The Desirability of Obtaining Divine Assistance in Imam Khamenei’s Quranic Thought

Divine assistance (’imdād-i ghaybī) and the desirability of its attainmentis one of the topics that have a special place from the Quranic perspectiveof Imam Khamenei’s defensive school of thought. A systematic discussionand research are needed to understand this topic. Based on the Quranicverses, part of the divine assistance in the field of defense is related to thepromises from God, given to the believers. Moreover, the Supreme Leaderof the Islamic Republic of Iran, in many of his statements and literal workshas mentioned the issue of benefiting from divine assistance and how toobtain it. This article uses the descriptive-analytical method, and a numberof verses that had a particular interest to Imam Khamenei in this field, aresampled, and the method of analyzing and expressing the findings isqualitative. The results of this article indicate that divine assistance is the focus ofthe special attention of Imam Khamenei’s defensive school of thought, andit is clear from his statements that those who wage jihād in the path of Godare both faithful and pious. Besides, due to their constant beseeching andseeking the Divine help, they have received special Divine care. They areaided in the area of defense in the forms of aiding angels, strengtheningthe morale of the believers against the threats and the terrible dangers ofthe enemy, creating terror in the hearts of the enemies, and other forms.