Ayatollah al uzma imam khomeini biography

Ayatullah al-Uzma as-Sayyid 'Ali al-Husaini Khamenei

"Right from the assassination attempt on my life, I had a feeling that Allah had chosen me for a great task for which I had prepared .

Ayatullah al-Uzma as-Sayyid 'Ali al-Husaini Khamenei

At the time I did not know the nature of the task. However, I had no doubt that I would be ready to shoulder a great weight in His way for the sake of the revolution and in the service of you, Oh people."

1. Birth and Lineage

His Eminence Ayatullah al-'Udhma al-Haj as-Sayyid 'Ali al-Husaini al-Khamenei (May Allah prolong his life) was born in 1939 in the Holy City of Mashhad, Iran, in a respected scholarly family.

His father, Ayatullah al-Haj as-Sayyid Jawad, was amongst Mashhad's erudite 'ulama (clerics).

For years on end, he used to lead Fajr (morning) prayers at the Guharshad mosque and dhuhr (midday) and 'Isha (evening) prayers at the Bazaar-e-Ma A Brief Biography of the Late Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qasim al ...

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