Ash-Sharif ar-Radi
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Name: | Seyyed Razi |
Birth: | 359 AH (970 AD) in Baghdad [1] |
Death: | 406 AH (1015 AD) [1] |
School/tradition: | Shi'a Twelver |
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Sharif Radi, known in Persian as Seyyed Razi, was born in 970 AD in Baghdad, the son of Abu Ahmad an-Naqib. He was a Muslim scholar who compiled Imam Ali bin Abi Talib's sayings, the Nahj al-Balaghah, which is considered one of the famous classical texts of Islam. The book is a collection of aphorisms, political experiences, religious sermons, and letters.
[edit] Works
- Peak of Eloquence (Arabic: Nahj al-Balaghah)