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Digital Resource on Nahj al-Balagha Unveiled in Najaf

19:33 - January 15, 2025
News ID: 3491474
IQNA – The latest version of the Alawi Encyclopedia software, Alawi Encyclopedia (3), was officially unveiled at the shrine of Imam Ali (AS) in Najaf on Tuesday, coinciding with the birth anniversary of Imam Ali (AS).

Digital Resource on Nahj al-Balagha Unveiled in Najaf

 

The event was attended by notable figures including Seyyed Isa Mohammed Saleh Al-Khorsan, Custodian of Imam Ali Shrine; Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadeq, Iran's Ambassador to Iraq; and Seyyed Saeed Seyedin, Iranian Consul General in Najaf, among others.

Developed by the Computer Research Center for Islamic Sciences (Noor), the software serves as a comprehensive digital repository of works related to Nahj al-Balagha, the famous collection of sermons, letters, and sayings of Imam Ali (AS).

The resource includes the full text of 223 titles across 492 volumes, comprising translations, commentaries, annotations, and lexicons related to Nahj al-Balagha and its compiler, Seyyed Radhi. 

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It also offers 31 Persian translations, six in languages such as English, French, Turkish, Urdu, Spanish, and Indonesian, and 12 poetic translations with options for comparison. 

The software contains 24 Arabic and seven Persian commentaries, enabling detailed analysis of the text. 

Furthermore, it features Noor’s advanced search engine, allowing prioritization, filtering, and refined searches within specific categories. 

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The resource also includes linguistic analysis of the Arabic text, cross-references for sermons and letters, and access to five ancient manuscripts with comparison tools.

The event concluded with a symbolic presentation of the software by Noor’s President, Hojjat al-Islam Mohammad Hossein Bahrami, to the custodian of the shrine.

 

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