Reflection of poems in Nahj al-Balagha with Intertextual Theory Approach

Intertextuality is translated into Arabic as "Altnas", "Alnswsyah", "Altnasyah" and "tdakhl alnsws", and in English the term "intertextuality" is translated into Persian meaning "Interference texts together". Inter-textuality is a method to understanding more accurately the texts to survey the relation between them. It states every text or speaker is affected by other texts or speakers in past or synchronic and has been benefited from their words or thoughts consciously or unconsciously. Imam Ali (AS) sometimes used in Nahj al-Balaghah some words or expressions from past texts (including Quran, prophetic traditions, Arabic poems and proverbs) in his sermons, letters and short sentences. By using the above method and to understanding more accurately the speech of Imam Ali (AS), we should determine the relation between these texts and the speech of Imam Ali (AS) In the text of Nahj al-Balagha 15 verses and 4 poetic verses it is stated that Imam (as) has obtained a considerable number of them from others which are of interest to intertextuality. In this article we try to survey these poems in aspect of inter-textuality relations to answer these questions: At first which kind of the inter-textuality of Arabic poems in Nahj al-Balaghah is? And second what is the effect of using this method to understanding Imam Ali (AS) traditions? According to this, firstly by using descriptive and inferential methods we find whole the poems that Imam Ali (AS) wasn't the first speaker of them. Then by surveying the history and the meaning of the poems, we determine its relation with the speech of Imam Ali (AS).The results of using inter-textuality are determining the kind of relation between the speech of Imam and the famous Arabic poems. Using the inter-textuality in this article shows that the most kind of poems inter-textuality in Nahj al-Balaghah is verbal inter-textuality from obligatory type. Imam Ali (AS) has said the main content of poems in his speech, but he has moderated the main intention of first speaker with his speech and this is one of the beauties of the word of Imam Ali (as) in Nahj al-Balagha.