Model of Good governance from point of view of Nahj Al Balagha: step towards explaining Islamic-Iranian model of development

Good governance is a topic that has attracted the attention of scholars in recent decades. Research suggests that the model of good governance is developed in accordance with the needs of countries (political, cultural and religious factors). The purpose of this study was to present a good governance model from Nahj-Balaghe's point of view as a step towards explaining the Iranian Islamic model of progress. This study, using a qualitative approach, explores the indicators of good governance from the points of view of Ali (AS) in the form of sermons and letters of Nahj al-Balagha, and then presents a model entitled Karima government and compares it with current models of good governance. Thus, parts of the Nahj al-Balagha, selected on the basis of keywords related to governance, were analyzed in three stages of open, axial and selective coding which resulted in the extraction of 606 codes, 86 concepts, and 24 categories. The results showed that good behavior as a central phenomenon through interaction with other factors lead to Karimeh government as a good governance model from Nahj al-Balaghi perspectives. How these factors interact is illustrated at the end of the paper.