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A storm of huge magnitude was brewing and the waves of the revolution were coming and would change the course of history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe contributions of Sayyid Ali Khamenei to Islamic revival are many but in this book we seek to show his theological and ideological viewpoints through his own words prior to the victory of the Islamic revolution. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is Sayyid Ali Khamenei’s view that over the centuries, we have seen the narrative of Islam defined and even dictated to by everything except from the Holy Quran and the representatives of the divine movement; and so he delivered these lectures with a special focus on the Holy Quran, with a desire to reclaim the narrative on how Islam defines itself and how that would profoundly change our understanding of faith and religion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was from a tiny masjid in Mashhad, that Sayyid Ali Khamenei made his contribution with these words that helped inspire a generation to reclaim the narrative of Islam. 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