Nahj al-Balāgha

Al-Ashtar's exceptional strength and stature

Volume 1 Section 443 3 narrations
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Imam Ali 2 Ahl al-Bayt 2 Parables/Examples (Amthal) 1

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hadith 2033
443. When the news of the death of (Mālik) al-Ashtar (may Allāh have mercy on him), reached Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, he said:
٤٤٣. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام) وَقَدْ جَاءَهُ نَعْيُ الْأَشْتَرِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ:
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hadith 2034
Mālik, what a man Mālik was! By Allāh, if he had been a mountain he would have been a big one (find), and if he had been a stone he would have been hard; no horseman could have reached it and no bird could have flown over it.
مَالكٌ وَمَا مَالِكٌ! وَاللهِ لَوْ كَانَ جَبَلاً لَكَانَ فِنْداً، وَلَوْ كَانَ حَجَراً لَكَانَ صَلْداً، لَا يَرْتَقِيهِ الْحَافِرُ، وَلَا يُوفِي عَلَيْهِ الطَّائِرُ.
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hadith 2035
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: “find” means a lonely mountain (rising in height above the range).
قال السيد الرضي: الفند: المنفرد من الجبال.