Martyr Morteza Motahari, one of prominent pupil of Imam Khomeini, has left an enriched academic legacy by writing dozens of theological works on a range of subjects and topics.
Imam Khomeini, the contemporary leader of the Muslim world, recommended university and seminary scholars and young generation to pay special attention to precious works left by Late Ayatollah Motahhari.
Ayatollah Motahhari was one of the most literate scholars trusted by Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic.
Motahhari, who always considered himself a pupil of the great Imam and undertook serious efforts to spread genuine objectives of the Islamic Revolution, stood by the Islamic movement through all thick and thin times.
Imam Khomeini in a historic letter to Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari sent from the holy city of Najaf in 1969, nearly ten years earlier than the victory of the Islamic revolution, had emphasized that the youth stand in dire need of understanding the genuine teaching of Islam.
Motahhari, who was the president of the Constitutional Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a member of the Revolutionary Council at the time of his assassination, had earlier served in the Tehran University as the Head of the Department of Theology and Islamic Learning.
Motahari, one of the most literate scholars trusted by Imam Khomeini, always considered himself a pupil of the great Imam and undertook serious efforts to spread genuine objectives of the Islamic Revolution and stood by the Islamic movement through all stages.
Martyr Motahhari considered freedom to be vital and necessary for all live creatures in order to facilitate proper growth and perfection.
Ayatollah Motahhari made it clear that for achieving spiritual freedom, self purification is necessary, as taught by all Prophets, especially the Last and Greatest of God’s Messengers, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Ayatollah Motahhari made it clear through his works that social accomplishment of social freedom has been impossible without achieving spiritual purification.
Imam Khomeini trained several scholars like Motahhari who largely contributed to intellectual growth of the entire Muslim world and played important role to spread the Islamic teachings.