Comparison between Ayatollah Shah Abadi's Political Thoughts And Those of Imam Khomeini

In this article, a comparison is made between the political views of Ayatollah Shah Abdi and those of Imam Khomeini, casting light on similar and different aspects of the views of these two pillars of fiqh (jurisprudence), mysticism and politics.The article presupposes that a great deal of Imam Khomeini’s political views agrees and is consistent with, and, in certain cases, complementary version of the views of his Master Ayatollah Shah Abadi. There is ample evidence that, many years before his death, Ayatollah Shah Abadi showed the Path to his hard-working pupil, Imam Khomeini, and the latter restated “what his Eternal Master had told him.”