Secularism as the Most Important Plague of Spiritualism from Imam Ali`s point of view

Every human being and society will reach the peaks of happiness and salvation when they can not only cause a tendency towards spirituality but also fight against its plagues. One way to recognize the plagues of spirituality is to follow the advice of distinguished characters such as Amir al-Mu'menin Ali (A.S), who has reached the highest levels of spirituality and has removed its plagues best way. In the present research, an attempt has been made to benefit from the divine verses, words, and manners of Ali (A.S) and, in a descriptive and analytical method investigates the origins and consequences of secularism and ways to prevent worldliness. Through examining the verses of the Qur'an and the sayings and seerah of Amir al-Mu'menin Ali (A.S), it was determined that the most important cause of the plague in the spirituality is worldliness. After studying the verses, sayings, and seerah of Amir al-Mu'menin Ali (A.S), it was revealed that factors such as worldly pleasures, weakness of faith, ignorance, and aristocracy of the rulers could cause secularism. Yet, irreparable damage to spirituality such as facilitating the commission of sin, deprivation of God's love, corruption and certainty, great sorrow, corruption of reason, humiliation, blindness, and entering the eternal fire. To prevent and treat secularism, we can use ways such as promoting faith and certainty, raising awareness, remembering death and resurrection, preaching, contemplating the consequences of secularism, and performing anti-secular actions.