Letter [to Sayyid `Abd ar-Rida Hijazi]

In His Most Exalted Name

Jamadi al-Awwal 6,1393 AH

His Eminence Sayyid al-A`lam Mr. Haj Sayyid `Abd ar-Rida Khatib, may God always assist him:

Your noble letter arrived. I pray to God, the Exalted, for your health and success. It is regrettable that the respected gentlemen who consider themselves as servants of Islam, instead of exerting more efforts for the unity of expression and to increase the number of their friends, for only a petty excuse they have engaged in dispute with each other and as the ill-wishers add fuel to it, its depth are made deeper and the lofty goals are not accomplished. I expect all of you and those related to you to put aside these petty differences and to be equipped for the lofty goals of Islam and to add friends to your ranks. I beseech God, the Exalted, for everyone's success in achieving these lofty goals. I hope for your and the other gentlemen's benevolent prayers. May peace be upon you.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi Khomeini