{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal001.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal001.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal001.htm","text":"Sahifa Alawiya\nBy:\nAmirul Mo-mineen Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.)\nAn Introduction\nSeeing the usefulness of Sahifa Kamila - the collection of supplications of\nImam Zainul Aabedeen (a.s.), our scholars began to compile supplications of other\nMasoomeen (a.s.). Abdullah bin Saleh Samahiji collected the supplications of Hazrat\nAmirul Mo-mineen Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) and named the collection: Sahifa\nAlawiya.\nOther scholars also compiled their collections of Duas related from Imam\nAli (a.s.) but the collection that became most popular was that of Abdullah bin Saleh.\nIt had 160 Duas.\nSahifa Alawiya was first published in 1305 A.H. (1887 A.D.) from Bombay.\nThen from Majmaul Bahrayn Press, Ludhiana and after this in 1311 A.H. (1893 A.D.)\nfrom Tehran. The fourth time it was published from Nizami Press, Lucknow with\ntranslation and commentary in 1371 A.H. (1951 A.D.). But it is regretful that it did\nnot mention the sources.\nThe supplications of Sahifa Alawiya can be broadly divided into two\nsections. The expression of Allah's slaveship and the entreaties of the supplicant.\nEach of the supplications is a masterpiece of the expression of ones helplessness\nbefore the grandeur of the Almighty and only a personality like Ali (a.s.) could have\ncomposed such Duas.\nThe present English Version is based on the Urdu translation of Sahifa\nAlawiya by Maulana Sayyid Murtuza Husain Lakhnavi, republished by Hyderi Kutub\nKhana.\nWe have tried our best to make the translation conform to original Arabic\ntext, however if the readers find any aberration they are requested to inform us, so\nthat we can make the necessary changes in later editions.\nWa Aakheru Dawana Anil Hamdolillahe Rabbil A'lameen","title":"The Alawite Book: Introduction","type":"page"}