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== Naming Nahj al-Balagha == | == Naming Nahj al-Balagha == | ||
"Nahj" means "clear path". Therefore, Nahj al-balagha means the "clear path of eloquence". In the preface of the book, al-Sayyid al-Radi said | "Nahj" means "clear path". Therefore, Nahj al-balagha means the "clear path of eloquence". In the preface of the book, al-Sayyid al-Radi said: | ||
:"Nahjul-Balagha, the pathway of rhetoric would be the appropriate title of the book, in that it would open the doors of eloquence for the reader and shorten its approach for him or her, the scholar and the student would meet their needs from it and the rhetoricians as well as the recluse would find their objectives in it. In this book will be found a wonderful discussion on [[Allah]]'s Oneness, Justness and His being free from body and form, that will quench every thirst (for learning), provide a cure for every malady (of unbelief) and remove every doubt." | :"Nahjul-Balagha, the pathway of rhetoric would be the appropriate title of the book, in that it would open the doors of eloquence for the reader and shorten its approach for him or her, the scholar and the student would meet their needs from it and the rhetoricians as well as the recluse would find their objectives in it. In this book will be found a wonderful discussion on [[Allah]]'s Oneness, Justness and His being free from body and form, that will quench every thirst (for learning), provide a cure for every malady (of unbelief) and remove every doubt." | ||
[[Shaykh Muhammad 'Abduh]], the previous Mufti of [[Egypt]] who is a [[Sunni]] scholar wrote in the introduction to his commentary on ''Nahj al-balagha'' that, "I do not know a name which better addresses the meaning than this name. It is not in my competence to describe this book more than what this name suggest…" | |||
== Content of Nahj al-Balagha == | == Content of Nahj al-Balagha == | ||