I wish to inform you that I have received with thanks your esteemed letter indicating your well-being and expression of your sympathy for me. I hope that you will be successful in serving the Islamic theological centers and that the scholars will benefit from your blessings. We have to traverse this path willy-nilly. So, it is better that our lives be spent in the service of Islam and the Muslims, and in the service of knowledge and guidance; not in futile, meaningless pursuits. I beseech God to protect all of us, in this path full of peril, from the wicked who are outwardly human beings but in reality satanic, and from carnal temptations. Please do not forget me in your benevolent prayers for my salvation. My thanks to all the scholars, the spiritual leaders, and the students of the theological centers for having participated in this event, which I hope Your Eminence will convey to the gentlemen when you meet them. May God's peace and mercy be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini