Beacon of Guidance on the Heights of Eloquence - Vol 1 - Paperback

by Naser Makarem Shirazi (Author), Morteza Bassirian (Translator)

The "Beacon of Guidance on the Heights of Eloquence" is an English translation of the commentary written by Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi on the esteemed collection of Amir al-Mu'mnin Ali's ('a) words, "The Nahj al-Balaghah". The present volume includes the text of sermon number 1 and its commentary, which is largely about God's creation of the universe.

Imam Ali's words compiled in the book Nahj al-Balāghah have rendered it a unique collection of teachings and guidelines for man's personal and social life. Despite such grandeur latent within it, this book had not attained a standing commensurate with this comprehensiveness in the Muslim and even Shi'a communities. This was, in fact, the concern that prompted Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi to write a book called Beacon of Guidance on the Heights of Eloquence as a commentary on the Nahj al-Balāghah, to facilitate everyone's understanding of and access to the treasures within this instructive collection. This series includes commentaries on all the sermons, letters and aphorisms compiled in the Nahj al-Balāghah. Furthermore, in each section, following a discussion of the Isnad, the context, and the time in which Imam Ali (ʻa) delivered these words, the related points and lessons contained in each section are discussed.