Hearts must turn towards love for God Almighty

Imam Khomeini explained that as long as self-love lies embedded in his essence, he will not reach the station of the sincere (mukhlisun) and the lovers of God.

Imam Khomeini advised believers not let false doctrines and opinions deceive them

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, explains the matter in his famous book "an exposition on Forty Hadith" as following:

Morality advocated by Imam Khomeini leads to spiritual development

The way of moral reform advocated by Imam Khomeini is a process of spiritual development in which the adept learns to conquer and then lose interest in his worldly desires and become totally devoted to God.

Muslims should answers to doubts raised by Western philosophers, thinkers

Ayatollah Javadi Amoli in a meeting with the grandson of the late founder of the Islamic Republic says that unfortunately the Western intellectuals and philosophers have raised questions about the divine religion of Islam and keep adopting material ideologies.

Transgressors occasionally reach such a point when they become proud of their evil deeds, Ima ...

Imam through his theological works explains that the bad deeds of unbelievers, hypocrites, polytheists, atheists, villains, sinners, and transgressors occasionally reach such a point when they become proud of their evil deeds and think highly of themselves.

Imam recommended believers should be cautious of the guiles of the self

Impeccability [ismat] is perfect faith, Imam Khomeini defined

The meaning of the impeccability of the prophets and the Friends of God [awliya] is not that, for instance, Gabriel took them by the hand.

Imam Khomeini spent over 14 years in exile

In early 1970 Imam Khomeini gave a lecture series in Najaf on Islamic Government which later was published as a book titled variously Islamic Government or Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists (velayat-e faqih). This was his most famous and influential work and laid out his ideas on governance (at that time):