Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī by Tahera Qutbuddin

Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī by Tahera Qutbuddin

Winner of the 2024 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding (category: translation from Arabic into English). Nahj al-Balāghah, the celebrated compendium of orations, letters, and sayings of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661) compiled by al-Sharīf al-Raḍī (d. 406/1015), is a masterpiece of Arabic literature and Islamic wisdom studied and memorized avidly and continually for over a thousand years. Showcasing ʿAlī’s life and travails in his own words, it also transcribes his profound reflections on piety and virtue, and on just and compassionate governance. Tahera Qutbuddin’s meticulously researched critical edition based on the earliest 5th/11th-century manuscripts, with a lucid, annotated facing-page translation, brings to the modern reader the power and beauty of this influential text, and confirms the aptness of Raḍī’s title, “The Way of Eloquence.”

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Title	Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī
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