賳賻賴賿噩 俦賱賿亘賻賱賻丕睾賻丞鈥� = Nahj Al-Balagha = The way of Eloquence, Ali ibn Abi Talib
The Nahj al-Balagha is the most famous collection of sermons, letters, tafsirs and narrations attributed to Imam Ali, cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad. It was collected by Sharif Radhi (Razi), a Shia scholar in the 10th century AD (4th century AH) Known for its eloquent content, it is considered a masterpiece of literature in Shia Islam
6 stars. Stunning stunning stunning thought provoking book. A collection of Imam Alis sermons, letter and sayings. At times Nietzschean and at other times just superbly honest direct and unchallengably poetic. It challenges you on some of your most basic tenets of belief and makes you realize that there are other ways of looking at something you once regarded previously irrefutable. The book gets better and better as you read through it with the final sayings leaving you numbed under a barage of fresh new thoughts and slants on the way you should conduct your life. Not an easy read by any means, didactic in many places and certainly some of the religious overtone many will find excessive but if you can look beyond that and read it for the raw knowledge it exudes it will benefit you immensely.
When i started reading this book, for a moment I thought, how a Human Being can reach up to such heights of knowledge.! Amazing book, me gonna learn it by heart.
I love this book, but there's a problem... I don't fully believe in its authenticity, and therefore do not recommend it for most people. When I read it several years ago, I was not concerned with its authenticity, although I kept it in mind (if I were an Islamic scholar, however, it would have been of the greatest import). I read it at the recommendation of a Shi'a friend of mine. I found the beauty of the words inside to be very inspiring and spiritually uplifting. They also helped me understand my friend's beliefs.