Abstract
The main goal of this study is to showcase the aesthetic values contained in Nahj Al-Balagha by exploring its wide horizons and enriching the subject of rhetoric with new forms and images that did not exist in other books, as they characterized no other book but Nahj Al-Balagha. Imam Ali mastered the use of rhetorical forms in his speech to the fullest extent that such forms raced to his thought one after the other to book their place amongst the topics of religious and earthly life. One of those rhetoric forms is synecdoche, in its various parts. Due to this form great importance and high status, it was used by the Imam at many places without interruption of the text or its meaning. Al-Imam wanted it to represent his ideas, aspirations, and desire of righteousness of people, and manifest the elegance of his speech and the beauty of his meanings. Therefore the title “Beauty of Synecdoche in Nahj Al-Balagha” was chosen for this study.
