“Introduction to Bibliography of Nahj al-Balagha” published

“An Introduction to Bibliography of Nahj al-Balagha” is the title for the latest book by Mohammad Kazem Rahmati published by the University of Islamic Denominations, an effort to find the original versions of the reference based on available scripts, reported Taqrib News Agency (TNA).

A noteworthy study on different versions of Nahj al-Balagha, Shia reference book on sermons, quotes and letters of first Shia Imam, is the relation between the different versions of the scripts and their originality.

The book is counted an effort to set criteria for knowing the different versions of Nahj al-Balagha and finding the original script based on the versions and available information in different translations of the book.

According to the book three authentic versions should be counted as credential: Neishabouri version, Yemeni version and also version related to Abul Reza Ravandi (sixth century AH poet).

The book is also attached by three compact discs including full text of 70 different versions of Nahj al-Balagha.

Collected by prominent Shia scholar, Sharif Razi, Nahj al-Balagha is the book including sermons, letters, narrations and exegesis of Qur’an by Imam Ali (AS), first Shia Imam and cousin of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

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