University Of Tehran Press Social Theories of Muslim Thinkers 2538-5240 13 1 2023 03 21 The conceptual relationship of "explanation jihad" and "demanding" in the system of thought of Ayatollah Khamenei The conceptual relationship of "explanation jihad" and "demanding" in the system of thought of Ayatollah Khamenei 37 54 92574 10.22059/jstmt.2023.355812.1596 FA Mahdi Abbasi Shahkooh PhD student of Political Studies of Islamic Revolution, Department of Political Studies of Islamic Revolution, Faculty of Humanities, Shahid University, Tehran, Iran Zahed Ghafari Hashjin Professor of the Department of Political Science and Political Studies of the Islamic Revolution, Shahid University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2023 04 13 The Islamic revolution was able to achieve victory with the ideals of justice, republicanism, legalism, honor, independence, freedom, Islamism, and the like, and the establishment of ideology, constitution, and system building also emerged on this basis. The challenge of many political systems in realizing the goals of their ideology and belief system is the stagnation and freezing that has occurred following social changes and generational changes in the society and reduces its social control and persuasive power, which can lead to to conflict between the state and the nation. Something that can happen or exist for the Islamic Republic of Iran as well. In this regard, the leader of the Islamic Revolution has linked ideology and ideals by proposing the two concepts of " Explanation Jihad" and "Demanding" and tries to preserve and perpetuate what the ideology of the Islamic Revolution is based on. The question of the present research is: "What is the relationship between the two concepts of demanding and explanation jihad in Ayatollah Khamenei's system of thought?" The method of collecting information is documentary, and data analysis is also based on the documentary analysis method and using the opinions of thinkers such as Mannheim in analyzing the relationship between ideology and utopia, Inglehart and Roche in generational and social change, and other theorists to explain the relationship between the concept of demanding and explanation jihad the truth in Ayatollah Khamenei's thought. The researchers of the article came to the conclusion that in the thought of Ayatollah Khamenei, explanation jihad means understanding the ideology of the Islamic Revolution in the society, and demanding means seeking idealism and constant dynamics in the ideology of the Islamic Revolution. The Islamic revolution was able to achieve victory with the ideals of justice, republicanism, legalism, honor, independence, freedom, Islamism, and the like, and the establishment of ideology, constitution, and system building also emerged on this basis. The challenge of many political systems in realizing the goals of their ideology and belief system is the stagnation and freezing that has occurred following social changes and generational changes in the society and reduces its social control and persuasive power, which can lead to to conflict between the state and the nation. Something that can happen or exist for the Islamic Republic of Iran as well. In this regard, the leader of the Islamic Revolution has linked ideology and ideals by proposing the two concepts of " Explanation Jihad" and "Demanding" and tries to preserve and perpetuate what the ideology of the Islamic Revolution is based on. The question of the present research is: "What is the relationship between the two concepts of demanding and explanation jihad in Ayatollah Khamenei's system of thought?" The method of collecting information is documentary, and data analysis is also based on the documentary analysis method and using the opinions of thinkers such as Mannheim in analyzing the relationship between ideology and utopia, Inglehart and Roche in generational and social change, and other theorists to explain the relationship between the concept of demanding and explanation jihad the truth in Ayatollah Khamenei's thought. The researchers of the article came to the conclusion that in the thought of Ayatollah Khamenei, explanation jihad means understanding the ideology of the Islamic Revolution in the society, and demanding means seeking idealism and constant dynamics in the ideology of the Islamic Revolution. https://jstmt.ut.ac.ir/article_92574_c7ec18a8026d8c53d0e0ee7dbfb65563.pdf