Beacon of Guidance on the Heights of Eloquence - Vol 1

<p>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.</p><p></p><p>Imam Ali's words compiled in the book Nahj al-Bal?ghah 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-Bal?ghah 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-Bal?ghah. Furthermore in each section following a discussion of the Isnad the context and the time in which Imam Ali (?a) delivered these words the related points and lessons contained in each section are discussed.</p>