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 book by Abdullah Jawadi Amuli in Persian, serving as a commentary on Nahj al-balagha. This book follows the method of interpreting Nahj al-balagha by Nahj al-balagha and by the Qur'an. When examining each topic, the author also searches for it in other sermons, letters, and wise sayings, and by referencing related sections, avoids repetition and clarifies the relationship 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 see if the subject in question has been raised in other parts of Nahj al-balagha as well.[2]
About the Author
Abdullah Jawadi Amuli (b. 1933) is a Shi'a Marja', philosopher, jurist, and a 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 has derived the name of the book "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.
In the introduction to the book, it is stated that although such a title is not common among books, this title, which is reminiscent of the high rank and scientific position of Imam Ali (a), has been used to name the book.[7]
The hadith "Saluni qabl an tafqiduni" is narrated as a symbol of knowledge and awareness in Shi'a and Sunni narration sources and is known as one of the miraculous words 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 Javādī Āmulī", Webgāh-i Bunyād-i Bayn al-Milalī-yi ʿUlūm-i Waḥyānī-yi Isrāʾ.
- ↑ Ibn Qūlawayh, Kāmil al-ziyārāt, 1356 Sh, p. 74.
- ↑ "Sakhun-i Nāshir", Salūnī qabla an tafqidūnī, p. 27.
- ↑ Ṣaffār, Baṣāʾir al-darajāt, 1404 AH, 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, 1411 AH, vol. 2, p. 383; Khwārazmī, Al-Manāqib, p. 91; Juwaynī, Farāʾid al-simṭayn, 1400 AH, vol. 1, pp. 340-341; Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha, 1404 AH, vol. 2, p. 286, vol. 6, p. 136; Māzandarānī, Sharḥ al-Kāfī, 1382 AH, vol. 5, p. 192; Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, 1407 AH, vol. 1, p. 399, Hadith 2; Ibn ʿAsākir, Tārīkh Dimashq, 1415 AH, vol. 27, p. 100, vol. 42, p. 398; Mufīd, Al-Irshād, 1413 AH, 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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