[In the name of God, the compassionate, the Merciful
Greetings of peace to our beloved and honorable Imam Khomeini, the spirit of God,
Dear Imam, we are the school students of the fifth grade of the Fatimiyyah Jihad School. Because in our textbook on religion, we came across the letter of Imam Muhammad Taqi (s) to the governor of Sistan province and the advice that the Imam gave to him, we too decided to write a letter to you and advise you. However, O Imam, we cannot give you advice because you are honorable and free of all sins. You are that idol-smashing Imam who since forty years has not failed to recite the midnight prayers. O, the Great who rescued us from the depth of ugliness and immoralities and faithlessness and took us to the shore of safety. In these months of mourning of Muharram and Safar, we mourn, we do not smile too much and beat our chests and recite elegies because you have emphasized them.
O Imam, if we could be able to see your pure and radiant face from near, it would be very good. Again, we are thankful for being deserving of writing you this letter. O dear Khomeini and our soul, you are the father of all of us children; o the honorable father, we love you as much as all the grains of sand on earth; all the water in the oceans and the clouds in the sky. O Imam how we wish that the school authorities would make available the means for us to come and see you from close. We all hope that at lEast once in our lifetime, we are able to see you, O the one whom only God can describe. O our beloved Imam, we request you not to become unhappy for having praised you. By God, the pen moves on its own accord and we cannot stop it.
O Imam, know that we unlike the people of Koufah, shall not leave you alone. O Imam, right from this childhood, we say our mandatory prayers and tie the scarf around our head. In order to fight the criminal America and the dirty Soviet Union and for the envy of our enemies, as far as possible we do not tear even the pages from our notebooks. O our beloved Imam, allow us to write the last words- although our hearts do not desire to end the letter. O dear Imam, you are like a pen that has always attempted and attempts to write the name of God on the pages of the heart.
O Imam, we the small children make three requests from the depth of our hearts and we hope to be deserving of them. First is that o our honorable Father, o the Sage of Jamaran, o the Soul of God, write back to us with your own beautiful handwriting and advise us and our teachers in it. Second, send to us your photograph signed with your own signature and finally, O dear Imam, all of us be sacrificed for a single moment of your life. O, our beloved leader whom the Muslims and we are yet to realize your worth. O, our beloved Khomeini, with eager eyes we look forward to your reply. You, o the lowly Saddam, o the treacherous Reagan and o, the shameless Begin, know that blood shall triumph over the sword. This is the saying of the Spirit of God, the Imam. O God, o God, sustain the life of Khomeini until the Revolution of the Mahdi. Shorten our lives and add our years to his life. Eliminate the hypocrites from the arena of the world. The stars have gone; you take care of the sun. May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.]
In His Most Exalted Name
My beloved children! I read your affectionate letter. I wish that you my dear ones would advise me for I am in need of it. I hope that you study your books with joy and happiness and at the same time, perform your Islamic duties, which develop human beings. You should behave well, obey, serve your parents, and ensure that they are satisfied with you. You should give lots of respect to your teachers. Try to be useful for Islam and the Islamic Republic. I beseech the Exalted God to grant you- the light of my eyes- health and happiness and progress in both knowledge and deed. Greetings of peace be upon all of you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
29,1403 AH