lamic Ethics and Mysticism

Human being, created and formed by God in the prettiest form, enjoys some characteristics which has caused him to be recognized as a preeminent creature. This creature, besides enjoying free will which makes him preeminent among God's creatures, has preeminence over other creatures in form and character as well. Enjoying revealed guidance (hedayat-e tashriie) and cosmic guidance (hedayat-e takvini), inner guidance, eye, ear, external and internal heart, are among human's features.Imam Ali, the master of monotheists, regards man as enjoying humane life, being able to make use of all his facilities, faculties and capacities in the path of guidance and performing his divine obligations, achieving the status of the noble creature.Just those who have actualized all virtues and perfections enjoy humane life. This same man, however, enjoys an animal life too, and is as a soulless and dead equal to animals and even worse.