Imam Khomeini: The greatest jihad is the jihad against selfish desires and egoism, because all ...

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Imam Khomeini stressed self-purification as prelude to correct society

Imam Khomeini through his theological works stressed that one who seeks to purify a society will not be able to achieve one's goal if one's self is not purged and purified.

Scholars should have pure intention of approaching God, Imam Khomeini explained

Imam Khomeini through his theological works advised the scholars and seminary students for self purification, saying If you do not have a pure intention of approaching God, these sciences will be of no benefit at all."

If mankind is self-constructed and perfected, everything will come out as spiritual

Imam Khomeini through his messages stressed that If mankind is self-constructed and perfected, everything will come out as spiritual. Even the materialistic will become spiritual.

Attention towards world raises dark veils, Imam Khomeini explained

According to Imam Khomeini, attention to other than God covers man with veils of darkness and light. If any worldly affair is a cause for man’s attention to be directed toward the world and to neglect God, the Exalted, it raises dark veils. All of the corporeal worlds are dark veils. If the world is a means of directing attention to the Truth and for arriving at the abode of the Hereafter, which is the “abode of honor,” then the dark veils are transformed into veils of light.

Imam Khomeini explained the source of moral corruption

Imam Khomeini through his theological works explained that faith, which is the joy and fortune of the soul, is different from knowledge, which is the pleasure and satisfaction of the intellect.

Man cannot construct others unless he himself is constructed, Imam Khomeini elucidated

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic through his theological works explained that man cannot construct others unless he himself is constructed and the country cannot be constructed if others themselves are not constructed.