Short sermon from imam ali

Imam ali peace be upon him said:
Praise is due to Allah whose worth cannot be described by speakers,
whose bounties cannot be counted by calculators and whose claim (to
obedience) cannot be satisfied by those who attempt to do so, whom the
height of intellectual courage cannot appreciate, and the divings of
understanding cannot reach; He for whose description no limit has been
laid down, no eulogy exists, no time is ordained and no duration is fixed.
He brought forth creation through His Omnipotence, dispersed winds
through His Compassion, and made firm the shaking earth with rocks.

The foremost in religion is the acknowledgement of Him, the perfection of
acknowledging Him is to testify Him, the perfection of testifying Him is to
believe in His One-ness, the perfection of believing in His One-ness is to
regard Him Pure, and the perfection of His purity is to deny Him
attributes, because every attribute is a proof that it is different from that to
which it is attributed and everything to which something is attributed is
different from the attribute. Thus whoever attaches attributes to Allah
recognises His like, and who recognises His like regards Him two; and
who regards Him two recognises parts for Him; and who recognises
parts for Him mistook Him; and who mistook Him pointed at Him; and
who pointed at Him admitted limitations for Him; and who admitted
limitations for Him numbered Him.

Part of first cermon in NAHJOLBALAGHE

Short sentences from imam ali

Imam ali, peace be upon him, said:
Every comer
has to return and after returning it is as though he never existed.

Every comer
has to return and after returning it is as though he never existed.

Man is hidden
under his tongue.

Endurance
comes according to the affliction. He who beats
his hand on the thigh in his affliction ruins all his good actions.

He who is
sure of a good return is generous in giving.

short sentences

Imam Ali , peace be upon him, said:
Victory is by
determination; determinations is by the turning over of thoughts,
and thoughts are formed by guarding secrets.

There is no wealth
like wisdom, no destitution like ignorance, no inheritance
like refinement and no support like consultation.

Contentment is
wealth that does not diminish.

The tongue is abeast; if it is let loose, it devours.

The most
helpless of all men is he who cannot find a few
brothers during his life, but still more helpless is he who
finds such a brother but loses him.

short introduction

Imam Ali is the first successor after the holy prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).He has lived from 600 till 661.Tthe holy prophet selected him from God after himself .Nahjolbalageh is his book that consist of his speeches and letter.This weblog is a religious one about Islam especially Imam Ali.