The essence and nature from Imam Khomeini’s viewpoint

Author: Khadijeh Assadollahzadeh University: Imam Khomeini Research Institute and the Islamic Revolution College Year: 2009

Life, power, knowledge are shadows of God's attributes, Imam Khomeini explained

Imam Khomeini through his theological works explained that life, power, knowledge and other accomplishments are shadows of His attributes.

What are main obstacles on the way to understanding Quranic interpretation from Imam’s views?

One of the obstacles towards understand the Quran is to induct the idea that in order to understand the Quran, one has to be a commentator of the Quran while taking moral, ethical and mystic benefit from the Quranic verses is nothing to do with tafseer (interpretation) and hence ordinary people should also be encouraged to pay attention to the ethical and moral aspects of the stories mentioned in the Quran.

The Necessity of Islamic Government in Modern Day from Imam Khomeini’s perspective Kobra Lashkari.

In Imam Khomeini’s opinion, if a person is the most knowledgeable in Religion Science, but fails to recognize the expedient of society or generally lacks in insight the social and political context and in decision making power, this person is not Mujtahid in social and governance issues and cannot take the reigns of the community.

How did Imam Khomeini describe the event of Eid Ghadir through his messages?

Imam introduced Ghadir as continuation of the prophet’s mission.

Imam Ali, holy lady Fatima role-model for all believers

Ayatollah Motahhari, always considered himself a pupil of the great Imam