Illustration of Death in Nahj-al-Balaghah

Image is one of the most effective instruments in Nahj-al-Balaghah to convey the thoughts and concepts to the readers. Imam Ali (a.s.), makes the abstract meanings imaginable and touchable with the help of images. He has used the illustration elements in various parts of Nahj-al-Balaghah to bring the readerʹs mind closer to the facts and their understanding of realities. His illustrations of the death attract readers to the imagination world, so that they feel themselves in that scene and field. Carefulness in the selection of words and method of their combination and using various types of rhetoric forms with the pleasant song of its phrases have given a freshness to his descriptions So that it fascinated and impressed the audience. This article has studied and analyzed eight cases of death image through sermons of Nahj-al-Balaghah. These eight cases show other images of death too. The terrible images of death in these portraits have been drawn in such a manner that they motivate the emotions, shake the depths of the human being and awake the slept conscience.