Hawzah News Agency (Qom, Iran) – In a meeting with a group of commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corp. in Qom on Tuesday, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Noori Hamedani remarked, " The late Imam Khomeini (ra) managed to break the hegemonic system of the East and West in the world."

The senior cleric then referred to the mission of the prophets in educating mankind and aiming to seek proximity to Allah (swt) adding, "The world is like a school in which human beings are to be educated and guided towards the path of piety and religious faith."

"If one walks on the path of religion, he or she will reach felicity in this life and in the hereafter," Hawzah News quoted Ayatollah Noori as saying.

Grand Ayatollah Noori went on, "Islam has offered several elements as necessary components for mankind to reach felicity in life, they are: knowledge of Allah, adherence to the Ahlul Bayt's (as) teachings, having faith and piety, strengthening religious reasoning to better comprehend and analyze life events, distinguishing the enemy from friend as well as self-knowledge."

"Science and reason are the other necessary principles. It must be noted that science is different than reason since a rational man has the ability to tell right from wrong, whereas many who are experts in sciences do not possess such wisdom and insight," Ayatollah Noori concluded.