Nahj al-Balagha (Peak of Eloquence)
نهج البلاغة
Saying & Wisdom #473
٤٧٣. وَقِيلَ لَهُ (عليه السلام) : لَوْ غَيَّرْتَ شَيْبَكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. فَقَالَ (عليه السلام) :
الْخِضَابُ زِينَةٌ، وَنَحْنُ قَوْمٌ فِي مُصِيبَةٍ!
قال السيد الرضي: يُرِيدُ وَفَاةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله).
English Translation
473. It was said to Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him: We wish you had changed your grey hair, O’ Amīr al-mu’minīn. Then he said:
Dye is a way of adornment while we are in a state of grief.
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, is referring to the death of the Messenger of Allāh, peace be upon him and his descendants.
اردو ترجمہ
امیر المؤمنین حضرت علیؑ کی حکمت نمبر 473: زریں اقوال، دانائی کے موتی اور اخلاقی رہنمائی۔
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