The Muslim Revivalist Movements: The Role of Imam Khomeini in its Development and Continuity

Imam Khomeini has achieved successes in continuance of the movement of religious revivalism, that other Islamic reformists have achieved less. Imam Khomeini is one of significant revivalists who led the Islamic revolution in Iran and consequently brought about changes in Muslim society and civilization. In this article, distinctive features of Imam Khomeini’s revivalism will be examined.

Imam Khomeini underscored the significance of following Fatima Zahra’s divine character

Hazrat Zahra (PBUH) from Imam Khomeini's point of view.

Human soul inhabits sublime world, Imam Khomeini explained

Imam Khomeini through his theological works explained that the human soul inhabits another realm and another territory also, which is the world of the hidden and the sphere of the sublime world.

Imam Khomeini underlined sphere of sublime world

Imam Khomeini through his works has explained that the jihad al-nafs or the internal struggle is of great significance for all great religious thinkers and mystics.

Imam was an expert in the field of exegesis of the Holy Quran

On different occasions, Imam interpreted the Holy Quran verses and these interpretations have been compiled in five volumes.

What was Imam Khomeini’s perception about the divine personality of the leader of the faithful?

Think-tank meeting discusses issues regarding Imam's works and its promotion into foreign languages

A collaborative meeting has been held with presence of officials and translators by the international department of the institute to discuss a series of new editions of Imam Khomeini’s works into foreign languages.