Mahdism, the Great Ideal of the Islamic Revolution and its Cultural Implications in Imam Khamenei’s thought

The occurrence of the Islamic Revolution of Iran is of paramount importance, but the question is what “the grand ideal” of this revolution is, and what the requirements for the maintenance and continuation of Islamic Revolution are to pursue its noble goals. This research, by focusing on the ideas of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with a descriptive-analytic method, has come to the conclusion that firstly, Mahdism and the appearance of Imam of the Time (A.S) is the final goal of the Islamic revolution; secondly, in order to pave the ground for this sacred goal and attain it, we must adhere to some cultural necessities, such as constant attention to the ideal of Mahdism, cultural jihad to pave the ground for appearance, centrality of awaiting in life-style, justice spread at all levels, upbringing of righteous awaiting human beings.