CONTENTS شرف ا النجف الشريفة،علوية ال العتبة مقدمة............................................... 21 PUBLISHER’S PREFACE........................................................... 23 INTRODUCTION: ........................................................................ 27 COMPILER OF NAHJUL-BALĀGHA: AL-SHARĪF ............. 41 AR-RADI ........................................................................................ 41 Compiler’s Mentors: .................................................................... 42 Compiler’s Students: ................................................................... 44 Compiler’s Works: ...................................................................... 45 LITERARY GENIUS OF IMĀM ALI : ................................ 48 Two Unparalleled Sermons by Imām Ali , One Without a Dot, Another Without the “Aleef”....................................................... 48 Nine Rules For Happiness By The Imām : ................................ 57 A Tribute To Sheikh Al-Tūsi الطوسي الحسن بنحمد مشيخ..................... 59 PART ONE..................................................................................... 64 Sermons of Amīr al-Mu’minīn Ali Ibn Abū Tālib : ................. 64 From a sermon in which the Commander of the Faithful  mentions the genesis of the heavens and the earth, the creating of Adam, the hajj, etc. It contains praising Allāh, the creating of the universe and of the angels, the selecting of prophets, the deputation of the Prophet , the Qur’ān and the rulings of the Shari`a (Islam’s legislative system). .......................................................................... 67 Genesis......................................................................................... 68 Creation of Angels ....................................................................... 69 Creation of Adam  ................................................................ 69 Allāh chooses His prophets ................................................... 70 Prophetic Mission of Muhammed ......................................... 71 The Holy Qur’ān and the rules of the Sharī`a ............................. 72