In the same sermon Amir al-mu’minin referred to Al an-Nabi (the Household of the Holy Prophet) as under

Nahjul Balagha Part 1 The Sermons Sharif Razi

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They are the trustees of His secrets, shelter for His affairs, source of knowledge about Him, centre of His wisdom, valleys for His books and mountains of His religion. With them Allah straightened the bend of religion’s back and removed the trembling of its limbs.

In the same Sermon he spoke about the hypocrites

They sowed vices, watered them with deception and harvested destruction.

Alternative Sources for Sermon 2

(1) Ibn Qutaybah, ‘Uyun, I, 326;

(2) al-Tabari, al-Mustarshid, p. 73;

(3) Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih, al-’Iqd, III, 112;

(4) al-‘Amidi, Ghurar, 331, 354;

(5) Ibn Talhah, Matalib, I.