Imam Khomeini: In insuring Islam in this month of Ramadān with your prayers and your tears and ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam, Vol 17, Page 465

Ramadan; The month of mercy, forgiveness and salvation

Blessed month of Ramadan is an invitation to God's Feast

Imam through his theological works stressed that the holy month of Ramadan is an Invitation to God's Feast.

Imam put emphasizes on purification during Ramadan

Imam Khomeini believed that the holy month of Ramadan provides great opportunities for the mankind to accomplish self-purification.

The years of spiritual and Intellectual Formation of Imam

Imam recommended believers to undertake serious efforts for self-rectification, soul purification

According to Imam Khomeini, the first condition for a mujahid in his struggle that he has to observe and abide by, at this juncture and at all other stages, is to control the flight of one’s imagination, so that he can subjugate the Devil and his armies.

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini’s spiritual development was, however, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Shahabadi (d. 1328 Sh. /1950); to him the Imam refers in a number of his works as shaykhuna and ‘arif-I kamil, and his relationship with him was that of a murid with his murshid.

Refinement of soul and acquisition of virtue according to Imam Khomeini

The learning of these sciences in reality is an introduction to the refinement of the soul and the acquisition of virtue, manners and divine knowledge.