blessed book which raised Al-Radhi\'s name along the ages.
So the concerned scholars offered many studies on its authority, text, commentaries, manuscripts handwriting, punctua- tion, etc.
Appreciating these works, Nahjul Balagha Center in Tehran, held a special conference about Al-Radhi this year. Also similar meetings had been held in Damascus and elswere, having their own publications about the subject.
Considering all these, .Turathuna » decided to cover the proceedings of Tehran conference by accord with Nahjul Balagha Center.
So it dedicated in this issue a special file for the Arabic articles which had been delivered in the conference.
The first subject in this issue is of the Editorial Board titled: researching of Nahjul Balagha, which criticizes the cheap printings of Nahjul Balagha. It syas: it is really surprising that a famous researcher like Mohammad Muh\'uddin Abdulhameed, who lives in a celebrated center of our Islamic heritage «cairo » only depends on eight previous prints, while the book has a lot of manuscripts.
The Editorial Board then refers to five errors and distorations as an example for the neglections of the Egyptian and Lebanese prints. The article concludes by praying to the Almighty to inspire a right man to research Nahjul Balagha precisely and honestly.
١. The study of Sheikh Hassam Zada Al-Amuli which is titled: Apreface on Nahjul Balagha sources, he tries to refute some odd opinions which attribute Nahjul Balagha text (sermons, letters, maxims of Amirul mu\'menin) to Al-Radhi, its compiler. So he refers to many sources of these letters and sermons which had been written befor Al-Radhi\'s age, as: Al-Kafi of Theqatul Islam Al-Kulaini, Al-Bayan waltabien of Abu Am\'r Bin Bahar Al- Jahedh, Al-Kamel of Al-Mubarrad, Ta\'reekh Al-Ya\'qubi, Ta\'reekh Al-Tabari, Kitab Seffin of Menqari, etc. The writer also quotes some proofs which clearly show that Al- Radhi was not but a mere collect or of these sermons, letters and maxims.
٢. The second study titled: The remanent
manuscripts of Nahjul Balagha
till ٨th H. century, which is prepared by Sayyid Abdulaziz Al-Tabatabal is a
bibliographic survey on a ٨٦ manuscripts of Nahjul Balagha,
which were found in the private or public book treasuries till ٨ H. century. The study has a valuable preface introducing the collectors of Imam Ali\'s