| Translator | Publisher | Year | Notable Features | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Imam Khomeini Publications, Karachi | 1981 | First complete Urdu translation; includes extensive footnotes on Persian idioms. | | Allama Syed Jawad Naqvi | Al-Tawheed Institute, Lahore | 1995 | More literary Urdu; focuses on philosophical aspects of the text. | | Majlis-e-Ilmiya, Lucknow | Nizami Press, India | 1980s | Rare Indian edition; uses Devanagari Urdu script; out of print. |
When discussing the intellectual and ideological roots of the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran, most people immediately think of Wilayat al-Faqih (Governance of the Jurist). However, before that seminal work, there was another text that acted as the first thunderclap of the storm. That text is (کشف الاسرار – Unveiling of Secrets ). Kashf Ul Asrar Imam Khomeini In Urdu
In response to this, a secular-minded cleric named Ahmad Kasravi published a pamphlet titled What is the Religion of the Clergy? (Ayine-e-Kashf al-Saraer), which accused the Ulama of corruption, backwardness, and political ignorance. Furthermore, a paid agent of the regime, a man named Abdul Karim Haeri, wrote another pamphlets insulting the clergy. | Translator | Publisher | Year | Notable