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Imam Khomeini and Islamic Awakening Trend By Muhammad Ali Taskhiri
Discussing about Islamic awakening, which is amongst the most beautiful issues, is very important and necessary, because Islamic Awakening is the most important issue and phenomenon for the Muslim Ummah which is considered as a turning point in the brilliant history of this Ummah. In this article, the author tries to analyze Islamic Awakening from the viewpoint of Imam Khomeini through three aspects: the truth, causes and how to continue (despite the confronting risks). The author also tries to uncover the link connects these three aspects to each other.
The Truth of Informing and Islamic Awakening There is no need to refer to the Islamic structure as a general concept; however, reminding a point as bedrock to understand the truth of Islamic Awakening is helpful here. As a belief, Islam bestows life to human being against universe, life and being and a certain perspective in terms of history, present and future. This field is followed by the social structure of Islam in order to cover all aspects of human being life. Therefore, a truly awake and conscious Muslim is featured by the following traits: First: He has a deep understanding on nature and truth of Islam. Second: his faith in religion is logical. Third: His emotions are filled with faith and his sentiments and feelings are completely compatible with these principles. Fourth: Islam is manifested in his practical and personal aspects of life.
Understanding Islam This factor has two dimensions, understanding theoretical principles and structure of Islam and the executive and practical aspect. The comparative understanding of Islam here refers to understanding the purposeful Islamic commands. According to Islam, the Islamic ruler is tasked with committing this responsibility. The highest form of this type of understanding is intuitive knowledge or intuition and what is inspired as revelation and in the next degree what is gained through correct and original Ijtihad.
Belief in future of the Islamic Awakening The clear future of the Islamic Awakening in the various society is a phenomenon which has been emphasized by Imam Khomeini several times and he used to try to convince people to believe it. He was completely assured that the future of this awakening will be brilliant. Naturally, hoping in something will direct us towards it and strengthens our determination. In this direction we see that Imam Khomeini predicted collapse of the Soviet Union. This prediction was announced when there was no sign of this collapse. He initially sent his famous letter to Gorbachev in 1989. This letter is among very little numbers of Imam Khomeini sent to leaders of other countries. In this letter Imam says, "Its better any research about communism is assigned to the World Museum from now on." This letter is a great document that indicates a faithful man can see with God's eye and God.
Manifestation of various types of awakening in the Muslim Ummah and its achievements The colonialist countries have always struggled to ignore the depth of Islamic Awakening and its development amongst the Muslim Ummahs and even we see westernized people who try to deny the fact of Islamic Awakening among the Muslim nations. Here the question is that what is the reason and cause behind these animosities and ignoring the truth? The reason is that people are prevented from being familiar with what is happening, otherwise, the Islamic movement will burn them as fire does and Imam Khomeini tried to explain this for people. Imam Khomeini used to seize any opportunity to explain achievements for the people's information and always emphasized them.
Extensive Movement and Activity One of very important issues on which Imam Khomeini used to emphasis was movement and activity of Muslim masses across the whole world. One of these activities was the grand Islamic revolution in Palestine. We all know that Imam always concerned about crisis of Palestine and he spared no efforts to solve this problem and he never left his ideal about Palestine. He also advised us to continue this ideal after his death. For Imam Khomeini, the Zionist Regime was a tumor which must be eradicated and despite opposition of the United States and Israel, Muslims can fight and defat this corrupted regime. Imam Khomeini was very hopeful about Palestine nation's Islamic Awakening and believed that it is the sole way for Palestinian to get rid of this corrupted regime. Imam named the last Friday of Ramadan as the Day of Quds and asked all Muslims across the globe to conduct rallied in defense of innocent people of Palestine. Another sample of such movements was the rising of Afghan Muslims against the eastern superpower of the time, the Soviet Union.
Counteracting Colonial Myths Another manifest of the Islamic Awakening is producing extensive political knowledge about conspiracies and myths of Colonialism and counteracting them. One of these myths was the myth of Invincibility of Israel, or the myth that said the sole way of happiness is following one of socialism or imperialism ways, the myth that religion will make you feeble, the contradiction between religious inclinations and revolution and the myth of limiting the world into two east and west blocs.
Great Signs of Victory Reading Imam Khomeini's remarks about symbols and signs of the Islamic Awakening in the Muslim societies indicate that many of them have been realized now.
Various Factors of Islamic Awakening Reviewing factors of the contemporary Islamic Awakening from Imam Khomeini's viewpoint may confuse one who intends to categorize them in a certain set of conclusion, but it is normal because we are speaking about a social phenomenon which coexists with human being. Therefore, this phenomenon influences human being and is influenced by human being equally and strengthens itself in this way. For instance consider a conscious and patient leader who plays a key role in facilitating developments, but developments affect the leader in turn in order to make him a more experienced, stronger leader to survive until the end. For Imam Khomeini the following factors were important in making a movement victor:
Divine Confirmations Imam Khomeini has many times confirmed the fact that divine grace and attention has helped Islamic Revolution and we were only means to realize this. Leadership It is an important fact, because it has been happened several times that many awakenings occurred in different parts of the world, but because of lack of leadership or a weak leadership they failed very soon. Accordingly, the leader always is threatened by the foes of the Islamic Awakening Committed scholars a necessity for victory of a movement Since Imam Khomeini was completely aware of scholars role in directing people and establishing a truly movement, he used to address them and remind them their vital role in this social movement. He used to deny all those scholars who did not believe in power of oppressive people. He used to attack these people and warned people to boycott them. People's development and inclination towards Islam and spirituality In fact, it was struggles of religious scholars and leaders that helped Islam to play its vital role and affect people's soul and rescue them from regression. Islam is able to realize capabilities hidden in human's nature and reveals the gift treasures in their souls. If the internal and natural knowledge is manifested over the external life, then the complete redemption will be achieved. It is necessary to mention that scholar are successful only when they devoid their soul from temporary and baseless joys of the world and devote themselves completely to their goal and objective.
Exacerbation of oppression made by oppressive rulers and attack of colonialists When this factor is strengthened and especially when people feel that they are under increasing oppression, they will be aroused and try to use what they have to rescue and materialize the social developments. | ||
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