In His Most Exalted Name
Dhou'l-Hijjah 23,1393 AH
His Eminence Sayyid al-A`lam wa Hujjat al-Islam Mr. Langaroudi, may his blessings last:
I have received your letter, and pray to God for your health and welfare. With regard to what had been written about the timidity and apathy of the distinguished `ulama', especially the senior ones, towards the establishment, I wish to say that such deeds and even worse are expected. For every backward step of ours, they take one forward. For the time being, they are engaged in their transgressions without any hindrance; it is all up to God. I solicit your prayers, and beseech the Almighty for the amelioration of the lot of the Muslims. May peace be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini