Diwan of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib

Author's name: Ali ibn Abi Talib

Anwar al-Uqul fi Ash'ar al-Wasir al-Rasul is a collection of poems attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, compiled by Tarf al-Din al-Kaidari. It contains poems with rhymes in all the letters of the Ḍaṭṭabb. Al-Kaidari had previously collected the poetry of Ali ibn Abi Talib in private sermons and its extension “al-Shorfa.” He then acquired a collection of his poems collected by Hibat Allah ibn Muhammad al-Husayni, so he arranged them all in one collection called “Anwar al-Uqul fi Ash'ar al-Wasir al-Rasul.” After the book Anwar al-Uqul fi Ash'ar al-Wasir al-Rasul, with the Persian translation, throughout the lines are in the same handwriting, except for a few pages at the end, which were not stolen, so they were completed later. The manuscripts were read by al-Majlisi, who read them to him in the year 1092, and he wrote him the completion and authorization verbatim.