Characteristics of Sustainable Political Development in Light of the Guidelines of Imam Ali (AS)

Many of the developing countries especially Muslim countries such as Islamic Republic of Iran have been looking for a suitable model to achieve sustainable political development. Despite the great achievements in the field of political development، the West has had numerous spiritual and moral problems in this area. In fact، what caused the Western political development to face those problems has been its one-dimensional and materialist view of the human and their demands. Models practiced in the Western countries cannot be implemented in developing countries because these models not only have a one-dimensional view of the human but also fail to consider the cultural، social، and religious backgrounds of these countries. Each nation needs a comprehensive model shaped according to its values and norms. The teachings of Imam Ali (AS) match with cultural، social، and religious issues of our country، so it could serve as a comprehensive model to achieve sustainable political development. This research uses 3C model to study the goals and indexes of political development in Imam Ali’s viewpoint and analyzes the texts and gathers data to offer a local model of sustainable political development on the basis of Imam Ali’s teachings.