Obstacles towards Understanding the Quran in the View of Imam Khomeini

Imam Khomeini’s Approach to Political Struggle

The focus of this paper is analysis of methods used by Imam Khomeini in his struggles until the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The main question of this paper is: What was Imam Khomeini’s approach to violence and nonviolence in his political struggles against the Shah’s regime?

The Moral and Social aspects of Imam Khomeini's Personality

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.

Imam attached great significance to nursing

The founder of the Islamic Republic attached great significance to the nursing and medical professions.

Imam Khomeini’s mysticism sole solution to all hurdles

What follows is a rough text of an exclusive interview with Dr. Fatima Tabatabai, the head of department of the Imam Khomeini and Islamic Revolution Research Center, and head of Iran’s Scientific Association of Islamic Mysticism.

Imam Insisted on Revival of Moral Values among Humanity

Imam Khomeini the religious and spiritual leader of the Muslim world maintained that purpose of the divine mission of the holy prophet of Islam and his infallible successors were the perfection of moral values.

Imam Khomeini Asserted Ethical Perspectives

The founder of the Islamic Republic put special emphasizes on implementation of ethical and moral aspects in all fields of life and considered the good moral attitude as source of material and spiritual prosperity of human societies