Nahj al-Balaghah is a great treasury of the teachings of Islam. It is the loftiest lesson for educating and training men, the best capital for self-construction and edification, and the most effective plan for constructing a sound, clean and honored society. This precious book is an ocean of knowledge that concerns with the most important issues in all material and spiritual dimensions of man's life. Despite the fact that many rational, political and moral schools have been obliterated in the course of time, the words of Nahj al-Balaghah and its analyses and logic are so much fresh and living that it seems as if they have been uttered today by the Commander of the Faithful for the present day and for the days to come.
In the course of history of Islam, countless activities about Nahj al-Balaghah have been undertaken. Great honored scholars in the past and present have attempted to explain and commentate it and to reveal the concealed facts in it. They have given valuable services in this field. May God reward them all.
