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No. 292 | May 202525no spirituality. Islam and other divine schools of thought seek to perfect and construct true human beings, but the West has nothing to do with this matter. (June 11, 1979)You ought to get illuminated, to purge and purify your %u2018selves%u2019. Leave worldly desires out of your %u2018selves%u2019. All mistakes and wrongdoings stem from attachment to the world. Come to true and eternal life through divine life. (February 26, 1981)All the messengers of God, the Most Exalted, the Most High, have been appointed to purify and perfect human beings. All the books of the Prophets, particularly the Holy Quran, are trying to educate and train mankind. (February 26, 1981)Departing from the %u2018self%u2019 is a prelude to the perfection of mankind. (February 26, 1981)If a person is full of knowledge, even if one has a good command of Islamic teachings and even if one understands monotheism, but is not purified, he will still cause harm to oneself, one%u2019s country, one%u2019s nation, and to Islam. (February 29, 1981)One who seeks to purify a society will not be able to achieve one%u2019s goal if one%u2019s self is not purified. A group of people who strive to Islamicize a center will not be able to do so if they have not prepared themselves for it. They cannot correct others if they themselves are not corrected. (September 20, 1979)The jihad (spiritual and physical struggle for the cause of God) should begin from the %u2018self%u2019; to fight against the internal Satan. This jihad will be the basis of other jihads and struggles.If you seek to implement the Cultural Revolution in Iran, first of all, this revolution should begin from your inner self. Your soul should change.If the %u2018selves%u2019 are not purged and purified and if they are not purified from corrupt qualities, science will have adverse effects.In Islam, ethical teachings are also political ones. This same commandment in the Quran, saying that the believers are brothers to one another, is an ethical, social, and political order. If the believers - various ethnic groups who are in Islam and believe in God and the Prophet of Islam - act in a fraternal manner with one another, this will create affection among all classes and groups in the same way that a brother feels affection towards his own brother. This, in addition to being a great Islamic ethical rule with great ethical consequences, is also a great social commandment with important consequences. (August 18, 1980)If all divine orders and commandments are implemented by a people, falsehood and evil will leave them. If the ethical divine rules, human ethics, and religious beliefs are implemented among Muslim peoples, falsehood will be annihilated by itself. (August 28, 1980)What makes similar actions different from one another is the ultimate goal attached to them that forces human beings to take such actions. Then, God, the Most High, will elevate people to the lofty position of humanity. (June 24, 1979)Almighty God has bestowed a favor upon mankind by sending His messengers to train their spiritual side, which is the most important one. The Prophets were assigned to purify and then teach human beings the Book and Wisdom, as well as to teach the control of the material aspects of them. Those who are materialistic regard materiality in unleashing terms. The Prophets were assigned to train human beings in such a way that all material gains come under the control of the soul. The basic principle is spirituality, which no school of thought or ruling clique in the world pays heed to. (June 24, 1979)A Muslim clergy should be pious and attracted to God, the Most Exalted, the Most High, wholeheartedly so that he will be able to educate society. A person who is well-educated but whose knowledge is not accompanied by ethical and spiritual training will do more harm to his people than those who have no knowledge. All the messengers of God, the Most Exalted, the Most High, have been appointed to purify and perfect human beings. All the books of the Prophets, particularly the Holy Quran, are trying to educate and train mankind.