Words of Ali bin Abutalib (sa) about the Quran

[Dayyanah]

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS) describes the Qur'an as:

� It is a light whose radiance shall not be extinguished;

� A lamp whose flame shall not die;

� An ocean whose depth shall not be fathomed;

� A path which shall not lead astray;

� A blaze whose brilliance shall not be darkened;

� A criterion whose evidence shall not be suppressed;

� An elucidation whose cornerstones shall not be demolished;

� A cure with which there is no fear of ailments;

� A power whose supporters cannot be defeated;

� A truth whose helpers will not be forsaken.

� Thus, it is the source of faith and its prosperity;

� It is the fountain-head of knowledge and its vastness;

� The meadow of justice and its flowing streams;

� The support of Islam and its foundation;

� The valleys of the truth and its fields;

� An ocean that shall not be drained by those who draw upon it;

� A spring that shall not be exhausted by those who draw from it;

� A watering place that shall not be depleted by those who come to it;

� A station whose road the travellers do not miss;

� A signpost which the wayfarers will always see;

� The hilltops that cannot be bypassed by those who seek them.

� Allah has made it the quencher of the thirst of scholars,

� A vernal season for the hearts of the jurists,

� A destination for the path of the righteous,

� A cure after which there is no malady,

� A light which does not alternate with darkness,

� A rope whose knots are firm,

� A stronghold whose peak is impregnable.

� It is power for whoever cultivates it,

� Peace for whoever dwells on it,

� A guidance for whoever follows it,

� A laudable act for whoever embraces it,

� An argument for whoever speaks for it,

� A witness for whoever fights for it,

� A sharp instrument for whoever bases his arguments on it,

� A support for whoever supports it,

� A means of deliverance for whoever employs it,

� A sign for the discriminating, a shelter for whoever seeks healing,

� A source of knowledge for whoever has sense,

� And the best narrative for its transmitters,

� And a means for the one who sits in judgment.