Mutahhari is Mutahhari: The Making of a Thinker (Murtada Mutahhari Books)

A cursory examination of the 22-volume Sahifeh-ye ImamÑthe largest ever compiled anthology of Imam KhomeiniÕs speeches, messages, interviews, religious decrees, permissions, and lettersÑreveals that the martyred Ayatullah Professor Murtada Mutahhari undoubtedly occupies a distinct station in the sight of the Great Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Idol-Breaker of the 20th Century.

Imam KhomeiniÕs communications with Ayatullah Mutahhari in the forms of religious permissions and personal letters, as well as descriptions of him in letters, speeches, messages, statements, interviews, autobiography, and memorial note during and after his lifetime as indicated in the encyclopedic authentic reference source suggest that the former considers the latter a trustworthy representative, compassionate teacher, erudite scholar, competent jurist, eloquent speaker, combatant Ôalim, and an epitome of martyrdom in the way of truth and freedom of thought. These benevolent views on him are consistent from the first volume of the anthology in which Professor Mutahhari is indicated having been granted authority [ijazah] on DhuÕl-Hijjah 24, 1388 AHS (March 13, 1969) by the Imam in the financial and religious law affairs up to the 21st volume (volume 22 being the indexes of the whole voluminous treatise) wherein heÑin the ImamÕs message dated Shahrivar 14, 1367 AHS (September 5, 1988) addressed to the Muslim nation of Pakistan and the ÔulamaÕ of Islam on the occasion of the martyrdom of Sayyid ÔArif Husayn HusayniÑis mentioned as among Òthe freedom-loving ÔulamaÕ of the Islamic world subjected to conspiracy and terrorismÓ.

For the Imam, Shahid Mutahhari is more than a student, representative, associate, confidant, friend, or son. Indeed, it can be said that for him, Mutahhari cannot be confined to a single dimension as he is an embodiment of a totality. Mutahhari is Mutahhari.

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