Isra NEWS Agency: The great commentator of the Holy Qur'an in a part of the book "Theoretical and Practical Wisdom in Nahj al-Balagheh" directly quoted from the Amir Al-Momenin (Peace be upon him) introduced him as the speaker of the Holy Qur'an and revelation and has written:

Hazrat Ali (peace be upon him) says: The Qur'an does not speak, you ask the Qur'an, it does not speak, I am the speaker of the Qur'an! I am the one who speaks for the Qur'an, I am the one who makes the Qur'an speak; The knowledge of the future, the words of the past, the medicine for pains and the order of your life affairs are in the Qur'an.

He also introduced himself as the spokesperson of revelation and said:

The Holy Qur'an, which is the word of Allah, contains the secrets of the world and does not speak. I am the one who make the Qur'an speak and introduces myself as the speaker of revelation:

«ذلک القرآنُ فاستَنطِقوُهُ وَلن یَنطق ولِکن أُخبِرُکم عَنه ألا إنّ فیهِ علمَ ما یأتی والحدیث عن الماضی ودواءُ دائِکمُ ونظم ما بینَکم»[1].

Hazrat Ali (peace be upon him) considers the Qur'an to be the manifestation of divine knowledge, but people do not see this divine manifestation; Says:

«فتجلّی لهم سُبحانه فی کتابِه مِن غیر أن یَکوُنوا رَأوْهُ مِن قُدرَتِه»[2]:

Allah is the speaker of this word! In his words, this speaker has manifested and appeared to the listeners. The Qur'an is the attribute of Allah's action, the appearance of God's action is that which comes from the appearance of the attributes of the essence, and that too from the appearance of the essence. (The position of the verb is several orders of magnitude different from the position of the essence) The Qur'an is the magazine of the verb and the manifestation of the attributes of the Almighty God; He says: God has revealed himself to people in the Qur'an and they do not see him, he has shown his power to people but people do not see it, someone is needed to see the magazine and the appearance of the power of truth and tell it to the people.

This wise philosopher considered the best way to introduce the Amir Al-Momenin(P.B.U.H) to benefit from his own sayings and said:

In introducing Ali bin Abi Talib (peace be upon him), who is wise in both theoretical and practical wisdom, his own words should be used. He introduces himself and the other Ahl al-Bayt as the fountain of wisdom where he says:

«نَحْنُ شجرة النبّوة ومَحطّ الرّسالة ومختَلَف المَلائکة وَمَعادِن العِلم وَینابیع الحِکَم»[3]:

We are the tree of prophethood. The tree of prophethood is rooted in our family and the grace of the Risalah descends in this family. the angels of Allah, the Almighty come and go to our family. we are the base for knowledge! We are the fountain of wisdom

In general, if there are knowledge, the center and center of science are Ali and Ali's descendants (peace be upon him). If there is any wisdom, whether theoretical or practical, it is in this family.

«ما شکَکتُ فی الحّقَ مُذ أُریتُهُ»[4]:

From the moment the truth was shown to me and the truth became evident to me, I did not doubt it. According to the sentence that he said:  «فَإنّی ولِدتُ عَلَی الفطرة»[5]:

I was born with the nature of monotheism, Ali (peace be upon him) did not doubt the truth from the moment he was shown the truth, whether this truth is a theoretical wisdom or a truth in practical wisdom.

Hazrat Ali (peace be upon him) says: I am among the group whose heart is in heaven and my body is in action.

The eminent professor of Howzeh, referring to the sayings of Ahl al-Bayt of Infallibility and Purity (peace be upon them), introduced them in the field of beliefs, morals and actions, as the appearance of the Seddiqin and narrated the following:

«وإنّی لَمِن قَومٍ لا تأخُذُهم فی اللهِ لَومَة لائمٍ سیماهُم سیما الصدّیقینَ»[6]:

Our image is the image of the righteous, those who are honest both in terms of belief and in terms of morals and actions; Sadq has become a nature for them in these three aspects.

«وکَلامُهُم کَلامُ الأبرار»: Their speech is the speech of good people. (The Holy Qur'an has stated specific characteristics for "Abrar").

«عُمّار اللیلِ وَمَنارُ النهارِ»: They keep the night alive and prosperous, their night is rich, not barren and ruined, they do not sleep through nights so it is ruined and in vain. the one who is asleep does not have a lively and prosperous night. As the Persian poet says:

Thanks to Allah Crying in the evening and at dawn, did not go to waste,/ our raindrops became a unique gem

They keep the night alive, keeping the night alive and making the night alive and enriching it makes the day bright: «ومَنار النهار»the light of the day is for such enlightened people; Nature is illuminated by the sun, but human society is illuminated by divine saints, they give light to the day and make the night prosperous and alive, and they give light to time and bless the earth.

«مُتَمسّکونَ بِحبلِ القرآن»: they hold on to the rope of Quran[7]

«یُحیون سُنن اللهِ وسُنن رَسولِه»: I am among the group that revives the traditions of Allah and the Messenger and keeps the divine rules alive.

«لایَستکبرونَ ولا یَعْلونَ ولا یَغُلّونَ ولا یُفسدونَ»: They are not people of arrogance, supremacy, aggression, and corruption.

Then at the end of this sermon he says:

«قُلوبهم فی الجِنان وأجسادهم فی العمل»[8]:

Their hearts are in heaven and their bodies are in work and effort, their souls are in that world and their bodies are in this world. It means that they are in heaven now, at the same time their body is working, their soul is enjoying in heaven. Regarding the fact he (peace be upon him) was a true follower of the revelation and never strayed from the path of the revelation, he says:

«إنّی لَم أرُدّ عَلی الله ولا عَلی رَسوله ساعةً قطّ»: even for a moment , I did not stand against the command of Allah and the leadership of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I did not reject it, but I was completely obedient. At the end of this sermon, he says:

«فَوالذی لا إله إلاّ هو إنّی لَعلی جادّة الحّق»: I swear to Allah, I am on the right path and on the road of truth.

«وإنّهم لَعلی مزلّة الباطِل ، أقول ما تَسمعونَ وأستغفُر اللهَ لی ولَکم»[9]:: Those who are against me,  are in the slippery path of wrong, and I am on the firm and stable path of truth and truth.

What was said were short examples of the introduction of Hazrat Ali bin Abi Talib (peace be upon him) from his own words. His light shows the bright face of his character.  A character like him should be introduced by the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) or by himself.

Source: the book " کتاب حکمت نظری و عملی در نهج البلاغه،اثر حضرت علامه جوادی آملی،ص41"

[1] ـ نهج البلاغه، خطبهٴ 158، بند2.

[2] ـ نهج البلاغه، خطبهٴ 147، بند3.

[3] ـ نهج البلاغه، خطبهٴ 109، بند38.

[4] ـ نهج البلاغه، حکمت184.

[5] ـ نهج البلاغه، خطبهٴ 57، بند2.

[6] ـ «سیما» یعنی نشانه و به معنای چهره نیست، «سمه»: علامت؛ «موسوم» نشانه دار.

[7] ـ در بحثهای تفسیر موضوعی قرآن معنای اینکه قرآن ریسمان الهی است و باید بدان تمسک کرد مبسوطاً بیان شده است.

[8] ـ نهج البلاغه، خطبهٴ 192، بند136.

[9] ـ نهج البلاغه، خطبهٴ 197، بند6.

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