Glimpses of the Nahj al-Balaghah

The World and Worldliness or a horse and the racecourse , or a merchant and the marketplace , or a devotee and his temple . The world, from the Islamic...

The World and Worldliness or a horse and the race...

Taqwa as Immunity The Nahj al-balaghah stresses that taqwa is for man a shield and a shelter, not a chain or a prison. There are many who do not distinguish...

Taqwa as Immunity The Nahj al-balaghah stresses t...

The Church and the Right of Sovereignty At the dawn of the modern age there was a movement against religion in Europe, which also affected more or less other regions...

The Church and the Right of Sovereignty At the da...

The Existentialist Viewpoint Existentialism has been rightly criticized for its refusal to acknowledge any kind of determination or definition of the human nature, for its considering every determination (even in...

The Existentialist Viewpoint Existentialism has b...

Zuhd and Freedom Another ingredient of zuhd is love of freedom and independence. The union between zuhd and freedom is as primordial as it is indissoluble. The dictates of need...

Zuhd and Freedom Another ingredient of zuhd is lo...

Philosophical Notions Concerning metaphysics As mentioned before, the Nahj al-balaghah adopts two kinds of approach to the problems of theology. The first kind of approach calls attention to the sensible...

Philosophical Notions Concerning metaphysics As m...

God's Remembrance The roots of all spiritual, moral, and social aspects of worship lie in one thing: the remembrance of God and obliviousness towards everything else. In one of its...

God's Remembrance The roots of all spiritual, mor...

Modern Perspectives During the fourteen centuries that have passed since 'Ali's times, the world has seen innumerable changes in language, culture and taste, and one may be led to think...

Modern Perspectives During the fourteen centuries...

Glimpses of the Nahj al-Balaghah by : Martyr Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari Introduction This is the translation of sections from Martyr Mutahhari's book Sayri dar Nahj al-balaghah. This book consists of...

Glimpses of the Nahj al-Balaghah by : Martyr Aya...

Divine Unity an Ontological, not a Numerical Concept Another feature of tawhid (monotheism) as propounded by the Nahj al-balaghah is that Divine Unity is not numerical, but something else. Numerical...

Divine Unity an Ontological, not a Numerical Conce...

Glimpses of the Nahj al-Balaghah by : Martyr Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari Introduction Nahj al-balaghah and the Present-Day Islamic Society A LITERARY MARVEL Two Distinctive Characteristics Literary Beauty and Elegance Influence......

Glimpses of the Nahj al-Balaghah by : Martyr Aya...