The role of mundane harms in spiritual education from the perspective of Nahj al-Balaghah

One of the methods of recognizing the harms and obstacles of spiritual education is following the instructions and recommendations of Imam Ali (AS) who has climbed the steps of the highest degrees of perfection and spirituality and its harms and obstacles in a good way. It is out of its way. Spiritual education is the cultivation and growth of man's innate desire for God and the exaltation of carnal possessions. The leading article intends to examine the role of secularism in the spiritual education by using the teachings of Imam Ali (AS) in a descriptive-analytical method. An examination of the teachings of Nahj al-Balaghah reveals that the most important harm of spiritual education is secularism. Secularism hinders the attainment of human perfection, growth and spiritual education and will cause man to neglect his human status. The results showed that factors such as extreme hedonism, worldly love, aristocracy of government officials, denial of resurrection, thirst for the world, drunkenness due to blessings, trickery of the world, greed provide the ground for secularism and irreparable consequences. It bears fruit for the spiritual education of man. Man's spiritual education and spiritual excellence is the ultimate goal of religion. By reflecting on the requirements of such education, we realize the harms of secularism in spiritual education.