Abstract:
Mysticism and politics were two inseparable dimensions that formed the Imam's personality. In fact, the Imam's personal and political life should be seen as the result of the interaction of these two dimensions. If we make a comparison about the spiritual progress of the Imam and Mulla Sadra's Arbaah travels, we can say that the early period of Imam Khomeini's emphasis on mysticism and related topics is related to the first and second journeys described by Mulla Sadra; Imam's refusal to engage in public political activities until 1341 was the reason.that a political process of inner preparation was going on in him. Imam's involvement in the field of politics and leadership of the Islamic Revolution was similar to Mullah Sadra's third trip. In fact, the unique insight that Imam Khomeini (PBUH) showed during the critical and sensitive stages of the revolution.It cannot be explained only in the framework of political frost. Imam had a vision that saw beyond the immediate intersection; This insight was the imam's mystical intuition in the field of politics. In fact, Imam's progress towards the "source of greatness and glory" was what enabled him to lead a revolution that was like a mass movement of the people of Iran. The present article examines the political and mystical aspects of Imam's personality and four journeys in his life.
Machine summary:
If we make a comparison about the spiritual progress of the Imam and Mulla Sadra's Arbaah travels, we can say that the early period of Imam Khomeini's emphasis on mysticism and related topics is related to the first and second journeys described by Mulla Sadra; Imam's refusal to engage in public political activities until 1341 was because a political process of inner preparation was going on in him. These supplications are present in texts and statements related to different stages of his life: inAn explanation of a hadith by Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s.) about meeting Allah, which is given in his Forty Hadith (1319); In one of his works related to the inner dimensions of prayer, Ma'araj al-Salkin, which was completed in the same year (1311); In "Jihad Akbar or Struggle with Self", the text of a speech that was presented in Najaf in 1351 regarding self-cultivation; In his words, regarding the interpretation of Surah Fatiha (Hamd), which was broadcast on TV in January and February of 1358, and in "The Way of Love", a letter that Imam Khomeini wrote to his daughter-in-law, Fatemeh Tabatabai in 1363.Therefore, the passion for "discovering the veil of light and access to the source of greatness and glory" is considered a permanent element in the religious life of Imam Khomeini (PBUH) and it is only by keeping this element in mind that the entirety of his struggles and successes can be understood. He understood their struggles and political successes.