Contemplation in Imam Khomeini’s Mystical View

In Imam Khomeini’s mysticism, contemplation is a stage that appears before observation. Expounding the prerequisites for realization of contemplation, Imam Khomeini has expressed the effects of contemplation and its benefits. In this paper, while paraphrasing the concept of contemplation in view of Imam Khomeini and its benefits, we will discuss two novel themes of “the concept of absolute contemplation” and “social contemplation” in his mysticism. Undoubtedly, the mystical clarification of the stage of contemplation based on individual theoretical foundations – that claims to have “a peaceful mind and a confident soul” in the heat of the governance and politics drives – will indicate a clear path and strategy for practical wayfaring. This research work, conducted based on library sources and through an analytical method, intends to prove the hypothesis of Imam Khomeini’s firm belief in pure spiritual state and the existence of an element named “social contemplation” in his mysticism, as a novel theme in Islamic mysticism.