Imam Ali About Rasool Allah

Nahjul Balaaghah refers to the Prophet (pbuh) at least 24 times, said at different occasions and covering many aspects of the Prophet's life as Ali has described.  In here 3 references are translated.

     Part of Sermon 95, page 140, about Prophet Muhammad (pbuh):  Sermon 94 was about the condition of the society at the time of the Prophet's proclamation of Islam, and the Prophet's works to disseminate the Islamic Message.

 .... Allah (swt) has sent Muhammad (pbuh) at a time when:

▪    Mankind was going astray, in disorientation and perplexity, and in malicious discord;

▪    People were in lust and mischief.  They were prisoners of their avarice, and their capricious desires had deflected them [from the virtuous];

▪    Conceit took hold of them, thus it swerved them;

▪    Extremes of ignorance made fools of them.

▪    Society was confounded and in confusion, not only by instability but also by the evil of ignorance.

      It was then, [with the advent of Prophethood], that Muhammad (pbuh) gave superb admonitions and trustworthy advice, in abundance.  He trod on the Right Path [Islam] and urged mankind towards the path of wisdom and with fitting counsel.