The Qur'anic Origin of Social and Political Wilayat in Imam Khomeini's Thought

The issue of Imamate and Wilayat in Islamic thought and in the Qur'an and Sunnah, which are the main source of Islam, has a high and great status. In the Qur'an, the position of guardianship belongs to God, and with His permission, this position has been assigned to the Prophets and the Ahl al-Bayt of purity and innocence. Imam Khomeini (RA) is one of the people who used the sources of Quranic verses, hadiths, and prophetic and Alevi traditions and entered into the issue of guardianship. He has explained the subject of "province" and has opened a new way in writing and interpreting such a category for everyone, and they have taken a new and firm step in the direction of evolution, development and detailing of the study of province. He did not explain Wilayat only on the basis of theoretical mysticism and common discussions and terms, but he used three methods of narration, reason, discovery, and intuition, and the discussion of Wilayat in his works is presented in an argumentative, citation, and narrating manner. and his writings are understandable and useful. The present article explains Imam's view about the social and political role of the province based on Quranic verses. The aim of this study is to explain the social and political position of the province in the society while addressing the central role of the province with the documentation of the verses of the Qur'an, using the opinions of the imam.