Imam Khomeini, through his mystical awakening an awareness, broader jurisprudential horizon, and steadfastness in the fight against infidelity or unfaithfulness, oppression, and deviation, had a combative spirit and was not afraid of countering corrupt oppressors.
(Late Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, a Lebanese Shia religious authority,Hudour magazine, Vol. 1, P. 201)