Da yawa daga cikin laƙabi da laƙabi na Imam Ali (AS) an ambace su a wurare masu yawa na Shi'a da Sunna. Allama Hadi ibn Ibrahim ya lissafo sunaye da mukamai da sifofin Imam Ali (a.s) har guda 290 a cikin littafinsa "Al-Buruj fi Asma' Amir al-Mu'minin" da Tabiti a cikin littafinsa "Al-Qaab wa Sifat Mawlay". al-Muttaqyan” ya lissafo sunaye da mukamai da sifofi sama da 590 na Imam Ali (a.s.). Mai shari’a Noorullah Shushtari, a cikin littafin “Akhqaq al-Haq wa Izhaq al-Batil”, ya kuma ambaci sunayen Annabi (SAW) guda 247 ga Imam Ali (AS).
Cibiyar binciken akida da ke da alaka da ofishin Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Sistani mai kula da harkokin addinin Shi'a a kasar Iraki, ta amsa tambayoyi dangane da sunaye, laqabi, da lakabin Imam Ali (AS).
Wannan cibiya ta yi magana game da sunan "Ali": "Ali" suna ne da Allah Ta'ala ya zaba kuma ya samo asali ne daga sunan Allah madaukaki. A cikin ruwaya daga Manzon Allah (SAW) yana cewa: “Allah ya ciro mana sunaye guda biyu daga sunayensa: sunan Ubangijin Al’arshi Mahmoud, sunana Muhammad”. "Sunan Allah madaukaki, sunan dan uwana Ali." Kuma a cikin wata ruwayar cewa: "Allah ya ce: Ni ne madaukaki, wannan kuma shi ne Ali."
Dangane da yadda aka sa wa Ali (AS) suna, ya zo a cikin ruwaya cewa, wani Mala’ika ya kira Fatima bint Asad cewa: “Ya Fatima! Wannan yaro ana kiransa da Ali, don haka shi ne Ali kuma Allah shi ne Ali mafi daukaka. Allah yana cewa: “Na ciro sunansa daga sunana, kuma na koya masa ladubba da dabi’uNa, kuma na sanar da shi ilmina mai wahala..”
Amma dangane da sanya wa Imam Ali (AS) suna “Iliya”, ta yi nuni da cewa: “Abin sani a wajen Imamiyya Shi’a Iliya sunan Imam Ali (AS) ne a Yahudanci. A wata muhawara da aka yi tsakanin wani sufaye da Imam Ali (AS) a gaban Abubakar, rufamin ya tambayi Imam Ali (AS) cewa: “Ya kai saurayi! Menene sunanka? Imam Ali (AS) ya ce: Sunana “Iliya” a cikin Yahudawa, kuma “Ilysiya” a cikin Kiristoci. "Babana ya kirani da Ali, mahaifiyata kuma tana kirana da Hydra."
Daga karshe za mu ambaci wasu fitattun ladubban Imam Ali (AS) da tafsirinsu:
Dan'uwan Annabi (SAW)
Zakin Allah
Amirul Muminin
Mutum na farko da aka danne hakkinsa
Tekun ilimi
Haidar