Imam Khomeini wanted believers to cure pride

Now that you have known the viciousness of pride, it is now your duty to resolve to cure yourself of this disease and to make up your mind to purge your heart from its taints and remove its traces and its heavy dust from the mirror of your heart, Imam Khomeini pointed out through his theological works.

Imam recommended undertaking serious efforts in order to refine and purify

Imam Khomeini explained that believers must seek God’s compassionate protection

Imam Khomeini if someone seeks divine compassionate protection, God will help you in performing all worldly and religious duties.

God blessed humans with power to refine and purify themselves, Imam Khomeini explained

Imam suggested cure for spiritual deficiencies moral decline

The best remedy prescribed by mystics and moralists is to concentrate upon each one of the evil habits that you detect in yourself.

Imam Khomeini warned against the effects of sin

Imam Khomeini through his theological works said that If your hearts were not so sleepy and rusted and blackened with the effects of sin, you would not continue your wrongful deeds and words so carelessly and indifferently.

Imam recommended seeking refuge in God, beseeching His mercy with humble supplications

Imam Khomeini through his theological works recommended the believers to Seek refuge in God, the Most Merciful, and Beneficent, and beseech His mercy with humble supplications and lamentation, so that He may help you in this holy war against your carnal self.

All of these are blessings from Almighty God, Imam Khomeini explained

According to Imam Khomeini, If the misled man is not cured, he does not deserve the blessings of heaven.