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13 November 2012

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Dictionary of Nahjolbalagheh ready of publication in Iran

A dictionary of Persian equivalents for Nahjolbalagheh terms by Ahmad Khatami is ready for publication and will presently be released in Iran.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Khatami has compiled his dictionary after perusing over 15 Persian translations of Nahjolbalagheh some dating back to the 5th and 11th centuries h.g, and finding equivalents for its terms in the Persian language, said an expert at the Nahjolbalagheh Foundation, in an interview with us.

The book is a great help to finding the best Persian equivalent for the terms in Nahjolbalagheh.

The book will soon be published by Nahjolbalagheh Foundation.

The Nahjolbalagheh ("Peak of Eloquence") is the most famous collection of sermons, letters, tafsirs and narrations attributed to Imam Ali, cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad. It was collected by Sharif Razi, a Shi'i scholar in the tenth century B.C. Known for its eloquent content, it is considered a masterpiece of literature in Shi'a Islam, second only to the Qur'an and Prophetic narrations.

Nahjolbalagheh is a collection of 241 sermons, 79 letters, and 489 utterances. As per each new publishing versus past volumes, the number of sermons, letters and utterances has varied from 238 to 241, 77 to 79, and 463 to 489, respectively.

The book narrates from Imam Ali on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the creation of the World, the creation of Adam, end of the Universe and the arrival of Imam al-Mahdi.

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