 74; Ṣadūq, Al-Amālī, 1376 Sh, pp. 133, 341-344; Nahj al-balāgha, Sermon 189, p. 280; Ḥākim Nīshābūrī, al-Mustadrak, vol. 2, p. 383; Khwārazmī, al-Manāqib, p. 91; Juwaynī, Farāʾid al-simṭayn, vol. 1, pp. 340-341; Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha, vol. 2, p. 286, vol. 6, p. 136; Māzandarānī, Sharḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 5, p. 192; Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 399, Hadith 2; Ibn ʿAsākir, Tārīkh Dimashq, vol. 27, p. 100, vol. 42, p. 398; Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 1, pp. 330-331.
- ↑ "Salūnī qabla an tafqidūnī 1: taḥrīr Nahj al-balāgha", Ketab-e Jamkaran.
- ↑ "Salūnī qabla an tafqidūnī; taḥrīr Nahj al-balāgha", Ketabja.
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