A Pathological Study of Ibn Abi al-Hadid's Lexical Commentary on Nahj al-Balaghah

If we study Ibn Abi al-Hadid’s commentary on Nahj al-Balaghah from the lexical point of view، we will find out the fact that he has based his commentary on lexical points. Fair and constructive criticism avoids the language from falling into mistake and error. Ibn al-Hadid، like other scholars and authors، has the probability of misunderstanding of the vocabularies، especially because of his deductive method and that he has not only quoted from others. Therefore، the the present reasearch critically studies the lexical efforts of Ibn Abi al-Hadid، and indicates his mistakes، especially those caused by inattention to the exact meaning of words، the context، theological ideas، the different meanings of different words، and the grammar and syntax. At the same time، the researcher had not neglected the ability of Ibn Abi al-Hadid on different sciences.