And obey Allah and the Messenger that you may obtain mercy.

Khomeini’s claim that the Shiite Imams are better than all of the Angels and Messengers

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In his book The “Islamic” Government, Khomeini says:

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“Verily, the imam has a praised station, a supreme rank and universal sovereignty to which authority and command submit all the atoms of this universe. And of the imperatives of our religion is that our imams occupy a praised station which is accessible by neither a close angel nor a sent prophet…. And in accordance with the narrations and traditions that are in our possession, the greatest Messenger and the imams, peace be on them, were light before the existence of this world, then Allah made them surround His Throne. It has been related to them that they have states with Allah which are encompassed by neither a close angel nor a sent prophet“(l)

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Ever since this book was published, the Muslim scholars have been issuing their deliverance’s condemning Khomeini his to  and apostasy for the following reasons:

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1-There is neither a verse in the Qur’an nor an authentic tradition from the Messenger of Allah referring to the eminence or Imamate of the alleged imams, let alone the alleged status related to them.

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