Writing and Narrating Nahj al-Balagha in the 6th-century “Qom”: Ali ibn Abi Sa’d al-Tabib al-Qomi’s Nahj al-Balagha

Ali ibn Abi Sa’d, an Imami scientist, physician and writer from Qom, scribed a copy of Nahj al-Balagha and then recited it to 107 111 فصلنامه تخصصی کتابشناسی و نسخه شناسی سال بیست و هشتم/ شماره 701 بهار 7007 Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr Qomi and Ezzuddin Ali Ravandi, and received permission to narrate it. He opposes his version with that of Abu al-Reza. The original version of his is not available, but there are at least five versions available in Iranian libraries that are based on his version. Among them, the copy prudently transcribed by Abd al-Rashid ibn Nur al-Din Shushtari has been the basis of the later versions. The present article examines the peculiarities, features and copies of this version of Nahj al-Balagha.