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The book establishes Khomeini's early political vision: that society should be governed by the "Sovereignty of God's Law" (Sharia).
Kashf al-Asrar is not merely a religious pamphlet—it is a foundational document of modern political Islam. Written at a time when Iran seemed firmly on a secular, Western path, it laid out a bold counter-vision: a state governed by Islamic law and overseen by the clergy. Reading it today, one can see the intellectual origins of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as the tensions (between populism and clerical authority, tradition and modernity) that continue to shape the Middle East.
: Khomeini wrote the book as a direct, point-by-point refutation of a pamphlet titled Asrar-e Hezar Sale (Secrets of a Thousand Years). That pamphlet, written by Ali Akbar Hakimzadeh, attacked traditional Shia practices and beliefs as superstitious and anti-modern.
The book was originally written in Persian and has since been translated into languages such as Arabic and Urdu.