University of Tehran POLITICAL QUARTERLY 1735-9678 46 4 2016 12 21 THE PATTERN OF POLITICAL STRUGGLE IN THE QURAN THOUGHT OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL WAY OF IMAM KHOMEINI (RH) THE PATTERN OF POLITICAL STRUGGLE IN THE QURAN THOUGHT OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL WAY OF IMAM KHOMEINI (RH) 1031 1047 59940 10.22059/jpq.2016.59940 FA Ebrahim Kalantari Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Islamic Thought, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2016 05 17 In a comprehensive analysis of the Islamic revolution of Iran, it is important to understand the basic components and the main pillars of the revolution such as leadership of  Imam Khomeini (RA) and his fighting patterns.  The main question in this regard is that  which pattern of conduct  enabled Imam Khomeini (RA) to be in shape of a political leader of the Islamic movement to properly and carefully lead the country in its own route and guide it to victory? The author of this research benefiting from Quran’ic verses and related sources using citation method, analytic and adaptive outlines, examined the  conduct method of Imam Khomeini (RA) and determined that the campaign practices of Imam Khomeini (RA) matches a pattern that the Holy Qur'an asks the Believers to follow. In this template, the "nature of the struggle toward the uprising have five characteristics: 1. assignment, 2. Islamism, 3. Coupled with the consciousness and cognition, 4. being popular and 5. Organization. Combating such features relies only on the teachings of the Holy Qur'an which will always lead to victory. In a comprehensive analysis of the Islamic revolution of Iran, it is important to understand the basic components and the main pillars of the revolution such as leadership of  Imam Khomeini (RA) and his fighting patterns.  The main question in this regard is that  which pattern of conduct  enabled Imam Khomeini (RA) to be in shape of a political leader of the Islamic movement to properly and carefully lead the country in its own route and guide it to victory? The author of this research benefiting from Quran’ic verses and related sources using citation method, analytic and adaptive outlines, examined the  conduct method of Imam Khomeini (RA) and determined that the campaign practices of Imam Khomeini (RA) matches a pattern that the Holy Qur'an asks the Believers to follow. In this template, the "nature of the struggle toward the uprising have five characteristics: 1. assignment, 2. Islamism, 3. Coupled with the consciousness and cognition, 4. being popular and 5. Organization. Combating such features relies only on the teachings of the Holy Qur'an which will always lead to victory. https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_59940_52af2f8f7efd081bd95d1f1831135ec4.pdf