[ In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Letter to the beloved Imam:
While expressing greetings of peace, I pray to God for your good health. I hope you are in the best of health.
O Imam, you are the only aspiration of our country and I always pray for you. It was you that defeated the Pahlavi monarchy and brought about the Islamic Republic for us; and although I am only ten-years old, I would like to embrace you before my soul departs towards the blessing of God.
O Imam, I pray for you and the combatants and I want that if I do not see you, my letter that I have written reach you and you reply soon to my letter. O beloved Imam, I am sending you my photograph and you, too, send me a radiant photograph of yourself.
O Imam, I would like very much to go to the frontlines and have insisted very much but this good principal that I have came to our class one day and said that the school is also a bunker and asked us to safeguard the bunkers. On hearing this, I study very hard and no longer think too much of going to the frontline but I help the warfronts to the extent of my ability. God be with you O Imam. God protect you.
O God, O God, until the Revolution of Mahdi save from harm Khomeini,
Your son,
Imtihani from Jahrom,
Fourth grade pupil of Taliqani Primary School ]
In His Most Exalted Name
My beloved son,
I read your loving letter. I pray to God for your health and happiness.
In the same way that the kind teacher said, the school is also a bunker and God willing from this bunker we shall destroy the devils.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Jamadi ath-Thani 1, 1403 AH
Jamaran, Tehran
Reply to a loving letter of a school student
Hamid-Rida Imtihani) fourth grade student of Taliqani Primary School (
جلد ۱۷ صحیفه امام خمینی (ره)، از صفحه ۳۴۲ تا صفحه ۳۴۳
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