SAFINEH
Year:2005 | Volume:2 | Issue:5 (SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALI IBN ABI TALIB P.B.U.H.)|Papers Count:8

In the last tree parts of this essay, the writer tried to discuss and analyze the Jurisprudential bases of the late Scholar, Ayatullah Mirza Mahdi Esfahani, according to the contents of his works. In the last part of the essay, a short review over the previously stated subjects with some examples are given within 20 topics.

The Imam Ali’s everlasting words, thoughts, and teachings have clear traces and inflences at the Arabic literature. In this essay, the author has brought 86 sentences from Amir ul-Momenin Ali ibn Abi Taleb (A.S.), which have been directly appeared in the Arabic poems. In this essay references are made to 6 Shia collections of traditions, 5 commentaries of Nahj ul-Balagha, and 40 titles of the important Arabic literal works.

The book of Nahj ul - Balagha from the time of the compilation in about 1000 years ago, have been in the center of attention a reference of many people.After development of the industry of printing during the last century, the prints of this book by the supervision of Shaikh Mohammad Abdu in cairo, and the Nahj ul - Balagha with the comments of Shaikh. Sobhi Saleh, Printed in Beirut received the attention of many interested people.In this essay, the writer, reviews some of the ancient manuscripts of Nahj ul Balagha, and by comparing them with the print of Abdu and Sobhi Saleh, some of the mistake and change of the latter print are shown.

The late Shaikh M.H. Kashef ul-Qeta (1878-1955) was one of the Shia religious scholars and leaders during the last century, who was active in both fields of Jurisprudence and social affairs. He had written many scientific books, that some of them are not printed yet.One of those works, is his "comments" about the "Sharh e Nahj ul-Balagha" of Shaikh M. Abdu (Died in 1905), the high rank Sunni Scholar, the principal of the Al-Azhar academy of Egypt, the close friend and student of Syed Jamal oddin Asad-Abadi.The current essay gives a report about that work.In the first part (this volume) the notes of Kashef ul-Qeta about the speeches of Nahj ul-Balagheh, and in the 2nd part (next volume) his notes and comments about the letters and sentences of Nahj ul-Balagha will be provided.

In this essay, the writer, by application of some of the Quranic verses and statements of Nahj ul-Balagha has tried to highlight the three differential and distinctive specialities of Monotheism (lack of any similarity between the God and mankind, lack of any defect in the Almighty God, The Excptional and Exclusive nature of the Divine Names and Attributes.) During the discussion some of the philosophical and gnostic viewpoints have been studied and criticized too.

The commentary book of Ibn Ali Al-Hadid has paid a special attention to the literal aspects of Nahj ul-Balagha. The author has tried to show the frequent eluquent characteristics in the words, texts, and speeches of Amir ul-Momenin (A.S.), and hence he reveals the superiority of the words and literature of the Imam, over those of the other speakers and poets.

What is presented in this essay to the respected readers, is a review over the above valuable book and a short biography of its author, who was one of the Scholars and literal man of 7th century (A.H.) A short history about the book and its contents, the available copies of the book, the importance of the book, and other informations which could be useful or neccessary in introduction of the book.