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The Impact of Mysticism… V. Solano-Urrutia et al (147
A heart that is disconnected Therefore, it is clear that
from God is prone to stray Imam Khomeini visualized
and lose its inherent purpose the development of the
of return. The heart also Presence of the Heart as a
behaves like a mirror or a must for his followers and
window, that reflects extensively, for all Iranians
whatever is contained in it. If who embraced the revolution.
the individual allows the Following a Qur’anic statement,
entrance of others except the internal revolution of the
God, that will be reflected in hearts is a prerequisite for the
the individual’s heart, external revolution:
attitudes, manners, behaviors, “Truly God alters not what
and even beliefs. is in a people until they
Imam Khomeini’s theorization alter what is in themselves.
of the “heart” is fundamental And when God desires evil
in the sense that the heart is for a people, there is no
the compass of the believer in repelling it; and apart from
the search for God and the Him, they have no
destruction of multiplicities protector”. (Qur’an, 13: 12)
that rest in the individual’s
loving potentiality. Spiritual 2. The Theory of “Wilayat-e
awakening is not merely a state Faqih”
of disconnection from the The theory of “Wilayat-e
world; But rather the intention Faqih” emphasizes that, in the
of removing idols and combating absence of the Imam, “those
egotism and idolatry in all of in authority among you” must
its manifestations. fulfill some of the delegated
