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Moral Lifestyle in Modern Life … A. al-Musawi, P. Di Sia / (45
While this material life is a Allah Almighty created
ladder to the spiritual life, it is creatures to worship Him and
self-evident that the earthly seek His pleasure. Worship in
life does not mean the earth, its most general meaning
the sky, etc., as these are includes everything that brings
among the creations of Allah. human closer to Allah.
What is meant by worldly Therefore, a person should
and mundane matters is to be know what increases the
restricted to material affairs acceleration of this movement
only, so a person should not be and what prevents it.
limited to worldly affairs, and Spiritual life, from the Islamic
not preoccupy himself with perspective, is that life in which
material matters so that he a person adapts himself to the
forgets the purpose of life, divine command with the aim of
which is getting closer to Allah, being close to him. The
except that a person should not reprehensible reappearance, and
neglect the material aspect, Imam Ali said:
otherwise one will not find Ride “What I fear for you is
for this spiritual journey. two qualities: following
The importance of material one’s desires and
life lies in the fact that it is just a prolonged hope. As for
stage of transition, so one should following one’s desires,
not think of it as an end in itself, it turns away from the
even if a person is provided with truth, and prolonged
material means, it is only hope forgets the
because they are necessary for Hereafter”. (Nahj al-
his integration morale. Balagha, Sermons 42)
