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  • Lessons From Nahj ul-Balaghah
    • CONTENTS
      • Publisher’s Note
      • Translator's Note
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        Translator's Note

        The book Lessons from the Nahj-ul-Balagha by the great Islamic scholar, Seyyid Ali Khamene’i, one of the leading theologians and politicians of Iran and presently its president and the Friday Ritual Prayer leader of Tehran, is a precious book presented to the world of Islam as a brief introduction to the vast phenomenon of prophethood as it appears in the Nahj-ul-Balagha of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali, peace be upon him. 'The efforts made in translating this book were aimed at providing the Muslims, and even non-Muslims, outside the country, who communicate in the English language, with a valuable interpretation of Ali's sayings concerning the issue of prophethood. It is hoped that this aim has been achieved with this translation. Readers, however, are kindly asked to observe the following points;
        1. The translator has adopted the method of „blank verse" in rendering the author's views into English. However, on many occasions, an exact, word by word translation has been employed.
        2. In some rare cases, unnecessary or repeated parts of the original text have been omitted in translation.
        3. The source for the translation of the Sermons of the Nahj-ul-Balagha has been Seyyid All Radis translation of it (1979, Tehran).
        4. The Qur’anic verses have been taken from Marmaduke Pickthall's "The Glorious Koran".
        April 1983, H. Vahid Dastjerdi

        In the Name of God,
        The Merciful, The Compassionate

      • Introduction
    • Lesson one
    • Lesson Two
    • Lesson Three
    • Lesson Four
    • Lesson Five
    • Lesson Six
    • Lesson Seven
    • Lesson Eight
    • FOOTNOTES
    • FOOTNOTES
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