Analysis of the process of the changes of the social values in the Nahj Al-Balaghah: A social perspective

Sociologists and leaders of human communities have long paid attention to the process of the change of social values to direct social changes. Sociologists believe that this process and their substitution in the past can be studied through focusing on the process of the change of the social values of human communities. One of the most significant themes of the Nahj al-Balaghah deals with social values. The first in fallible Imam Ali touches upon the process, factors, elements, and transformation of social values, especially in the Muslim community. According to the Nahj al-Balaghah, the stages oftransformation of the social values are their origination, spread, stablization, and substitution. Their changes are due to religion and religions laws, social supervision, rulers, and people´s whims