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== Goal of Writing == | == Goal of Writing == | ||
At the beginning of the book, the author says that when he saw [[Jahiz|Jahiz's]] ''Mi'at Kalimah'', he decided to write a collection of [[Imam Ali (a)|Imam Ali's]] sayings. | At the beginning of the book, the author says that when he saw [[Jahiz|Jahiz's]] ''Mi'at Kalimah'' ("A Hundred Words"), he decided to write a collection of [[Imam Ali (a)|Imam Ali's]] sayings. He criticizes Jahiz for including such few hadith and then says: | ||
::Being so busy-minded and low in the levels of the people of perfection and while I know myself to be so weak in achieving what top scholars have sought and that I admit being not worthy to associate with them, still I have tried to collect the words of his eminence (a) as much as I could.<ref>Ghurar al-hikam, introduction.</ref> | ::Being so busy-minded and low in the levels of the people of perfection and while I know myself to be so weak in achieving what top scholars have sought and that I admit being not worthy to associate with them, still I have tried to collect the words of his eminence (a) as much as I could.<ref>Ghurar al-hikam, introduction.</ref> | ||