[URDU] اسلامی بیداری کانفرنس سے رہبر معظم کا خطاب Islamic Awakening Conference
Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011....
Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011.
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بسمالله الرحمن الرحیم
السلام علیکم و رحمة الله و برکاته
الحمدلله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد و آله الطیبین و صحبه المنتجبین
قال الله العزیز الحكیم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلا
(O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (1). And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (2) And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.(3) Surat Al-Ahzab)
I welcome our honored audience and dear guests. What has brought us here together is the Islamic awakening, which comes from the stronger inspiration and greater understanding among Muslim ummah. This awakening has led to a major development among nations of our region and has brought about uprisings and revolutions that could never have been contemplated in the calculations of the dominant regional and international satanic powers. These are momentous uprising that have razed to the ground the autocratic and imperialist strongholds and vanquished the tyrants guarding them.
There is no doubt that colossal social upheavals have always relied on solid foundation of history and civilization and are products of accumulation of wisdom and experiences. Over the past 150 years, the presence of great intellectual and jihadi personalities that have been opinion leaders and behind Islamic movements in Egypt, Iraq, India and other countries in Asia and Africa has served as precursors and pioneers for the present situation in the Islamic world.
The developments in the 1950’s and 60’s led to coming to power of regimes that were mostly inclined to materialistic ideologies and thoughts, and because of their inherent character fell into the trap of Western imperialist and colonialist powers. These are experiences that are lessons to learn from, and have contributed substantially to evolution of general and profound understanding in the Islamic world.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran that was hailed by Imam Khomeini as “victory of blood over sword”, and establishment of the lasting, robust, courageous and progressive Islamic republic, and its impact on present Islamic awakening is itself a long story that deserves to be debated and researched. There is no doubt that Islamic Revolution of Iran will be accorded a thorough and comprehensive chapter in the analysis and writings of history of the present situation of the Islamic world.
For that reason, the present and mounting facts and truths in the Islamic world are not simply events that are severed from the past historical roots, social and intellectual backgrounds to allow our adversaries and the shallow-minded to present them as a passing wave and short-lived phenomenon in order to snuff out hope in the hearts of nations by their warped and biased analyses.
In this brotherly dialogue with you I want to place greater emphasis on three areas:
1. Taking a glance at the identity of these uprisings and revolutions
2. Major threats and harms lying on their way.
3. Recommendations to find solutions and prevent these threats and harms.
Regarding the first point, I believe the most important element in these revolutions is the actual and mass presence of people in the arena of action, struggle and jihad. They were present, not only with their heart, desire and faith, but also with their body and souls. There is a big difference between this presence and the presence of a military group or even armed combatants in front of uncaring people or even concerned people.
In the events of 1950’s and 60’s in some countries of Africa and Asia, the heavy load of the revolution was not on the shoulder of diverse segments of population and the youth from all parts of the country, but rather on the shoulder of coup d\'etat or small and limited armed groups. They decided and acted, and they themselves or the succeeding generation changed their ways as a result of certain motivations. The revolution became its own enemy and the enemy managed again to prevail over their countries.
This is totally different than the change that comes from the people. It is the people that bring their body and soul to the arena of action, and by their jihad and devotion push back and defeat the enemy. It is the people that make the slogans and set the goals, identify and introduce and pursue the enemy. They draw their desired future, although not comprehensively, and as a result do not allow departure from the path of the revolution or conceding to the enemy, or change of course by compromising and the tainted few with special interests, and above all thwart the schemes of enemy’s agents.
In such a grass-root movement, the revolution may be slowed, but can stay away from short-sightedness and being on shaky ground. Quran says “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (24\" Ibrahim )
When I saw the brave body of the proud people of Egypt on television in Tahrir Square, I became convinced that their revolution will triumph.
Let me confess something to you. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran which caused an earthquake among the worldly materialistic rulers in East and West and brought unprecedented uproar and joy to Muslim nations, we expected that Egypt would be next in line to rise. The reason was the history of jihad, progressive thinking and presence of great mojahids and intellectuals in Egypt. I was reciting in my heart this poem by Abu Faras:
أراك عصيّ الدمع شیمتك الصبر ما للهوی نهی علیك و لا أمر ؟
When I saw the people of Egypt in Tahrir Square and squares in other cities, I knew I have received my response. The people of Egypt told me with words coming from their heart:
بلی أنا مشتاق و عندي لوعة ولكن مثلي لایذاع له سرُّ
…This sacred secret was nothing but the motivation and resolve to rise, and gradually people of Egypt cemented this thought in their mind and at a historical juncture they manifested their resolve and entered the arena in a magnificent show of their power.
Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are no exception to this general rule.
In these revolutions principles, values and goals are not written in prefabricated manifestos of groups and parties, but written in the minds, hearts and desires of each and every person present on the scene and are declared in the context of their slogans and behaviors.
With these signals one can clearly tell that the principles of current revolutions in the region, in Egypt and other countries, are first and foremost the following:
- Revival and renewal of national dignity and respect that have been broken and trampled during long years of dictatorial and corrupt rule and the political domination of America and the West.
- Keeping up the banner of Islam which is the profound faith and longstanding attachment of people and being able to enjoy peace of mind, justice, progress and prosperity that could only be achieved under Islamic Sharia.
- Resistance against the influence and domination of the United States and Europe that have wreaked the greatest damage and humiliation on the peoples of these countries over the past two hundred years.
- Countering the usurper and fictitious Zionist regime that the imperialist powers have planted like a dagger in the heart of this region to serve as a tool to continue their diabolical domination after expelling a whole nation from their historical homeland.
There is no doubt that the revolutions in the region that rely on and demand these principles are not to the liking of America, Europe and the Zionists, and they are going to use all means to deny them, but the truth will not change with their denial.
The widespread participation of people in these revolutions is the most important element that constitutes their identity. Foreign powers that tried everything in their power and used all their schemes to keep in power the tyrannical, corrupt and subservient rulers in these countries and only abandoned them when the people left no choice for them have no right to claim a share in the victory of these revolutions. Even in Libya intervention by America and NATO cannot distort the truth. In Libya, NATO has caused irreparable damage. Had it not been for the military intervention of NATO and America, victory of people might have been delayed, but all these infrastructures would not have been damaged, and innocent women and children killed and then enemies that were accomplices of Qaddafi would not have been able to intervene in this innocent war-torn nation.
People and the elite that are of the people and others who are from the people are the true owners of these revolutions that should be trusted to protect them and draw the path to the future.
2- Regarding the threats and harm, I should first emphasize that although there are threats, but there are also ways to stay safe. Mere presence of threats should not scare nations.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
( Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak)
Allah says about a group of mojahids of early Islam:
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
( Those to whom hypocrites said, \"Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them.\" But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, \"Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs.\" So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. )
We need to know what these threats are, in order not to be surprised and to be able to find solutions.
We faced these perils and threats after the victory of Islamic Revolution and experienced them. With the grace of Allah and the leadership of Imam Khomeini and sacrifices of our people we managed to sail through them safely. The plots by enemies still continue but so does the firm resolve of our people.
I divide the harm to these movements into two groups: those that have their roots within ourselves and come from our own weaknesses, and those that have been directly planned by the enemy.
The first group of harms is of the following type:
The sense and thought that after the downfall of the corrupt dictator the job is over. The peace of mind and comfort that comes after the victory and afterward the lessening of motivation and weakening of determination are among the first perils, and the most damaging threat is when individuals ask for their share of the spoils of victory.
The story of the Battle of Uhud and the defenders seeking the spoils of victory caused the defeat of Muslims, and the mojahids were reprimanded by God. This is a good example that should never be forgotten. Being shocked and awed by the appearances of the arrogant powers and the feeling of fear from America and other interventionist powers are of these kinds of harm that should be avoided.
The brave and young should throw out these fears from their heart. Trusting the enemy and falling into trap of their smiles and promises is another threat that needs to be avoided by the forerunners and leaders. The enemy must be identified no matter what cover it uses. The nation and the revolution should be protected against the designs of the enemy that at times hide behind the appearances of friendship and supportive gestures. Another side to this page is becoming overconfident and overlooking the enemy. Bravery must be combined with wisdom and good judgment. We must use all treasures of God within ourselves against Satan, al-Jinn wal–Ens. Causing division and pitting revolutionaries against one another and penetration behind the battlefront of struggle is another great harm that needs to be avoided with all your power.
The second group of harm has been experienced by almost all countries of the region during different events. The first harm is the coming to power of those who are committed to America and the West. The West tries after the downfall of its pawns to protect the basic pillars of the system and levers of power, and change the direction by using the same foundation, but with a different head, in order to perpetuate its domination. This means wasting of all your efforts and sacrifices. At this stage, if they face resistance of the people, they try to introduce and offer to the movement and people other alternatives that are designed to divert the course of the movement. This scenario could be recommending government models and constitutions that will again throw the Islamic countries into the trap of cultural, political and economic dependence on the West. This could lead to their influence among the revolutionaries greater financial and media strength of an unreliable current and marginalization of the genuine currents in the revolution. This also means return of the domination of the West and the stronger grip of then outdated Western models that are far from basic principles of the revolution.
If this tactic does not produce the desired result, experience tells us that they will go for anarchy, terrorism, civil war among followers of religions or ethnic communities and tribes, political parties, or even among neighboring nations and governments. Parallel to these actions, they will impose economic siege and sanctions, freeze national assets and launch all-out media war and propaganda. Their intention is to tire out and frustrate people and make the revolutionaries disappointed. Under these circumstances it becomes easy to defeat the revolution. Assassination of the righteous elite of the society and opinion leaders, defamation and vilification of others and even enticing some with money are among usual ploys used by the Western powers and the claimants of civilization morality.
In Iran, the evidence and documents from the U.S. Den of Espionage that fell into the hands of the revolution showed that all these plots were designed by the regime in the United States for the people of Iran for them bringing back the reactionary and dependant rulers in revolutionary countries is a principle that prescribes all these dirty tricks.
In the last part of my remarks, I present recommendations for your consideration and selection that are based on our tangible experiences in Iran and what has been gathered from the precise studies of other countries. Undoubtedly, conditions differ among nations and countries. Nonetheless, there are truths that can prove beneficial for all people.
The first point is that by placing one’s trust in God and believing in the repeated promises of divine victories in the Quran and through astuteness, resolve, and braveness, it is possible to surmount all obstacles and emerge victorious. Of course, the task that you all have taken up is quite grave and momentous. Thus, one must bear great hardship for its sake. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (`a) says:
“فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْصِمْ جَبَّارِي دَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمْهِيلٍ وَ رَخَاءٍ وَ لَمْ يَجْبُرْ عَظْمَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَزْلٍ وَ بَلَاءٍ وَ فِي دُونِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ عَتْبٍ وَ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَطْبٍ مُعْتَبَر..”
The important recommendation is that you must always consider yourself as being present on the scene: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ( So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].)Therefore, when thou art free, still labor hard), always consider God as present and as your aid: وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ (And to thy Lord turn all thy attention), and must not allow your victories to cause you to become arrogant or negligent:
اِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ وَ رَاَيْتَ النّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ في دينِ اللهِ اَفْواجاً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْهُ اِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّاباً
(When comes the help of Allah, and victory. And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord). These are the true foundations of a faithful nation.
Another recommendation is the constant rereading of the principles of revolution. The slogans and principles must be refined and brought in line with the foundations and undisputed principles of Islam. Independence, freedom, justice, refusal to bow to despotism and colonialism, rejection of ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination, and the outright rejection of Zionism, which, today, comprise the pivots of the movements in Islamic countries, are all inspired by Islam and the Quran.
Write down your principles on paper. Preserve your genuine nature with a high degree of sensitivity. Do not allow your enemies to formulate the principles of your future system. Do not allow Islamic principles to be sacrificed for transient interests. Deviation in revolutions starts with deviation in slogans and objectives. Never place your trust in the U.S., NATO, or criminal regimes such as Britain, France, or, Italy, which for long plundered and divided your land among themselves. Look upon them with suspicion and do not believe their smiles. Behind these smiles and promises lies conspiracy and betrayal. Find you own way by resorting to the blessed fountainhead of Islam and give back foreigners’ prescriptions to themselves.
Another important recommendation is to avoid religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, and border disputes. Recognize differences as legitimate and manage them. Reconciliation among Islamic religions is the key to salvation. Those who fan the flames of religious division through apostatizing others are the mercenaries and servants of Satan, even if done inadvertently.
Creating your own system of governance is your main and seminal task. This is a complex and difficult undertaking. Do not allow secular or western liberal or extremist nationalist or leftist Marxist models to be imposed on you.
The leftist Eastern Bloc collapsed and the Western Bloc is propped up through violence, war, and deceit, and does not appear to have a bright outlook.
The passage of time will be to their loss and to the benefit of the Islamic current.
The ultimate goal must be a unified Islamic Ummah and the creation of a new Islamic civilization founded upon faith, rationality, knowledge, and morality.
The liberation of Palestine from the savage claws of the Zionists is also a great objective. The countries of the Balkans, Caucasus, and western Asia were liberated from the claws of the former Soviet Union after eighty years. Why should the Palestinian people not be able to free themselves from the captivity of the oppressor Zionists after seventy years?
The present generation in Islamic countries has the capacity to accomplish such great feats. The young generation of today is a source of pride for the past generations. As noted by the Arab poet:
أبو الصخر من شيبان قلت لهم كلا لعمري و لكن منه شيبانُ
و كم أبٍ قد علا بابنٍ ذُری شَرَفٍ كما علا برسولِ الله عدنانُ
Trust your young generation. Revive their feeling of self-confidence and benefit them by the experiences of the elders.
There are two important points in this connection:
First, one of the most important demands of the people who have revolted and who have been liberated is to have a decisive participation in the management of their countries. And since they believe in Islam, their desire is to have a system of Islamic democracy, i.e. the rulers being elected through the vote of the people and the dominant principles and values of the society being based on the Islamic knowledge and sharia. This can crystallize in various countries, depending on their conditions, through various methods and forms. However, utmost care must be taken not to confuse this with the western liberal democracy. The secular, and at times anti-religious, western democracy is in no way related to the Islamic democracy which is committed to the values and main principles of Islam in its system of government.
The second point relates to the fact that Islamic tenets must not be equated with backwardness, obscurantism, and ignorant and extremist biases. The demarcation between these two must be pronounced. Religious extremism, which is usually attended by violence, is the cause of falling short of the lofty goals of the revolution. This, in turn, results in the loss of public support and the eventual failure of the revolution.
In sum, to speak of Islamic awakening is not to speak of a nebulous and indistinct concept that is amenable to various interpretations. Rather, it is to speak of a tangible reality in the external world that has filled the atmosphere and resulted in great uprisings and revolutions and removed from the scene some dangerous elements of the enemy. Nonetheless, the scene remains fluid and in need of being shaped and brought to a conclusion. The verses recited at the outset contain a complete and effective set of guidelines, especially in this sensitive and momentous juncture… Though, they are addressed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH), we all are their interlocutors and responsible for adhering to them. In these verses, piety (taqwa), in its lofty and broad connotation, is the first recommendation. Then comes the rejection of the orders of the infidels and hypocrites, adherence to the divine revelation, and, finally, trust in God…
Once again, we will review these verses:
بسماللهالرحمنالرحیم يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرينَ وَ الْمُنافِقينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَليماً حَكيماً(1) وَ اتَّبِعْ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبيراً (2) وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلاً.
(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the unbelievers and the hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.)
والسلام علیکم و رحمة الله
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Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011.
http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1523
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=17271
بسمالله الرحمن الرحیم
السلام علیکم و رحمة الله و برکاته
الحمدلله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد و آله الطیبین و صحبه المنتجبین
قال الله العزیز الحكیم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلا
(O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (1). And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (2) And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.(3) Surat Al-Ahzab)
I welcome our honored audience and dear guests. What has brought us here together is the Islamic awakening, which comes from the stronger inspiration and greater understanding among Muslim ummah. This awakening has led to a major development among nations of our region and has brought about uprisings and revolutions that could never have been contemplated in the calculations of the dominant regional and international satanic powers. These are momentous uprising that have razed to the ground the autocratic and imperialist strongholds and vanquished the tyrants guarding them.
There is no doubt that colossal social upheavals have always relied on solid foundation of history and civilization and are products of accumulation of wisdom and experiences. Over the past 150 years, the presence of great intellectual and jihadi personalities that have been opinion leaders and behind Islamic movements in Egypt, Iraq, India and other countries in Asia and Africa has served as precursors and pioneers for the present situation in the Islamic world.
The developments in the 1950’s and 60’s led to coming to power of regimes that were mostly inclined to materialistic ideologies and thoughts, and because of their inherent character fell into the trap of Western imperialist and colonialist powers. These are experiences that are lessons to learn from, and have contributed substantially to evolution of general and profound understanding in the Islamic world.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran that was hailed by Imam Khomeini as “victory of blood over sword”, and establishment of the lasting, robust, courageous and progressive Islamic republic, and its impact on present Islamic awakening is itself a long story that deserves to be debated and researched. There is no doubt that Islamic Revolution of Iran will be accorded a thorough and comprehensive chapter in the analysis and writings of history of the present situation of the Islamic world.
For that reason, the present and mounting facts and truths in the Islamic world are not simply events that are severed from the past historical roots, social and intellectual backgrounds to allow our adversaries and the shallow-minded to present them as a passing wave and short-lived phenomenon in order to snuff out hope in the hearts of nations by their warped and biased analyses.
In this brotherly dialogue with you I want to place greater emphasis on three areas:
1. Taking a glance at the identity of these uprisings and revolutions
2. Major threats and harms lying on their way.
3. Recommendations to find solutions and prevent these threats and harms.
Regarding the first point, I believe the most important element in these revolutions is the actual and mass presence of people in the arena of action, struggle and jihad. They were present, not only with their heart, desire and faith, but also with their body and souls. There is a big difference between this presence and the presence of a military group or even armed combatants in front of uncaring people or even concerned people.
In the events of 1950’s and 60’s in some countries of Africa and Asia, the heavy load of the revolution was not on the shoulder of diverse segments of population and the youth from all parts of the country, but rather on the shoulder of coup d\'etat or small and limited armed groups. They decided and acted, and they themselves or the succeeding generation changed their ways as a result of certain motivations. The revolution became its own enemy and the enemy managed again to prevail over their countries.
This is totally different than the change that comes from the people. It is the people that bring their body and soul to the arena of action, and by their jihad and devotion push back and defeat the enemy. It is the people that make the slogans and set the goals, identify and introduce and pursue the enemy. They draw their desired future, although not comprehensively, and as a result do not allow departure from the path of the revolution or conceding to the enemy, or change of course by compromising and the tainted few with special interests, and above all thwart the schemes of enemy’s agents.
In such a grass-root movement, the revolution may be slowed, but can stay away from short-sightedness and being on shaky ground. Quran says “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (24\" Ibrahim )
When I saw the brave body of the proud people of Egypt on television in Tahrir Square, I became convinced that their revolution will triumph.
Let me confess something to you. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran which caused an earthquake among the worldly materialistic rulers in East and West and brought unprecedented uproar and joy to Muslim nations, we expected that Egypt would be next in line to rise. The reason was the history of jihad, progressive thinking and presence of great mojahids and intellectuals in Egypt. I was reciting in my heart this poem by Abu Faras:
أراك عصيّ الدمع شیمتك الصبر ما للهوی نهی علیك و لا أمر ؟
When I saw the people of Egypt in Tahrir Square and squares in other cities, I knew I have received my response. The people of Egypt told me with words coming from their heart:
بلی أنا مشتاق و عندي لوعة ولكن مثلي لایذاع له سرُّ
…This sacred secret was nothing but the motivation and resolve to rise, and gradually people of Egypt cemented this thought in their mind and at a historical juncture they manifested their resolve and entered the arena in a magnificent show of their power.
Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are no exception to this general rule.
In these revolutions principles, values and goals are not written in prefabricated manifestos of groups and parties, but written in the minds, hearts and desires of each and every person present on the scene and are declared in the context of their slogans and behaviors.
With these signals one can clearly tell that the principles of current revolutions in the region, in Egypt and other countries, are first and foremost the following:
- Revival and renewal of national dignity and respect that have been broken and trampled during long years of dictatorial and corrupt rule and the political domination of America and the West.
- Keeping up the banner of Islam which is the profound faith and longstanding attachment of people and being able to enjoy peace of mind, justice, progress and prosperity that could only be achieved under Islamic Sharia.
- Resistance against the influence and domination of the United States and Europe that have wreaked the greatest damage and humiliation on the peoples of these countries over the past two hundred years.
- Countering the usurper and fictitious Zionist regime that the imperialist powers have planted like a dagger in the heart of this region to serve as a tool to continue their diabolical domination after expelling a whole nation from their historical homeland.
There is no doubt that the revolutions in the region that rely on and demand these principles are not to the liking of America, Europe and the Zionists, and they are going to use all means to deny them, but the truth will not change with their denial.
The widespread participation of people in these revolutions is the most important element that constitutes their identity. Foreign powers that tried everything in their power and used all their schemes to keep in power the tyrannical, corrupt and subservient rulers in these countries and only abandoned them when the people left no choice for them have no right to claim a share in the victory of these revolutions. Even in Libya intervention by America and NATO cannot distort the truth. In Libya, NATO has caused irreparable damage. Had it not been for the military intervention of NATO and America, victory of people might have been delayed, but all these infrastructures would not have been damaged, and innocent women and children killed and then enemies that were accomplices of Qaddafi would not have been able to intervene in this innocent war-torn nation.
People and the elite that are of the people and others who are from the people are the true owners of these revolutions that should be trusted to protect them and draw the path to the future.
2- Regarding the threats and harm, I should first emphasize that although there are threats, but there are also ways to stay safe. Mere presence of threats should not scare nations.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
( Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak)
Allah says about a group of mojahids of early Islam:
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
( Those to whom hypocrites said, \"Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them.\" But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, \"Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs.\" So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. )
We need to know what these threats are, in order not to be surprised and to be able to find solutions.
We faced these perils and threats after the victory of Islamic Revolution and experienced them. With the grace of Allah and the leadership of Imam Khomeini and sacrifices of our people we managed to sail through them safely. The plots by enemies still continue but so does the firm resolve of our people.
I divide the harm to these movements into two groups: those that have their roots within ourselves and come from our own weaknesses, and those that have been directly planned by the enemy.
The first group of harms is of the following type:
The sense and thought that after the downfall of the corrupt dictator the job is over. The peace of mind and comfort that comes after the victory and afterward the lessening of motivation and weakening of determination are among the first perils, and the most damaging threat is when individuals ask for their share of the spoils of victory.
The story of the Battle of Uhud and the defenders seeking the spoils of victory caused the defeat of Muslims, and the mojahids were reprimanded by God. This is a good example that should never be forgotten. Being shocked and awed by the appearances of the arrogant powers and the feeling of fear from America and other interventionist powers are of these kinds of harm that should be avoided.
The brave and young should throw out these fears from their heart. Trusting the enemy and falling into trap of their smiles and promises is another threat that needs to be avoided by the forerunners and leaders. The enemy must be identified no matter what cover it uses. The nation and the revolution should be protected against the designs of the enemy that at times hide behind the appearances of friendship and supportive gestures. Another side to this page is becoming overconfident and overlooking the enemy. Bravery must be combined with wisdom and good judgment. We must use all treasures of God within ourselves against Satan, al-Jinn wal–Ens. Causing division and pitting revolutionaries against one another and penetration behind the battlefront of struggle is another great harm that needs to be avoided with all your power.
The second group of harm has been experienced by almost all countries of the region during different events. The first harm is the coming to power of those who are committed to America and the West. The West tries after the downfall of its pawns to protect the basic pillars of the system and levers of power, and change the direction by using the same foundation, but with a different head, in order to perpetuate its domination. This means wasting of all your efforts and sacrifices. At this stage, if they face resistance of the people, they try to introduce and offer to the movement and people other alternatives that are designed to divert the course of the movement. This scenario could be recommending government models and constitutions that will again throw the Islamic countries into the trap of cultural, political and economic dependence on the West. This could lead to their influence among the revolutionaries greater financial and media strength of an unreliable current and marginalization of the genuine currents in the revolution. This also means return of the domination of the West and the stronger grip of then outdated Western models that are far from basic principles of the revolution.
If this tactic does not produce the desired result, experience tells us that they will go for anarchy, terrorism, civil war among followers of religions or ethnic communities and tribes, political parties, or even among neighboring nations and governments. Parallel to these actions, they will impose economic siege and sanctions, freeze national assets and launch all-out media war and propaganda. Their intention is to tire out and frustrate people and make the revolutionaries disappointed. Under these circumstances it becomes easy to defeat the revolution. Assassination of the righteous elite of the society and opinion leaders, defamation and vilification of others and even enticing some with money are among usual ploys used by the Western powers and the claimants of civilization morality.
In Iran, the evidence and documents from the U.S. Den of Espionage that fell into the hands of the revolution showed that all these plots were designed by the regime in the United States for the people of Iran for them bringing back the reactionary and dependant rulers in revolutionary countries is a principle that prescribes all these dirty tricks.
In the last part of my remarks, I present recommendations for your consideration and selection that are based on our tangible experiences in Iran and what has been gathered from the precise studies of other countries. Undoubtedly, conditions differ among nations and countries. Nonetheless, there are truths that can prove beneficial for all people.
The first point is that by placing one’s trust in God and believing in the repeated promises of divine victories in the Quran and through astuteness, resolve, and braveness, it is possible to surmount all obstacles and emerge victorious. Of course, the task that you all have taken up is quite grave and momentous. Thus, one must bear great hardship for its sake. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (`a) says:
“فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْصِمْ جَبَّارِي دَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمْهِيلٍ وَ رَخَاءٍ وَ لَمْ يَجْبُرْ عَظْمَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَزْلٍ وَ بَلَاءٍ وَ فِي دُونِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ عَتْبٍ وَ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَطْبٍ مُعْتَبَر..”
The important recommendation is that you must always consider yourself as being present on the scene: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ( So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].)Therefore, when thou art free, still labor hard), always consider God as present and as your aid: وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ (And to thy Lord turn all thy attention), and must not allow your victories to cause you to become arrogant or negligent:
اِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ وَ رَاَيْتَ النّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ في دينِ اللهِ اَفْواجاً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْهُ اِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّاباً
(When comes the help of Allah, and victory. And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord). These are the true foundations of a faithful nation.
Another recommendation is the constant rereading of the principles of revolution. The slogans and principles must be refined and brought in line with the foundations and undisputed principles of Islam. Independence, freedom, justice, refusal to bow to despotism and colonialism, rejection of ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination, and the outright rejection of Zionism, which, today, comprise the pivots of the movements in Islamic countries, are all inspired by Islam and the Quran.
Write down your principles on paper. Preserve your genuine nature with a high degree of sensitivity. Do not allow your enemies to formulate the principles of your future system. Do not allow Islamic principles to be sacrificed for transient interests. Deviation in revolutions starts with deviation in slogans and objectives. Never place your trust in the U.S., NATO, or criminal regimes such as Britain, France, or, Italy, which for long plundered and divided your land among themselves. Look upon them with suspicion and do not believe their smiles. Behind these smiles and promises lies conspiracy and betrayal. Find you own way by resorting to the blessed fountainhead of Islam and give back foreigners’ prescriptions to themselves.
Another important recommendation is to avoid religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, and border disputes. Recognize differences as legitimate and manage them. Reconciliation among Islamic religions is the key to salvation. Those who fan the flames of religious division through apostatizing others are the mercenaries and servants of Satan, even if done inadvertently.
Creating your own system of governance is your main and seminal task. This is a complex and difficult undertaking. Do not allow secular or western liberal or extremist nationalist or leftist Marxist models to be imposed on you.
The leftist Eastern Bloc collapsed and the Western Bloc is propped up through violence, war, and deceit, and does not appear to have a bright outlook.
The passage of time will be to their loss and to the benefit of the Islamic current.
The ultimate goal must be a unified Islamic Ummah and the creation of a new Islamic civilization founded upon faith, rationality, knowledge, and morality.
The liberation of Palestine from the savage claws of the Zionists is also a great objective. The countries of the Balkans, Caucasus, and western Asia were liberated from the claws of the former Soviet Union after eighty years. Why should the Palestinian people not be able to free themselves from the captivity of the oppressor Zionists after seventy years?
The present generation in Islamic countries has the capacity to accomplish such great feats. The young generation of today is a source of pride for the past generations. As noted by the Arab poet:
أبو الصخر من شيبان قلت لهم كلا لعمري و لكن منه شيبانُ
و كم أبٍ قد علا بابنٍ ذُری شَرَفٍ كما علا برسولِ الله عدنانُ
Trust your young generation. Revive their feeling of self-confidence and benefit them by the experiences of the elders.
There are two important points in this connection:
First, one of the most important demands of the people who have revolted and who have been liberated is to have a decisive participation in the management of their countries. And since they believe in Islam, their desire is to have a system of Islamic democracy, i.e. the rulers being elected through the vote of the people and the dominant principles and values of the society being based on the Islamic knowledge and sharia. This can crystallize in various countries, depending on their conditions, through various methods and forms. However, utmost care must be taken not to confuse this with the western liberal democracy. The secular, and at times anti-religious, western democracy is in no way related to the Islamic democracy which is committed to the values and main principles of Islam in its system of government.
The second point relates to the fact that Islamic tenets must not be equated with backwardness, obscurantism, and ignorant and extremist biases. The demarcation between these two must be pronounced. Religious extremism, which is usually attended by violence, is the cause of falling short of the lofty goals of the revolution. This, in turn, results in the loss of public support and the eventual failure of the revolution.
In sum, to speak of Islamic awakening is not to speak of a nebulous and indistinct concept that is amenable to various interpretations. Rather, it is to speak of a tangible reality in the external world that has filled the atmosphere and resulted in great uprisings and revolutions and removed from the scene some dangerous elements of the enemy. Nonetheless, the scene remains fluid and in need of being shaped and brought to a conclusion. The verses recited at the outset contain a complete and effective set of guidelines, especially in this sensitive and momentous juncture… Though, they are addressed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH), we all are their interlocutors and responsible for adhering to them. In these verses, piety (taqwa), in its lofty and broad connotation, is the first recommendation. Then comes the rejection of the orders of the infidels and hypocrites, adherence to the divine revelation, and, finally, trust in God…
Once again, we will review these verses:
بسماللهالرحمنالرحیم يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرينَ وَ الْمُنافِقينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَليماً حَكيماً(1) وَ اتَّبِعْ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبيراً (2) وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلاً.
(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the unbelievers and the hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.)
والسلام علیکم و رحمة الله
[17Sep11] Islamic Awakening Conference 2011 اجلاس بيدارى اسلامى - [ENGLISH]
Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011....
Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011.
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بسمالله الرحمن الرحیم
السلام علیکم و رحمة الله و برکاته
الحمدلله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد و آله الطیبین و صحبه المنتجبین
قال الله العزیز الحكیم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلا
(O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (1). And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (2) And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.(3) Surat Al-Ahzab)
I welcome our honored audience and dear guests. What has brought us here together is the Islamic awakening, which comes from the stronger inspiration and greater understanding among Muslim ummah. This awakening has led to a major development among nations of our region and has brought about uprisings and revolutions that could never have been contemplated in the calculations of the dominant regional and international satanic powers. These are momentous uprising that have razed to the ground the autocratic and imperialist strongholds and vanquished the tyrants guarding them.
There is no doubt that colossal social upheavals have always relied on solid foundation of history and civilization and are products of accumulation of wisdom and experiences. Over the past 150 years, the presence of great intellectual and jihadi personalities that have been opinion leaders and behind Islamic movements in Egypt, Iraq, India and other countries in Asia and Africa has served as precursors and pioneers for the present situation in the Islamic world.
The developments in the 1950’s and 60’s led to coming to power of regimes that were mostly inclined to materialistic ideologies and thoughts, and because of their inherent character fell into the trap of Western imperialist and colonialist powers. These are experiences that are lessons to learn from, and have contributed substantially to evolution of general and profound understanding in the Islamic world.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran that was hailed by Imam Khomeini as “victory of blood over sword”, and establishment of the lasting, robust, courageous and progressive Islamic republic, and its impact on present Islamic awakening is itself a long story that deserves to be debated and researched. There is no doubt that Islamic Revolution of Iran will be accorded a thorough and comprehensive chapter in the analysis and writings of history of the present situation of the Islamic world.
For that reason, the present and mounting facts and truths in the Islamic world are not simply events that are severed from the past historical roots, social and intellectual backgrounds to allow our adversaries and the shallow-minded to present them as a passing wave and short-lived phenomenon in order to snuff out hope in the hearts of nations by their warped and biased analyses.
In this brotherly dialogue with you I want to place greater emphasis on three areas:
1. Taking a glance at the identity of these uprisings and revolutions
2. Major threats and harms lying on their way.
3. Recommendations to find solutions and prevent these threats and harms.
Regarding the first point, I believe the most important element in these revolutions is the actual and mass presence of people in the arena of action, struggle and jihad. They were present, not only with their heart, desire and faith, but also with their body and souls. There is a big difference between this presence and the presence of a military group or even armed combatants in front of uncaring people or even concerned people.
In the events of 1950’s and 60’s in some countries of Africa and Asia, the heavy load of the revolution was not on the shoulder of diverse segments of population and the youth from all parts of the country, but rather on the shoulder of coup d\\\\\\\'etat or small and limited armed groups. They decided and acted, and they themselves or the succeeding generation changed their ways as a result of certain motivations. The revolution became its own enemy and the enemy managed again to prevail over their countries.
This is totally different than the change that comes from the people. It is the people that bring their body and soul to the arena of action, and by their jihad and devotion push back and defeat the enemy. It is the people that make the slogans and set the goals, identify and introduce and pursue the enemy. They draw their desired future, although not comprehensively, and as a result do not allow departure from the path of the revolution or conceding to the enemy, or change of course by compromising and the tainted few with special interests, and above all thwart the schemes of enemy’s agents.
In such a grass-root movement, the revolution may be slowed, but can stay away from short-sightedness and being on shaky ground. Quran says “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (24\\\\\\\" Ibrahim )
When I saw the brave body of the proud people of Egypt on television in Tahrir Square, I became convinced that their revolution will triumph.
Let me confess something to you. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran which caused an earthquake among the worldly materialistic rulers in East and West and brought unprecedented uproar and joy to Muslim nations, we expected that Egypt would be next in line to rise. The reason was the history of jihad, progressive thinking and presence of great mojahids and intellectuals in Egypt. I was reciting in my heart this poem by Abu Faras:
أراك عصيّ الدمع شیمتك الصبر ما للهوی نهی علیك و لا أمر ؟
When I saw the people of Egypt in Tahrir Square and squares in other cities, I knew I have received my response. The people of Egypt told me with words coming from their heart:
بلی أنا مشتاق و عندي لوعة ولكن مثلي لایذاع له سرُّ
…This sacred secret was nothing but the motivation and resolve to rise, and gradually people of Egypt cemented this thought in their mind and at a historical juncture they manifested their resolve and entered the arena in a magnificent show of their power.
Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are no exception to this general rule.
In these revolutions principles, values and goals are not written in prefabricated manifestos of groups and parties, but written in the minds, hearts and desires of each and every person present on the scene and are declared in the context of their slogans and behaviors.
With these signals one can clearly tell that the principles of current revolutions in the region, in Egypt and other countries, are first and foremost the following:
- Revival and renewal of national dignity and respect that have been broken and trampled during long years of dictatorial and corrupt rule and the political domination of America and the West.
- Keeping up the banner of Islam which is the profound faith and longstanding attachment of people and being able to enjoy peace of mind, justice, progress and prosperity that could only be achieved under Islamic Sharia.
- Resistance against the influence and domination of the United States and Europe that have wreaked the greatest damage and humiliation on the peoples of these countries over the past two hundred years.
- Countering the usurper and fictitious Zionist regime that the imperialist powers have planted like a dagger in the heart of this region to serve as a tool to continue their diabolical domination after expelling a whole nation from their historical homeland.
There is no doubt that the revolutions in the region that rely on and demand these principles are not to the liking of America, Europe and the Zionists, and they are going to use all means to deny them, but the truth will not change with their denial.
The widespread participation of people in these revolutions is the most important element that constitutes their identity. Foreign powers that tried everything in their power and used all their schemes to keep in power the tyrannical, corrupt and subservient rulers in these countries and only abandoned them when the people left no choice for them have no right to claim a share in the victory of these revolutions. Even in Libya intervention by America and NATO cannot distort the truth. In Libya, NATO has caused irreparable damage. Had it not been for the military intervention of NATO and America, victory of people might have been delayed, but all these infrastructures would not have been damaged, and innocent women and children killed and then enemies that were accomplices of Qaddafi would not have been able to intervene in this innocent war-torn nation.
People and the elite that are of the people and others who are from the people are the true owners of these revolutions that should be trusted to protect them and draw the path to the future.
2- Regarding the threats and harm, I should first emphasize that although there are threats, but there are also ways to stay safe. Mere presence of threats should not scare nations.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
( Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak)
Allah says about a group of mojahids of early Islam:
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
( Those to whom hypocrites said, \\\\\\\"Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them.\\\\\\\" But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, \\\\\\\"Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs.\\\\\\\" So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. )
We need to know what these threats are, in order not to be surprised and to be able to find solutions.
We faced these perils and threats after the victory of Islamic Revolution and experienced them. With the grace of Allah and the leadership of Imam Khomeini and sacrifices of our people we managed to sail through them safely. The plots by enemies still continue but so does the firm resolve of our people.
I divide the harm to these movements into two groups: those that have their roots within ourselves and come from our own weaknesses, and those that have been directly planned by the enemy.
The first group of harms is of the following type:
The sense and thought that after the downfall of the corrupt dictator the job is over. The peace of mind and comfort that comes after the victory and afterward the lessening of motivation and weakening of determination are among the first perils, and the most damaging threat is when individuals ask for their share of the spoils of victory.
The story of the Battle of Uhud and the defenders seeking the spoils of victory caused the defeat of Muslims, and the mojahids were reprimanded by God. This is a good example that should never be forgotten. Being shocked and awed by the appearances of the arrogant powers and the feeling of fear from America and other interventionist powers are of these kinds of harm that should be avoided.
The brave and young should throw out these fears from their heart. Trusting the enemy and falling into trap of their smiles and promises is another threat that needs to be avoided by the forerunners and leaders. The enemy must be identified no matter what cover it uses. The nation and the revolution should be protected against the designs of the enemy that at times hide behind the appearances of friendship and supportive gestures. Another side to this page is becoming overconfident and overlooking the enemy. Bravery must be combined with wisdom and good judgment. We must use all treasures of God within ourselves against Satan, al-Jinn wal–Ens. Causing division and pitting revolutionaries against one another and penetration behind the battlefront of struggle is another great harm that needs to be avoided with all your power.
The second group of harm has been experienced by almost all countries of the region during different events. The first harm is the coming to power of those who are committed to America and the West. The West tries after the downfall of its pawns to protect the basic pillars of the system and levers of power, and change the direction by using the same foundation, but with a different head, in order to perpetuate its domination. This means wasting of all your efforts and sacrifices. At this stage, if they face resistance of the people, they try to introduce and offer to the movement and people other alternatives that are designed to divert the course of the movement. This scenario could be recommending government models and constitutions that will again throw the Islamic countries into the trap of cultural, political and economic dependence on the West. This could lead to their influence among the revolutionaries greater financial and media strength of an unreliable current and marginalization of the genuine currents in the revolution. This also means return of the domination of the West and the stronger grip of then outdated Western models that are far from basic principles of the revolution.
If this tactic does not produce the desired result, experience tells us that they will go for anarchy, terrorism, civil war among followers of religions or ethnic communities and tribes, political parties, or even among neighboring nations and governments. Parallel to these actions, they will impose economic siege and sanctions, freeze national assets and launch all-out media war and propaganda. Their intention is to tire out and frustrate people and make the revolutionaries disappointed. Under these circumstances it becomes easy to defeat the revolution. Assassination of the righteous elite of the society and opinion leaders, defamation and vilification of others and even enticing some with money are among usual ploys used by the Western powers and the claimants of civilization morality.
In Iran, the evidence and documents from the U.S. Den of Espionage that fell into the hands of the revolution showed that all these plots were designed by the regime in the United States for the people of Iran for them bringing back the reactionary and dependant rulers in revolutionary countries is a principle that prescribes all these dirty tricks.
In the last part of my remarks, I present recommendations for your consideration and selection that are based on our tangible experiences in Iran and what has been gathered from the precise studies of other countries. Undoubtedly, conditions differ among nations and countries. Nonetheless, there are truths that can prove beneficial for all people.
The first point is that by placing one’s trust in God and believing in the repeated promises of divine victories in the Quran and through astuteness, resolve, and braveness, it is possible to surmount all obstacles and emerge victorious. Of course, the task that you all have taken up is quite grave and momentous. Thus, one must bear great hardship for its sake. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (`a) says:
“فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْصِمْ جَبَّارِي دَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمْهِيلٍ وَ رَخَاءٍ وَ لَمْ يَجْبُرْ عَظْمَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَزْلٍ وَ بَلَاءٍ وَ فِي دُونِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ عَتْبٍ وَ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَطْبٍ مُعْتَبَر..”
The important recommendation is that you must always consider yourself as being present on the scene: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ( So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].)Therefore, when thou art free, still labor hard), always consider God as present and as your aid: وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ (And to thy Lord turn all thy attention), and must not allow your victories to cause you to become arrogant or negligent:
اِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ وَ رَاَيْتَ النّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ في دينِ اللهِ اَفْواجاً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْهُ اِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّاباً
(When comes the help of Allah, and victory. And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord). These are the true foundations of a faithful nation.
Another recommendation is the constant rereading of the principles of revolution. The slogans and principles must be refined and brought in line with the foundations and undisputed principles of Islam. Independence, freedom, justice, refusal to bow to despotism and colonialism, rejection of ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination, and the outright rejection of Zionism, which, today, comprise the pivots of the movements in Islamic countries, are all inspired by Islam and the Quran.
Write down your principles on paper. Preserve your genuine nature with a high degree of sensitivity. Do not allow your enemies to formulate the principles of your future system. Do not allow Islamic principles to be sacrificed for transient interests. Deviation in revolutions starts with deviation in slogans and objectives. Never place your trust in the U.S., NATO, or criminal regimes such as Britain, France, or, Italy, which for long plundered and divided your land among themselves. Look upon them with suspicion and do not believe their smiles. Behind these smiles and promises lies conspiracy and betrayal. Find you own way by resorting to the blessed fountainhead of Islam and give back foreigners’ prescriptions to themselves.
Another important recommendation is to avoid religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, and border disputes. Recognize differences as legitimate and manage them. Reconciliation among Islamic religions is the key to salvation. Those who fan the flames of religious division through apostatizing others are the mercenaries and servants of Satan, even if done inadvertently.
Creating your own system of governance is your main and seminal task. This is a complex and difficult undertaking. Do not allow secular or western liberal or extremist nationalist or leftist Marxist models to be imposed on you.
The leftist Eastern Bloc collapsed and the Western Bloc is propped up through violence, war, and deceit, and does not appear to have a bright outlook.
The passage of time will be to their loss and to the benefit of the Islamic current.
The ultimate goal must be a unified Islamic Ummah and the creation of a new Islamic civilization founded upon faith, rationality, knowledge, and morality.
The liberation of Palestine from the savage claws of the Zionists is also a great objective. The countries of the Balkans, Caucasus, and western Asia were liberated from the claws of the former Soviet Union after eighty years. Why should the Palestinian people not be able to free themselves from the captivity of the oppressor Zionists after seventy years?
The present generation in Islamic countries has the capacity to accomplish such great feats. The young generation of today is a source of pride for the past generations. As noted by the Arab poet:
أبو الصخر من شيبان قلت لهم كلا لعمري و لكن منه شيبانُ
و كم أبٍ قد علا بابنٍ ذُری شَرَفٍ كما علا برسولِ الله عدنانُ
Trust your young generation. Revive their feeling of self-confidence and benefit them by the experiences of the elders.
There are two important points in this connection:
First, one of the most important demands of the people who have revolted and who have been liberated is to have a decisive participation in the management of their countries. And since they believe in Islam, their desire is to have a system of Islamic democracy, i.e. the rulers being elected through the vote of the people and the dominant principles and values of the society being based on the Islamic knowledge and sharia. This can crystallize in various countries, depending on their conditions, through various methods and forms. However, utmost care must be taken not to confuse this with the western liberal democracy. The secular, and at times anti-religious, western democracy is in no way related to the Islamic democracy which is committed to the values and main principles of Islam in its system of government.
The second point relates to the fact that Islamic tenets must not be equated with backwardness, obscurantism, and ignorant and extremist biases. The demarcation between these two must be pronounced. Religious extremism, which is usually attended by violence, is the cause of falling short of the lofty goals of the revolution. This, in turn, results in the loss of public support and the eventual failure of the revolution.
In sum, to speak of Islamic awakening is not to speak of a nebulous and indistinct concept that is amenable to various interpretations. Rather, it is to speak of a tangible reality in the external world that has filled the atmosphere and resulted in great uprisings and revolutions and removed from the scene some dangerous elements of the enemy. Nonetheless, the scene remains fluid and in need of being shaped and brought to a conclusion. The verses recited at the outset contain a complete and effective set of guidelines, especially in this sensitive and momentous juncture… Though, they are addressed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH), we all are their interlocutors and responsible for adhering to them. In these verses, piety (taqwa), in its lofty and broad connotation, is the first recommendation. Then comes the rejection of the orders of the infidels and hypocrites, adherence to the divine revelation, and, finally, trust in God…
Once again, we will review these verses:
بسماللهالرحمنالرحیم يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرينَ وَ الْمُنافِقينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَليماً حَكيماً(1) وَ اتَّبِعْ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبيراً (2) وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلاً.
(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the unbelievers and the hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.)
والسلام علیکم و رحمة الله
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Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011.
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بسمالله الرحمن الرحیم
السلام علیکم و رحمة الله و برکاته
الحمدلله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد و آله الطیبین و صحبه المنتجبین
قال الله العزیز الحكیم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلا
(O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (1). And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (2) And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.(3) Surat Al-Ahzab)
I welcome our honored audience and dear guests. What has brought us here together is the Islamic awakening, which comes from the stronger inspiration and greater understanding among Muslim ummah. This awakening has led to a major development among nations of our region and has brought about uprisings and revolutions that could never have been contemplated in the calculations of the dominant regional and international satanic powers. These are momentous uprising that have razed to the ground the autocratic and imperialist strongholds and vanquished the tyrants guarding them.
There is no doubt that colossal social upheavals have always relied on solid foundation of history and civilization and are products of accumulation of wisdom and experiences. Over the past 150 years, the presence of great intellectual and jihadi personalities that have been opinion leaders and behind Islamic movements in Egypt, Iraq, India and other countries in Asia and Africa has served as precursors and pioneers for the present situation in the Islamic world.
The developments in the 1950’s and 60’s led to coming to power of regimes that were mostly inclined to materialistic ideologies and thoughts, and because of their inherent character fell into the trap of Western imperialist and colonialist powers. These are experiences that are lessons to learn from, and have contributed substantially to evolution of general and profound understanding in the Islamic world.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran that was hailed by Imam Khomeini as “victory of blood over sword”, and establishment of the lasting, robust, courageous and progressive Islamic republic, and its impact on present Islamic awakening is itself a long story that deserves to be debated and researched. There is no doubt that Islamic Revolution of Iran will be accorded a thorough and comprehensive chapter in the analysis and writings of history of the present situation of the Islamic world.
For that reason, the present and mounting facts and truths in the Islamic world are not simply events that are severed from the past historical roots, social and intellectual backgrounds to allow our adversaries and the shallow-minded to present them as a passing wave and short-lived phenomenon in order to snuff out hope in the hearts of nations by their warped and biased analyses.
In this brotherly dialogue with you I want to place greater emphasis on three areas:
1. Taking a glance at the identity of these uprisings and revolutions
2. Major threats and harms lying on their way.
3. Recommendations to find solutions and prevent these threats and harms.
Regarding the first point, I believe the most important element in these revolutions is the actual and mass presence of people in the arena of action, struggle and jihad. They were present, not only with their heart, desire and faith, but also with their body and souls. There is a big difference between this presence and the presence of a military group or even armed combatants in front of uncaring people or even concerned people.
In the events of 1950’s and 60’s in some countries of Africa and Asia, the heavy load of the revolution was not on the shoulder of diverse segments of population and the youth from all parts of the country, but rather on the shoulder of coup d\\\\\\\'etat or small and limited armed groups. They decided and acted, and they themselves or the succeeding generation changed their ways as a result of certain motivations. The revolution became its own enemy and the enemy managed again to prevail over their countries.
This is totally different than the change that comes from the people. It is the people that bring their body and soul to the arena of action, and by their jihad and devotion push back and defeat the enemy. It is the people that make the slogans and set the goals, identify and introduce and pursue the enemy. They draw their desired future, although not comprehensively, and as a result do not allow departure from the path of the revolution or conceding to the enemy, or change of course by compromising and the tainted few with special interests, and above all thwart the schemes of enemy’s agents.
In such a grass-root movement, the revolution may be slowed, but can stay away from short-sightedness and being on shaky ground. Quran says “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (24\\\\\\\" Ibrahim )
When I saw the brave body of the proud people of Egypt on television in Tahrir Square, I became convinced that their revolution will triumph.
Let me confess something to you. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran which caused an earthquake among the worldly materialistic rulers in East and West and brought unprecedented uproar and joy to Muslim nations, we expected that Egypt would be next in line to rise. The reason was the history of jihad, progressive thinking and presence of great mojahids and intellectuals in Egypt. I was reciting in my heart this poem by Abu Faras:
أراك عصيّ الدمع شیمتك الصبر ما للهوی نهی علیك و لا أمر ؟
When I saw the people of Egypt in Tahrir Square and squares in other cities, I knew I have received my response. The people of Egypt told me with words coming from their heart:
بلی أنا مشتاق و عندي لوعة ولكن مثلي لایذاع له سرُّ
…This sacred secret was nothing but the motivation and resolve to rise, and gradually people of Egypt cemented this thought in their mind and at a historical juncture they manifested their resolve and entered the arena in a magnificent show of their power.
Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are no exception to this general rule.
In these revolutions principles, values and goals are not written in prefabricated manifestos of groups and parties, but written in the minds, hearts and desires of each and every person present on the scene and are declared in the context of their slogans and behaviors.
With these signals one can clearly tell that the principles of current revolutions in the region, in Egypt and other countries, are first and foremost the following:
- Revival and renewal of national dignity and respect that have been broken and trampled during long years of dictatorial and corrupt rule and the political domination of America and the West.
- Keeping up the banner of Islam which is the profound faith and longstanding attachment of people and being able to enjoy peace of mind, justice, progress and prosperity that could only be achieved under Islamic Sharia.
- Resistance against the influence and domination of the United States and Europe that have wreaked the greatest damage and humiliation on the peoples of these countries over the past two hundred years.
- Countering the usurper and fictitious Zionist regime that the imperialist powers have planted like a dagger in the heart of this region to serve as a tool to continue their diabolical domination after expelling a whole nation from their historical homeland.
There is no doubt that the revolutions in the region that rely on and demand these principles are not to the liking of America, Europe and the Zionists, and they are going to use all means to deny them, but the truth will not change with their denial.
The widespread participation of people in these revolutions is the most important element that constitutes their identity. Foreign powers that tried everything in their power and used all their schemes to keep in power the tyrannical, corrupt and subservient rulers in these countries and only abandoned them when the people left no choice for them have no right to claim a share in the victory of these revolutions. Even in Libya intervention by America and NATO cannot distort the truth. In Libya, NATO has caused irreparable damage. Had it not been for the military intervention of NATO and America, victory of people might have been delayed, but all these infrastructures would not have been damaged, and innocent women and children killed and then enemies that were accomplices of Qaddafi would not have been able to intervene in this innocent war-torn nation.
People and the elite that are of the people and others who are from the people are the true owners of these revolutions that should be trusted to protect them and draw the path to the future.
2- Regarding the threats and harm, I should first emphasize that although there are threats, but there are also ways to stay safe. Mere presence of threats should not scare nations.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
( Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak)
Allah says about a group of mojahids of early Islam:
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
( Those to whom hypocrites said, \\\\\\\"Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them.\\\\\\\" But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, \\\\\\\"Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs.\\\\\\\" So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. )
We need to know what these threats are, in order not to be surprised and to be able to find solutions.
We faced these perils and threats after the victory of Islamic Revolution and experienced them. With the grace of Allah and the leadership of Imam Khomeini and sacrifices of our people we managed to sail through them safely. The plots by enemies still continue but so does the firm resolve of our people.
I divide the harm to these movements into two groups: those that have their roots within ourselves and come from our own weaknesses, and those that have been directly planned by the enemy.
The first group of harms is of the following type:
The sense and thought that after the downfall of the corrupt dictator the job is over. The peace of mind and comfort that comes after the victory and afterward the lessening of motivation and weakening of determination are among the first perils, and the most damaging threat is when individuals ask for their share of the spoils of victory.
The story of the Battle of Uhud and the defenders seeking the spoils of victory caused the defeat of Muslims, and the mojahids were reprimanded by God. This is a good example that should never be forgotten. Being shocked and awed by the appearances of the arrogant powers and the feeling of fear from America and other interventionist powers are of these kinds of harm that should be avoided.
The brave and young should throw out these fears from their heart. Trusting the enemy and falling into trap of their smiles and promises is another threat that needs to be avoided by the forerunners and leaders. The enemy must be identified no matter what cover it uses. The nation and the revolution should be protected against the designs of the enemy that at times hide behind the appearances of friendship and supportive gestures. Another side to this page is becoming overconfident and overlooking the enemy. Bravery must be combined with wisdom and good judgment. We must use all treasures of God within ourselves against Satan, al-Jinn wal–Ens. Causing division and pitting revolutionaries against one another and penetration behind the battlefront of struggle is another great harm that needs to be avoided with all your power.
The second group of harm has been experienced by almost all countries of the region during different events. The first harm is the coming to power of those who are committed to America and the West. The West tries after the downfall of its pawns to protect the basic pillars of the system and levers of power, and change the direction by using the same foundation, but with a different head, in order to perpetuate its domination. This means wasting of all your efforts and sacrifices. At this stage, if they face resistance of the people, they try to introduce and offer to the movement and people other alternatives that are designed to divert the course of the movement. This scenario could be recommending government models and constitutions that will again throw the Islamic countries into the trap of cultural, political and economic dependence on the West. This could lead to their influence among the revolutionaries greater financial and media strength of an unreliable current and marginalization of the genuine currents in the revolution. This also means return of the domination of the West and the stronger grip of then outdated Western models that are far from basic principles of the revolution.
If this tactic does not produce the desired result, experience tells us that they will go for anarchy, terrorism, civil war among followers of religions or ethnic communities and tribes, political parties, or even among neighboring nations and governments. Parallel to these actions, they will impose economic siege and sanctions, freeze national assets and launch all-out media war and propaganda. Their intention is to tire out and frustrate people and make the revolutionaries disappointed. Under these circumstances it becomes easy to defeat the revolution. Assassination of the righteous elite of the society and opinion leaders, defamation and vilification of others and even enticing some with money are among usual ploys used by the Western powers and the claimants of civilization morality.
In Iran, the evidence and documents from the U.S. Den of Espionage that fell into the hands of the revolution showed that all these plots were designed by the regime in the United States for the people of Iran for them bringing back the reactionary and dependant rulers in revolutionary countries is a principle that prescribes all these dirty tricks.
In the last part of my remarks, I present recommendations for your consideration and selection that are based on our tangible experiences in Iran and what has been gathered from the precise studies of other countries. Undoubtedly, conditions differ among nations and countries. Nonetheless, there are truths that can prove beneficial for all people.
The first point is that by placing one’s trust in God and believing in the repeated promises of divine victories in the Quran and through astuteness, resolve, and braveness, it is possible to surmount all obstacles and emerge victorious. Of course, the task that you all have taken up is quite grave and momentous. Thus, one must bear great hardship for its sake. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (`a) says:
“فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْصِمْ جَبَّارِي دَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمْهِيلٍ وَ رَخَاءٍ وَ لَمْ يَجْبُرْ عَظْمَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَزْلٍ وَ بَلَاءٍ وَ فِي دُونِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ عَتْبٍ وَ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَطْبٍ مُعْتَبَر..”
The important recommendation is that you must always consider yourself as being present on the scene: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ( So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].)Therefore, when thou art free, still labor hard), always consider God as present and as your aid: وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ (And to thy Lord turn all thy attention), and must not allow your victories to cause you to become arrogant or negligent:
اِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ وَ رَاَيْتَ النّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ في دينِ اللهِ اَفْواجاً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْهُ اِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّاباً
(When comes the help of Allah, and victory. And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord). These are the true foundations of a faithful nation.
Another recommendation is the constant rereading of the principles of revolution. The slogans and principles must be refined and brought in line with the foundations and undisputed principles of Islam. Independence, freedom, justice, refusal to bow to despotism and colonialism, rejection of ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination, and the outright rejection of Zionism, which, today, comprise the pivots of the movements in Islamic countries, are all inspired by Islam and the Quran.
Write down your principles on paper. Preserve your genuine nature with a high degree of sensitivity. Do not allow your enemies to formulate the principles of your future system. Do not allow Islamic principles to be sacrificed for transient interests. Deviation in revolutions starts with deviation in slogans and objectives. Never place your trust in the U.S., NATO, or criminal regimes such as Britain, France, or, Italy, which for long plundered and divided your land among themselves. Look upon them with suspicion and do not believe their smiles. Behind these smiles and promises lies conspiracy and betrayal. Find you own way by resorting to the blessed fountainhead of Islam and give back foreigners’ prescriptions to themselves.
Another important recommendation is to avoid religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, and border disputes. Recognize differences as legitimate and manage them. Reconciliation among Islamic religions is the key to salvation. Those who fan the flames of religious division through apostatizing others are the mercenaries and servants of Satan, even if done inadvertently.
Creating your own system of governance is your main and seminal task. This is a complex and difficult undertaking. Do not allow secular or western liberal or extremist nationalist or leftist Marxist models to be imposed on you.
The leftist Eastern Bloc collapsed and the Western Bloc is propped up through violence, war, and deceit, and does not appear to have a bright outlook.
The passage of time will be to their loss and to the benefit of the Islamic current.
The ultimate goal must be a unified Islamic Ummah and the creation of a new Islamic civilization founded upon faith, rationality, knowledge, and morality.
The liberation of Palestine from the savage claws of the Zionists is also a great objective. The countries of the Balkans, Caucasus, and western Asia were liberated from the claws of the former Soviet Union after eighty years. Why should the Palestinian people not be able to free themselves from the captivity of the oppressor Zionists after seventy years?
The present generation in Islamic countries has the capacity to accomplish such great feats. The young generation of today is a source of pride for the past generations. As noted by the Arab poet:
أبو الصخر من شيبان قلت لهم كلا لعمري و لكن منه شيبانُ
و كم أبٍ قد علا بابنٍ ذُری شَرَفٍ كما علا برسولِ الله عدنانُ
Trust your young generation. Revive their feeling of self-confidence and benefit them by the experiences of the elders.
There are two important points in this connection:
First, one of the most important demands of the people who have revolted and who have been liberated is to have a decisive participation in the management of their countries. And since they believe in Islam, their desire is to have a system of Islamic democracy, i.e. the rulers being elected through the vote of the people and the dominant principles and values of the society being based on the Islamic knowledge and sharia. This can crystallize in various countries, depending on their conditions, through various methods and forms. However, utmost care must be taken not to confuse this with the western liberal democracy. The secular, and at times anti-religious, western democracy is in no way related to the Islamic democracy which is committed to the values and main principles of Islam in its system of government.
The second point relates to the fact that Islamic tenets must not be equated with backwardness, obscurantism, and ignorant and extremist biases. The demarcation between these two must be pronounced. Religious extremism, which is usually attended by violence, is the cause of falling short of the lofty goals of the revolution. This, in turn, results in the loss of public support and the eventual failure of the revolution.
In sum, to speak of Islamic awakening is not to speak of a nebulous and indistinct concept that is amenable to various interpretations. Rather, it is to speak of a tangible reality in the external world that has filled the atmosphere and resulted in great uprisings and revolutions and removed from the scene some dangerous elements of the enemy. Nonetheless, the scene remains fluid and in need of being shaped and brought to a conclusion. The verses recited at the outset contain a complete and effective set of guidelines, especially in this sensitive and momentous juncture… Though, they are addressed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH), we all are their interlocutors and responsible for adhering to them. In these verses, piety (taqwa), in its lofty and broad connotation, is the first recommendation. Then comes the rejection of the orders of the infidels and hypocrites, adherence to the divine revelation, and, finally, trust in God…
Once again, we will review these verses:
بسماللهالرحمنالرحیم يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرينَ وَ الْمُنافِقينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَليماً حَكيماً(1) وَ اتَّبِعْ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبيراً (2) وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلاً.
(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the unbelievers and the hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.)
والسلام علیکم و رحمة الله
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Speech in a Meeting With Students | July 23, 2014 | Sayed Ali Khamenei - [English]
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on July 23, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with students. The meeting was held on the...
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on July 23, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with students. The meeting was held on the eve of Quds Day.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and peace and greetings be upon our Master and Prophet, Muhammad, and upon his immaculate household
I thank Allah the Exalted because at this point in time our country is witness to a group of young, religious, enthusiastic, motivated, reasonable and thoughtful people. Today, our meeting was a very good meeting. This matter has two parts: one is related to the details of the statements that the friends madew in this meeting. Well, good and valuable statements were made. It is possible that this humble person agrees or disagrees with these statements. The issue of content is one part of the issue. In my opinion, the part that is important and praiseworthy is the enthusiastic and inquiring spirit of students. This showed itself in the statements of the students who delivered a speech. This is important.
It is possible that some of the requests that these students made are reasonable and that some are not reasonable, achievable and acceptable. But the essence of this inquiring spirit and this motivation for wanting, thinking, suggesting and criticizing is perfect. Of course, one should observe morality, piety and religious obligations in all affairs. We should avoid unfair statements. We should avoid baseless and unsubstantiated statements. These points are important in their own respect, but what is of primary importance is that our young students should be inquiring, motivated, enthusiastic, present on the scene and attentive to the issues of the country.
Well, let us spend a few minutes discussing some of the issues that the friends raised in the meeting. The first issue is what I just said. I became happy with the spirit that exists in our young students - most of whom are representatives of student groups - and I thank God because one can feel that they enjoy enthusiasm, new ideas, motivation and an inquiring spirit. I hope that by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, this spirit remains in you until you will be in charge of affairs because in the future, you will be officials in charge of affairs and you will be the managers of the country. I hope that by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, this spirit and this critical, inquiring, responsible and dutiful outlook remains in you. If this happens, the country will be saved.
The friends in the meeting raised a number of issues which, in my opinion, are noteworthy and important. The issue of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"knowledge for the sake of knowledge without paying attention to its benefits for the country\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" - which was raised by a number of friends - is completely correct and we have repeatedly brought it up as well.
Today, scientific work and endeavor in the country and in our universities and research centers is a lively, successful and praiseworthy endeavor. However, everyone should pay attention that knowledge is an introduction to action. Valuable knowledge is the kind of knowledge that helps the country and that is useful for solving its problems. Mere publication of our articles in, say, ISI journals and other such journals - even if they become a reference point - is not an ideal although it is praiseworthy in terms of knowledge. Scientific work should address the needs of the country.
This was mentioned by the friends in this meeting as well and I would like to stress it. The officials and high-ranking managers in charge of higher education are present in this meeting. I hope that by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, they pay attention to this point.
There was another point in the statements of the friends which was correct. I too would like to place emphasis on it. This point is the relationship between methods of economic management and the culture of society. The idea that we brought up the issue of cultural invasion in the 1370s while the invasion was economic is completely correct. We do not reject this, but our outlook on knowledge as an original and vital issue should receive everyone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s attention at any level.
At that time too, certain complaints were made about the methods of economic management. However, what was important and what is important today is our outlook on cultural orientations. Of course, we agree that the methods of economic management have certain effects on culture, but the opposite is true as well.
An issue that was discussed as a peripheral issue - but that is not peripheral to me and that is an important issue - is the issue of youth\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s marriage [students laugh and make noises indicating support]. We knew that you would have such a reaction to this issue. The issue of youth\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s marriage is an important issue. I fear that this indifferent outlook towards the issue of marriage - unfortunately, this indifferent outlook exists more or less today - will have terrible consequences for the future of the country.
You brought up the issue of military service, but in my opinion, the issue of military service is not a difficult issue. It is possible to think about and work on this issue. The solution for the problem of military service as an obstacle in the way of marriage is not that we shorten the term. We can adopt other methods for this problem, but it remains an issue. Motivation for marriage should turn into a practical measure. That is to say, marriage should be promoted.
Allah the Exalted says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"If they are in poverty, Allah will give them means out of His grace\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 24: 32]. This is a divine promise. We should trust this promise as we trust other divine promises. Marriage and starting a family has not made and will not make individuals experience hard living conditions. This means that one does not necessarily go through rough times because of marriage- on the contrary- marriage may solve the problems of individuals.
The academic environment is a good and appropriate environment for preparing the ground for marriage. In my opinion, youth themselves, their families and officials in charge of universities should think about and make a decision about the issue of youth\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s marriage. We should not allow the age of marriage - which has unfortunately gone up today, particularly among women - to continue going up.
There are certain wrong notions and traditions that are highly problematic. These wrong traditions are an obstacle in the way of promoting marriage among youth. Therefore, they should be practically broken. In my opinion, you - who are young, inquiring and enthusiastic and you who suggest breaking many habits and traditions - you should break the wrong traditions that exist on the issue of marriage. This is another issue that I deem necessary to stress.
Of course, it was common in the past for a number of well-intentioned matchmakers and religious individuals to act as intermediaries and to introduce eligible women and men to one another. In this way, they helped them get married. Such tasks should be carried out. There should really be a movement in society in this regard.
Another point that was witnessed in the statements of the friends in the meeting - this point also existed in the questions that students asked me indirectly - is about the compatibility between the political positions of students or student groups, and the viewpoints of the Leadership. Before this meeting, students had been asked: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"What would you say if you were present in this meeting?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" We have received certain answers. They brought us a book that contained 100 - or even more - pages. This book is about the opinions of students.
I saw in the book that this question has been posed. And in this meeting, it was posed in a different way. In my opinion, this is not a very good and reasonable question. It is not the case that all the positions that people from different social backgrounds - including students who are among the leading groups among the people - adopt should be a copy of the viewpoints that the Leadership puts forward. This is not the case.
As Muslims and as religious and thoughtful individuals, you should take a careful look in order to perceive your responsibilities and to make your own analyses. I will expand on this later on. You should adopt a position and express your viewpoints about individuals, orientations, policies and governments. It is not the case that you should wait and see what position the Leadership adopts about such and such an individual, movement, measure and policy so that you adopt your position on the basis of this position. This will lock affairs up. The Leadership has certain responsibilities. If Allah the Exalted helps him and bestows His blessings on him, he will carry them out. You too have certain responsibilities.
You should look at the scene and make your own decisions. However, the standard should be piety. The standard should be piety. Piety means exercising self-restraint in supporting or opposing someone and in criticizing or praising someone. You should observe piety. If it is observed, then both criticizing, and supporting and praising people is good no matter if it is an individual, an administration, a political orientation or a political event that you criticize or support. There is nothing wrong with this criticism and support.
Of course, if this humble person expresses his viewpoint about an issue, it is possible that it influences the decision of those who have trust in him and who accept this viewpoint. However, this does not mean that individuals should be absolved of responsibilities and opinions. This is not what I mean. Everyone should take a look and carry out their responsibility. As I said, the standard is that piety should be observed. That is to say, if we make a criticism, if we support someone, if we approve of a movement and a policy or if we reject it, this should really be done out of a sense of responsibility and without engaging our personal interests and temptations. This is another point.
One of the friends in the meeting said that students have lost sleep over a certain issue. If concerns make students be so sensitive, this is very good. Of course, we hope that you get enough sleep and go to sleep on time! The expression \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"I have lost sleep over something\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" is a very good expression. If this is really the case, we become very happy. This feeling of worry and anxiety about different issues makes you look at issues with open eyes.
As for what I have written down to discuss, it has two, three parts and I will discuss each part by paying attention to our time. First of all, we should consider students to be among those individuals who manifest the vigilant conscience of a people and a country. Of course, this is the truth of the matter. If students launch a movement in a society and if they make a move and a request, this shows the general orientation of that society. This is the case all over the world.
Students are, in fact, among those groups of people who show the vigilant conscience and orientation of a nation. Therefore, students should pay attention to issues in a very wise way. They should know their conditions and their environment. They should know threats, opportunities, enemies and enmities. Of course, we do not expect students to forget about their lessons and different affairs in order to engage in political work only. This is not what we expect them to do. Rather, we expect them to look at issues with open eyes, with a clear outlook, with a sense of responsibility and with a high motivation. This is our expectation of students.
Some of the issues that we are faced with today are issues related to our surrounding environment and to the region. Regional issues are not separate from the issues of the country. Today, one important and fundamental issue is the issue of Palestine and Gaza. Well, the issue of Gaza and the disasters that have befallen the people of Gaza today and that have a long history should receive our attention from two perspectives: one perspective is that this shows the truth of the Zionist regime. This is the Zionist regime.
In my opinion, this is not the important part of the issue. The Zionist regime is a regime that has set itself the goal of showing blatant violence since the beginning of its illegitimate birth. They do not even deny this violence. They have set themselves the goal of clenching an iron fist. They say this everywhere and they are proud of it. This is their policy.
Since the year 1948 - when this fake regime came into being officially - until today, they have been pursuing this policy. It is 66 years now that they have been pursuing this policy. Of course, it had committed many crimes in Palestine even before it was officially recognized and even before colonialists imposed it on the world and on the region. But during these 66 years, they did whatever they could as a government and as a political system. They committed any violent act that one can think a government can do to a people. And they have no scruples whatsoever. This is the truth of the Zionist regime.
There is no cure for this except the annihilation of this regime. Annihilating the Zionist regime does not at all mean massacring the Jewish people in the region. The logical statement that our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) made - that Israel should be annihilated - is based on a human principle. We presented to the world the practical solution for this and no one could criticize it in a reasonable way. We said that a poll and a referendum should be conducted so that the people who live in, come from and belong to this region determine who should rule over it. We said that the people should resolve this issue.
This is the meaning of annihilating the Zionist regime. This is the solution. This is a solution that is understandable and favored by today\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s standards of logic in the world. This is a practical solution. We even put forward a proposal to the United Nations and a number of international organizations in charge of such affairs. And this proposal was discussed by them.
There is no cure for the problem that this savage and wolfish regime - whose policy is to behave towards people with iron fists, cruelty and savagery and that does not care about and deny killing people and children, attacking different regions and causing destruction - has created except its destruction and annihilation. If, by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, that day comes and if it is annihilated, then so much the better. But what is the cure as long as this fake regime survives? The cure is decisive and militant resistance against this regime.
The Palestinians should display power in the face of the Zionist regime. No one should think that if it had not been for the missiles of Gaza, the Zionist regime would have stopped their incursions. This is not the case. Notice what they are doing in the West Bank. This is while there is no missile, weapon and gun in the West Bank. The only weapon that the people have there is stones. Notice what the Zionist regime is doing there. It is doing whatever it can. It destroys people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s homes, it destroys their gardens, it destroys their lives and it humiliates and belittles them. If it is necessary, it closes water on them and it blacks out electricity.
The Zionists could not tolerate someone like Yasser Arafat who compromised with them. They besieged, humiliated, poisoned and destroyed him. It is not the case that if we do not display power in the face of the Zionists, they will tolerate and show mercy to people and observe their rights. This is not the case at all. The only cure that exists before the Zionist regime is annihilated is that the Palestinians manage to act in a powerful way.
If they act in a powerful way, it is possible that the other side - which is this wolfish and violent regime - will retreat, as they are looking for a truce with all their power. This means that they have become desperate. They kill people and children and they show cruelty in an excessive way. But they are desperate as well. They are in dire straits and this is why they are after a truce.
Therefore, we believe that the West Bank should become armed like Gaza. It is necessary to show power. Those people who are interested in the fate of Palestine should do whatever they can. This is what should be done: the people in the West Bank should become armed as well. The only thing that can alleviate the Palestinians\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' pains is to show power. Otherwise, if we act in a tame, subservient and obedient way, nothing that is to the advantage of the Palestinians will be done and the violence that this violent, malevolent and wolfish creature is showing will not decrease.
Today, the responsibility of people all over the world is political support. There is no doubt about this. As you can see, there are popular movements in Islamic and even non-Islamic countries. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, the world will witness the loud and great voice of the people of Iran on Quds Day. God willing, on Quds Day, the people of Iran will show how motivated they are about Palestine.
Of course, some people wanted to show the opposite of this with the slogan \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"neither Gaza nor Lebanon\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". They are wrong. The people of Iran believe in defending the oppressed: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Be an enemy of the oppressor and helper of the oppressed\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 47]. This is what the people of Iran want and by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, it will be shown. This is one perspective about the issue of Gaza. This is important and great emphasis should be placed on it.
Today, western imperialist powers - that is to say, a few large, rich and powerful western powers which are headed by America and malevolent England behind it - have stood firm in order to defend this usurping, oppressive and cold-hearted regime. This is a very important issue. They are supporting it openly. What are they supporting? They are supporting a creator of disasters and no ordinary and fair-minded person can accept any indifference towards these crimes.
A small area and a piece of land named Gaza is being attacked by airplanes, missiles, armies and tanks. They have used all kinds of munitions on these people. This is really an astonishing event. So many children are being killed, so many houses are being destroyed and people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s lives are being accompanied by so much bitterness, cruelty and torture. This is while these so-called gentlemen are supporting it.
With what reason do they support this regime? They support it with the stupid reason that the President of America gives. He says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Israel has the right to ensure its own security\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Well, do the Palestinians not have the right to ensure their security? Is it acceptable for a government to threaten the lives of a people who have been cruelly besieged by it and who show no reaction? Does anyone accept this? How will history judge this reason?
The officials of these arrogant countries do not understand what they are doing - with these kinds of support - to their dignity and the dignity of their countries and regimes in history. They stand up with complete shamelessness and say that they support Israel. They do not at all point to the events that are happening in the region and to the disasters that this destructive and dangerous element is creating.
This shows that today, the logic of liberal democracy - the logic and the intellectual system on the basis of which western countries are ruled and controlled - does not benefit from the slightest moral value. There is not any moral value and humane feeling in it. In fact, they are disgracing themselves. They are disgracing themselves in the face of the critical look of nations throughout the world, whether those who live in the present time or those who will live in the future.
We should preserve this as an important experience for ourselves and we should know America. This is liberal democracy. This will and should influence our actions, our judgment and our behavior. This is the camp - that is to say, the government of the United States of America and its followers - that has stood up against the Islamic Republic today and that has challenged the Islamic Republic in different events. This is the truth about them. The truth about them is this: not only do they not show any sensitivity about the massacre of human beings and defenseless people but they also defend and support oppressors and perpetrators of appalling and great crimes - such as what is happening in Gaza today.
This should be a standard for us. The people of Iran, our intellectual apparatus, our students and our broad-minded personalities should not forget this. This is America. This is western power and its intellectual basis - which is liberal democracy. Today, it is this intellectual basis that is confronting the Islamic system.
Today, the politicians who are most indifferent to human rights are those who are in charge of managing these countries. They do not at all believe in human beings, human rights and human principles. Their behavior in Gaza and other such events is proving this. They do not at all believe in human rights, human dignity and respect, people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s votes and anything else. The only thing that they believe in is money and bullying. There is no other reason for their behavior. In my opinion, whatever comes out of their mouths about the issue of freedom, human rights and other such things is a travesty of freedom and human rights.
Well, we are not saying this as a piece of advice to America, the President of America and American politicians. It is clear [that they do not listen]. We are saying this for ourselves so that when we want to carry out an analysis, make a judgment and adopt a measure, we understand who we are dealing with and who the people we are faced with are. We are saying this so that we know what exists at the bottom of their thoughts. We should determine our responsibilities.
What is important is that we should have a correct analysis of the west\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s behavior in the present time. Their confrontation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic movement and Awakening is part of their major polices. The major policy of global arrogance is enslaving nations and dominating their fate without paying the least attention to their interests and requests. This is the major policy of arrogance and we should pay attention to it. Anti-American, anti-western and anti-arrogance slogans in our country reflect this truth.
Some people should not immediately jump to the conclusion that a biased or completely unreasonable task is being carried out as soon as they hear an anti-western or anti-American slogan. They should not think like this because this is not the case. This anti-western and anti-American outlook in the Islamic Revolution is based on a correct experience, outlook and calculation.
On that day, I said to the executive officials and decision-makers of the country that the main goal of the enemy is to create disruption in our calculation system. When one\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s calculation system is disrupted, it produces wrong outputs out of correct inputs. That is to say, experiences will no longer be useful to it. When our calculation system does not function properly and correctly and when calculation is not carried out in the right way, experiences will no longer be beneficial.
Notice how westerners and the leaders of the current western civilization have treated our country during the past 80, 90, 100 years. We have a long experience of receiving blows from the west. There are some people in the country - some western-oriented, westernized and westoxicated individuals - who witness these experiences in front of their eyes, but who do not learn a lesson from them. Well, they saw that westerners brought Reza Khan to power and helped him dominate the country. As a result of this, a bizarre Reza Khani dictatorship was established in the country by the English.
They helped a thuggish and unreasonable person who was completely indifferent to the principles of the country. Afterwards during the 1320s, the same powers came and occupied Iran. In fact, they divided it among themselves in one sense. The same powers looted our oil and imposed cruel contracts on this country. The same powers launched the coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état of the 28th of Mordad and overthrew and destroyed a national government which originated from the votes of the people despite all its flaws. The same powers made our national oil movement deviate from its path and consequently, they once more dominated our natural and material sources.
The same powers established Mohammad Reza\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s dictatorship in the country for a long time and they supported it with all their power. During the 30-plus-year rule of Mohammad Reza over the country, our material and spiritual sources of wealth were looted. They created a disastrous situation for our people. They kept them in poverty and ignorance, they promoted public corruption in all bases of the country and they truly destroyed the culture of the country, the people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s religion and everything. This was done with the support of the same western governments.
They created as many obstacles as they could during their confrontation with the Iranian peoples\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Revolution and great movement. They supported and defended Saddam Hussein although they did not approve of him. Because Saddam was against the Islamic Republic, they helped him as much as they could. Westerners, England, America and France provided him with chemical bombs and different kinds of military weapons. Well, these are our experiences. Westoxicated intellectuals do not benefit from these experiences and they do not analyze them correctly because their calculation system has been disrupted.
One of the most important services of the Islamic Revolution was reviving true logic and reason in the country. The fact that you young students analyze regional issues, look at different events with complete precision, identify the enemy, analyze regional events and stand firm shows the reasonable life of a country. It was the Revolution that offered this to us, but today, some people still want to go back to prior conditions. The same westernized orientations - the ones that love the west, that humiliate our people and our achievements and that humiliate national culture and identity to the advantage of western powers - want the same powers to come again and to define and introduce standards for the affairs, culture and orientation of the country.
Those who are working against the Islamic Republic under the flag of the bloody enemies of the people of Iran are people who are after dominating the same ignorance - calculational ignorance - and the same satanic temptation that once existed opposed to the rationality of this country. I advise the dear students to strengthen their studies - both on the issue of religious and political areas - as well their scientific work. You should try to strengthen your power of analysis.
Of course, when I take a look at students\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' statements today, I witness good and outstanding points. This really requires our gratitude. It really requires that we thank God, but you should work on this as much as you can. Today, we did not have the time to discuss different issues of the country. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, we will discuss these issues in the other meetings that we will hold with students or other groups of people.
Students should provide people with analyses on different issues of the country including social, economic and political issues. The people should be able to benefit from students\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' analyses. Students\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' power of analysis should be like this. This depends on studying. Therefore, students should study. It should not be the case that students\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' outlook is a purely emotional one. Your intellectual products should not only be based on tabloid issues. You should deeply study, think about and discuss issues.
Many of the statements that the friends in this meeting discussed are statements that should be resolved in student meetings and in free discussions. I have written this down. The free debates that we brought up and that requires free discussions in academic environments can resolve and clarify many of the issues that the friends discussed in this meeting. Students should be able to find the pros and cons of every issue in their student discussions.
Another point that I want to discuss is that competitive discourse in academic environments is a good thing provided that it is accompanied by tolerating the opposing views. One should not become surprised, angry and intimidated at the existence of opponents. None of these three feelings is acceptable in the face of opponents.
If we become surprised at the existence of opponents, this means that we are overconfident about ourselves. This is the reason why we are surprised when someone is opposed to us, but there is no room for surprise. Well, every individual, every thought, every movement and every orientation has certain opponents. And it is not the case that we think those opponents are necessarily wrong. This is not the case. There are certain weak points and these weak points make some people oppose us. Therefore, the existence of opponents should not make us surprised, as it should not provoke our anger. We should not become angry at their opposition. Opposition is understandable and acceptable.
We should not be intimidated either. Being afraid of the existence of opponents shows that we are not confident about the power and strength of our position. This should not be the case. We have a reason. We should strengthen and build up the bases of our reason and then we should enter the arena of competitive discourse and engage in discussion. The spirit of students should be like this.
Therefore, academic environments should continue working with the same spirit that they thankfully enjoy today. They should tolerate one another, they should speak to one another, they should discuss different issues with one another and they should strengthen the bases. In practical areas, the basis of their work should be piety and in intellectual areas, the basis of their work should be observing Islamic limits, knowing the enemy and knowing the methods that he uses for showing his enmity.
I hope that Allah the Exalted bestows success on all of you and preserves you youth for furthering the goals of the Revolution. I hope that He increases your achievements on a daily basis. I hope that by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, you youth create a good future for your Revolution and for your country.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings.
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The following is the full text of the speech delivered on July 23, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with students. The meeting was held on the eve of Quds Day.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and peace and greetings be upon our Master and Prophet, Muhammad, and upon his immaculate household
I thank Allah the Exalted because at this point in time our country is witness to a group of young, religious, enthusiastic, motivated, reasonable and thoughtful people. Today, our meeting was a very good meeting. This matter has two parts: one is related to the details of the statements that the friends madew in this meeting. Well, good and valuable statements were made. It is possible that this humble person agrees or disagrees with these statements. The issue of content is one part of the issue. In my opinion, the part that is important and praiseworthy is the enthusiastic and inquiring spirit of students. This showed itself in the statements of the students who delivered a speech. This is important.
It is possible that some of the requests that these students made are reasonable and that some are not reasonable, achievable and acceptable. But the essence of this inquiring spirit and this motivation for wanting, thinking, suggesting and criticizing is perfect. Of course, one should observe morality, piety and religious obligations in all affairs. We should avoid unfair statements. We should avoid baseless and unsubstantiated statements. These points are important in their own respect, but what is of primary importance is that our young students should be inquiring, motivated, enthusiastic, present on the scene and attentive to the issues of the country.
Well, let us spend a few minutes discussing some of the issues that the friends raised in the meeting. The first issue is what I just said. I became happy with the spirit that exists in our young students - most of whom are representatives of student groups - and I thank God because one can feel that they enjoy enthusiasm, new ideas, motivation and an inquiring spirit. I hope that by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, this spirit remains in you until you will be in charge of affairs because in the future, you will be officials in charge of affairs and you will be the managers of the country. I hope that by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, this spirit and this critical, inquiring, responsible and dutiful outlook remains in you. If this happens, the country will be saved.
The friends in the meeting raised a number of issues which, in my opinion, are noteworthy and important. The issue of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"knowledge for the sake of knowledge without paying attention to its benefits for the country\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" - which was raised by a number of friends - is completely correct and we have repeatedly brought it up as well.
Today, scientific work and endeavor in the country and in our universities and research centers is a lively, successful and praiseworthy endeavor. However, everyone should pay attention that knowledge is an introduction to action. Valuable knowledge is the kind of knowledge that helps the country and that is useful for solving its problems. Mere publication of our articles in, say, ISI journals and other such journals - even if they become a reference point - is not an ideal although it is praiseworthy in terms of knowledge. Scientific work should address the needs of the country.
This was mentioned by the friends in this meeting as well and I would like to stress it. The officials and high-ranking managers in charge of higher education are present in this meeting. I hope that by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, they pay attention to this point.
There was another point in the statements of the friends which was correct. I too would like to place emphasis on it. This point is the relationship between methods of economic management and the culture of society. The idea that we brought up the issue of cultural invasion in the 1370s while the invasion was economic is completely correct. We do not reject this, but our outlook on knowledge as an original and vital issue should receive everyone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s attention at any level.
At that time too, certain complaints were made about the methods of economic management. However, what was important and what is important today is our outlook on cultural orientations. Of course, we agree that the methods of economic management have certain effects on culture, but the opposite is true as well.
An issue that was discussed as a peripheral issue - but that is not peripheral to me and that is an important issue - is the issue of youth\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s marriage [students laugh and make noises indicating support]. We knew that you would have such a reaction to this issue. The issue of youth\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s marriage is an important issue. I fear that this indifferent outlook towards the issue of marriage - unfortunately, this indifferent outlook exists more or less today - will have terrible consequences for the future of the country.
You brought up the issue of military service, but in my opinion, the issue of military service is not a difficult issue. It is possible to think about and work on this issue. The solution for the problem of military service as an obstacle in the way of marriage is not that we shorten the term. We can adopt other methods for this problem, but it remains an issue. Motivation for marriage should turn into a practical measure. That is to say, marriage should be promoted.
Allah the Exalted says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"If they are in poverty, Allah will give them means out of His grace\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 24: 32]. This is a divine promise. We should trust this promise as we trust other divine promises. Marriage and starting a family has not made and will not make individuals experience hard living conditions. This means that one does not necessarily go through rough times because of marriage- on the contrary- marriage may solve the problems of individuals.
The academic environment is a good and appropriate environment for preparing the ground for marriage. In my opinion, youth themselves, their families and officials in charge of universities should think about and make a decision about the issue of youth\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s marriage. We should not allow the age of marriage - which has unfortunately gone up today, particularly among women - to continue going up.
There are certain wrong notions and traditions that are highly problematic. These wrong traditions are an obstacle in the way of promoting marriage among youth. Therefore, they should be practically broken. In my opinion, you - who are young, inquiring and enthusiastic and you who suggest breaking many habits and traditions - you should break the wrong traditions that exist on the issue of marriage. This is another issue that I deem necessary to stress.
Of course, it was common in the past for a number of well-intentioned matchmakers and religious individuals to act as intermediaries and to introduce eligible women and men to one another. In this way, they helped them get married. Such tasks should be carried out. There should really be a movement in society in this regard.
Another point that was witnessed in the statements of the friends in the meeting - this point also existed in the questions that students asked me indirectly - is about the compatibility between the political positions of students or student groups, and the viewpoints of the Leadership. Before this meeting, students had been asked: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"What would you say if you were present in this meeting?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" We have received certain answers. They brought us a book that contained 100 - or even more - pages. This book is about the opinions of students.
I saw in the book that this question has been posed. And in this meeting, it was posed in a different way. In my opinion, this is not a very good and reasonable question. It is not the case that all the positions that people from different social backgrounds - including students who are among the leading groups among the people - adopt should be a copy of the viewpoints that the Leadership puts forward. This is not the case.
As Muslims and as religious and thoughtful individuals, you should take a careful look in order to perceive your responsibilities and to make your own analyses. I will expand on this later on. You should adopt a position and express your viewpoints about individuals, orientations, policies and governments. It is not the case that you should wait and see what position the Leadership adopts about such and such an individual, movement, measure and policy so that you adopt your position on the basis of this position. This will lock affairs up. The Leadership has certain responsibilities. If Allah the Exalted helps him and bestows His blessings on him, he will carry them out. You too have certain responsibilities.
You should look at the scene and make your own decisions. However, the standard should be piety. The standard should be piety. Piety means exercising self-restraint in supporting or opposing someone and in criticizing or praising someone. You should observe piety. If it is observed, then both criticizing, and supporting and praising people is good no matter if it is an individual, an administration, a political orientation or a political event that you criticize or support. There is nothing wrong with this criticism and support.
Of course, if this humble person expresses his viewpoint about an issue, it is possible that it influences the decision of those who have trust in him and who accept this viewpoint. However, this does not mean that individuals should be absolved of responsibilities and opinions. This is not what I mean. Everyone should take a look and carry out their responsibility. As I said, the standard is that piety should be observed. That is to say, if we make a criticism, if we support someone, if we approve of a movement and a policy or if we reject it, this should really be done out of a sense of responsibility and without engaging our personal interests and temptations. This is another point.
One of the friends in the meeting said that students have lost sleep over a certain issue. If concerns make students be so sensitive, this is very good. Of course, we hope that you get enough sleep and go to sleep on time! The expression \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"I have lost sleep over something\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" is a very good expression. If this is really the case, we become very happy. This feeling of worry and anxiety about different issues makes you look at issues with open eyes.
As for what I have written down to discuss, it has two, three parts and I will discuss each part by paying attention to our time. First of all, we should consider students to be among those individuals who manifest the vigilant conscience of a people and a country. Of course, this is the truth of the matter. If students launch a movement in a society and if they make a move and a request, this shows the general orientation of that society. This is the case all over the world.
Students are, in fact, among those groups of people who show the vigilant conscience and orientation of a nation. Therefore, students should pay attention to issues in a very wise way. They should know their conditions and their environment. They should know threats, opportunities, enemies and enmities. Of course, we do not expect students to forget about their lessons and different affairs in order to engage in political work only. This is not what we expect them to do. Rather, we expect them to look at issues with open eyes, with a clear outlook, with a sense of responsibility and with a high motivation. This is our expectation of students.
Some of the issues that we are faced with today are issues related to our surrounding environment and to the region. Regional issues are not separate from the issues of the country. Today, one important and fundamental issue is the issue of Palestine and Gaza. Well, the issue of Gaza and the disasters that have befallen the people of Gaza today and that have a long history should receive our attention from two perspectives: one perspective is that this shows the truth of the Zionist regime. This is the Zionist regime.
In my opinion, this is not the important part of the issue. The Zionist regime is a regime that has set itself the goal of showing blatant violence since the beginning of its illegitimate birth. They do not even deny this violence. They have set themselves the goal of clenching an iron fist. They say this everywhere and they are proud of it. This is their policy.
Since the year 1948 - when this fake regime came into being officially - until today, they have been pursuing this policy. It is 66 years now that they have been pursuing this policy. Of course, it had committed many crimes in Palestine even before it was officially recognized and even before colonialists imposed it on the world and on the region. But during these 66 years, they did whatever they could as a government and as a political system. They committed any violent act that one can think a government can do to a people. And they have no scruples whatsoever. This is the truth of the Zionist regime.
There is no cure for this except the annihilation of this regime. Annihilating the Zionist regime does not at all mean massacring the Jewish people in the region. The logical statement that our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) made - that Israel should be annihilated - is based on a human principle. We presented to the world the practical solution for this and no one could criticize it in a reasonable way. We said that a poll and a referendum should be conducted so that the people who live in, come from and belong to this region determine who should rule over it. We said that the people should resolve this issue.
This is the meaning of annihilating the Zionist regime. This is the solution. This is a solution that is understandable and favored by today\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s standards of logic in the world. This is a practical solution. We even put forward a proposal to the United Nations and a number of international organizations in charge of such affairs. And this proposal was discussed by them.
There is no cure for the problem that this savage and wolfish regime - whose policy is to behave towards people with iron fists, cruelty and savagery and that does not care about and deny killing people and children, attacking different regions and causing destruction - has created except its destruction and annihilation. If, by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, that day comes and if it is annihilated, then so much the better. But what is the cure as long as this fake regime survives? The cure is decisive and militant resistance against this regime.
The Palestinians should display power in the face of the Zionist regime. No one should think that if it had not been for the missiles of Gaza, the Zionist regime would have stopped their incursions. This is not the case. Notice what they are doing in the West Bank. This is while there is no missile, weapon and gun in the West Bank. The only weapon that the people have there is stones. Notice what the Zionist regime is doing there. It is doing whatever it can. It destroys people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s homes, it destroys their gardens, it destroys their lives and it humiliates and belittles them. If it is necessary, it closes water on them and it blacks out electricity.
The Zionists could not tolerate someone like Yasser Arafat who compromised with them. They besieged, humiliated, poisoned and destroyed him. It is not the case that if we do not display power in the face of the Zionists, they will tolerate and show mercy to people and observe their rights. This is not the case at all. The only cure that exists before the Zionist regime is annihilated is that the Palestinians manage to act in a powerful way.
If they act in a powerful way, it is possible that the other side - which is this wolfish and violent regime - will retreat, as they are looking for a truce with all their power. This means that they have become desperate. They kill people and children and they show cruelty in an excessive way. But they are desperate as well. They are in dire straits and this is why they are after a truce.
Therefore, we believe that the West Bank should become armed like Gaza. It is necessary to show power. Those people who are interested in the fate of Palestine should do whatever they can. This is what should be done: the people in the West Bank should become armed as well. The only thing that can alleviate the Palestinians\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' pains is to show power. Otherwise, if we act in a tame, subservient and obedient way, nothing that is to the advantage of the Palestinians will be done and the violence that this violent, malevolent and wolfish creature is showing will not decrease.
Today, the responsibility of people all over the world is political support. There is no doubt about this. As you can see, there are popular movements in Islamic and even non-Islamic countries. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, the world will witness the loud and great voice of the people of Iran on Quds Day. God willing, on Quds Day, the people of Iran will show how motivated they are about Palestine.
Of course, some people wanted to show the opposite of this with the slogan \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"neither Gaza nor Lebanon\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". They are wrong. The people of Iran believe in defending the oppressed: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Be an enemy of the oppressor and helper of the oppressed\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 47]. This is what the people of Iran want and by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, it will be shown. This is one perspective about the issue of Gaza. This is important and great emphasis should be placed on it.
Today, western imperialist powers - that is to say, a few large, rich and powerful western powers which are headed by America and malevolent England behind it - have stood firm in order to defend this usurping, oppressive and cold-hearted regime. This is a very important issue. They are supporting it openly. What are they supporting? They are supporting a creator of disasters and no ordinary and fair-minded person can accept any indifference towards these crimes.
A small area and a piece of land named Gaza is being attacked by airplanes, missiles, armies and tanks. They have used all kinds of munitions on these people. This is really an astonishing event. So many children are being killed, so many houses are being destroyed and people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s lives are being accompanied by so much bitterness, cruelty and torture. This is while these so-called gentlemen are supporting it.
With what reason do they support this regime? They support it with the stupid reason that the President of America gives. He says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Israel has the right to ensure its own security\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Well, do the Palestinians not have the right to ensure their security? Is it acceptable for a government to threaten the lives of a people who have been cruelly besieged by it and who show no reaction? Does anyone accept this? How will history judge this reason?
The officials of these arrogant countries do not understand what they are doing - with these kinds of support - to their dignity and the dignity of their countries and regimes in history. They stand up with complete shamelessness and say that they support Israel. They do not at all point to the events that are happening in the region and to the disasters that this destructive and dangerous element is creating.
This shows that today, the logic of liberal democracy - the logic and the intellectual system on the basis of which western countries are ruled and controlled - does not benefit from the slightest moral value. There is not any moral value and humane feeling in it. In fact, they are disgracing themselves. They are disgracing themselves in the face of the critical look of nations throughout the world, whether those who live in the present time or those who will live in the future.
We should preserve this as an important experience for ourselves and we should know America. This is liberal democracy. This will and should influence our actions, our judgment and our behavior. This is the camp - that is to say, the government of the United States of America and its followers - that has stood up against the Islamic Republic today and that has challenged the Islamic Republic in different events. This is the truth about them. The truth about them is this: not only do they not show any sensitivity about the massacre of human beings and defenseless people but they also defend and support oppressors and perpetrators of appalling and great crimes - such as what is happening in Gaza today.
This should be a standard for us. The people of Iran, our intellectual apparatus, our students and our broad-minded personalities should not forget this. This is America. This is western power and its intellectual basis - which is liberal democracy. Today, it is this intellectual basis that is confronting the Islamic system.
Today, the politicians who are most indifferent to human rights are those who are in charge of managing these countries. They do not at all believe in human beings, human rights and human principles. Their behavior in Gaza and other such events is proving this. They do not at all believe in human rights, human dignity and respect, people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s votes and anything else. The only thing that they believe in is money and bullying. There is no other reason for their behavior. In my opinion, whatever comes out of their mouths about the issue of freedom, human rights and other such things is a travesty of freedom and human rights.
Well, we are not saying this as a piece of advice to America, the President of America and American politicians. It is clear [that they do not listen]. We are saying this for ourselves so that when we want to carry out an analysis, make a judgment and adopt a measure, we understand who we are dealing with and who the people we are faced with are. We are saying this so that we know what exists at the bottom of their thoughts. We should determine our responsibilities.
What is important is that we should have a correct analysis of the west\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s behavior in the present time. Their confrontation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic movement and Awakening is part of their major polices. The major policy of global arrogance is enslaving nations and dominating their fate without paying the least attention to their interests and requests. This is the major policy of arrogance and we should pay attention to it. Anti-American, anti-western and anti-arrogance slogans in our country reflect this truth.
Some people should not immediately jump to the conclusion that a biased or completely unreasonable task is being carried out as soon as they hear an anti-western or anti-American slogan. They should not think like this because this is not the case. This anti-western and anti-American outlook in the Islamic Revolution is based on a correct experience, outlook and calculation.
On that day, I said to the executive officials and decision-makers of the country that the main goal of the enemy is to create disruption in our calculation system. When one\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s calculation system is disrupted, it produces wrong outputs out of correct inputs. That is to say, experiences will no longer be useful to it. When our calculation system does not function properly and correctly and when calculation is not carried out in the right way, experiences will no longer be beneficial.
Notice how westerners and the leaders of the current western civilization have treated our country during the past 80, 90, 100 years. We have a long experience of receiving blows from the west. There are some people in the country - some western-oriented, westernized and westoxicated individuals - who witness these experiences in front of their eyes, but who do not learn a lesson from them. Well, they saw that westerners brought Reza Khan to power and helped him dominate the country. As a result of this, a bizarre Reza Khani dictatorship was established in the country by the English.
They helped a thuggish and unreasonable person who was completely indifferent to the principles of the country. Afterwards during the 1320s, the same powers came and occupied Iran. In fact, they divided it among themselves in one sense. The same powers looted our oil and imposed cruel contracts on this country. The same powers launched the coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état of the 28th of Mordad and overthrew and destroyed a national government which originated from the votes of the people despite all its flaws. The same powers made our national oil movement deviate from its path and consequently, they once more dominated our natural and material sources.
The same powers established Mohammad Reza\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s dictatorship in the country for a long time and they supported it with all their power. During the 30-plus-year rule of Mohammad Reza over the country, our material and spiritual sources of wealth were looted. They created a disastrous situation for our people. They kept them in poverty and ignorance, they promoted public corruption in all bases of the country and they truly destroyed the culture of the country, the people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s religion and everything. This was done with the support of the same western governments.
They created as many obstacles as they could during their confrontation with the Iranian peoples\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Revolution and great movement. They supported and defended Saddam Hussein although they did not approve of him. Because Saddam was against the Islamic Republic, they helped him as much as they could. Westerners, England, America and France provided him with chemical bombs and different kinds of military weapons. Well, these are our experiences. Westoxicated intellectuals do not benefit from these experiences and they do not analyze them correctly because their calculation system has been disrupted.
One of the most important services of the Islamic Revolution was reviving true logic and reason in the country. The fact that you young students analyze regional issues, look at different events with complete precision, identify the enemy, analyze regional events and stand firm shows the reasonable life of a country. It was the Revolution that offered this to us, but today, some people still want to go back to prior conditions. The same westernized orientations - the ones that love the west, that humiliate our people and our achievements and that humiliate national culture and identity to the advantage of western powers - want the same powers to come again and to define and introduce standards for the affairs, culture and orientation of the country.
Those who are working against the Islamic Republic under the flag of the bloody enemies of the people of Iran are people who are after dominating the same ignorance - calculational ignorance - and the same satanic temptation that once existed opposed to the rationality of this country. I advise the dear students to strengthen their studies - both on the issue of religious and political areas - as well their scientific work. You should try to strengthen your power of analysis.
Of course, when I take a look at students\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' statements today, I witness good and outstanding points. This really requires our gratitude. It really requires that we thank God, but you should work on this as much as you can. Today, we did not have the time to discuss different issues of the country. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, we will discuss these issues in the other meetings that we will hold with students or other groups of people.
Students should provide people with analyses on different issues of the country including social, economic and political issues. The people should be able to benefit from students\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' analyses. Students\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' power of analysis should be like this. This depends on studying. Therefore, students should study. It should not be the case that students\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' outlook is a purely emotional one. Your intellectual products should not only be based on tabloid issues. You should deeply study, think about and discuss issues.
Many of the statements that the friends in this meeting discussed are statements that should be resolved in student meetings and in free discussions. I have written this down. The free debates that we brought up and that requires free discussions in academic environments can resolve and clarify many of the issues that the friends discussed in this meeting. Students should be able to find the pros and cons of every issue in their student discussions.
Another point that I want to discuss is that competitive discourse in academic environments is a good thing provided that it is accompanied by tolerating the opposing views. One should not become surprised, angry and intimidated at the existence of opponents. None of these three feelings is acceptable in the face of opponents.
If we become surprised at the existence of opponents, this means that we are overconfident about ourselves. This is the reason why we are surprised when someone is opposed to us, but there is no room for surprise. Well, every individual, every thought, every movement and every orientation has certain opponents. And it is not the case that we think those opponents are necessarily wrong. This is not the case. There are certain weak points and these weak points make some people oppose us. Therefore, the existence of opponents should not make us surprised, as it should not provoke our anger. We should not become angry at their opposition. Opposition is understandable and acceptable.
We should not be intimidated either. Being afraid of the existence of opponents shows that we are not confident about the power and strength of our position. This should not be the case. We have a reason. We should strengthen and build up the bases of our reason and then we should enter the arena of competitive discourse and engage in discussion. The spirit of students should be like this.
Therefore, academic environments should continue working with the same spirit that they thankfully enjoy today. They should tolerate one another, they should speak to one another, they should discuss different issues with one another and they should strengthen the bases. In practical areas, the basis of their work should be piety and in intellectual areas, the basis of their work should be observing Islamic limits, knowing the enemy and knowing the methods that he uses for showing his enmity.
I hope that Allah the Exalted bestows success on all of you and preserves you youth for furthering the goals of the Revolution. I hope that He increases your achievements on a daily basis. I hope that by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, you youth create a good future for your Revolution and for your country.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings.
[ENGLISH e-Book] Al-Ghadir and its Relevance to ISLAMIC UNITY by Shaheed Ayatullah Mutahhari
Message of Thaqalayn
\"Al-Ghadir\" and its Relevance to Islamic Unity
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Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari
Translated by Mojgan Jalali
Vol. 3,...
Message of Thaqalayn
\"Al-Ghadir\" and its Relevance to Islamic Unity
________________________________________
Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari
Translated by Mojgan Jalali
Vol. 3, No. 1 and 2 (1417 AH/1996 CE)
The distinguished book entitled \"al-Ghadir\" has raised a huge wave in the world of Islam. Islamic thinkers shed light on the book in different perspectives; in literature, history, theology, tradition, tafsir, and sociology. From the social perspective we can deal with the Islamic unity. In this review the Islamic unity has been dealt with from a social point of view.
Contemporary Muslim thinkers and reformists are of the view that unity and solidarity of Muslims are the most imperative Islamic exigencies at the present juncture when the enemies have made extensive inroads upon the Islamic community and have tried to resort to different ways and means to spread the old differences and create new ones. We are aware that Islamic unity and fraternity is the focus of attention of the Holy Legislator of Islam and is actually the major objective pursued by this Divine religion as firmed by the Qur\'an, the \"Sunnah\", and the history of Islam.
For this reason, some people have been faced with this question: Wouldn\'t the compilation and publication of a book such as \"al-Ghadir\" which deals with the oldest issue of differences among the Muslims- create a barrier in the way of the sublime and lofty objective of the Islamic unity?
To answer this question, it is necessary first to elucidate the essence of this issue, that is, the Islamic unity, and then proceed to examine the role of the magnum opus entitled \"al-Ghadir\"and its eminent compiler \'Allamah Amini in bringing about Islamic unity.
Islamic Unity
What is meant by the Islamic unity? Does it mean that one Islamic school of thought should be unanimously followed and others be set aside? Or does it mean that the commonalties of all Islamic schools of thought should be taken up and their differences be put away to make up a new denomination which is not completely the same as the previous ones? Or does it mean that Islamic unity is in no way related to the unity of the different schools of Fiqh (jurisprudence) but signifies the unity of the Muslims and the unity of the followers of different schools of Fiqh, with their different religious ideas and views, vis-a-vis the aliens?
To give an illogical and impractical meaning to the issue of the Islamic unity, the opponents of the issue have called it to be the formation of a single Madhhab, so as to defeat it in the very first step. Without doubt, by the term Islamic unity, the intellectual Islamic \'Ulama\' (scholars) do not mean that all denominations should give in to one denomination or that the commonalties should be taken up and the different views and ideas be set aside, as these are neither rational and logical nor favorable and practical. By the Islamic unity these scholars mean that all Muslims should unite in one line against their common enemies.
These scholars slate that Muslims have many things in common, which can serve as the foundations of a firm unity. All Muslims worship the One Almighty and believe in the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet (s). The Qur\'an is the Book of all Muslims and Ka\'abah is their \"qiblah\" (direction of prayer). They go to\"hajj\" pilgrimage with each other and perform the \"hajj\" rites and rituals like one another. They say the daily prayers and fast like each other. They establish families and engage in transactions like one another. They have similar ways of bringing up their children and burying their dead. Apart from minor affairs, they share similarities in all the aforementioned cases. Muslims also share one kind of world view, one common culture, and one grand, glorious, and long-standing civilization.
Unity in the world view, in culture, in the civilization, in insight and disposition, in religious beliefs, in acts of worship and prayers, in social rites and customs can well turn the Muslim into a unified nation to serve as a massive and dominant power before which the big global powers would have to bow down. This is especially true in view of the stress laid by Islam on this principle. According to the explicit wording of the Qur\'an, the Muslims are brothers, and special rights and duties link them together. So, why shouldn\'t the Muslims use all these extensive facilities accorded to them as the blessing of Islam?
This group of \'Ulama\' are of the view that there is no need for the Muslims to make any compromise on the primary or secondary principles of their religion for the sake of Islamic unity. Also it is not necessary for the Muslims to avoid engaging in discussions and reasons and writing books on primary and secondary principles about which they have differences. The only consideration for Islamic unity in this case is that the Muslims- in order to avoid the emergence or accentuation of vengeance - preserve their possession, avoid insulting and accusing each other and uttering fabrications, abandon ridiculing the logic of one another, and finally abstain from hurting one another and going beyond the borders of logic and reasoning. In fact, they should, at least, observe the limits which Islam has set forth for inviting non-Muslims to embrace it:
\"Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good exhortation, and have disputations with them in the best manner... \"(16: 125)
Some people are of the view that those schools of fiqh, such as, Shafi\'i and Hanafi which have no differences in principle should establish brotherhood and stand in one line. They believe that denominations which have differences in the principles can in no way be brothers. This group view the religious principles as an interconnected set as termed by scholars of Usul, as an interrelated and interdependent set; any damage to one principle harms all principles.
As a result, those who believe in this principle are of the view that when, for instance, the principle of \"imamah\" is damaged and victimized, unity and fraternity will bear no meaning and for this reason the Shi\'ah and the Sunnis cannot shake hands as two Muslim brothers and be in the same rank, no matter who their enemy is.
The first group answers this group by saying: \"There is no reason for us to consider the principles as an interrelated set and follow the principle of \"all or none\". Imam \'Ali (\'a) chose a very logical and reasonable approach. He left no stone unturned to retrieve his right. He used everything within his power to restore the principle of \"imamah\", but he never adhered to the motto of \"all or none\". \'Ali (\'a) did not rise up for his right, and that was not compulsory. On the contrary, it was a calculated and chosen approach. He did not fear death. Why didn\'t he rise up? There could have been nothing above martyrdom. Being killed for the cause of the Almighty was his ultimate desire. He was more intimate with martyrdom than a child is with his mother\'s breast. But in his sound calculations, Imam \'All (\'a) had reached the conclusion that under the existing conditions it was to the interest of Islam to foster collaboration and cooperation among the Muslims and give up revolt. He repeatedly stressed this point.
In one of his letters (No.62 \"Nahj al Balaghah\") to Malik al-Ashtar, he wrote the following:
\"First I pulled back my hand until I realized that a group of people converted from Islam and invited the people toward annihilating the religion of Muhammad(s). So I feared that if I did not rush to help Islam and the Muslims, I would see gaps or destruction which calamity would be far worse than the several-day-long demise of caliphate.\"
In the six-man council, after appointment of \'Uthman by \'Abdul-Rahman ibn \'Awf, \'Ali (\'a) set forth his objection as well as his readiness for collaboration as follows:\"
You well know that I am more deserving than others for caliphate. But now by Allah, so long as the affairs of the Muslims are in order and my rivals suffice with setting me aside and only I am alone subjected to oppression, I will not oppose (the move) and will give in (to it).\" (From Sermon 72, \"Nahj al- Balaghah\").
These indicate that in this issue \'Ali (\'a) condemned the principle of \"all or none\". There is no need to further elaborate the approach taken by \'Ali (\'a) toward this issue. There are ample historical proofs and reasons in this regard.
\'Allamah Amini
Now it is time to see to which group the eminent \'Allamah, Ayatullah Amini - the distinguished compiler of the \"al-Ghadir\" - belonged and how he thought. Did he approve of the unity of the Muslims only within the light of Shi\'ism? Or did he consider Islamic fraternity to be broader? Did he believe that Islam which is embraced by uttering the \"shahadatayn\" (the Muslim creed) would willy-nilly create some rights for the Muslims and that the brotherhood and fraternity set forth in the Qur\'an exists among all Muslims?
\'Allamah Amini personally considered this point - i.e. the need to elucidate his viewpoint on this subject and elaborate whether\"al-Ghadir\" has a positive or a negative role in (the establishment of) Islamic unity. In order not to be subject to abuse by his opponent - be they among the pros and cons - he has repeatedly explained and elucidated his views.
\'Allamah Amini supported Islamic unity and viewed an open mind and clear insight. On different occasions, he set forth this matter in various volumes of the \"al-Ghadir\'. Reference will be made to some of them below:
In the preface to volume I, he briefly mentions the role of \"al-Ghadir\" in the world of Islam. He states: \"And we consider all this as service to religion, sublimation of the word of the truth, and restoration of the Islamic \'ummah\' (community).\"
In volume 3 (page 77), after quoting the fabrications of Ibn Taymiyah, Alusi, and Qasimi to the effect that Shi \'ism is hostile to some of the Ahl al-Bayt (the Household of the Prophet) such as Zayd bin \'Ali bin al-Huseyn, he notes the following under the title of \"Criticism and Correction\":
\"These fabrications and accusations sow the seeds of corruption, stir hostilities among the \'ummah\',create discord among the Islamic community, divide the \'ummah\', and clash with the public interests of the Muslims.
Again in volume 3 (page 268), he quotes the accusation leveled on the Shi\'ahs by Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida to the effect that \"Shi\'ahs are pleased with any defeat incurred by Muslims, so much as they celebrated the victory of the Russians over the Muslims.\" Then he says:
\"These falsehoods are fabricated by persons like Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida. The Shi\'ahs of Iran and Iraq against whom this accusation is leveled, as well as the orientalists, tourists, envoys of Islamic countries, and those who traveled and still travel to Iran and Iraq, have no information about this trend. Shi\'ahs, without exception, respect the lives, blood, reputation, and property of the Muslims be they Shi\'ahs or Sunnis. Whenever a calamity has befallen the Islamic community anywhere, in any region, and for any sects, the Shi\'ahs have shared their sorrow. The Shi\'ahs have never been confined to the Shi\'ah world, the (concept of) Islamic brotherhood which has been set forth in the Qur\'an and the \'sunnah\'(the Prophet\'s sayings and actions), and in this respect, no discrimination has been made between the Shi\'ahs and the Sunnis.\"
Also at the close of volume 3, he criticizes several books penned by the ancients such as \"Iqd al-Farid\" by Ibn Abd al-Rabbih, \"al-Intisar\" by Abu al-Husayn Khayyat al-Mu\'tazili,\"al Farq bayn al-Firaq\" by Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, \"al-Fasl\" by Ibn Hazm al-Andulusi, \"al-Milal wa al-Nihal\" by Muhammad ibn Abdul-Karim al-Shahristani \"Minhaj al-Sunnah\" by Ibn Taymiah and \"al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah\"by Ibn Kathir and several by the later writers such as \"Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyyah\" by Shaykh Muhammad Khizri, \"Fajr al Islam\" by Ahmad Amin, \"al-Jawlat fi Rubu al-Sharq al-Adna\" by Muhammad Thabit al-Mesri, \"al-Sira Bayn al-Islam wa al-Wathaniyah\" by Qasimi, and \"al- Washi\'ah\" by Musa Jarallah. Then he states the following:
\"By quoting and criticizing these books, we aim at warning and awakening the Islamic \'ummah\' (to the fact) that these books create the greatest danger for the Islamic community, they destabilize the Islamic unity and scatter the Muslim lines. In fact nothing can disrupt the ranks of the Muslims, destroy their unity, and tear their Islamic fraternity more severely than these books.\"
\'Allamah Amini, in the preface to volume 5, under title of\"Nazariyah Karimah\" on the occasion of a plaque of honor forwarded from Egypt for \"al-Ghadir\", clearly sets forth his view on this issue and leaves no room for any doubt. He remarks:
\"People are free to express views and ideas on religion. These (views and ideas) will never tear apart the bond of Islamic brotherhood to which the holy Qur\'an has referred by stating that \'surely the believers are brethren\'; even though academic discussion and theological and religious debates reach a peak. This has been the style of the predecessors, and of the \'sahaba\' and the\'tabi\'un\', at the head of them.
\"Notwithstanding all the differences that we have in the primary and secondary principles, we, the compilers and writers in nooks and corners of the world of Islam, share a common point and that is belief in the Almighty and His Prophet. A single spirit and one (form of) sentiment exists in all our bodies, and that is the spirit of Islam and the term\'ikhlas,\"
\"We, the Muslim compilers, all live under the banner of truth and carry out our duties under the guidance of the Qur\'an and the Prophetic Mission of the Holy Prophet (s). The message of all of us is \'Surely the (true) religion with Allah is Islam ... (3:18)\' and the slogan of all of us is \'There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger.\' Indeed, we are (the members of) the party of Allah and the supporters of his religion.
In the preface to volume 8, under the title of \"al-Ghadir Yowahhad al-Sufuf fil-Mila al-Islami\", \'Allamah Amini directly makes researches into the role of \"Al- Ghadir\" in (the establishment of) Islamic unity. In this discussion, this great scholar categorically rejects the accusations leveled by those who said: \'Al-Ghadir\' causes greater discord among the Muslims. He proves that, on the contrary, \"Al-Ghadir\"removes many misunderstandings and brings the Muslims closer to one another. Then he brings evidence by mentioning the confessions of the non-Shi\'i Islamic scholars. At the close, he quotes the letter of Shaykh Muhammad Saeed Dahduh written in this connection.
To avoid prolongation of this article, we will not quote and translate the entire statements of \'Allamah Amini in explaining the positive role of \"al-Ghadir\" in (establishing) Islamic unity, since what has already been mentioned sufficiently proves this fact.
The positive role of \"al-Ghadir\" is established by the facts that it firstly clarifies the proven logic of the Shi\'ahs and proves that the inclination of Muslims to Shi\'ism - notwithstanding the poisonous publicity of some people - is not due to political, ethnic, or other trends and considerations. It also verifies that a powerful logic based on the Qur\'an and the \"sunnah\" has given rise to this tendency.
Secondly, it reflects that some accusations leveled on Shi\'ism - which have made other Muslims distanced from the Shi\'ah- are totally baseless and false. Examples of these accusations are the notion that the Shi\'ites prefer the non-Muslims to the non- Shi\'i Muslims, rejoice at the defeat of non-Shi\'ite Muslims at the hands of non-Muslims, and other accusations such as the idea that instead of going to hajj pilgrimage, the Shi\'ahs go on pilgrimage to shrines of the Imams, or have particular rites in prayers and in temporary marriage.
Thirdly, it introduces to the world of Islam the eminent Commander of the faithful \'Ali (\'a) who is the most oppressed and the least praised grand Islamic personality and who could be the leader of all Muslims, as well as his pure offspring.
Other Comments on \"al-Ghadir\"
Many unbiased non-Shia Muslims interpret the \"al-Ghadir\" in the same way that has already been mentioned.
Muhammad Abdul-Ghani Hasan al-Mesri, in his foreword on\"al-Ghadir\", which has been published in the preface to volume I, second edition, states:
\"I call on the Almighty to make your limpid brook (in Arabic, \'Ghadir\' means brook) the cause of peace and cordiality between the Shia and Sunni brothers to cooperate with one another in building the Islamic \"ummah.\"
\'Adil Ghadban, the managing editor of the Egyptian magazine entitled \"al-Kitab\", said the following in the preface to volume 3:
\"This book clarifies the Shi\'ite logic. The Sunnis can correctly learn about the Shi\'i through this book. Correct recognition of the Shi\'ahs brings the views of the Shi\'ahs and the Sunnis closer, and they can make a unified rank\".
In his foreword to the \"al-Ghadir\" which was published in thepreface to volume 4, Dr. Muhammad Ghallab, professor of philosophy at the Faculty of Religious Studies al-Azhar University said:
\"I got hold of your book at a very opportune time, because right now I am busy collecting and compiling a book on the lives of the Muslims from various perspectives. Therefore, I am highly avidfor obtaining sound information about \'Imamiyah\' Shi\'ism. Your book will help me. And I will not make mistakes about the Shi\'ahs as others have\".
In this foreword published in the preface to volume 4 of the\"al-Ghadir\", Dr. \'Abdul-Rahman Kiali Halabi says the following after referring to the decline of the Muslims in the present age and the factors which can lead to the Muslims\' salvation, one of which is the sound recognition of the successor of the Holy Prophet (s):
\"The book entitled \"al-Ghadir\" and its rich content deserves to be known by every Muslim to learn how historians have been negligent and see where the truth lies. Through this means, we should compensate for the past, and by striving to foster the unity of the Muslims, we should try to gain the due rewards\".
These were the views of \'Allamah Amini about the important social issues of our age and such were his sound reflections in the world of Islam.
Peace be upon him.
Text Source: http://www.al-islam.org/mot/default.asp?url=ghadir-relevance.htm
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Message of Thaqalayn
\"Al-Ghadir\" and its Relevance to Islamic Unity
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Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari
Translated by Mojgan Jalali
Vol. 3, No. 1 and 2 (1417 AH/1996 CE)
The distinguished book entitled \"al-Ghadir\" has raised a huge wave in the world of Islam. Islamic thinkers shed light on the book in different perspectives; in literature, history, theology, tradition, tafsir, and sociology. From the social perspective we can deal with the Islamic unity. In this review the Islamic unity has been dealt with from a social point of view.
Contemporary Muslim thinkers and reformists are of the view that unity and solidarity of Muslims are the most imperative Islamic exigencies at the present juncture when the enemies have made extensive inroads upon the Islamic community and have tried to resort to different ways and means to spread the old differences and create new ones. We are aware that Islamic unity and fraternity is the focus of attention of the Holy Legislator of Islam and is actually the major objective pursued by this Divine religion as firmed by the Qur\'an, the \"Sunnah\", and the history of Islam.
For this reason, some people have been faced with this question: Wouldn\'t the compilation and publication of a book such as \"al-Ghadir\" which deals with the oldest issue of differences among the Muslims- create a barrier in the way of the sublime and lofty objective of the Islamic unity?
To answer this question, it is necessary first to elucidate the essence of this issue, that is, the Islamic unity, and then proceed to examine the role of the magnum opus entitled \"al-Ghadir\"and its eminent compiler \'Allamah Amini in bringing about Islamic unity.
Islamic Unity
What is meant by the Islamic unity? Does it mean that one Islamic school of thought should be unanimously followed and others be set aside? Or does it mean that the commonalties of all Islamic schools of thought should be taken up and their differences be put away to make up a new denomination which is not completely the same as the previous ones? Or does it mean that Islamic unity is in no way related to the unity of the different schools of Fiqh (jurisprudence) but signifies the unity of the Muslims and the unity of the followers of different schools of Fiqh, with their different religious ideas and views, vis-a-vis the aliens?
To give an illogical and impractical meaning to the issue of the Islamic unity, the opponents of the issue have called it to be the formation of a single Madhhab, so as to defeat it in the very first step. Without doubt, by the term Islamic unity, the intellectual Islamic \'Ulama\' (scholars) do not mean that all denominations should give in to one denomination or that the commonalties should be taken up and the different views and ideas be set aside, as these are neither rational and logical nor favorable and practical. By the Islamic unity these scholars mean that all Muslims should unite in one line against their common enemies.
These scholars slate that Muslims have many things in common, which can serve as the foundations of a firm unity. All Muslims worship the One Almighty and believe in the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet (s). The Qur\'an is the Book of all Muslims and Ka\'abah is their \"qiblah\" (direction of prayer). They go to\"hajj\" pilgrimage with each other and perform the \"hajj\" rites and rituals like one another. They say the daily prayers and fast like each other. They establish families and engage in transactions like one another. They have similar ways of bringing up their children and burying their dead. Apart from minor affairs, they share similarities in all the aforementioned cases. Muslims also share one kind of world view, one common culture, and one grand, glorious, and long-standing civilization.
Unity in the world view, in culture, in the civilization, in insight and disposition, in religious beliefs, in acts of worship and prayers, in social rites and customs can well turn the Muslim into a unified nation to serve as a massive and dominant power before which the big global powers would have to bow down. This is especially true in view of the stress laid by Islam on this principle. According to the explicit wording of the Qur\'an, the Muslims are brothers, and special rights and duties link them together. So, why shouldn\'t the Muslims use all these extensive facilities accorded to them as the blessing of Islam?
This group of \'Ulama\' are of the view that there is no need for the Muslims to make any compromise on the primary or secondary principles of their religion for the sake of Islamic unity. Also it is not necessary for the Muslims to avoid engaging in discussions and reasons and writing books on primary and secondary principles about which they have differences. The only consideration for Islamic unity in this case is that the Muslims- in order to avoid the emergence or accentuation of vengeance - preserve their possession, avoid insulting and accusing each other and uttering fabrications, abandon ridiculing the logic of one another, and finally abstain from hurting one another and going beyond the borders of logic and reasoning. In fact, they should, at least, observe the limits which Islam has set forth for inviting non-Muslims to embrace it:
\"Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good exhortation, and have disputations with them in the best manner... \"(16: 125)
Some people are of the view that those schools of fiqh, such as, Shafi\'i and Hanafi which have no differences in principle should establish brotherhood and stand in one line. They believe that denominations which have differences in the principles can in no way be brothers. This group view the religious principles as an interconnected set as termed by scholars of Usul, as an interrelated and interdependent set; any damage to one principle harms all principles.
As a result, those who believe in this principle are of the view that when, for instance, the principle of \"imamah\" is damaged and victimized, unity and fraternity will bear no meaning and for this reason the Shi\'ah and the Sunnis cannot shake hands as two Muslim brothers and be in the same rank, no matter who their enemy is.
The first group answers this group by saying: \"There is no reason for us to consider the principles as an interrelated set and follow the principle of \"all or none\". Imam \'Ali (\'a) chose a very logical and reasonable approach. He left no stone unturned to retrieve his right. He used everything within his power to restore the principle of \"imamah\", but he never adhered to the motto of \"all or none\". \'Ali (\'a) did not rise up for his right, and that was not compulsory. On the contrary, it was a calculated and chosen approach. He did not fear death. Why didn\'t he rise up? There could have been nothing above martyrdom. Being killed for the cause of the Almighty was his ultimate desire. He was more intimate with martyrdom than a child is with his mother\'s breast. But in his sound calculations, Imam \'All (\'a) had reached the conclusion that under the existing conditions it was to the interest of Islam to foster collaboration and cooperation among the Muslims and give up revolt. He repeatedly stressed this point.
In one of his letters (No.62 \"Nahj al Balaghah\") to Malik al-Ashtar, he wrote the following:
\"First I pulled back my hand until I realized that a group of people converted from Islam and invited the people toward annihilating the religion of Muhammad(s). So I feared that if I did not rush to help Islam and the Muslims, I would see gaps or destruction which calamity would be far worse than the several-day-long demise of caliphate.\"
In the six-man council, after appointment of \'Uthman by \'Abdul-Rahman ibn \'Awf, \'Ali (\'a) set forth his objection as well as his readiness for collaboration as follows:\"
You well know that I am more deserving than others for caliphate. But now by Allah, so long as the affairs of the Muslims are in order and my rivals suffice with setting me aside and only I am alone subjected to oppression, I will not oppose (the move) and will give in (to it).\" (From Sermon 72, \"Nahj al- Balaghah\").
These indicate that in this issue \'Ali (\'a) condemned the principle of \"all or none\". There is no need to further elaborate the approach taken by \'Ali (\'a) toward this issue. There are ample historical proofs and reasons in this regard.
\'Allamah Amini
Now it is time to see to which group the eminent \'Allamah, Ayatullah Amini - the distinguished compiler of the \"al-Ghadir\" - belonged and how he thought. Did he approve of the unity of the Muslims only within the light of Shi\'ism? Or did he consider Islamic fraternity to be broader? Did he believe that Islam which is embraced by uttering the \"shahadatayn\" (the Muslim creed) would willy-nilly create some rights for the Muslims and that the brotherhood and fraternity set forth in the Qur\'an exists among all Muslims?
\'Allamah Amini personally considered this point - i.e. the need to elucidate his viewpoint on this subject and elaborate whether\"al-Ghadir\" has a positive or a negative role in (the establishment of) Islamic unity. In order not to be subject to abuse by his opponent - be they among the pros and cons - he has repeatedly explained and elucidated his views.
\'Allamah Amini supported Islamic unity and viewed an open mind and clear insight. On different occasions, he set forth this matter in various volumes of the \"al-Ghadir\'. Reference will be made to some of them below:
In the preface to volume I, he briefly mentions the role of \"al-Ghadir\" in the world of Islam. He states: \"And we consider all this as service to religion, sublimation of the word of the truth, and restoration of the Islamic \'ummah\' (community).\"
In volume 3 (page 77), after quoting the fabrications of Ibn Taymiyah, Alusi, and Qasimi to the effect that Shi \'ism is hostile to some of the Ahl al-Bayt (the Household of the Prophet) such as Zayd bin \'Ali bin al-Huseyn, he notes the following under the title of \"Criticism and Correction\":
\"These fabrications and accusations sow the seeds of corruption, stir hostilities among the \'ummah\',create discord among the Islamic community, divide the \'ummah\', and clash with the public interests of the Muslims.
Again in volume 3 (page 268), he quotes the accusation leveled on the Shi\'ahs by Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida to the effect that \"Shi\'ahs are pleased with any defeat incurred by Muslims, so much as they celebrated the victory of the Russians over the Muslims.\" Then he says:
\"These falsehoods are fabricated by persons like Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida. The Shi\'ahs of Iran and Iraq against whom this accusation is leveled, as well as the orientalists, tourists, envoys of Islamic countries, and those who traveled and still travel to Iran and Iraq, have no information about this trend. Shi\'ahs, without exception, respect the lives, blood, reputation, and property of the Muslims be they Shi\'ahs or Sunnis. Whenever a calamity has befallen the Islamic community anywhere, in any region, and for any sects, the Shi\'ahs have shared their sorrow. The Shi\'ahs have never been confined to the Shi\'ah world, the (concept of) Islamic brotherhood which has been set forth in the Qur\'an and the \'sunnah\'(the Prophet\'s sayings and actions), and in this respect, no discrimination has been made between the Shi\'ahs and the Sunnis.\"
Also at the close of volume 3, he criticizes several books penned by the ancients such as \"Iqd al-Farid\" by Ibn Abd al-Rabbih, \"al-Intisar\" by Abu al-Husayn Khayyat al-Mu\'tazili,\"al Farq bayn al-Firaq\" by Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, \"al-Fasl\" by Ibn Hazm al-Andulusi, \"al-Milal wa al-Nihal\" by Muhammad ibn Abdul-Karim al-Shahristani \"Minhaj al-Sunnah\" by Ibn Taymiah and \"al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah\"by Ibn Kathir and several by the later writers such as \"Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyyah\" by Shaykh Muhammad Khizri, \"Fajr al Islam\" by Ahmad Amin, \"al-Jawlat fi Rubu al-Sharq al-Adna\" by Muhammad Thabit al-Mesri, \"al-Sira Bayn al-Islam wa al-Wathaniyah\" by Qasimi, and \"al- Washi\'ah\" by Musa Jarallah. Then he states the following:
\"By quoting and criticizing these books, we aim at warning and awakening the Islamic \'ummah\' (to the fact) that these books create the greatest danger for the Islamic community, they destabilize the Islamic unity and scatter the Muslim lines. In fact nothing can disrupt the ranks of the Muslims, destroy their unity, and tear their Islamic fraternity more severely than these books.\"
\'Allamah Amini, in the preface to volume 5, under title of\"Nazariyah Karimah\" on the occasion of a plaque of honor forwarded from Egypt for \"al-Ghadir\", clearly sets forth his view on this issue and leaves no room for any doubt. He remarks:
\"People are free to express views and ideas on religion. These (views and ideas) will never tear apart the bond of Islamic brotherhood to which the holy Qur\'an has referred by stating that \'surely the believers are brethren\'; even though academic discussion and theological and religious debates reach a peak. This has been the style of the predecessors, and of the \'sahaba\' and the\'tabi\'un\', at the head of them.
\"Notwithstanding all the differences that we have in the primary and secondary principles, we, the compilers and writers in nooks and corners of the world of Islam, share a common point and that is belief in the Almighty and His Prophet. A single spirit and one (form of) sentiment exists in all our bodies, and that is the spirit of Islam and the term\'ikhlas,\"
\"We, the Muslim compilers, all live under the banner of truth and carry out our duties under the guidance of the Qur\'an and the Prophetic Mission of the Holy Prophet (s). The message of all of us is \'Surely the (true) religion with Allah is Islam ... (3:18)\' and the slogan of all of us is \'There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger.\' Indeed, we are (the members of) the party of Allah and the supporters of his religion.
In the preface to volume 8, under the title of \"al-Ghadir Yowahhad al-Sufuf fil-Mila al-Islami\", \'Allamah Amini directly makes researches into the role of \"Al- Ghadir\" in (the establishment of) Islamic unity. In this discussion, this great scholar categorically rejects the accusations leveled by those who said: \'Al-Ghadir\' causes greater discord among the Muslims. He proves that, on the contrary, \"Al-Ghadir\"removes many misunderstandings and brings the Muslims closer to one another. Then he brings evidence by mentioning the confessions of the non-Shi\'i Islamic scholars. At the close, he quotes the letter of Shaykh Muhammad Saeed Dahduh written in this connection.
To avoid prolongation of this article, we will not quote and translate the entire statements of \'Allamah Amini in explaining the positive role of \"al-Ghadir\" in (establishing) Islamic unity, since what has already been mentioned sufficiently proves this fact.
The positive role of \"al-Ghadir\" is established by the facts that it firstly clarifies the proven logic of the Shi\'ahs and proves that the inclination of Muslims to Shi\'ism - notwithstanding the poisonous publicity of some people - is not due to political, ethnic, or other trends and considerations. It also verifies that a powerful logic based on the Qur\'an and the \"sunnah\" has given rise to this tendency.
Secondly, it reflects that some accusations leveled on Shi\'ism - which have made other Muslims distanced from the Shi\'ah- are totally baseless and false. Examples of these accusations are the notion that the Shi\'ites prefer the non-Muslims to the non- Shi\'i Muslims, rejoice at the defeat of non-Shi\'ite Muslims at the hands of non-Muslims, and other accusations such as the idea that instead of going to hajj pilgrimage, the Shi\'ahs go on pilgrimage to shrines of the Imams, or have particular rites in prayers and in temporary marriage.
Thirdly, it introduces to the world of Islam the eminent Commander of the faithful \'Ali (\'a) who is the most oppressed and the least praised grand Islamic personality and who could be the leader of all Muslims, as well as his pure offspring.
Other Comments on \"al-Ghadir\"
Many unbiased non-Shia Muslims interpret the \"al-Ghadir\" in the same way that has already been mentioned.
Muhammad Abdul-Ghani Hasan al-Mesri, in his foreword on\"al-Ghadir\", which has been published in the preface to volume I, second edition, states:
\"I call on the Almighty to make your limpid brook (in Arabic, \'Ghadir\' means brook) the cause of peace and cordiality between the Shia and Sunni brothers to cooperate with one another in building the Islamic \"ummah.\"
\'Adil Ghadban, the managing editor of the Egyptian magazine entitled \"al-Kitab\", said the following in the preface to volume 3:
\"This book clarifies the Shi\'ite logic. The Sunnis can correctly learn about the Shi\'i through this book. Correct recognition of the Shi\'ahs brings the views of the Shi\'ahs and the Sunnis closer, and they can make a unified rank\".
In his foreword to the \"al-Ghadir\" which was published in thepreface to volume 4, Dr. Muhammad Ghallab, professor of philosophy at the Faculty of Religious Studies al-Azhar University said:
\"I got hold of your book at a very opportune time, because right now I am busy collecting and compiling a book on the lives of the Muslims from various perspectives. Therefore, I am highly avidfor obtaining sound information about \'Imamiyah\' Shi\'ism. Your book will help me. And I will not make mistakes about the Shi\'ahs as others have\".
In this foreword published in the preface to volume 4 of the\"al-Ghadir\", Dr. \'Abdul-Rahman Kiali Halabi says the following after referring to the decline of the Muslims in the present age and the factors which can lead to the Muslims\' salvation, one of which is the sound recognition of the successor of the Holy Prophet (s):
\"The book entitled \"al-Ghadir\" and its rich content deserves to be known by every Muslim to learn how historians have been negligent and see where the truth lies. Through this means, we should compensate for the past, and by striving to foster the unity of the Muslims, we should try to gain the due rewards\".
These were the views of \'Allamah Amini about the important social issues of our age and such were his sound reflections in the world of Islam.
Peace be upon him.
Text Source: http://www.al-islam.org/mot/default.asp?url=ghadir-relevance.htm
[Audio] A Brief Account of the Life of Martyr Allameh Motahhari - English
Martyred professor, Allameh Morteza Motahhari, was born on February 2, 1919 in the town of Fariman, 75 kilometers from the holy city of Mashhad. At the age of twelve, he set off for Mashhad...
Martyred professor, Allameh Morteza Motahhari, was born on February 2, 1919 in the town of Fariman, 75 kilometers from the holy city of Mashhad. At the age of twelve, he set off for Mashhad seminary to embark on learning the basics of Islamic sciences. In 1937, despite Reza Khan’s intense confrontation with clergymen and also opposition by some of his friends and relatives, he left for Qom seminary to complete his studies.
During 15 years of his stay in Qom, he benefited from the presence of Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi (in jurisprudence and the principles of jurisprudence), Imam Khomeini (12 years in the philosophy of Molla Sadra, gnosis, ethics and principles of jurisprudence) and Allameh Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaiee (in philosophy). He had also benefited from the presence of the late Ayatollah Haj Mirza Ali Aqa Shirazi in ethics and gnosis. Among other teachers of professor Motahhari mention can be made of the late Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hojjat (in principles of jurisprudence) and the late Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Mohaqqeqdamad (in jurisprudence). While he was in Qom, in addition to education, he participated in socio-political affairs as well and he was in contact with Fadaiyan-e-Eslam group.
In 1952, he migrated to Tehran though he was one of the renowned teachers and among the future hopes of the seminary. In Tehran, he taught at Marvi School and delivered well-researched speeches. In 1955, the first session of the exegesis of the holy Qur’an in the Students\\\' Islamic Association was held by professor Motahhari. In the same year, he began teaching at the faculty of divinity and Islamic teachings of Tehran University. In 1958-59 concurrent with the establishment of the Physicians\\\' Islamic Association, professor Motahhari was one of the main speakers of the Association and during 1961-1971 he was the only speaker of the Association leaving behind a number of important deliberations.
In 1962, with the start of Imam Khomeini’s uprising, professor Motahhari accompanied him to the extent that one can consider the organizing of the June 5th uprising in Tehran and its coordination with Imam Khomeini’s leadership as being indebted to him and his companions. Having given an enlightening speech against the Shah on Wednesday, 5th of June 1963, Ayatollah Motahhari was detained by the police at 1 a.m. and sent to the interim police headquarters and was imprisoned with a number of Tehrani clergymen. 43 days later, following the migration of Ulema from other provinces to Tehran and public pressure, he was freed together with other clergymen.
After the formation of groups called “Mo’talefe Eslami”, which was among the combatant groups of the time, Imam Khomeini called on martyr Motahhari to lead these groups along with a number of clergymen.
Following Imam Khomeini\\\'s exile, professor Motahhari and his companions shouldered a heavier responsibility. At that time, he wrote books covering social requirements and delivering speeches at universities, the Physicians\\\' Islamic Association and mosques. Professor Motahhari made a lot of ideological efforts to Islamicize the content of the movement and strongly fought against diversions and falsehoods. In 1967, he established Hosseinieh Ershad with the help of some friends.
In 1969, after releasing an announcement signed by him, Allameh Tabatabai and Ayatollah Haj Seyyed Abolfazl Mojtahed Zanjani calling for collection of aid for the displaced Palestinians and because of publicizing it during a speech in Hosseinieh Ershad, he was detained and held in solitary confinement for a short while. From 1970-72 he supervised publicity works by Al-jawad mosque where he was the main speaker until the mosque and the Hosseinieh were closed and professor Motahhari was detained for a while. Later, Ayatollah Motahhari gave speeches at Javid, Ark and a number of other mosques. After a while Javid mosque was also closed. Around the year 1974 he was forbidden to speak which lasted till the triumph of the Islamic revolution.
Presenting genuine Islamic ideology through teaching, speech and writing books were among the valuable activities of professor Motahhari reaching its climax particularly during the years 1972-78; since in those years the leftists had increased their propaganda and groups of leftist Muslims and also those with a hotchpotch of ideas had emerged. After Imam Khomeini, professor Motahhari was the first figure who found out the ideological deviation of the heads of the so-called “Mojahedin-e-Khalq” organization and prevented others from cooperating with them and even foresaw their change of ideology. In those years, upon Imam Khomeini’s recommendation, professor Motahhari traveled to Qom twice a week to teach at its seminary where he taught important courses and at the same time he taught some courses at home in Tehran. In 1976, following an ideological dispute with a communist teacher of the faculty of divinity, he became retired prematurely. Furthermore; in those years Ayatollah Motahhari, in collaboration with some clergymen, established “Jameye Rohaniat-e-Mobarez” of Tehran hoping that such an institution would be gradually established in other cities as well.
Although professor Motahhari’s contact with Imam Khomeini continued after the Imam’s exile in France via letters and other means, in the year 1976 he managed to travel to the holy city of Najaf and consulted with Imam Khomeini on the important issues of the revolution and also seminaries. After the martyrdom of Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Khomeini and the start of the new phase of the Islamic revolution, professor Motahhari fully devoted himself to the revolution and hence played a fundamental role in all of its phases.
At the time of Imam Khomeini’s stay in Paris, Ayatollah Motahhari traveled to France where he spoke with the Imam on the important issues of the revolution and it was then that Imam Khomeini urged him to shape the Islamic Revolution Council. Upon Imam Khomeini’s return to Iran, he personally took the responsibility of the welcoming committee and till the victory of the revolution and after that he always acted as a supporter of the leader of the Islamic revolution and served as a kind and trusted advisor for him. But at 22:20 p.m. of Tuesday, 1st of May 1979 he was martyred by a grouplet called “Forqan” after leaving an ideological and political gathering. This caused profound sorrow and grief for Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Ummah who had a lot of hopes for this great man’s future.
There remain tens of works by Ayatollah Motahhari. These works deal with a variety of religious issues and offer responses to many of the important questions of religious society so much so that we can name his works as a reliable source concerning the Islamic ideology system.
Some of Imam Khomeini’s Words on Martyr Allameh Morteza Motahhari
[Motahhari] was rare in Islamology and different Islamic and Qur’anic sciences. I have lost a very dear child. I am mourning for him who was one of the figures who was considered the fruit of my life. Martyrdom of this righteous child and immortal clergyman created a vacuum in the dear Islam that cannot be filled by any means.
Motahhari, who was rare in purifying spirit, the strength of belief and the power of speech, flew to the ethereal world, but the ill-wishers should know that his Islamic, scientific and philosophical personality won’t perish with his departure.
Motahhari was a dear child for me and a firm stronghold for the religious and scientific seminaries and a useful servant for people and country.
I recommend the students and the committed intellectuals not to let this dear professor’s books be forgotten by non-Islamic schemes.
In his short life, [Motahhari] left behind immortal works which stemmed from a wakeful conscience and a spirit filled with the love for religion. He embarked on educating and training the society with an eloquent style and an able thought in analyzing Islamic subjects and explaining philosophical facts with a popular diction and without uncertainty. His oral and written works are unexceptionally instructive and inspiring; and his advice and admonitions, which sprang from a heart filled with faith and belief, are useful both for the Ulema and the laymen.
Late Motahhari was an individual who had different aspects of personality; and few people have done the service to the young generation and others as Motahhari has done. All his works are unexceptionally good and I don’t know anybody else whose works I could call unexceptionally good. His works are unexceptionally good and constructive for humans.
Professor Motahhari from the Viewpoint of Ayatollah Khamenei
Interview with the Supreme Leader on Martyr Motahhari
‘I consider myself Mr. Motahhari’s pupil’
As you know late professor Motahhari was a philosopher; the science sought by him was mostly the philosophical science. Later on; however, he got to the subjects of theology, i.e. he dealt with Islamic issues with new argumentation method of modern philosophy. But he spent most of his time on philosophical matters. He was considered the philosophical student of Imam Khomeini and Allameh Tabatabaiee. Thus what he maintains in theology is Hekmat Mota’aliah, i.e. the Philosophy of Molla Sadra.
His behaviour was like that of the mystics who would set out to find a perfect instructor. Basically his spiritual and moral condition was in such a way. He would search to know for example if a perfect elderly instructor is somewhere in the world, and he would go to him to stay by him. Indeed, spiritually, such a situation was fitting him. Yet he had found such a perfect instructor in Iran. He was absorbed in Imam Khomeini and Allameh Tabatabaiee. He was captivated by their love and regarded their scientific and mystic status very high.
Morally, late Motahhari was a prominent man; and a pure-hearted, enlightened, just, self-possessed and mature person. In his personal bonds with God he was a mystic, a man of God’s remembrance, journey towards God and worship. He used to say: “I have learnt paying attention to and worship of God from my father.”
Professor Motahhari had a lot of historical information especially about the recent history, and particularly on the issues related to the Ulema, seminaries, scientific, spiritual, philosophical and mystic figures. These pieces of information were not registered in any book and are heard from the professors and great figures and kept in mind. Since he knew all professors and Ulema of Najaf, Samarra and Isfahan, he was well-informed about their events and he would talk of them in the gatherings and visits held on different occasions.
Supereme Leader’s Words on Professor Motahhari’s Personality and Works
“As time passes from his martyrdom, his spiritual and ideological works and bounties manifest more fresh dimensions. The ideological and scientific works of that grand clergyman become clearer in the scene of the country press and religious knowledge; and one understands that an intellectual clergyman with responsibilities could have so fruitful life.”
Martyr Motahhari with his strong and decent thought stepped in the fields of Islamic subjects that hitherto nobody had stepped; and considering the ideas that had prevailed or were going to prevail in the country---through translation and import from the west and east, he entered a profound, vast and interminable scientific challenge. He both embarked on a very clever struggle to confront with the Marxists and entered the scene to confront with the western and Liberalist thoughts. This role is very important; it needs both courage and self-confidence, it requires both thinking strength and Ijtihad (being well- qualified in jurisprudence and different theological fields), it both needs certainty and resolute belief. This great man had all these together; he was both a learned man and very faithful, he was firm in his belief and had self-confidence, too; these are all necessary.”
Leader’s Visit with Martyr Motahhari’s Family (1996)
He had three characteristics regarding ideological issues: First, he had a strong thought and he was a true thinker. Secondly, while presenting and spreading the ideological principles, he had no intention but God’s nearness, promotion of the truth and fighting against the false. There was sincerity in him and his personal actions which would naturally make the second characteristic tangible. For example think of some people who are thinkers, yet do not present their thought for God’s sake, but they present it to show that they are knowledgeable, to draw people’s attention and to say that they are philosophers. Martyr Motahhari was not such. He would present thought for God’s sake and for Islam. He would truly burn up [like a candle] and would gush forth [like a fountain] and would present [Islamic ideas]. The reason for his survival is his second characteristic. It means that sincerity will have its impact and the Almighty God will grace any deed done with sincerity. The third characteristic was his working hard and his inexhaustibility.
The truth is that he wouldn’t sit till he might be referred to; but rather he would himself go after activity. He had these three characteristics.”
Leader’s Visit with Martyr Motahhari’s Family (1998)
“We should introduce Mr. Motahhari to the world especially the Islamic world. And if we want to introduce him, which points should be highlighted? I think this is your most important job. Some aspects of a figure’s personality are either unique that must be highlighted or are very outstanding that should be stressed.
In the life of the late Martyr Ayatollah Motahhari, his personality and his scientific identity there are numerous examples of these. One point, that in my opinion has the prime importance, is the new interpretation of the Islamic teachings. This is apart from his philosophical aspect and his strong and compelling arguments in the footnotes of ‘The principles of philosophy’ by ‘Ayatollah Tabatabaiee. This is another point. He elucidated Islamic concepts and teachings with a novel diction and expression which was much needed. I don’t say that if the works of the predecessors were pondered and scrutinized signs of this exegesis would not be found. Really if one had attentively studied the works of the Ulema he would have found some hints and cues; but I want to say that nobody had done this. As far as we know, nobody had done it before Mr. Motahhari. Even the modernist writers, who had emerged in the Arab countries, and we knew some of them, had not done this. These Egyptian authors, who were modernists and would write things with a broader sight and who knew the world somewhat more than Martyr Motahhari, most of them had traveled a lot and had visited different universities. Yet he [Ayatollah Motahhari] was not so, he was confined. I mean he was inside Iran and Tehran but his profound vision of the Islamic issues and his novel understanding of the verses [of Qur’an] and the narrations [of the Ahl-ul-Bayt], in my opinion, was one of his most outstanding aspects. It was he who, for the first time, substantively expressed the subjects related to principles of ideology, piety, patience, love, fairness, justice, and so on in the ideological atmosphere of Iran.
We thank God that Mr. Motahhari’s name was not forgotten in our society and the mental atmosphere of this country; but rather it became more prominent day by day. Many of the world phenomena are naturally perishable and by the lapse of time they become older. Most of the world phenomena are such. Yet there are some phenomena that not only do not fall into oblivion via lapse of time but become brighter, more manifest, more spectacular and more impressive. The phenomena based on reality are usually such. I clearly feel that, thank God, Martyr Ayatollah Motahhari’s thoughts are such.”
Memoirs of Dr. Ali Motahhari (Martyr Motahhari’s Son)
Night Supplication in front of the Word Allah
As it is said he didn’t give up midnight vigilance, midnight prayer, and wakefulness since his youth till the end of his life. It was his practice both at the time of studentship and after that and even at the time of martyrdom. I remember that facing our house there was the house of one of the previous regime’s officials which was usually guarded by two police officers. Apparently since the official had seen that the lamp of our house was lit at midnight, had worried to find the reason and it was important for him from the security point of view. He had told the guards to look for the reason. Professor [Motahhari] had a neon board of Allah which was green when lit. He would turn it on and perform his midnight prayer in its light. After the revolution one of the officers said, we had examined several nights and I had looked through the window to see what was going on inside the house. At the end I myself saw that he came at midnight and started worshipping for an hour. We were somehow absorbed by the professor, and despite much negative propaganda against the clergymen and him in particular to make us pessimist to them, we became very interested in him so much so that some would say we got our salary from the government but it was as if we were guarding him.
A Voice vis-à-vis MHe was very sensitive against ideological deviations and believed that we were seeking Islamic revolution and not mere revolution. It is not important that Shah goes but it is important to see what system is established after his going. Because if after the ouster of the Shah, for example the Mojahedin-e-Khalq take the lead, it is much better not to stage a revolution at all. Thus the deviated groups had found out professor Motahhari’s sensitiveness and had become his enemy. Three or four months before the victory of the Islamic revolution, a person, who had some tendencies to Mojahedin-e-Khalq and the leftists and was intended to be religious, too, was freed from the prison. Professor [Motahhari] said we had better visit him. I was with the professor. There was a man by the name of Ashuri as one of the heads of the Forqan group. He spoke of Islam and Marxism and said: ‘These two religions say one single thing and their content is the same with different forms. They speak of the laborers and we speak of the oppressed. Therefore our word is the same. We should unite to topple the regime of Shah and basically there is no difference between Islam and Marxism, etc.’ Professor was very upset and that man knew that professor Motahhari would answer him. That’s why he rose to leave. The professor said: ‘No, Be seated! Be seated!’ He made him sit and explained him in detail that our path is fundamentally separate from that of the Marxists. In no way can the forms be different with the same content. And we cannot unite with the Marxists in any way.
Immortal among People
Prior to the victory of the Islamic revolution, at the time of Imam Khomeini’s staying in Paris, it was heard everywhere that the regime of Shah wanted to arrest the leaders and prominent figures of the revolution.
Some people told him [Ayatollah Motahhari] it was better to go somewhere else to hide. He said: ‘Such actions are not good for clergymen. It is not good for us to escape from one place to another to hide; such things are not good for us.’ He stayed at home like before and nothing happened.
His Method of Training Children
One of the features of the professor’s training method for his children was that he would never resort to force and coercion and he would let them to realize and choose the right path with their own thought and wisdom. About choosing the field of education and the way of spending leisure time and the like he would never force us to do something necessarily; but he would show us the way. As the holy Qur’an says: ‘…be he grateful or ungrateful.’ And it was we who would choose the way. There was never force over our heads and we would choose one way with interest and free will.
The Professor’s Arrest after anti-Israel Speech
I have another memory from the year 1969 when he delivered the provocative speech on Palestine in Hosseinieh Ershad. This speech has been broadcast many times by IRIB. It was a very provocative, important and interesting speech which shook the regime of Shah; and it required a lot of courage to deliver such a speech when the regime of Shah was in the zenith of power and had the highest level of relations and unity with Israel. When the Israeli planes would refuel in Iran’s airport(s) during the 1967 war and would fly over the heads of the Arabs and Muslims, much bravery was needed to give such a speech and we saw that professor Motahhari gave that speech and was promptly arrested and taken away. When he was freed he said, ‘They made me sit in a car and blindfolded me and the car set out. I told them there is no need to blindfold and I will not look. If you want me not to look I will close my eyes. But they didn’t agree. Yet I realized the route till Ferdowsi square but didn’t realize after that.’ Apparently they had taken him to the committee of the SAVAK which was presumably located in the same Ferdowsi Street.
Allameh Tabatabaiee’s Message on the Occasion of Ayatollah Motahhari’s Martyrdom
In the name of the Almighty God
In memory of a scientific and philosophical personality who cast a world into grief and made the world of science and merit mournful with his departure.
Late Motahhari, who was a scientist, a thinker and a researcher with an overflowing intellect, a bright thought and a realistic mind, has left behind marvelous works and researches written about scientific and argumentative purposes that are seen in his books.
Late Motahhari, through his precious and blissful life that was abundant with scientific effort and philosophical thinking, sends an expressive and valuable message to the enthusiasts of science and philosophy never to repose from effort towards perfection and never forget scientific struggle for perfection; and in the market of realities turn their life--which is the best human commodity-- to the spiritual life— which is the lofty human life and is lasting till the world exists; and not to be absorbed and deceived by fabricated and imaginary personalities in this short life.
Yes, a narrow route opened by a scientist towards realities will bestow eternal life upon him and this is more valuable than the world and what it contains.
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Martyred professor, Allameh Morteza Motahhari, was born on February 2, 1919 in the town of Fariman, 75 kilometers from the holy city of Mashhad. At the age of twelve, he set off for Mashhad seminary to embark on learning the basics of Islamic sciences. In 1937, despite Reza Khan’s intense confrontation with clergymen and also opposition by some of his friends and relatives, he left for Qom seminary to complete his studies.
During 15 years of his stay in Qom, he benefited from the presence of Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi (in jurisprudence and the principles of jurisprudence), Imam Khomeini (12 years in the philosophy of Molla Sadra, gnosis, ethics and principles of jurisprudence) and Allameh Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaiee (in philosophy). He had also benefited from the presence of the late Ayatollah Haj Mirza Ali Aqa Shirazi in ethics and gnosis. Among other teachers of professor Motahhari mention can be made of the late Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hojjat (in principles of jurisprudence) and the late Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Mohaqqeqdamad (in jurisprudence). While he was in Qom, in addition to education, he participated in socio-political affairs as well and he was in contact with Fadaiyan-e-Eslam group.
In 1952, he migrated to Tehran though he was one of the renowned teachers and among the future hopes of the seminary. In Tehran, he taught at Marvi School and delivered well-researched speeches. In 1955, the first session of the exegesis of the holy Qur’an in the Students\\\' Islamic Association was held by professor Motahhari. In the same year, he began teaching at the faculty of divinity and Islamic teachings of Tehran University. In 1958-59 concurrent with the establishment of the Physicians\\\' Islamic Association, professor Motahhari was one of the main speakers of the Association and during 1961-1971 he was the only speaker of the Association leaving behind a number of important deliberations.
In 1962, with the start of Imam Khomeini’s uprising, professor Motahhari accompanied him to the extent that one can consider the organizing of the June 5th uprising in Tehran and its coordination with Imam Khomeini’s leadership as being indebted to him and his companions. Having given an enlightening speech against the Shah on Wednesday, 5th of June 1963, Ayatollah Motahhari was detained by the police at 1 a.m. and sent to the interim police headquarters and was imprisoned with a number of Tehrani clergymen. 43 days later, following the migration of Ulema from other provinces to Tehran and public pressure, he was freed together with other clergymen.
After the formation of groups called “Mo’talefe Eslami”, which was among the combatant groups of the time, Imam Khomeini called on martyr Motahhari to lead these groups along with a number of clergymen.
Following Imam Khomeini\\\'s exile, professor Motahhari and his companions shouldered a heavier responsibility. At that time, he wrote books covering social requirements and delivering speeches at universities, the Physicians\\\' Islamic Association and mosques. Professor Motahhari made a lot of ideological efforts to Islamicize the content of the movement and strongly fought against diversions and falsehoods. In 1967, he established Hosseinieh Ershad with the help of some friends.
In 1969, after releasing an announcement signed by him, Allameh Tabatabai and Ayatollah Haj Seyyed Abolfazl Mojtahed Zanjani calling for collection of aid for the displaced Palestinians and because of publicizing it during a speech in Hosseinieh Ershad, he was detained and held in solitary confinement for a short while. From 1970-72 he supervised publicity works by Al-jawad mosque where he was the main speaker until the mosque and the Hosseinieh were closed and professor Motahhari was detained for a while. Later, Ayatollah Motahhari gave speeches at Javid, Ark and a number of other mosques. After a while Javid mosque was also closed. Around the year 1974 he was forbidden to speak which lasted till the triumph of the Islamic revolution.
Presenting genuine Islamic ideology through teaching, speech and writing books were among the valuable activities of professor Motahhari reaching its climax particularly during the years 1972-78; since in those years the leftists had increased their propaganda and groups of leftist Muslims and also those with a hotchpotch of ideas had emerged. After Imam Khomeini, professor Motahhari was the first figure who found out the ideological deviation of the heads of the so-called “Mojahedin-e-Khalq” organization and prevented others from cooperating with them and even foresaw their change of ideology. In those years, upon Imam Khomeini’s recommendation, professor Motahhari traveled to Qom twice a week to teach at its seminary where he taught important courses and at the same time he taught some courses at home in Tehran. In 1976, following an ideological dispute with a communist teacher of the faculty of divinity, he became retired prematurely. Furthermore; in those years Ayatollah Motahhari, in collaboration with some clergymen, established “Jameye Rohaniat-e-Mobarez” of Tehran hoping that such an institution would be gradually established in other cities as well.
Although professor Motahhari’s contact with Imam Khomeini continued after the Imam’s exile in France via letters and other means, in the year 1976 he managed to travel to the holy city of Najaf and consulted with Imam Khomeini on the important issues of the revolution and also seminaries. After the martyrdom of Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Khomeini and the start of the new phase of the Islamic revolution, professor Motahhari fully devoted himself to the revolution and hence played a fundamental role in all of its phases.
At the time of Imam Khomeini’s stay in Paris, Ayatollah Motahhari traveled to France where he spoke with the Imam on the important issues of the revolution and it was then that Imam Khomeini urged him to shape the Islamic Revolution Council. Upon Imam Khomeini’s return to Iran, he personally took the responsibility of the welcoming committee and till the victory of the revolution and after that he always acted as a supporter of the leader of the Islamic revolution and served as a kind and trusted advisor for him. But at 22:20 p.m. of Tuesday, 1st of May 1979 he was martyred by a grouplet called “Forqan” after leaving an ideological and political gathering. This caused profound sorrow and grief for Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Ummah who had a lot of hopes for this great man’s future.
There remain tens of works by Ayatollah Motahhari. These works deal with a variety of religious issues and offer responses to many of the important questions of religious society so much so that we can name his works as a reliable source concerning the Islamic ideology system.
Some of Imam Khomeini’s Words on Martyr Allameh Morteza Motahhari
[Motahhari] was rare in Islamology and different Islamic and Qur’anic sciences. I have lost a very dear child. I am mourning for him who was one of the figures who was considered the fruit of my life. Martyrdom of this righteous child and immortal clergyman created a vacuum in the dear Islam that cannot be filled by any means.
Motahhari, who was rare in purifying spirit, the strength of belief and the power of speech, flew to the ethereal world, but the ill-wishers should know that his Islamic, scientific and philosophical personality won’t perish with his departure.
Motahhari was a dear child for me and a firm stronghold for the religious and scientific seminaries and a useful servant for people and country.
I recommend the students and the committed intellectuals not to let this dear professor’s books be forgotten by non-Islamic schemes.
In his short life, [Motahhari] left behind immortal works which stemmed from a wakeful conscience and a spirit filled with the love for religion. He embarked on educating and training the society with an eloquent style and an able thought in analyzing Islamic subjects and explaining philosophical facts with a popular diction and without uncertainty. His oral and written works are unexceptionally instructive and inspiring; and his advice and admonitions, which sprang from a heart filled with faith and belief, are useful both for the Ulema and the laymen.
Late Motahhari was an individual who had different aspects of personality; and few people have done the service to the young generation and others as Motahhari has done. All his works are unexceptionally good and I don’t know anybody else whose works I could call unexceptionally good. His works are unexceptionally good and constructive for humans.
Professor Motahhari from the Viewpoint of Ayatollah Khamenei
Interview with the Supreme Leader on Martyr Motahhari
‘I consider myself Mr. Motahhari’s pupil’
As you know late professor Motahhari was a philosopher; the science sought by him was mostly the philosophical science. Later on; however, he got to the subjects of theology, i.e. he dealt with Islamic issues with new argumentation method of modern philosophy. But he spent most of his time on philosophical matters. He was considered the philosophical student of Imam Khomeini and Allameh Tabatabaiee. Thus what he maintains in theology is Hekmat Mota’aliah, i.e. the Philosophy of Molla Sadra.
His behaviour was like that of the mystics who would set out to find a perfect instructor. Basically his spiritual and moral condition was in such a way. He would search to know for example if a perfect elderly instructor is somewhere in the world, and he would go to him to stay by him. Indeed, spiritually, such a situation was fitting him. Yet he had found such a perfect instructor in Iran. He was absorbed in Imam Khomeini and Allameh Tabatabaiee. He was captivated by their love and regarded their scientific and mystic status very high.
Morally, late Motahhari was a prominent man; and a pure-hearted, enlightened, just, self-possessed and mature person. In his personal bonds with God he was a mystic, a man of God’s remembrance, journey towards God and worship. He used to say: “I have learnt paying attention to and worship of God from my father.”
Professor Motahhari had a lot of historical information especially about the recent history, and particularly on the issues related to the Ulema, seminaries, scientific, spiritual, philosophical and mystic figures. These pieces of information were not registered in any book and are heard from the professors and great figures and kept in mind. Since he knew all professors and Ulema of Najaf, Samarra and Isfahan, he was well-informed about their events and he would talk of them in the gatherings and visits held on different occasions.
Supereme Leader’s Words on Professor Motahhari’s Personality and Works
“As time passes from his martyrdom, his spiritual and ideological works and bounties manifest more fresh dimensions. The ideological and scientific works of that grand clergyman become clearer in the scene of the country press and religious knowledge; and one understands that an intellectual clergyman with responsibilities could have so fruitful life.”
Martyr Motahhari with his strong and decent thought stepped in the fields of Islamic subjects that hitherto nobody had stepped; and considering the ideas that had prevailed or were going to prevail in the country---through translation and import from the west and east, he entered a profound, vast and interminable scientific challenge. He both embarked on a very clever struggle to confront with the Marxists and entered the scene to confront with the western and Liberalist thoughts. This role is very important; it needs both courage and self-confidence, it requires both thinking strength and Ijtihad (being well- qualified in jurisprudence and different theological fields), it both needs certainty and resolute belief. This great man had all these together; he was both a learned man and very faithful, he was firm in his belief and had self-confidence, too; these are all necessary.”
Leader’s Visit with Martyr Motahhari’s Family (1996)
He had three characteristics regarding ideological issues: First, he had a strong thought and he was a true thinker. Secondly, while presenting and spreading the ideological principles, he had no intention but God’s nearness, promotion of the truth and fighting against the false. There was sincerity in him and his personal actions which would naturally make the second characteristic tangible. For example think of some people who are thinkers, yet do not present their thought for God’s sake, but they present it to show that they are knowledgeable, to draw people’s attention and to say that they are philosophers. Martyr Motahhari was not such. He would present thought for God’s sake and for Islam. He would truly burn up [like a candle] and would gush forth [like a fountain] and would present [Islamic ideas]. The reason for his survival is his second characteristic. It means that sincerity will have its impact and the Almighty God will grace any deed done with sincerity. The third characteristic was his working hard and his inexhaustibility.
The truth is that he wouldn’t sit till he might be referred to; but rather he would himself go after activity. He had these three characteristics.”
Leader’s Visit with Martyr Motahhari’s Family (1998)
“We should introduce Mr. Motahhari to the world especially the Islamic world. And if we want to introduce him, which points should be highlighted? I think this is your most important job. Some aspects of a figure’s personality are either unique that must be highlighted or are very outstanding that should be stressed.
In the life of the late Martyr Ayatollah Motahhari, his personality and his scientific identity there are numerous examples of these. One point, that in my opinion has the prime importance, is the new interpretation of the Islamic teachings. This is apart from his philosophical aspect and his strong and compelling arguments in the footnotes of ‘The principles of philosophy’ by ‘Ayatollah Tabatabaiee. This is another point. He elucidated Islamic concepts and teachings with a novel diction and expression which was much needed. I don’t say that if the works of the predecessors were pondered and scrutinized signs of this exegesis would not be found. Really if one had attentively studied the works of the Ulema he would have found some hints and cues; but I want to say that nobody had done this. As far as we know, nobody had done it before Mr. Motahhari. Even the modernist writers, who had emerged in the Arab countries, and we knew some of them, had not done this. These Egyptian authors, who were modernists and would write things with a broader sight and who knew the world somewhat more than Martyr Motahhari, most of them had traveled a lot and had visited different universities. Yet he [Ayatollah Motahhari] was not so, he was confined. I mean he was inside Iran and Tehran but his profound vision of the Islamic issues and his novel understanding of the verses [of Qur’an] and the narrations [of the Ahl-ul-Bayt], in my opinion, was one of his most outstanding aspects. It was he who, for the first time, substantively expressed the subjects related to principles of ideology, piety, patience, love, fairness, justice, and so on in the ideological atmosphere of Iran.
We thank God that Mr. Motahhari’s name was not forgotten in our society and the mental atmosphere of this country; but rather it became more prominent day by day. Many of the world phenomena are naturally perishable and by the lapse of time they become older. Most of the world phenomena are such. Yet there are some phenomena that not only do not fall into oblivion via lapse of time but become brighter, more manifest, more spectacular and more impressive. The phenomena based on reality are usually such. I clearly feel that, thank God, Martyr Ayatollah Motahhari’s thoughts are such.”
Memoirs of Dr. Ali Motahhari (Martyr Motahhari’s Son)
Night Supplication in front of the Word Allah
As it is said he didn’t give up midnight vigilance, midnight prayer, and wakefulness since his youth till the end of his life. It was his practice both at the time of studentship and after that and even at the time of martyrdom. I remember that facing our house there was the house of one of the previous regime’s officials which was usually guarded by two police officers. Apparently since the official had seen that the lamp of our house was lit at midnight, had worried to find the reason and it was important for him from the security point of view. He had told the guards to look for the reason. Professor [Motahhari] had a neon board of Allah which was green when lit. He would turn it on and perform his midnight prayer in its light. After the revolution one of the officers said, we had examined several nights and I had looked through the window to see what was going on inside the house. At the end I myself saw that he came at midnight and started worshipping for an hour. We were somehow absorbed by the professor, and despite much negative propaganda against the clergymen and him in particular to make us pessimist to them, we became very interested in him so much so that some would say we got our salary from the government but it was as if we were guarding him.
A Voice vis-à-vis MHe was very sensitive against ideological deviations and believed that we were seeking Islamic revolution and not mere revolution. It is not important that Shah goes but it is important to see what system is established after his going. Because if after the ouster of the Shah, for example the Mojahedin-e-Khalq take the lead, it is much better not to stage a revolution at all. Thus the deviated groups had found out professor Motahhari’s sensitiveness and had become his enemy. Three or four months before the victory of the Islamic revolution, a person, who had some tendencies to Mojahedin-e-Khalq and the leftists and was intended to be religious, too, was freed from the prison. Professor [Motahhari] said we had better visit him. I was with the professor. There was a man by the name of Ashuri as one of the heads of the Forqan group. He spoke of Islam and Marxism and said: ‘These two religions say one single thing and their content is the same with different forms. They speak of the laborers and we speak of the oppressed. Therefore our word is the same. We should unite to topple the regime of Shah and basically there is no difference between Islam and Marxism, etc.’ Professor was very upset and that man knew that professor Motahhari would answer him. That’s why he rose to leave. The professor said: ‘No, Be seated! Be seated!’ He made him sit and explained him in detail that our path is fundamentally separate from that of the Marxists. In no way can the forms be different with the same content. And we cannot unite with the Marxists in any way.
Immortal among People
Prior to the victory of the Islamic revolution, at the time of Imam Khomeini’s staying in Paris, it was heard everywhere that the regime of Shah wanted to arrest the leaders and prominent figures of the revolution.
Some people told him [Ayatollah Motahhari] it was better to go somewhere else to hide. He said: ‘Such actions are not good for clergymen. It is not good for us to escape from one place to another to hide; such things are not good for us.’ He stayed at home like before and nothing happened.
His Method of Training Children
One of the features of the professor’s training method for his children was that he would never resort to force and coercion and he would let them to realize and choose the right path with their own thought and wisdom. About choosing the field of education and the way of spending leisure time and the like he would never force us to do something necessarily; but he would show us the way. As the holy Qur’an says: ‘…be he grateful or ungrateful.’ And it was we who would choose the way. There was never force over our heads and we would choose one way with interest and free will.
The Professor’s Arrest after anti-Israel Speech
I have another memory from the year 1969 when he delivered the provocative speech on Palestine in Hosseinieh Ershad. This speech has been broadcast many times by IRIB. It was a very provocative, important and interesting speech which shook the regime of Shah; and it required a lot of courage to deliver such a speech when the regime of Shah was in the zenith of power and had the highest level of relations and unity with Israel. When the Israeli planes would refuel in Iran’s airport(s) during the 1967 war and would fly over the heads of the Arabs and Muslims, much bravery was needed to give such a speech and we saw that professor Motahhari gave that speech and was promptly arrested and taken away. When he was freed he said, ‘They made me sit in a car and blindfolded me and the car set out. I told them there is no need to blindfold and I will not look. If you want me not to look I will close my eyes. But they didn’t agree. Yet I realized the route till Ferdowsi square but didn’t realize after that.’ Apparently they had taken him to the committee of the SAVAK which was presumably located in the same Ferdowsi Street.
Allameh Tabatabaiee’s Message on the Occasion of Ayatollah Motahhari’s Martyrdom
In the name of the Almighty God
In memory of a scientific and philosophical personality who cast a world into grief and made the world of science and merit mournful with his departure.
Late Motahhari, who was a scientist, a thinker and a researcher with an overflowing intellect, a bright thought and a realistic mind, has left behind marvelous works and researches written about scientific and argumentative purposes that are seen in his books.
Late Motahhari, through his precious and blissful life that was abundant with scientific effort and philosophical thinking, sends an expressive and valuable message to the enthusiasts of science and philosophy never to repose from effort towards perfection and never forget scientific struggle for perfection; and in the market of realities turn their life--which is the best human commodity-- to the spiritual life— which is the lofty human life and is lasting till the world exists; and not to be absorbed and deceived by fabricated and imaginary personalities in this short life.
Yes, a narrow route opened by a scientist towards realities will bestow eternal life upon him and this is more valuable than the world and what it contains.
[ARABIC][17Sep11] ولی أمر المسلمین فی للصحوة الإسلامیة Islamic Awakening Conference 2011
Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011....
Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011.
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بسمالله الرحمن الرحیم
السلام علیکم و رحمة الله و برکاته
الحمدلله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد و آله الطیبین و صحبه المنتجبین
قال الله العزیز الحكیم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلا
(O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (1). And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (2) And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.(3) Surat Al-Ahzab)
I welcome our honored audience and dear guests. What has brought us here together is the Islamic awakening, which comes from the stronger inspiration and greater understanding among Muslim ummah. This awakening has led to a major development among nations of our region and has brought about uprisings and revolutions that could never have been contemplated in the calculations of the dominant regional and international satanic powers. These are momentous uprising that have razed to the ground the autocratic and imperialist strongholds and vanquished the tyrants guarding them.
There is no doubt that colossal social upheavals have always relied on solid foundation of history and civilization and are products of accumulation of wisdom and experiences. Over the past 150 years, the presence of great intellectual and jihadi personalities that have been opinion leaders and behind Islamic movements in Egypt, Iraq, India and other countries in Asia and Africa has served as precursors and pioneers for the present situation in the Islamic world.
The developments in the 1950’s and 60’s led to coming to power of regimes that were mostly inclined to materialistic ideologies and thoughts, and because of their inherent character fell into the trap of Western imperialist and colonialist powers. These are experiences that are lessons to learn from, and have contributed substantially to evolution of general and profound understanding in the Islamic world.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran that was hailed by Imam Khomeini as “victory of blood over sword”, and establishment of the lasting, robust, courageous and progressive Islamic republic, and its impact on present Islamic awakening is itself a long story that deserves to be debated and researched. There is no doubt that Islamic Revolution of Iran will be accorded a thorough and comprehensive chapter in the analysis and writings of history of the present situation of the Islamic world.
For that reason, the present and mounting facts and truths in the Islamic world are not simply events that are severed from the past historical roots, social and intellectual backgrounds to allow our adversaries and the shallow-minded to present them as a passing wave and short-lived phenomenon in order to snuff out hope in the hearts of nations by their warped and biased analyses.
In this brotherly dialogue with you I want to place greater emphasis on three areas:
1. Taking a glance at the identity of these uprisings and revolutions
2. Major threats and harms lying on their way.
3. Recommendations to find solutions and prevent these threats and harms.
Regarding the first point, I believe the most important element in these revolutions is the actual and mass presence of people in the arena of action, struggle and jihad. They were present, not only with their heart, desire and faith, but also with their body and souls. There is a big difference between this presence and the presence of a military group or even armed combatants in front of uncaring people or even concerned people.
In the events of 1950’s and 60’s in some countries of Africa and Asia, the heavy load of the revolution was not on the shoulder of diverse segments of population and the youth from all parts of the country, but rather on the shoulder of coup d\'etat or small and limited armed groups. They decided and acted, and they themselves or the succeeding generation changed their ways as a result of certain motivations. The revolution became its own enemy and the enemy managed again to prevail over their countries.
This is totally different than the change that comes from the people. It is the people that bring their body and soul to the arena of action, and by their jihad and devotion push back and defeat the enemy. It is the people that make the slogans and set the goals, identify and introduce and pursue the enemy. They draw their desired future, although not comprehensively, and as a result do not allow departure from the path of the revolution or conceding to the enemy, or change of course by compromising and the tainted few with special interests, and above all thwart the schemes of enemy’s agents.
In such a grass-root movement, the revolution may be slowed, but can stay away from short-sightedness and being on shaky ground. Quran says “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (24\" Ibrahim )
When I saw the brave body of the proud people of Egypt on television in Tahrir Square, I became convinced that their revolution will triumph.
Let me confess something to you. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran which caused an earthquake among the worldly materialistic rulers in East and West and brought unprecedented uproar and joy to Muslim nations, we expected that Egypt would be next in line to rise. The reason was the history of jihad, progressive thinking and presence of great mojahids and intellectuals in Egypt. I was reciting in my heart this poem by Abu Faras:
أراك عصيّ الدمع شیمتك الصبر ما للهوی نهی علیك و لا أمر ؟
When I saw the people of Egypt in Tahrir Square and squares in other cities, I knew I have received my response. The people of Egypt told me with words coming from their heart:
بلی أنا مشتاق و عندي لوعة ولكن مثلي لایذاع له سرُّ
…This sacred secret was nothing but the motivation and resolve to rise, and gradually people of Egypt cemented this thought in their mind and at a historical juncture they manifested their resolve and entered the arena in a magnificent show of their power.
Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are no exception to this general rule.
In these revolutions principles, values and goals are not written in prefabricated manifestos of groups and parties, but written in the minds, hearts and desires of each and every person present on the scene and are declared in the context of their slogans and behaviors.
With these signals one can clearly tell that the principles of current revolutions in the region, in Egypt and other countries, are first and foremost the following:
- Revival and renewal of national dignity and respect that have been broken and trampled during long years of dictatorial and corrupt rule and the political domination of America and the West.
- Keeping up the banner of Islam which is the profound faith and longstanding attachment of people and being able to enjoy peace of mind, justice, progress and prosperity that could only be achieved under Islamic Sharia.
- Resistance against the influence and domination of the United States and Europe that have wreaked the greatest damage and humiliation on the peoples of these countries over the past two hundred years.
- Countering the usurper and fictitious Zionist regime that the imperialist powers have planted like a dagger in the heart of this region to serve as a tool to continue their diabolical domination after expelling a whole nation from their historical homeland.
There is no doubt that the revolutions in the region that rely on and demand these principles are not to the liking of America, Europe and the Zionists, and they are going to use all means to deny them, but the truth will not change with their denial.
The widespread participation of people in these revolutions is the most important element that constitutes their identity. Foreign powers that tried everything in their power and used all their schemes to keep in power the tyrannical, corrupt and subservient rulers in these countries and only abandoned them when the people left no choice for them have no right to claim a share in the victory of these revolutions. Even in Libya intervention by America and NATO cannot distort the truth. In Libya, NATO has caused irreparable damage. Had it not been for the military intervention of NATO and America, victory of people might have been delayed, but all these infrastructures would not have been damaged, and innocent women and children killed and then enemies that were accomplices of Qaddafi would not have been able to intervene in this innocent war-torn nation.
People and the elite that are of the people and others who are from the people are the true owners of these revolutions that should be trusted to protect them and draw the path to the future.
2- Regarding the threats and harm, I should first emphasize that although there are threats, but there are also ways to stay safe. Mere presence of threats should not scare nations.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
( Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak)
Allah says about a group of mojahids of early Islam:
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
( Those to whom hypocrites said, \"Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them.\" But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, \"Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs.\" So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. )
We need to know what these threats are, in order not to be surprised and to be able to find solutions.
We faced these perils and threats after the victory of Islamic Revolution and experienced them. With the grace of Allah and the leadership of Imam Khomeini and sacrifices of our people we managed to sail through them safely. The plots by enemies still continue but so does the firm resolve of our people.
I divide the harm to these movements into two groups: those that have their roots within ourselves and come from our own weaknesses, and those that have been directly planned by the enemy.
The first group of harms is of the following type:
The sense and thought that after the downfall of the corrupt dictator the job is over. The peace of mind and comfort that comes after the victory and afterward the lessening of motivation and weakening of determination are among the first perils, and the most damaging threat is when individuals ask for their share of the spoils of victory.
The story of the Battle of Uhud and the defenders seeking the spoils of victory caused the defeat of Muslims, and the mojahids were reprimanded by God. This is a good example that should never be forgotten. Being shocked and awed by the appearances of the arrogant powers and the feeling of fear from America and other interventionist powers are of these kinds of harm that should be avoided.
The brave and young should throw out these fears from their heart. Trusting the enemy and falling into trap of their smiles and promises is another threat that needs to be avoided by the forerunners and leaders. The enemy must be identified no matter what cover it uses. The nation and the revolution should be protected against the designs of the enemy that at times hide behind the appearances of friendship and supportive gestures. Another side to this page is becoming overconfident and overlooking the enemy. Bravery must be combined with wisdom and good judgment. We must use all treasures of God within ourselves against Satan, al-Jinn wal–Ens. Causing division and pitting revolutionaries against one another and penetration behind the battlefront of struggle is another great harm that needs to be avoided with all your power.
The second group of harm has been experienced by almost all countries of the region during different events. The first harm is the coming to power of those who are committed to America and the West. The West tries after the downfall of its pawns to protect the basic pillars of the system and levers of power, and change the direction by using the same foundation, but with a different head, in order to perpetuate its domination. This means wasting of all your efforts and sacrifices. At this stage, if they face resistance of the people, they try to introduce and offer to the movement and people other alternatives that are designed to divert the course of the movement. This scenario could be recommending government models and constitutions that will again throw the Islamic countries into the trap of cultural, political and economic dependence on the West. This could lead to their influence among the revolutionaries greater financial and media strength of an unreliable current and marginalization of the genuine currents in the revolution. This also means return of the domination of the West and the stronger grip of then outdated Western models that are far from basic principles of the revolution.
If this tactic does not produce the desired result, experience tells us that they will go for anarchy, terrorism, civil war among followers of religions or ethnic communities and tribes, political parties, or even among neighboring nations and governments. Parallel to these actions, they will impose economic siege and sanctions, freeze national assets and launch all-out media war and propaganda. Their intention is to tire out and frustrate people and make the revolutionaries disappointed. Under these circumstances it becomes easy to defeat the revolution. Assassination of the righteous elite of the society and opinion leaders, defamation and vilification of others and even enticing some with money are among usual ploys used by the Western powers and the claimants of civilization morality.
In Iran, the evidence and documents from the U.S. Den of Espionage that fell into the hands of the revolution showed that all these plots were designed by the regime in the United States for the people of Iran for them bringing back the reactionary and dependant rulers in revolutionary countries is a principle that prescribes all these dirty tricks.
In the last part of my remarks, I present recommendations for your consideration and selection that are based on our tangible experiences in Iran and what has been gathered from the precise studies of other countries. Undoubtedly, conditions differ among nations and countries. Nonetheless, there are truths that can prove beneficial for all people.
The first point is that by placing one’s trust in God and believing in the repeated promises of divine victories in the Quran and through astuteness, resolve, and braveness, it is possible to surmount all obstacles and emerge victorious. Of course, the task that you all have taken up is quite grave and momentous. Thus, one must bear great hardship for its sake. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (`a) says:
“فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْصِمْ جَبَّارِي دَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمْهِيلٍ وَ رَخَاءٍ وَ لَمْ يَجْبُرْ عَظْمَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَزْلٍ وَ بَلَاءٍ وَ فِي دُونِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ عَتْبٍ وَ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَطْبٍ مُعْتَبَر..”
The important recommendation is that you must always consider yourself as being present on the scene: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ( So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].)Therefore, when thou art free, still labor hard), always consider God as present and as your aid: وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ (And to thy Lord turn all thy attention), and must not allow your victories to cause you to become arrogant or negligent:
اِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ وَ رَاَيْتَ النّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ في دينِ اللهِ اَفْواجاً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْهُ اِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّاباً
(When comes the help of Allah, and victory. And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord). These are the true foundations of a faithful nation.
Another recommendation is the constant rereading of the principles of revolution. The slogans and principles must be refined and brought in line with the foundations and undisputed principles of Islam. Independence, freedom, justice, refusal to bow to despotism and colonialism, rejection of ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination, and the outright rejection of Zionism, which, today, comprise the pivots of the movements in Islamic countries, are all inspired by Islam and the Quran.
Write down your principles on paper. Preserve your genuine nature with a high degree of sensitivity. Do not allow your enemies to formulate the principles of your future system. Do not allow Islamic principles to be sacrificed for transient interests. Deviation in revolutions starts with deviation in slogans and objectives. Never place your trust in the U.S., NATO, or criminal regimes such as Britain, France, or, Italy, which for long plundered and divided your land among themselves. Look upon them with suspicion and do not believe their smiles. Behind these smiles and promises lies conspiracy and betrayal. Find you own way by resorting to the blessed fountainhead of Islam and give back foreigners’ prescriptions to themselves.
Another important recommendation is to avoid religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, and border disputes. Recognize differences as legitimate and manage them. Reconciliation among Islamic religions is the key to salvation. Those who fan the flames of religious division through apostatizing others are the mercenaries and servants of Satan, even if done inadvertently.
Creating your own system of governance is your main and seminal task. This is a complex and difficult undertaking. Do not allow secular or western liberal or extremist nationalist or leftist Marxist models to be imposed on you.
The leftist Eastern Bloc collapsed and the Western Bloc is propped up through violence, war, and deceit, and does not appear to have a bright outlook.
The passage of time will be to their loss and to the benefit of the Islamic current.
The ultimate goal must be a unified Islamic Ummah and the creation of a new Islamic civilization founded upon faith, rationality, knowledge, and morality.
The liberation of Palestine from the savage claws of the Zionists is also a great objective. The countries of the Balkans, Caucasus, and western Asia were liberated from the claws of the former Soviet Union after eighty years. Why should the Palestinian people not be able to free themselves from the captivity of the oppressor Zionists after seventy years?
The present generation in Islamic countries has the capacity to accomplish such great feats. The young generation of today is a source of pride for the past generations. As noted by the Arab poet:
أبو الصخر من شيبان قلت لهم كلا لعمري و لكن منه شيبانُ
و كم أبٍ قد علا بابنٍ ذُری شَرَفٍ كما علا برسولِ الله عدنانُ
Trust your young generation. Revive their feeling of self-confidence and benefit them by the experiences of the elders.
There are two important points in this connection:
First, one of the most important demands of the people who have revolted and who have been liberated is to have a decisive participation in the management of their countries. And since they believe in Islam, their desire is to have a system of Islamic democracy, i.e. the rulers being elected through the vote of the people and the dominant principles and values of the society being based on the Islamic knowledge and sharia. This can crystallize in various countries, depending on their conditions, through various methods and forms. However, utmost care must be taken not to confuse this with the western liberal democracy. The secular, and at times anti-religious, western democracy is in no way related to the Islamic democracy which is committed to the values and main principles of Islam in its system of government.
The second point relates to the fact that Islamic tenets must not be equated with backwardness, obscurantism, and ignorant and extremist biases. The demarcation between these two must be pronounced. Religious extremism, which is usually attended by violence, is the cause of falling short of the lofty goals of the revolution. This, in turn, results in the loss of public support and the eventual failure of the revolution.
In sum, to speak of Islamic awakening is not to speak of a nebulous and indistinct concept that is amenable to various interpretations. Rather, it is to speak of a tangible reality in the external world that has filled the atmosphere and resulted in great uprisings and revolutions and removed from the scene some dangerous elements of the enemy. Nonetheless, the scene remains fluid and in need of being shaped and brought to a conclusion. The verses recited at the outset contain a complete and effective set of guidelines, especially in this sensitive and momentous juncture… Though, they are addressed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH), we all are their interlocutors and responsible for adhering to them. In these verses, piety (taqwa), in its lofty and broad connotation, is the first recommendation. Then comes the rejection of the orders of the infidels and hypocrites, adherence to the divine revelation, and, finally, trust in God…
Once again, we will review these verses:
بسماللهالرحمنالرحیم يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرينَ وَ الْمُنافِقينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَليماً حَكيماً(1) وَ اتَّبِعْ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبيراً (2) وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلاً.
(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the unbelievers and the hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.)
والسلام علیکم و رحمة الله
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Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011.
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بسمالله الرحمن الرحیم
السلام علیکم و رحمة الله و برکاته
الحمدلله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد و آله الطیبین و صحبه المنتجبین
قال الله العزیز الحكیم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلا
(O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (1). And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (2) And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.(3) Surat Al-Ahzab)
I welcome our honored audience and dear guests. What has brought us here together is the Islamic awakening, which comes from the stronger inspiration and greater understanding among Muslim ummah. This awakening has led to a major development among nations of our region and has brought about uprisings and revolutions that could never have been contemplated in the calculations of the dominant regional and international satanic powers. These are momentous uprising that have razed to the ground the autocratic and imperialist strongholds and vanquished the tyrants guarding them.
There is no doubt that colossal social upheavals have always relied on solid foundation of history and civilization and are products of accumulation of wisdom and experiences. Over the past 150 years, the presence of great intellectual and jihadi personalities that have been opinion leaders and behind Islamic movements in Egypt, Iraq, India and other countries in Asia and Africa has served as precursors and pioneers for the present situation in the Islamic world.
The developments in the 1950’s and 60’s led to coming to power of regimes that were mostly inclined to materialistic ideologies and thoughts, and because of their inherent character fell into the trap of Western imperialist and colonialist powers. These are experiences that are lessons to learn from, and have contributed substantially to evolution of general and profound understanding in the Islamic world.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran that was hailed by Imam Khomeini as “victory of blood over sword”, and establishment of the lasting, robust, courageous and progressive Islamic republic, and its impact on present Islamic awakening is itself a long story that deserves to be debated and researched. There is no doubt that Islamic Revolution of Iran will be accorded a thorough and comprehensive chapter in the analysis and writings of history of the present situation of the Islamic world.
For that reason, the present and mounting facts and truths in the Islamic world are not simply events that are severed from the past historical roots, social and intellectual backgrounds to allow our adversaries and the shallow-minded to present them as a passing wave and short-lived phenomenon in order to snuff out hope in the hearts of nations by their warped and biased analyses.
In this brotherly dialogue with you I want to place greater emphasis on three areas:
1. Taking a glance at the identity of these uprisings and revolutions
2. Major threats and harms lying on their way.
3. Recommendations to find solutions and prevent these threats and harms.
Regarding the first point, I believe the most important element in these revolutions is the actual and mass presence of people in the arena of action, struggle and jihad. They were present, not only with their heart, desire and faith, but also with their body and souls. There is a big difference between this presence and the presence of a military group or even armed combatants in front of uncaring people or even concerned people.
In the events of 1950’s and 60’s in some countries of Africa and Asia, the heavy load of the revolution was not on the shoulder of diverse segments of population and the youth from all parts of the country, but rather on the shoulder of coup d\'etat or small and limited armed groups. They decided and acted, and they themselves or the succeeding generation changed their ways as a result of certain motivations. The revolution became its own enemy and the enemy managed again to prevail over their countries.
This is totally different than the change that comes from the people. It is the people that bring their body and soul to the arena of action, and by their jihad and devotion push back and defeat the enemy. It is the people that make the slogans and set the goals, identify and introduce and pursue the enemy. They draw their desired future, although not comprehensively, and as a result do not allow departure from the path of the revolution or conceding to the enemy, or change of course by compromising and the tainted few with special interests, and above all thwart the schemes of enemy’s agents.
In such a grass-root movement, the revolution may be slowed, but can stay away from short-sightedness and being on shaky ground. Quran says “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (24\" Ibrahim )
When I saw the brave body of the proud people of Egypt on television in Tahrir Square, I became convinced that their revolution will triumph.
Let me confess something to you. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran which caused an earthquake among the worldly materialistic rulers in East and West and brought unprecedented uproar and joy to Muslim nations, we expected that Egypt would be next in line to rise. The reason was the history of jihad, progressive thinking and presence of great mojahids and intellectuals in Egypt. I was reciting in my heart this poem by Abu Faras:
أراك عصيّ الدمع شیمتك الصبر ما للهوی نهی علیك و لا أمر ؟
When I saw the people of Egypt in Tahrir Square and squares in other cities, I knew I have received my response. The people of Egypt told me with words coming from their heart:
بلی أنا مشتاق و عندي لوعة ولكن مثلي لایذاع له سرُّ
…This sacred secret was nothing but the motivation and resolve to rise, and gradually people of Egypt cemented this thought in their mind and at a historical juncture they manifested their resolve and entered the arena in a magnificent show of their power.
Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are no exception to this general rule.
In these revolutions principles, values and goals are not written in prefabricated manifestos of groups and parties, but written in the minds, hearts and desires of each and every person present on the scene and are declared in the context of their slogans and behaviors.
With these signals one can clearly tell that the principles of current revolutions in the region, in Egypt and other countries, are first and foremost the following:
- Revival and renewal of national dignity and respect that have been broken and trampled during long years of dictatorial and corrupt rule and the political domination of America and the West.
- Keeping up the banner of Islam which is the profound faith and longstanding attachment of people and being able to enjoy peace of mind, justice, progress and prosperity that could only be achieved under Islamic Sharia.
- Resistance against the influence and domination of the United States and Europe that have wreaked the greatest damage and humiliation on the peoples of these countries over the past two hundred years.
- Countering the usurper and fictitious Zionist regime that the imperialist powers have planted like a dagger in the heart of this region to serve as a tool to continue their diabolical domination after expelling a whole nation from their historical homeland.
There is no doubt that the revolutions in the region that rely on and demand these principles are not to the liking of America, Europe and the Zionists, and they are going to use all means to deny them, but the truth will not change with their denial.
The widespread participation of people in these revolutions is the most important element that constitutes their identity. Foreign powers that tried everything in their power and used all their schemes to keep in power the tyrannical, corrupt and subservient rulers in these countries and only abandoned them when the people left no choice for them have no right to claim a share in the victory of these revolutions. Even in Libya intervention by America and NATO cannot distort the truth. In Libya, NATO has caused irreparable damage. Had it not been for the military intervention of NATO and America, victory of people might have been delayed, but all these infrastructures would not have been damaged, and innocent women and children killed and then enemies that were accomplices of Qaddafi would not have been able to intervene in this innocent war-torn nation.
People and the elite that are of the people and others who are from the people are the true owners of these revolutions that should be trusted to protect them and draw the path to the future.
2- Regarding the threats and harm, I should first emphasize that although there are threats, but there are also ways to stay safe. Mere presence of threats should not scare nations.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
( Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak)
Allah says about a group of mojahids of early Islam:
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
( Those to whom hypocrites said, \"Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them.\" But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, \"Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs.\" So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. )
We need to know what these threats are, in order not to be surprised and to be able to find solutions.
We faced these perils and threats after the victory of Islamic Revolution and experienced them. With the grace of Allah and the leadership of Imam Khomeini and sacrifices of our people we managed to sail through them safely. The plots by enemies still continue but so does the firm resolve of our people.
I divide the harm to these movements into two groups: those that have their roots within ourselves and come from our own weaknesses, and those that have been directly planned by the enemy.
The first group of harms is of the following type:
The sense and thought that after the downfall of the corrupt dictator the job is over. The peace of mind and comfort that comes after the victory and afterward the lessening of motivation and weakening of determination are among the first perils, and the most damaging threat is when individuals ask for their share of the spoils of victory.
The story of the Battle of Uhud and the defenders seeking the spoils of victory caused the defeat of Muslims, and the mojahids were reprimanded by God. This is a good example that should never be forgotten. Being shocked and awed by the appearances of the arrogant powers and the feeling of fear from America and other interventionist powers are of these kinds of harm that should be avoided.
The brave and young should throw out these fears from their heart. Trusting the enemy and falling into trap of their smiles and promises is another threat that needs to be avoided by the forerunners and leaders. The enemy must be identified no matter what cover it uses. The nation and the revolution should be protected against the designs of the enemy that at times hide behind the appearances of friendship and supportive gestures. Another side to this page is becoming overconfident and overlooking the enemy. Bravery must be combined with wisdom and good judgment. We must use all treasures of God within ourselves against Satan, al-Jinn wal–Ens. Causing division and pitting revolutionaries against one another and penetration behind the battlefront of struggle is another great harm that needs to be avoided with all your power.
The second group of harm has been experienced by almost all countries of the region during different events. The first harm is the coming to power of those who are committed to America and the West. The West tries after the downfall of its pawns to protect the basic pillars of the system and levers of power, and change the direction by using the same foundation, but with a different head, in order to perpetuate its domination. This means wasting of all your efforts and sacrifices. At this stage, if they face resistance of the people, they try to introduce and offer to the movement and people other alternatives that are designed to divert the course of the movement. This scenario could be recommending government models and constitutions that will again throw the Islamic countries into the trap of cultural, political and economic dependence on the West. This could lead to their influence among the revolutionaries greater financial and media strength of an unreliable current and marginalization of the genuine currents in the revolution. This also means return of the domination of the West and the stronger grip of then outdated Western models that are far from basic principles of the revolution.
If this tactic does not produce the desired result, experience tells us that they will go for anarchy, terrorism, civil war among followers of religions or ethnic communities and tribes, political parties, or even among neighboring nations and governments. Parallel to these actions, they will impose economic siege and sanctions, freeze national assets and launch all-out media war and propaganda. Their intention is to tire out and frustrate people and make the revolutionaries disappointed. Under these circumstances it becomes easy to defeat the revolution. Assassination of the righteous elite of the society and opinion leaders, defamation and vilification of others and even enticing some with money are among usual ploys used by the Western powers and the claimants of civilization morality.
In Iran, the evidence and documents from the U.S. Den of Espionage that fell into the hands of the revolution showed that all these plots were designed by the regime in the United States for the people of Iran for them bringing back the reactionary and dependant rulers in revolutionary countries is a principle that prescribes all these dirty tricks.
In the last part of my remarks, I present recommendations for your consideration and selection that are based on our tangible experiences in Iran and what has been gathered from the precise studies of other countries. Undoubtedly, conditions differ among nations and countries. Nonetheless, there are truths that can prove beneficial for all people.
The first point is that by placing one’s trust in God and believing in the repeated promises of divine victories in the Quran and through astuteness, resolve, and braveness, it is possible to surmount all obstacles and emerge victorious. Of course, the task that you all have taken up is quite grave and momentous. Thus, one must bear great hardship for its sake. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (`a) says:
“فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْصِمْ جَبَّارِي دَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمْهِيلٍ وَ رَخَاءٍ وَ لَمْ يَجْبُرْ عَظْمَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَزْلٍ وَ بَلَاءٍ وَ فِي دُونِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ عَتْبٍ وَ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَطْبٍ مُعْتَبَر..”
The important recommendation is that you must always consider yourself as being present on the scene: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ( So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].)Therefore, when thou art free, still labor hard), always consider God as present and as your aid: وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ (And to thy Lord turn all thy attention), and must not allow your victories to cause you to become arrogant or negligent:
اِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ وَ رَاَيْتَ النّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ في دينِ اللهِ اَفْواجاً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْهُ اِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّاباً
(When comes the help of Allah, and victory. And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord). These are the true foundations of a faithful nation.
Another recommendation is the constant rereading of the principles of revolution. The slogans and principles must be refined and brought in line with the foundations and undisputed principles of Islam. Independence, freedom, justice, refusal to bow to despotism and colonialism, rejection of ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination, and the outright rejection of Zionism, which, today, comprise the pivots of the movements in Islamic countries, are all inspired by Islam and the Quran.
Write down your principles on paper. Preserve your genuine nature with a high degree of sensitivity. Do not allow your enemies to formulate the principles of your future system. Do not allow Islamic principles to be sacrificed for transient interests. Deviation in revolutions starts with deviation in slogans and objectives. Never place your trust in the U.S., NATO, or criminal regimes such as Britain, France, or, Italy, which for long plundered and divided your land among themselves. Look upon them with suspicion and do not believe their smiles. Behind these smiles and promises lies conspiracy and betrayal. Find you own way by resorting to the blessed fountainhead of Islam and give back foreigners’ prescriptions to themselves.
Another important recommendation is to avoid religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, and border disputes. Recognize differences as legitimate and manage them. Reconciliation among Islamic religions is the key to salvation. Those who fan the flames of religious division through apostatizing others are the mercenaries and servants of Satan, even if done inadvertently.
Creating your own system of governance is your main and seminal task. This is a complex and difficult undertaking. Do not allow secular or western liberal or extremist nationalist or leftist Marxist models to be imposed on you.
The leftist Eastern Bloc collapsed and the Western Bloc is propped up through violence, war, and deceit, and does not appear to have a bright outlook.
The passage of time will be to their loss and to the benefit of the Islamic current.
The ultimate goal must be a unified Islamic Ummah and the creation of a new Islamic civilization founded upon faith, rationality, knowledge, and morality.
The liberation of Palestine from the savage claws of the Zionists is also a great objective. The countries of the Balkans, Caucasus, and western Asia were liberated from the claws of the former Soviet Union after eighty years. Why should the Palestinian people not be able to free themselves from the captivity of the oppressor Zionists after seventy years?
The present generation in Islamic countries has the capacity to accomplish such great feats. The young generation of today is a source of pride for the past generations. As noted by the Arab poet:
أبو الصخر من شيبان قلت لهم كلا لعمري و لكن منه شيبانُ
و كم أبٍ قد علا بابنٍ ذُری شَرَفٍ كما علا برسولِ الله عدنانُ
Trust your young generation. Revive their feeling of self-confidence and benefit them by the experiences of the elders.
There are two important points in this connection:
First, one of the most important demands of the people who have revolted and who have been liberated is to have a decisive participation in the management of their countries. And since they believe in Islam, their desire is to have a system of Islamic democracy, i.e. the rulers being elected through the vote of the people and the dominant principles and values of the society being based on the Islamic knowledge and sharia. This can crystallize in various countries, depending on their conditions, through various methods and forms. However, utmost care must be taken not to confuse this with the western liberal democracy. The secular, and at times anti-religious, western democracy is in no way related to the Islamic democracy which is committed to the values and main principles of Islam in its system of government.
The second point relates to the fact that Islamic tenets must not be equated with backwardness, obscurantism, and ignorant and extremist biases. The demarcation between these two must be pronounced. Religious extremism, which is usually attended by violence, is the cause of falling short of the lofty goals of the revolution. This, in turn, results in the loss of public support and the eventual failure of the revolution.
In sum, to speak of Islamic awakening is not to speak of a nebulous and indistinct concept that is amenable to various interpretations. Rather, it is to speak of a tangible reality in the external world that has filled the atmosphere and resulted in great uprisings and revolutions and removed from the scene some dangerous elements of the enemy. Nonetheless, the scene remains fluid and in need of being shaped and brought to a conclusion. The verses recited at the outset contain a complete and effective set of guidelines, especially in this sensitive and momentous juncture… Though, they are addressed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH), we all are their interlocutors and responsible for adhering to them. In these verses, piety (taqwa), in its lofty and broad connotation, is the first recommendation. Then comes the rejection of the orders of the infidels and hypocrites, adherence to the divine revelation, and, finally, trust in God…
Once again, we will review these verses:
بسماللهالرحمنالرحیم يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرينَ وَ الْمُنافِقينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَليماً حَكيماً(1) وَ اتَّبِعْ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبيراً (2) وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلاً.
(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the unbelievers and the hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.)
والسلام علیکم و رحمة الله
[ENGLISH] Leader rejects talks with the USA - Full Speech - 7 February 2013
Supreme Leader\\\\\\\'s Speech to Air Force Commanders and Personnel
07/02/2013
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on February 7, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme...
Supreme Leader\\\\\\\'s Speech to Air Force Commanders and Personnel
07/02/2013
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on February 7, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in a meeting with commanders and personnel of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. The meeting was held on the occasion of the historic pledge of allegiance of Air Force officers to Imam Khomeini (r.a.) on the 19th of Bahman of 1357.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I am very happy to meet you - once more at our annual meeting - brothers and dear youth from the glorious Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. I welcome all of you. As for the song which was performed, the lyrics were good, the melody was good, the content was good and it was performed well. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, our hearts will always be imbued with the scent of mercy and divine guidance which is the most important source of support.
If we take a look at the history of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army over the past years, we will discover a number of important facts. There was one day when we could not and were not allowed to fix the plane parts that we had bought. Today, you build training planes, fighters and flight simulators. You carry out a lot of important radar-related work and you produce complex components. This great movement towards blossoming of talents, love, innovation, self-confidence and self-sufficiency - which has been established in the Air Force, in the entire Islamic Republic of Iran Army, in the Armed Forces and throughout the country - is such a movement that cannot be denied even by the opponents and the enemies of the Islamic Republic.
Dominant powers tried to take control of all nations and countries throughout the world by using force, money and weapons and by launching military attacks. They tried to make nations believe that they cannot find the path towards greatness, identity and independence without relying on superpowers and on those who have money and power - Zionist and non-Zionist companies have lined up behind them. You shattered their hopes.
Compare the Iranian nation, today, with nations who have been under the domination of American power. See where you are and where they are. With their movement, independence, self-confidence and reliance on God, the Iranian people proved that one can and should stand up against the domination of foreigners and those who seek domination. The Iranian nation has proved this. Thirty years ago, what was the position of the Iranian nation in science, civilization, progress, technology and political influence? What position does it enjoy today? It achieved such a position by putting up a resistance, relying on God and bringing all its capacities into the arena. This is an experience for both the Iranian nation and future generations. It is also an experience for other nations. The Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army is one of the examples of this resistance and this movement which has been based on self-confidence. We should continue this. We Iranian people should continue this path. This path is full of blessings.
For more than thirty years, the enemies of the Iranian nation have done everything in their power to harm the Iranian nation. There is not a thing which they have not used against the Iranian nation. They provoked conflicts, waged wars, supported the enemy of the Islamic Republic with all their power and they waged hard and soft wars. They fought the people of Iran as hard as they could, but our people stood up against them and they resisted. Not only could they not bring our people to their knees and destroy them, but they also failed to prevent them from making progress. Our nation has made progress. They made use of everything they could. They hatched plots, launched coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'états, provoked military conflicts, shot down passenger airliners, imposed heavy sanctions and increased them on a daily basis. They did these things in the hope that our people would lose their hope, disappear from the scene and lose their trust in Islam and the Islamic Republic. But they failed. This is the record of the Islamic Republic.
These days, referred to as ten-day Fajr celebrations, are good opportunities for our intellectuals, our youth and all the people of Iran to spend some time evaluating their actions during the past thirty-something years and see their achievements, see their successful efforts, see the divine assistance and see the weakness of the enemies\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' plots. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And they (the unbelievers) planned, and Allah planned, and Allah is the best of planners\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 3: 54]. This is the general guideline for us, to see how we should choose our future path. You the people in the Air Force should move forward according to this outlook and orientation. Different sectors of the country, all the people and the officials of the country should move forward according to this outlook.
Of course, the enemy inflicts harm, but it cannot do anything except for causing slight annoyance. I mentioned a few days ago that Allah the Exalted said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"They shall by no means harm you but with a slight evil\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 3: 111]. Their job is to harm you. But, they cannot create obstacles for you and block your path. Over the past 30 years, the Americans have been ranting and raving against the Iranian nation. They said and did whatever they could. They broadcast negative propaganda and they established an evil media empire against the Iranian nation. But the result is this: today, by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, the Iranian nation has become happier, more determined and more active than ever and it is witnessing more blossoming in different areas.
They have been trying to separate the people from the Islamic Republic and the Revolution. Each year on the 22nd of Bahman, the Iranian people frustrate the enemy with their presence in the national and revolutionary rallies. They are trying to separate the people from one another. The previous inexperienced American secretary of state said openly that they are imposing sanctions in order to pit the people of Iran against the Islamic Republic. The people of Iran have always responded to such statements through their rallies and their actions. You will see that on the 22nd of Bahman, the Iranian people will, once more, frustrate their efforts with a crushing move [Audience shout \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Allahu Akbar\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"].
The good thing is that the people are wise and vigilant. They know the purpose of the enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s plot, they predict the enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s moves, they understand why the enemy has adopted a certain policy and they move in the opposite direction. They rely on their own achievements and they will show their presence in this great arena of national dignity. They will show themselves and they will prove their presence. This is the good thing. In the face of the negative propaganda by the enemy - particularly, the Americans and the Zionists - the people do not take the wrong path because of their communal wisdom and they do not make the mistake which the enemy is waiting for. This is the good thing about large-scale issues of our country.
Now the Americans have raised the issue of negotiations again. They repeat that America is prepared to directly negotiate with Iran. This is not new. The Americans have repeatedly raised the issue of negotiations at every juncture. Now their newly appointed politicians repeat that we should negotiate. And they say that the ball is in Iran\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s court. The ball is in your court. It is you who should explain the meaning of negotiations that are accompanied by pressure and threats. Negotiations are for the sake of proving one\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s goodwill. You commit tens of acts which show lack of goodwill and then you speak about negotiations. Do you expect the Iranian nation to believe that you have goodwill? Of course, we understand why the Americans repeatedly raise the issue of negotiations and why they speak about it in different ways. We know what the reason is. As the Americans themselves say, their Middle East policies have failed. They need to play their trump card. Their trump card is dragging the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is based on the people, to the negotiating table. They need this. They want to say to the world that they have goodwill. No, we do not see any goodwill.
Four years ago - during the early days of the current American administration - when they were saying the same words, I announced that we will not prejudge and we will wait to see what action they will take and then we will judge. Now after four years, how should the Iranian nation judge their actions? They supported the fitna in Iran, they helped those who started the fitna, they sent their troops to Afghanistan under the claim that they were fighting terrorism, they trampled on so many people and they destroyed them. They are also supporting and cooperating with the same terrorists in Syria and they used the same terrorists wherever they could in Iran. Their agents, their allies and Zionist spies openly killed the scientists of the Islamic Republic. They did not even condemn these terrorist activities. [On the contrary] They supported them. This is their record. They imposed sanctions - which they wanted to be crippling - on the Iranian nation. They openly said, crippling. Who do you want to cripple? Did you want to cripple the Iranian nation? Do you have goodwill?
Negotiations are meaningful when the two sides negotiate with good intentions and without planning to deceive one another. Negotiations should be on equal terms. Negotiations for the sake of negotiations, tactical negotiations and offer of negotiations as a superpower gesture, are deceptive moves. They are not honest moves.
I am not a diplomat. I am a revolutionary. I speak openly and honestly. A diplomat says something, but he actually means something else. We speak openly and honestly. We speak clearly and decisively. Negotiations are meaningful when the two sides show their good intentions. [Negotiations are not meaningful] when one side does not show his good intentions. You yourselves refer to this as pressures and negotiations. These two things are not compatible. You want to point the gun at the people of Iran and say, negotiate or we will shoot. You say these things to intimidate the Iranian nation. You should know that the Iranian nation is not intimidated by these things [Audience shout \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Allahu Akbar\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"].
A number of people become happy about the American offer of negotiations and they say, come and negotiate with us. This is expressed by a number of people who are either simple-minded or who have some ulterior motives. One cannot make definitive judgments about people. But what a simple-minded person does is no different, in essence, from what a person who has ulterior motives does. Negotiations with America will not solve any problems. When did they keep their promises? Over the past 60 years, since the coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état of the 28th of Mordad of 1332 until today, the officials of our country have been harmed whenever they trusted the Americans. One day Mosaddeq trusted the Americans, relied on them and considered them as his friends. Then the coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état of the 28th of Mordad occurred and the Americans found the opportunity to launch a coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état. The agent responsible for launching the coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état came to Tehran with a briefcase full of money and he divided it among thugs and vandals so that they launch the coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état. The agent was American. They admitted what the purpose of their plot was. After that, they helped the oppressive Pahlavi regime achieve domination over our country. They established SAVAK and chained and tortured political activists. These are the things they did at that time.
During a certain period after the Revolution, the officials of the country trusted them. But the politicians of the American government labeled Iran as \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"axis of evil\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". It is you who are the embodiment of evil. It is you who are doing evil deeds in the world. You wage wars, loot nations and support the Zionist regime. On the issue of Islamic Awakening, you suppress the nations who have risen in revolt as much as you can and you weaken them and pit them against one another. You are evil. Evil is part of your character. They accused the Iranian nation of doing evil acts. This is a big insult. Whenever people trusted them, they made such moves. They should show their good intentions. Negotiations and offer of negotiations are not compatible with pressures. Negotiations and pressures are two different paths. It is not possible for the Iranian nation to accept negotiations under pressures and threats, with those who make threats. What should we negotiate for?
Today, the Iranian nation is vigilant. The true face of America has been revealed not only in Iran, but also in the region. Nations distrust America and there are many reasons for this distrust. The Iranian nation has also accurately read the Americans\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' moves. It understands what their purpose is. Our nation is vigilant. Today, if certain people want to help America re-establish its domination and act against our national interests, against the progress of the country and against the path of independence, they will be held responsible by the people and even if I act against this public demand, the people will complain. It is obvious. All the officials are responsible for safeguarding national interests and preserving national independence. They should preserve the dignity of the Iranian nation.
We have negotiated, signed contracts and established relations with countries which have not plotted against Iran. The Iranian nation is peace-loving. The Iranian nation is patient. The unity of the Iranian nation is in line with promoting the interests of humanity. Today, what the Iranian nation does is for the sake of its interests and the interests of the Islamic Ummah and humanity. And undoubtedly, divine assistance is behind the Iranian nation. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, the people of Iran will be able to help not only themselves but also the Islamic Ummah to reach the peak of glory with their wisdom, with their firm determination and with the resistance that they have shown on this bright path, the path that they will continue following in the future as well. The way to reach this glory is to preserve this wisdom. The way to do this is to preserve our unity. The way to do this is for the officials to safeguard the interests of the country. This improper conduct which is witnessed in certain areas from certain government officials - they should end this. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, I will address this issue in the future and I will speak to the people. Our nation is unified, determined and active. Even if there are differences of opinion between the people over different issues, all the officials and all the people join hands against the enemy, global arrogance and those who have prepared themselves to destroy the roots of the people and the Islamic Republic. There is no disagreement among the people over this issue.
By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor and grace, on the 22nd of Bahman the people will show, once more, that they are present on the scene, that they are prepared, that they are united, that they are moving in the same direction. And undoubtedly, divine blessings will be bestowed on them.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings.
Source: http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1741&Itemid=4
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Supreme Leader\\\\\\\'s Speech to Air Force Commanders and Personnel
07/02/2013
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on February 7, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in a meeting with commanders and personnel of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. The meeting was held on the occasion of the historic pledge of allegiance of Air Force officers to Imam Khomeini (r.a.) on the 19th of Bahman of 1357.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I am very happy to meet you - once more at our annual meeting - brothers and dear youth from the glorious Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. I welcome all of you. As for the song which was performed, the lyrics were good, the melody was good, the content was good and it was performed well. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, our hearts will always be imbued with the scent of mercy and divine guidance which is the most important source of support.
If we take a look at the history of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army over the past years, we will discover a number of important facts. There was one day when we could not and were not allowed to fix the plane parts that we had bought. Today, you build training planes, fighters and flight simulators. You carry out a lot of important radar-related work and you produce complex components. This great movement towards blossoming of talents, love, innovation, self-confidence and self-sufficiency - which has been established in the Air Force, in the entire Islamic Republic of Iran Army, in the Armed Forces and throughout the country - is such a movement that cannot be denied even by the opponents and the enemies of the Islamic Republic.
Dominant powers tried to take control of all nations and countries throughout the world by using force, money and weapons and by launching military attacks. They tried to make nations believe that they cannot find the path towards greatness, identity and independence without relying on superpowers and on those who have money and power - Zionist and non-Zionist companies have lined up behind them. You shattered their hopes.
Compare the Iranian nation, today, with nations who have been under the domination of American power. See where you are and where they are. With their movement, independence, self-confidence and reliance on God, the Iranian people proved that one can and should stand up against the domination of foreigners and those who seek domination. The Iranian nation has proved this. Thirty years ago, what was the position of the Iranian nation in science, civilization, progress, technology and political influence? What position does it enjoy today? It achieved such a position by putting up a resistance, relying on God and bringing all its capacities into the arena. This is an experience for both the Iranian nation and future generations. It is also an experience for other nations. The Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army is one of the examples of this resistance and this movement which has been based on self-confidence. We should continue this. We Iranian people should continue this path. This path is full of blessings.
For more than thirty years, the enemies of the Iranian nation have done everything in their power to harm the Iranian nation. There is not a thing which they have not used against the Iranian nation. They provoked conflicts, waged wars, supported the enemy of the Islamic Republic with all their power and they waged hard and soft wars. They fought the people of Iran as hard as they could, but our people stood up against them and they resisted. Not only could they not bring our people to their knees and destroy them, but they also failed to prevent them from making progress. Our nation has made progress. They made use of everything they could. They hatched plots, launched coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'états, provoked military conflicts, shot down passenger airliners, imposed heavy sanctions and increased them on a daily basis. They did these things in the hope that our people would lose their hope, disappear from the scene and lose their trust in Islam and the Islamic Republic. But they failed. This is the record of the Islamic Republic.
These days, referred to as ten-day Fajr celebrations, are good opportunities for our intellectuals, our youth and all the people of Iran to spend some time evaluating their actions during the past thirty-something years and see their achievements, see their successful efforts, see the divine assistance and see the weakness of the enemies\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' plots. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And they (the unbelievers) planned, and Allah planned, and Allah is the best of planners\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 3: 54]. This is the general guideline for us, to see how we should choose our future path. You the people in the Air Force should move forward according to this outlook and orientation. Different sectors of the country, all the people and the officials of the country should move forward according to this outlook.
Of course, the enemy inflicts harm, but it cannot do anything except for causing slight annoyance. I mentioned a few days ago that Allah the Exalted said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"They shall by no means harm you but with a slight evil\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 3: 111]. Their job is to harm you. But, they cannot create obstacles for you and block your path. Over the past 30 years, the Americans have been ranting and raving against the Iranian nation. They said and did whatever they could. They broadcast negative propaganda and they established an evil media empire against the Iranian nation. But the result is this: today, by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, the Iranian nation has become happier, more determined and more active than ever and it is witnessing more blossoming in different areas.
They have been trying to separate the people from the Islamic Republic and the Revolution. Each year on the 22nd of Bahman, the Iranian people frustrate the enemy with their presence in the national and revolutionary rallies. They are trying to separate the people from one another. The previous inexperienced American secretary of state said openly that they are imposing sanctions in order to pit the people of Iran against the Islamic Republic. The people of Iran have always responded to such statements through their rallies and their actions. You will see that on the 22nd of Bahman, the Iranian people will, once more, frustrate their efforts with a crushing move [Audience shout \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Allahu Akbar\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"].
The good thing is that the people are wise and vigilant. They know the purpose of the enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s plot, they predict the enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s moves, they understand why the enemy has adopted a certain policy and they move in the opposite direction. They rely on their own achievements and they will show their presence in this great arena of national dignity. They will show themselves and they will prove their presence. This is the good thing. In the face of the negative propaganda by the enemy - particularly, the Americans and the Zionists - the people do not take the wrong path because of their communal wisdom and they do not make the mistake which the enemy is waiting for. This is the good thing about large-scale issues of our country.
Now the Americans have raised the issue of negotiations again. They repeat that America is prepared to directly negotiate with Iran. This is not new. The Americans have repeatedly raised the issue of negotiations at every juncture. Now their newly appointed politicians repeat that we should negotiate. And they say that the ball is in Iran\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s court. The ball is in your court. It is you who should explain the meaning of negotiations that are accompanied by pressure and threats. Negotiations are for the sake of proving one\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s goodwill. You commit tens of acts which show lack of goodwill and then you speak about negotiations. Do you expect the Iranian nation to believe that you have goodwill? Of course, we understand why the Americans repeatedly raise the issue of negotiations and why they speak about it in different ways. We know what the reason is. As the Americans themselves say, their Middle East policies have failed. They need to play their trump card. Their trump card is dragging the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is based on the people, to the negotiating table. They need this. They want to say to the world that they have goodwill. No, we do not see any goodwill.
Four years ago - during the early days of the current American administration - when they were saying the same words, I announced that we will not prejudge and we will wait to see what action they will take and then we will judge. Now after four years, how should the Iranian nation judge their actions? They supported the fitna in Iran, they helped those who started the fitna, they sent their troops to Afghanistan under the claim that they were fighting terrorism, they trampled on so many people and they destroyed them. They are also supporting and cooperating with the same terrorists in Syria and they used the same terrorists wherever they could in Iran. Their agents, their allies and Zionist spies openly killed the scientists of the Islamic Republic. They did not even condemn these terrorist activities. [On the contrary] They supported them. This is their record. They imposed sanctions - which they wanted to be crippling - on the Iranian nation. They openly said, crippling. Who do you want to cripple? Did you want to cripple the Iranian nation? Do you have goodwill?
Negotiations are meaningful when the two sides negotiate with good intentions and without planning to deceive one another. Negotiations should be on equal terms. Negotiations for the sake of negotiations, tactical negotiations and offer of negotiations as a superpower gesture, are deceptive moves. They are not honest moves.
I am not a diplomat. I am a revolutionary. I speak openly and honestly. A diplomat says something, but he actually means something else. We speak openly and honestly. We speak clearly and decisively. Negotiations are meaningful when the two sides show their good intentions. [Negotiations are not meaningful] when one side does not show his good intentions. You yourselves refer to this as pressures and negotiations. These two things are not compatible. You want to point the gun at the people of Iran and say, negotiate or we will shoot. You say these things to intimidate the Iranian nation. You should know that the Iranian nation is not intimidated by these things [Audience shout \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Allahu Akbar\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"].
A number of people become happy about the American offer of negotiations and they say, come and negotiate with us. This is expressed by a number of people who are either simple-minded or who have some ulterior motives. One cannot make definitive judgments about people. But what a simple-minded person does is no different, in essence, from what a person who has ulterior motives does. Negotiations with America will not solve any problems. When did they keep their promises? Over the past 60 years, since the coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état of the 28th of Mordad of 1332 until today, the officials of our country have been harmed whenever they trusted the Americans. One day Mosaddeq trusted the Americans, relied on them and considered them as his friends. Then the coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état of the 28th of Mordad occurred and the Americans found the opportunity to launch a coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état. The agent responsible for launching the coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état came to Tehran with a briefcase full of money and he divided it among thugs and vandals so that they launch the coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état. The agent was American. They admitted what the purpose of their plot was. After that, they helped the oppressive Pahlavi regime achieve domination over our country. They established SAVAK and chained and tortured political activists. These are the things they did at that time.
During a certain period after the Revolution, the officials of the country trusted them. But the politicians of the American government labeled Iran as \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"axis of evil\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". It is you who are the embodiment of evil. It is you who are doing evil deeds in the world. You wage wars, loot nations and support the Zionist regime. On the issue of Islamic Awakening, you suppress the nations who have risen in revolt as much as you can and you weaken them and pit them against one another. You are evil. Evil is part of your character. They accused the Iranian nation of doing evil acts. This is a big insult. Whenever people trusted them, they made such moves. They should show their good intentions. Negotiations and offer of negotiations are not compatible with pressures. Negotiations and pressures are two different paths. It is not possible for the Iranian nation to accept negotiations under pressures and threats, with those who make threats. What should we negotiate for?
Today, the Iranian nation is vigilant. The true face of America has been revealed not only in Iran, but also in the region. Nations distrust America and there are many reasons for this distrust. The Iranian nation has also accurately read the Americans\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' moves. It understands what their purpose is. Our nation is vigilant. Today, if certain people want to help America re-establish its domination and act against our national interests, against the progress of the country and against the path of independence, they will be held responsible by the people and even if I act against this public demand, the people will complain. It is obvious. All the officials are responsible for safeguarding national interests and preserving national independence. They should preserve the dignity of the Iranian nation.
We have negotiated, signed contracts and established relations with countries which have not plotted against Iran. The Iranian nation is peace-loving. The Iranian nation is patient. The unity of the Iranian nation is in line with promoting the interests of humanity. Today, what the Iranian nation does is for the sake of its interests and the interests of the Islamic Ummah and humanity. And undoubtedly, divine assistance is behind the Iranian nation. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, the people of Iran will be able to help not only themselves but also the Islamic Ummah to reach the peak of glory with their wisdom, with their firm determination and with the resistance that they have shown on this bright path, the path that they will continue following in the future as well. The way to reach this glory is to preserve this wisdom. The way to do this is to preserve our unity. The way to do this is for the officials to safeguard the interests of the country. This improper conduct which is witnessed in certain areas from certain government officials - they should end this. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, I will address this issue in the future and I will speak to the people. Our nation is unified, determined and active. Even if there are differences of opinion between the people over different issues, all the officials and all the people join hands against the enemy, global arrogance and those who have prepared themselves to destroy the roots of the people and the Islamic Republic. There is no disagreement among the people over this issue.
By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor and grace, on the 22nd of Bahman the people will show, once more, that they are present on the scene, that they are prepared, that they are united, that they are moving in the same direction. And undoubtedly, divine blessings will be bestowed on them.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings.
Source: http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1741&Itemid=4
** MUST Listen ** Complete Sermon of Prophet Muhammad (S) at Ghadeer Khum by Agha HMR - English
Complete Sermon of Prophet Muhammad SAWW at Ghadeer Khum by Agha Hassan Mujtaba Rizvi - English
The Ghadir event and its significance
Seventy days before his demise, when Prophet Muhammad...
Complete Sermon of Prophet Muhammad SAWW at Ghadeer Khum by Agha Hassan Mujtaba Rizvi - English
The Ghadir event and its significance
Seventy days before his demise, when Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF) 1 was returning to Medina after his last pilgrimage to Mecca, he reached the pond of Khum
(Ghadir Khum) near Juhfa. It was the 18th of the month of Dhul-Hijja of the year 10 AH (March 15, 632 AD). By this time, the Prophet (PBUH&HF) had conveyed
all of the divine commandments to his nation except for the formal and explicit public announcement of his divinely appointed successors as the leaders,
guardians, and guides for the believers for all days to come.
By the order of Allah, the Prophet (PBUH&HF) stopped at the pond of Khum, gathered the crowd of pilgrims, and delivered his last universal speech. In this
sermon, he presented his last religious instruction which finalized the last divine religion and made Islam the perfect religion in the sight of Allah. Imam
Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH), the fifth Imam and successor of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: “The last obligatory duty that Allah sent down was al-Walaya(adherence
to the guardian assigned by Allah). Then, He sent down the verse: ‘Today, I completed your religion…’1 once the Messenger of Allah established it in Juhfa
area.”
This message was the most unique in the entire mission of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) due to the revelation of Verse 67, Chapter 5 of the Holy Quran before his
speech. In this revelation, Allah warned His Messenger that failing to deliver this last message would nullify his entire mission. This unprecedented warning
proves that this last message contained the most important religious commandment of Allah for the Muslim nation.
Moreover, the contents of this last message were so crucial to the faith that the Prophet (PBUH&HF) emphatically required all those who directly or
indirectly heard the sermon of Ghadir Khum to convey it to people who were not aware of its details, and parents to convey it to their children for all
generations to come. Hence, this sermon addresses all Muslim generations of the world until the Day of Judgement. This emphasis naturally implies that
the content of this message has a vital role in the future of the Muslims, their spiritual health, and their felicity in the Hereafter.
The main issue that the Prophet (PBUH&HF) addressed in his speech in Ghadir Khum was that Allah appointed Ali Ibn Abi Talib (PBUH) as the guardian (Wali),
the master (Mawla), the leader (Imam), and the commander (Amir) of all believing men and women, the deputy and the executor of his affairs (Wasi), and his
successor (Khalifa). His sayings and commands should be preferred over the opinions of all others in every matter. Obeying him is obeying Allah, and
disobeying him is disobeying Allah. Whoever follows him (and his sayings) is a believer under the guardianship of Allah, and whoever turns away from him (or
his sayings) is a disbeliever under the guardianship of Satan.
Guardianship (al-Walaya) expresses a bilateral relation between the guardian and the people. Observing al-Walaya by people means adhering to the guardian and
acknowledging his authority by heart, tongue, and action. On the other hand, the action of al-Walaya by the guardian means offering protection from evil,
spiritual assistance, care, support, and guidance for his adherents. A divinely appointed guardian guards his adherents from misguidance, spiritual
destruction, wrongdoing, and sin as much as they adhere to him and his commands. Establishing al-Walaya has been the ultimate goal of religion and the fruit
of the entire efforts of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF) during his mission.
One who submits to Allah’s representative and adheres to him has indeed acknowledged Allah’s authority and guardianship and is a true monotheist in obeying
Allah. Acknowledging the guardianship of the leaders that Allah appointed and submitting to them is the greatest pillar of faith. It safeguards the followers
from the wrath and punishment of Allah. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH) said: “Islam is established by five things: prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage, and
al-Walaya (adhering to the guardians authorized by Allah). None (among them) was called for as (emphatically as) al-Walaya was called for. However, people
accepted the first four and abandoned al-Walaya.
People who refused to submit to the leaders that Allah appointed resemble the Satan who refused to submit to the viceregent of Allah, Adam (PBUH), and
consequently, became an outcast and went under the curse of Allah forever as mentioned in the Holy Quran.1 It is narrated that Imam al-Ridha (PBUH) said:
“The similitude of the believers in accepting the guardianship of the Commander of the Believers (Ali) on the day of Ghadir Khum is that of the angels in
prostrating before Adam (i.e., submitting to him), and the similitude of those who turned away from the guardianship of the Commander of the Believers on the
day of Ghadir is that of the devil (Iblis).
In one of his speeches on the anniversary of the day of Ghadir, Imam Ali (PBUH) said: “Allah does not accept the faith (of an individual) except after he
acknowledges the guardianship of whom He required. He does not arrange the means of His obedience (for an individual) except after he adheres to His ropes
and the ropes of His authorized people. Thus, Allah sent down to His Prophet (PBUH&HF) on the day of the large trees1 that which explained His will for His
sincere and chosen servants. Allah commanded him to convey (the message) without being concerned about the hypocrites or the deviants, and guaranteed him
protection against their evil... By that, Allah completed His religion, and delighted the eyes of His Prophet (PBUH&HF), and the believers. Some of you
witnessed this event and some received its news. This (appointment) concluded the beautiful word of Allah for those who observe patience… ”
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Complete Sermon of Prophet Muhammad SAWW at Ghadeer Khum by Agha Hassan Mujtaba Rizvi - English
The Ghadir event and its significance
Seventy days before his demise, when Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF) 1 was returning to Medina after his last pilgrimage to Mecca, he reached the pond of Khum
(Ghadir Khum) near Juhfa. It was the 18th of the month of Dhul-Hijja of the year 10 AH (March 15, 632 AD). By this time, the Prophet (PBUH&HF) had conveyed
all of the divine commandments to his nation except for the formal and explicit public announcement of his divinely appointed successors as the leaders,
guardians, and guides for the believers for all days to come.
By the order of Allah, the Prophet (PBUH&HF) stopped at the pond of Khum, gathered the crowd of pilgrims, and delivered his last universal speech. In this
sermon, he presented his last religious instruction which finalized the last divine religion and made Islam the perfect religion in the sight of Allah. Imam
Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH), the fifth Imam and successor of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: “The last obligatory duty that Allah sent down was al-Walaya(adherence
to the guardian assigned by Allah). Then, He sent down the verse: ‘Today, I completed your religion…’1 once the Messenger of Allah established it in Juhfa
area.”
This message was the most unique in the entire mission of the Prophet (PBUH&HF) due to the revelation of Verse 67, Chapter 5 of the Holy Quran before his
speech. In this revelation, Allah warned His Messenger that failing to deliver this last message would nullify his entire mission. This unprecedented warning
proves that this last message contained the most important religious commandment of Allah for the Muslim nation.
Moreover, the contents of this last message were so crucial to the faith that the Prophet (PBUH&HF) emphatically required all those who directly or
indirectly heard the sermon of Ghadir Khum to convey it to people who were not aware of its details, and parents to convey it to their children for all
generations to come. Hence, this sermon addresses all Muslim generations of the world until the Day of Judgement. This emphasis naturally implies that
the content of this message has a vital role in the future of the Muslims, their spiritual health, and their felicity in the Hereafter.
The main issue that the Prophet (PBUH&HF) addressed in his speech in Ghadir Khum was that Allah appointed Ali Ibn Abi Talib (PBUH) as the guardian (Wali),
the master (Mawla), the leader (Imam), and the commander (Amir) of all believing men and women, the deputy and the executor of his affairs (Wasi), and his
successor (Khalifa). His sayings and commands should be preferred over the opinions of all others in every matter. Obeying him is obeying Allah, and
disobeying him is disobeying Allah. Whoever follows him (and his sayings) is a believer under the guardianship of Allah, and whoever turns away from him (or
his sayings) is a disbeliever under the guardianship of Satan.
Guardianship (al-Walaya) expresses a bilateral relation between the guardian and the people. Observing al-Walaya by people means adhering to the guardian and
acknowledging his authority by heart, tongue, and action. On the other hand, the action of al-Walaya by the guardian means offering protection from evil,
spiritual assistance, care, support, and guidance for his adherents. A divinely appointed guardian guards his adherents from misguidance, spiritual
destruction, wrongdoing, and sin as much as they adhere to him and his commands. Establishing al-Walaya has been the ultimate goal of religion and the fruit
of the entire efforts of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HF) during his mission.
One who submits to Allah’s representative and adheres to him has indeed acknowledged Allah’s authority and guardianship and is a true monotheist in obeying
Allah. Acknowledging the guardianship of the leaders that Allah appointed and submitting to them is the greatest pillar of faith. It safeguards the followers
from the wrath and punishment of Allah. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH) said: “Islam is established by five things: prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage, and
al-Walaya (adhering to the guardians authorized by Allah). None (among them) was called for as (emphatically as) al-Walaya was called for. However, people
accepted the first four and abandoned al-Walaya.
People who refused to submit to the leaders that Allah appointed resemble the Satan who refused to submit to the viceregent of Allah, Adam (PBUH), and
consequently, became an outcast and went under the curse of Allah forever as mentioned in the Holy Quran.1 It is narrated that Imam al-Ridha (PBUH) said:
“The similitude of the believers in accepting the guardianship of the Commander of the Believers (Ali) on the day of Ghadir Khum is that of the angels in
prostrating before Adam (i.e., submitting to him), and the similitude of those who turned away from the guardianship of the Commander of the Believers on the
day of Ghadir is that of the devil (Iblis).
In one of his speeches on the anniversary of the day of Ghadir, Imam Ali (PBUH) said: “Allah does not accept the faith (of an individual) except after he
acknowledges the guardianship of whom He required. He does not arrange the means of His obedience (for an individual) except after he adheres to His ropes
and the ropes of His authorized people. Thus, Allah sent down to His Prophet (PBUH&HF) on the day of the large trees1 that which explained His will for His
sincere and chosen servants. Allah commanded him to convey (the message) without being concerned about the hypocrites or the deviants, and guaranteed him
protection against their evil... By that, Allah completed His religion, and delighted the eyes of His Prophet (PBUH&HF), and the believers. Some of you
witnessed this event and some received its news. This (appointment) concluded the beautiful word of Allah for those who observe patience… ”
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صدها نفر از جوانان 73 كشور جهان از جمله جوانان مصر، تونس، لیبی، لبنان، یمن، بحرین و فلسطین صبح روز 10 بهمن 1390، در فضایی صمیمانه و لبریز احساسات اسلامی و انقلابی، با رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی دیدار كردند.
در این دیدار پس از سخنان نمایندگان جوانان تونس، مصر، یمن، بحرین، فلسطین، لیبی و لبنان، حضرت آیت الله خامنهای در سخنانی، جوانان كشورهای اسلامی را حاملان بشارتهای بزرگ برای آینده امت اسلامی خواندند و افزودند: بیداری جوانان سرتاسر جهان اسلام، امید به بیداری عمومی ملتهای مسلمان را افزایش داده است.
رهبر انقلاب، تاریخ بشر را بر سر یك پیچ بزرگ تاریخی و در آستانه تحولی عظیم برشمردند و تأكید كردند: بشریت از همه مكاتب و ایدئولوژیهای مادی اعم از ماركسیسم، لیبرال دمكراسی و ناسیونالیسم سكولار عبور كرده و در آغاز دوران جدیدی است كه بزرگترین نشانه آن، توجه ملتها به خدای متعال، استمداد آنها از قدرت لایزال الهی و اتكای ملتها به وحی است.
ایشان با اشاره به تسلط شبكه دیكتاتوری پیچیده، خطرناك، فاسد و شیطانی صهیونیستها و قدرتهای استكباری بر جهان افزودند: قیام ملتهای منطقه علیه دیكتاتورهای وابسته، جزئی از مبارزه بشریت با دیكتاتوری جهانی صهیونیستهاست و جامعه بشری با پشت سر گذاشتن پیچ بزرگ تاریخی، از سیطره این دیكتاتوری خطرناك رها میشود و این تحول عظیم براساس وعده صادق پروردگار، به آزادی ملتها و حاكمیت ارزشهای معنوی و الهی منجر خواهد شد.
حضرت آیت الله خامنهای با اشاره به كسانی كه ممكن است پیروزی بر شبكه دیكتاتوری جهانی صهیونیستها را غیرممكن بدانند خاطرنشان كردند: قبلاً نیز اگر كسی از پیروزی جوانان مؤمن حزب الله بر ارتش رژیم صهیونیستی سخن میگفت و یا از ذلت طاغوت مصر و تحولات عجیب شمال افریقا حرف می زد خیلیها باور نمیكردند همچنانكه استقامت، پیروزی و پیشرفت جمهوری اسلامی نیز برای برخی ها قابل باور نبود اما قدرت فائقه پروردگار، خود را در این پیروزیها و تحولات شگفت نشان داد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی، حضور هوشیارانه و استقامت ملتها در میدان را زمینهساز تحقق بدون تردید نصرتهای الهی خواندند و افزودند: در پرتو تحقق وعدههای پروردگار، صهیونیستها، شیطان بزرگ امریكا و قدرتهای غربی امروز در مقابل بیداری اسلامی احساس ناتوانی میكنند و این احساس ضعف و شكست هر روز بیشتر خواهد شد.
حضرت آیت الله خامنهای، تحولات كشورهای اسلامی را آغاز راه نجات و سعادت، برشمردند و افزودند: مهم این است كه پیروزیهای بدست آمده را پایان راه ندانیم و با ادامه مجاهدت و تكیه بر عزم و اراده ملتها، و اتكا و حسن ظن به خدای قادر متعال، مبارزه با زورگویان جهانی و عوامل آنها را ادامه دهیم.
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the Two Worlds, and peace and greetings be upon the Master of Messengers, the Master of all people, our Master and Prophet, Ab-al-Qassem Al-Mustafa Muhammad, and upon his immaculate household and chosen companions and upon those who follow him well until the Day of Judgment.
I would like to welcome all the dear guests, the honorable youth, the bearers of great news for the future of the Islamic Ummah. Each and every one of you is a bearer of a great piece of news. When the youth of a country awaken, there will be increased hope of a general awakening in that country. Today Muslim youth have awakened throughout the world of Islam. So many traps have been set in the way of proud and determined Muslim youth, but they have managed to eliminate these problems. You see what has happened in Tunisia, in Egypt, in Libya, in Yemen and in Bahrain. You see the movement that has taken place in other Islamic countries. This is all good news.
You dear youth should know that the history of the world and the history of humanity is at a great momentous juncture today. A new era is starting throughout the world. The great and clear sign of it is the attention to Allah the Exalted, the cries for assistance from the inexhaustible source of divine power and reliance on divine revelations. Humanity has passed through the days of materialistic ideologies and schools and thought. Today neither Marxism, nor western liberal democracy, nor secular nationalism has any appeal. You see what is going on in the cradle of western liberal democracy - in America, in Europe. They admit failure. Today among members of the Islamic Ummah, the greatest appeal belongs to Islam, the Holy Quran and the school of thought that is based on divine revelation. Allah the Exalted has promised that the divine and Islamic school of thought and the school of thought that is based on divine revelation can help humanity achieve happiness. This is a very sacred, very important and very significant phenomenon.
Today Islamic countries have risen up against dependent dictatorships. This is a prelude to an uprising against global and international dictatorship, namely the tyranny of the corrupt and evil network of the Zionists and the arrogant powers. Today international autocracy and dictatorship is embodied by the tyranny of America, America\'s followers and the satanic and dangerous Zionist network. Today they are acting like a dictator throughout the world by using different methods and different means. What you did in Egypt, what you did in Tunisia, what you did in Libya, what you are doing in Yemen, what you are doing in Bahrain - and strong motivation has built up in other countries to do the same - is part of a battle against this dangerous and harmful dictatorship that has been pressuring humanity for two centuries. The momentous juncture that I spoke about is the transition from the hegemony of this dictatorship to national freedom and the rule of spiritual and divine values. This will happen: do not consider discount it.
This is a divine promise: \"And surely Allah will help him who helps His cause.\" [The Holy Quran, 22: 40] Allah the Exalted stresses that if you help His cause, He will assist you. This might look unlikely from a materialistic perspective, a perspective that is based on material calculations. However, there were many things which used to look unlikely, yet they happened. Around fifteen months ago, would you have thought the Egyptian taghut would be humiliated and annihilated like that? At that time, if people had been told that Mubarak\'s corrupt and dependent regime would be overthrown, many of them would have rejected the claim as unlikely, but it happened. Two years ago, if somebody had claimed that those amazing events would happen in North Africa, the majority of the people would have rejected it. If somebody had claimed that in a country like Lebanon, a group of faithful youth would manage to defeat the well-equipped Zionist army, nobody would have believed him. But these things happened. If somebody had said that the Islamic Republic would manage to resist for 32 years and achieve more power and progress on a daily basis in spite of all the enmity by the east and the west, nobody would have believed him, but it happened. \"Allah promised you many acquisitions which you will take, then He hastened on this one for you and held back the hands of men from you, and that it may be a sign for the believers and that He may guide you on a right path.\" [The Holy Quran, 48: 20] These victories are divine signs. They are signs of God\'s overwhelming power. Whenever the people step into the arena, whenever we enter the arena with all our heart and soul, there will definitely be divine assistance. Allah the Exalted shows us the path: \"And (as for) those who strive hard for Us, We will most certainly guide them in Our ways.\" [The Holy Quran, 29: 69] God will guide and assist. He will help people achieve their goals. The condition is that we should be present in the arena.
What has happened so far is very significant. For two hundred years, westerners ruled the Islamic Ummah by making use of their scientific advances. They occupied Islamic countries: some of them directly, some of them indirectly with the help of local dictatorships. England, France and finally America - which is the Great Satan - spread their hegemony over the Islamic Ummah. They humiliated the Islamic Ummah as much as they could. They planted the cancerous tumor of Zionism at the heart of the strategic Middle East region and they strengthened it in every way. They were sure that their interests and policies had been safeguarded in this critical part of the world. But the Islamic resolve of Muslim people and their presence wiped out all these impossible dreams and put an end to all these goals.
Today the arrogant powers of the world feel helpless in the face of Islamic Awakening. You are dominant. You will win. The future belongs to you. What has been done is a great achievement. But the important point is that this is not the end. This is only the beginning. Muslim nations must continue their struggle so that they can eliminate the enemy in different arenas.
The battle is a battle of wills. Any side whose will is stronger has the upper hand. A person whose heart depends on Allah the Exalted has the upper hand. \"If Allah assists you, then there is none that can overcome you.\" [The Holy Quran, 3: 160] If you get divine assistance, nobody will overpower you and you will move forward. We want Muslim nations that make up the great Islamic Ummah to be free. We want them to be independent. We want them to be honorable. We want them to avoid humiliation. We want them to organize their life with the lofty and progressive rules of Islam. And Islam can help them to do so. They kept us scientifically backward for many years. They trampled on our culture. They destroyed our independence. Today we have awakened and we will conquer the arenas of science one after the other.
Thirty years ago, when the Islamic Republic was established, the enemies used to say that although the Islamic Revolution had achieved victory, it would not be able to manage different areas of life. They used to say that the Islamic Revolution would back down. Thanks to Islam, today our youth have managed to make great achievements in scientific areas, achievement that would not have occurred to the enemies themselves in the past. Thanks to reliance on Allah the Exalted, today Iranian youth achieve great scientific accomplishments. They produce enriched uranium. They produce stem cells. They make great advances in biotechnology. They venture into space. And all of these things are due to reliance on Allah the Exalted and the slogan of \"Allahu Akbar\". [Audience shout \"Allahu Akbar\"]
We must not underestimate our own capabilities. Among the biggest problems that western culture has imposed on Islamic countries is two wrong and misguided conceptions. First, they instilled a sense of incompetence into Muslim nations. They made Muslim nations believe that they were not capable of doing anything - neither in the political arena, nor in the economic arena, nor in the scientific arena. They told Muslim nations, \"You are weak.\" We Muslim nations suffered from this misconception for decades and we stayed backward. The second misconception that they instilled into our mind was that our enemies were invincible and that their power was overwhelming. They convinced us that America could not be defeated, that it was impossible to force the west to retreat, that we had to tolerate them.
Today it has become clear to Muslim nations that both of these conceptions are completely wrong. Muslim nations can move forward. They can restore their Islamic glory - Muslims used to be at the peak of honor, at the peak of scientific, political and social brilliance. And the enemy has to retreat in different arenas.
This century is the century of Islam. This century is the century of spirituality. Islam offers rationality, spirituality and justice to nations. The kind of Islam that is based on rationality, Islam that is based on thinking, Islam that is based on spirituality, Islam that is based on attention to God and reliance on Him, Islam that is based on jihad, Islam that is based on hard work, Islam that is based on action - these are divine and Islamic teachings for us.
Today the important point is that the enemy is designing plots to compensate for the blows he has received in Egypt, Tunisia and other regional countries. We must pay attention to the machinations of the enemy. We must take care not to let them hijack popular revolutions from the people. We must take care not to let them derail these revolutions. Make use of the experiences of others. The enemy does many things in order to derail popular revolutions and neutralize popular movements. The enemy does many things in order to counteract selfless efforts and the blood that has been shed. It is necessary to be careful. It is necessary to be vigilant. You dear youth are the driving force behind these movements. Be vigilant. Be careful.
We have gained a lot of experience over the past 32 years. It is 32 years that we have been countering hostilities. We have resisted and overpowered the enemy. [Audience shout \"Allahu Akbar\" and pledge allegiance to the Supreme Leader] The west and America have never refused to hatch plots against the Islamic Republic. If there was something they did not do, it was because they could not do it. They did whatever they could and they have been kicked in the mouth and defeated at every stage. [Audience shout \"death to America\"] The same thing will happen in the future as well. The Islamic Republic will continue foiling all their plots in the future as well. This is something that God has promised us and we do not have any doubts in this regard.
We do not doubt the truthfulness of God\'s promise. We do not doubt Allah the Exalted. Allah the Exalted admonishes those who doubt Him. \"And (that) He may punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women, and the polytheistic men and the polytheistic women, the entertainers of evil thoughts about Allah. On them is the evil turn, and Allah is wroth with them and has cursed them and prepared hell for them, and evil is the resort.\" [The Holy Quran, 48: 6] God\'s promise is truthful. The Iranian nation has brought all its facilities into the arena and because we are in the battlefield, God will definitely assist us and the same is true of all other countries as well. But we must be vigilant. All of us must be vigilant. All of us must watch out for the machinations designed by the enemies. The enemy tries to counteract our movements and to foment discord.
Today the Islamic movement throughout the world of Islam is independent of Shia and Sunni. It is independent of Shafi\'i, Hanafi, Ja\'fari, Maliki, Hanbali and Zeidi schools. It is independent of Arabs, Persians and other ethnicities. Everybody is present in this vast arena. We must try not to let the enemy foment discord among us. There must be a sense of brotherhood among us. We must try to specify our goal. The goal is Islam. The goal is Quranic and Islamic rule. Of course, there are certain differences and similarities among Muslim countries. There is no single paradigm that fits all Islamic countries. In different countries, there are different geographic, historical and social conditions, but there are also certain shared principles: all of us are opposed to the arrogant powers, all of us are opposed to the evil hegemony of the west, all of us are opposed to the cancerous tumor, Israel. [Audience shout \"death to Israel]
Wherever it is felt that something is being done which would benefit Israel and America, we must be vigilant. We must know that it is a foreign move. We must know that it is not an insider move. Wherever there is an Islamic, anti-Zionist, anti-arrogance, anti-tyranny and anti-corruption move, that move would be a correct move and all of us would be insiders. Then it would not matter whether we are Shia or Sunni, or whether we are from this or that country. All of us must think in the same way.
As an obvious example, notice that today all media companies of the world are trying to isolate the people of Bahrain and their movement. What is the reason? The reason is that the issue is a Shia-Sunni issue: they want to foment discord. They want to draw lines and separate Muslims. There is no difference between pious Muslims who have a tendency towards this or that Islamic denomination. Islam is the aspect that all of these denominations have in common. Unity of Islamic Ummah is the aspect that all of them have in common. [Audience shout \"Allahu Akbar\" and \"unity, Islamic unity\"] The secret behind victory and the continuation of the movement is reliance on God, trust in Him and maintaining unity and cohesion.
My dear children, take care not to let the enemy stop your movement. In two different parts of the Holy Quran, Allah the Exalted tells His Messenger to be steadfast. \"Then stand firm in the right way as you are commanded.\" [The Holy Quran, 11: 112] \"And stand firm in the right way as you are commanded.\" [The Holy Quran, 42: 15] God tells the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) to be steadfast. Being steadfast means continuing one\'s path in a determined way without stopping. This is the secret behind success.
We must move forward. This movement is a successful movement because the prospects are bright. The future prospects are bright. By Allah\'s favor, there will be a day when the Islamic Ummah will reach the peak of power and independence. [Audience shout \"humiliation is far from us\"] While preserving their characteristics and differences, Muslim nations should come together under the banner of the call to God and the call to Islam. Then the Islamic Ummah will regain its dignity.
We have natural resources in Muslim countries. We have strategic regions. We have numerous natural resources. We have outstanding figures. We have highly skilled and talented manpower. We must make efforts and Allah the Exalted will bless our efforts.
I would tell you dear youth that the future belongs to you. By Allah\'s favor, you dear youth will see that day and you will hand down your sources of pride to the future generations.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\'s mercy and blessings.
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صدها نفر از جوانان 73 كشور جهان از جمله جوانان مصر، تونس، لیبی، لبنان، یمن، بحرین و فلسطین صبح روز 10 بهمن 1390، در فضایی صمیمانه و لبریز احساسات اسلامی و انقلابی، با رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی دیدار كردند.
در این دیدار پس از سخنان نمایندگان جوانان تونس، مصر، یمن، بحرین، فلسطین، لیبی و لبنان، حضرت آیت الله خامنهای در سخنانی، جوانان كشورهای اسلامی را حاملان بشارتهای بزرگ برای آینده امت اسلامی خواندند و افزودند: بیداری جوانان سرتاسر جهان اسلام، امید به بیداری عمومی ملتهای مسلمان را افزایش داده است.
رهبر انقلاب، تاریخ بشر را بر سر یك پیچ بزرگ تاریخی و در آستانه تحولی عظیم برشمردند و تأكید كردند: بشریت از همه مكاتب و ایدئولوژیهای مادی اعم از ماركسیسم، لیبرال دمكراسی و ناسیونالیسم سكولار عبور كرده و در آغاز دوران جدیدی است كه بزرگترین نشانه آن، توجه ملتها به خدای متعال، استمداد آنها از قدرت لایزال الهی و اتكای ملتها به وحی است.
ایشان با اشاره به تسلط شبكه دیكتاتوری پیچیده، خطرناك، فاسد و شیطانی صهیونیستها و قدرتهای استكباری بر جهان افزودند: قیام ملتهای منطقه علیه دیكتاتورهای وابسته، جزئی از مبارزه بشریت با دیكتاتوری جهانی صهیونیستهاست و جامعه بشری با پشت سر گذاشتن پیچ بزرگ تاریخی، از سیطره این دیكتاتوری خطرناك رها میشود و این تحول عظیم براساس وعده صادق پروردگار، به آزادی ملتها و حاكمیت ارزشهای معنوی و الهی منجر خواهد شد.
حضرت آیت الله خامنهای با اشاره به كسانی كه ممكن است پیروزی بر شبكه دیكتاتوری جهانی صهیونیستها را غیرممكن بدانند خاطرنشان كردند: قبلاً نیز اگر كسی از پیروزی جوانان مؤمن حزب الله بر ارتش رژیم صهیونیستی سخن میگفت و یا از ذلت طاغوت مصر و تحولات عجیب شمال افریقا حرف می زد خیلیها باور نمیكردند همچنانكه استقامت، پیروزی و پیشرفت جمهوری اسلامی نیز برای برخی ها قابل باور نبود اما قدرت فائقه پروردگار، خود را در این پیروزیها و تحولات شگفت نشان داد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی، حضور هوشیارانه و استقامت ملتها در میدان را زمینهساز تحقق بدون تردید نصرتهای الهی خواندند و افزودند: در پرتو تحقق وعدههای پروردگار، صهیونیستها، شیطان بزرگ امریكا و قدرتهای غربی امروز در مقابل بیداری اسلامی احساس ناتوانی میكنند و این احساس ضعف و شكست هر روز بیشتر خواهد شد.
حضرت آیت الله خامنهای، تحولات كشورهای اسلامی را آغاز راه نجات و سعادت، برشمردند و افزودند: مهم این است كه پیروزیهای بدست آمده را پایان راه ندانیم و با ادامه مجاهدت و تكیه بر عزم و اراده ملتها، و اتكا و حسن ظن به خدای قادر متعال، مبارزه با زورگویان جهانی و عوامل آنها را ادامه دهیم.
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the Two Worlds, and peace and greetings be upon the Master of Messengers, the Master of all people, our Master and Prophet, Ab-al-Qassem Al-Mustafa Muhammad, and upon his immaculate household and chosen companions and upon those who follow him well until the Day of Judgment.
I would like to welcome all the dear guests, the honorable youth, the bearers of great news for the future of the Islamic Ummah. Each and every one of you is a bearer of a great piece of news. When the youth of a country awaken, there will be increased hope of a general awakening in that country. Today Muslim youth have awakened throughout the world of Islam. So many traps have been set in the way of proud and determined Muslim youth, but they have managed to eliminate these problems. You see what has happened in Tunisia, in Egypt, in Libya, in Yemen and in Bahrain. You see the movement that has taken place in other Islamic countries. This is all good news.
You dear youth should know that the history of the world and the history of humanity is at a great momentous juncture today. A new era is starting throughout the world. The great and clear sign of it is the attention to Allah the Exalted, the cries for assistance from the inexhaustible source of divine power and reliance on divine revelations. Humanity has passed through the days of materialistic ideologies and schools and thought. Today neither Marxism, nor western liberal democracy, nor secular nationalism has any appeal. You see what is going on in the cradle of western liberal democracy - in America, in Europe. They admit failure. Today among members of the Islamic Ummah, the greatest appeal belongs to Islam, the Holy Quran and the school of thought that is based on divine revelation. Allah the Exalted has promised that the divine and Islamic school of thought and the school of thought that is based on divine revelation can help humanity achieve happiness. This is a very sacred, very important and very significant phenomenon.
Today Islamic countries have risen up against dependent dictatorships. This is a prelude to an uprising against global and international dictatorship, namely the tyranny of the corrupt and evil network of the Zionists and the arrogant powers. Today international autocracy and dictatorship is embodied by the tyranny of America, America\'s followers and the satanic and dangerous Zionist network. Today they are acting like a dictator throughout the world by using different methods and different means. What you did in Egypt, what you did in Tunisia, what you did in Libya, what you are doing in Yemen, what you are doing in Bahrain - and strong motivation has built up in other countries to do the same - is part of a battle against this dangerous and harmful dictatorship that has been pressuring humanity for two centuries. The momentous juncture that I spoke about is the transition from the hegemony of this dictatorship to national freedom and the rule of spiritual and divine values. This will happen: do not consider discount it.
This is a divine promise: \"And surely Allah will help him who helps His cause.\" [The Holy Quran, 22: 40] Allah the Exalted stresses that if you help His cause, He will assist you. This might look unlikely from a materialistic perspective, a perspective that is based on material calculations. However, there were many things which used to look unlikely, yet they happened. Around fifteen months ago, would you have thought the Egyptian taghut would be humiliated and annihilated like that? At that time, if people had been told that Mubarak\'s corrupt and dependent regime would be overthrown, many of them would have rejected the claim as unlikely, but it happened. Two years ago, if somebody had claimed that those amazing events would happen in North Africa, the majority of the people would have rejected it. If somebody had claimed that in a country like Lebanon, a group of faithful youth would manage to defeat the well-equipped Zionist army, nobody would have believed him. But these things happened. If somebody had said that the Islamic Republic would manage to resist for 32 years and achieve more power and progress on a daily basis in spite of all the enmity by the east and the west, nobody would have believed him, but it happened. \"Allah promised you many acquisitions which you will take, then He hastened on this one for you and held back the hands of men from you, and that it may be a sign for the believers and that He may guide you on a right path.\" [The Holy Quran, 48: 20] These victories are divine signs. They are signs of God\'s overwhelming power. Whenever the people step into the arena, whenever we enter the arena with all our heart and soul, there will definitely be divine assistance. Allah the Exalted shows us the path: \"And (as for) those who strive hard for Us, We will most certainly guide them in Our ways.\" [The Holy Quran, 29: 69] God will guide and assist. He will help people achieve their goals. The condition is that we should be present in the arena.
What has happened so far is very significant. For two hundred years, westerners ruled the Islamic Ummah by making use of their scientific advances. They occupied Islamic countries: some of them directly, some of them indirectly with the help of local dictatorships. England, France and finally America - which is the Great Satan - spread their hegemony over the Islamic Ummah. They humiliated the Islamic Ummah as much as they could. They planted the cancerous tumor of Zionism at the heart of the strategic Middle East region and they strengthened it in every way. They were sure that their interests and policies had been safeguarded in this critical part of the world. But the Islamic resolve of Muslim people and their presence wiped out all these impossible dreams and put an end to all these goals.
Today the arrogant powers of the world feel helpless in the face of Islamic Awakening. You are dominant. You will win. The future belongs to you. What has been done is a great achievement. But the important point is that this is not the end. This is only the beginning. Muslim nations must continue their struggle so that they can eliminate the enemy in different arenas.
The battle is a battle of wills. Any side whose will is stronger has the upper hand. A person whose heart depends on Allah the Exalted has the upper hand. \"If Allah assists you, then there is none that can overcome you.\" [The Holy Quran, 3: 160] If you get divine assistance, nobody will overpower you and you will move forward. We want Muslim nations that make up the great Islamic Ummah to be free. We want them to be independent. We want them to be honorable. We want them to avoid humiliation. We want them to organize their life with the lofty and progressive rules of Islam. And Islam can help them to do so. They kept us scientifically backward for many years. They trampled on our culture. They destroyed our independence. Today we have awakened and we will conquer the arenas of science one after the other.
Thirty years ago, when the Islamic Republic was established, the enemies used to say that although the Islamic Revolution had achieved victory, it would not be able to manage different areas of life. They used to say that the Islamic Revolution would back down. Thanks to Islam, today our youth have managed to make great achievements in scientific areas, achievement that would not have occurred to the enemies themselves in the past. Thanks to reliance on Allah the Exalted, today Iranian youth achieve great scientific accomplishments. They produce enriched uranium. They produce stem cells. They make great advances in biotechnology. They venture into space. And all of these things are due to reliance on Allah the Exalted and the slogan of \"Allahu Akbar\". [Audience shout \"Allahu Akbar\"]
We must not underestimate our own capabilities. Among the biggest problems that western culture has imposed on Islamic countries is two wrong and misguided conceptions. First, they instilled a sense of incompetence into Muslim nations. They made Muslim nations believe that they were not capable of doing anything - neither in the political arena, nor in the economic arena, nor in the scientific arena. They told Muslim nations, \"You are weak.\" We Muslim nations suffered from this misconception for decades and we stayed backward. The second misconception that they instilled into our mind was that our enemies were invincible and that their power was overwhelming. They convinced us that America could not be defeated, that it was impossible to force the west to retreat, that we had to tolerate them.
Today it has become clear to Muslim nations that both of these conceptions are completely wrong. Muslim nations can move forward. They can restore their Islamic glory - Muslims used to be at the peak of honor, at the peak of scientific, political and social brilliance. And the enemy has to retreat in different arenas.
This century is the century of Islam. This century is the century of spirituality. Islam offers rationality, spirituality and justice to nations. The kind of Islam that is based on rationality, Islam that is based on thinking, Islam that is based on spirituality, Islam that is based on attention to God and reliance on Him, Islam that is based on jihad, Islam that is based on hard work, Islam that is based on action - these are divine and Islamic teachings for us.
Today the important point is that the enemy is designing plots to compensate for the blows he has received in Egypt, Tunisia and other regional countries. We must pay attention to the machinations of the enemy. We must take care not to let them hijack popular revolutions from the people. We must take care not to let them derail these revolutions. Make use of the experiences of others. The enemy does many things in order to derail popular revolutions and neutralize popular movements. The enemy does many things in order to counteract selfless efforts and the blood that has been shed. It is necessary to be careful. It is necessary to be vigilant. You dear youth are the driving force behind these movements. Be vigilant. Be careful.
We have gained a lot of experience over the past 32 years. It is 32 years that we have been countering hostilities. We have resisted and overpowered the enemy. [Audience shout \"Allahu Akbar\" and pledge allegiance to the Supreme Leader] The west and America have never refused to hatch plots against the Islamic Republic. If there was something they did not do, it was because they could not do it. They did whatever they could and they have been kicked in the mouth and defeated at every stage. [Audience shout \"death to America\"] The same thing will happen in the future as well. The Islamic Republic will continue foiling all their plots in the future as well. This is something that God has promised us and we do not have any doubts in this regard.
We do not doubt the truthfulness of God\'s promise. We do not doubt Allah the Exalted. Allah the Exalted admonishes those who doubt Him. \"And (that) He may punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women, and the polytheistic men and the polytheistic women, the entertainers of evil thoughts about Allah. On them is the evil turn, and Allah is wroth with them and has cursed them and prepared hell for them, and evil is the resort.\" [The Holy Quran, 48: 6] God\'s promise is truthful. The Iranian nation has brought all its facilities into the arena and because we are in the battlefield, God will definitely assist us and the same is true of all other countries as well. But we must be vigilant. All of us must be vigilant. All of us must watch out for the machinations designed by the enemies. The enemy tries to counteract our movements and to foment discord.
Today the Islamic movement throughout the world of Islam is independent of Shia and Sunni. It is independent of Shafi\'i, Hanafi, Ja\'fari, Maliki, Hanbali and Zeidi schools. It is independent of Arabs, Persians and other ethnicities. Everybody is present in this vast arena. We must try not to let the enemy foment discord among us. There must be a sense of brotherhood among us. We must try to specify our goal. The goal is Islam. The goal is Quranic and Islamic rule. Of course, there are certain differences and similarities among Muslim countries. There is no single paradigm that fits all Islamic countries. In different countries, there are different geographic, historical and social conditions, but there are also certain shared principles: all of us are opposed to the arrogant powers, all of us are opposed to the evil hegemony of the west, all of us are opposed to the cancerous tumor, Israel. [Audience shout \"death to Israel]
Wherever it is felt that something is being done which would benefit Israel and America, we must be vigilant. We must know that it is a foreign move. We must know that it is not an insider move. Wherever there is an Islamic, anti-Zionist, anti-arrogance, anti-tyranny and anti-corruption move, that move would be a correct move and all of us would be insiders. Then it would not matter whether we are Shia or Sunni, or whether we are from this or that country. All of us must think in the same way.
As an obvious example, notice that today all media companies of the world are trying to isolate the people of Bahrain and their movement. What is the reason? The reason is that the issue is a Shia-Sunni issue: they want to foment discord. They want to draw lines and separate Muslims. There is no difference between pious Muslims who have a tendency towards this or that Islamic denomination. Islam is the aspect that all of these denominations have in common. Unity of Islamic Ummah is the aspect that all of them have in common. [Audience shout \"Allahu Akbar\" and \"unity, Islamic unity\"] The secret behind victory and the continuation of the movement is reliance on God, trust in Him and maintaining unity and cohesion.
My dear children, take care not to let the enemy stop your movement. In two different parts of the Holy Quran, Allah the Exalted tells His Messenger to be steadfast. \"Then stand firm in the right way as you are commanded.\" [The Holy Quran, 11: 112] \"And stand firm in the right way as you are commanded.\" [The Holy Quran, 42: 15] God tells the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) to be steadfast. Being steadfast means continuing one\'s path in a determined way without stopping. This is the secret behind success.
We must move forward. This movement is a successful movement because the prospects are bright. The future prospects are bright. By Allah\'s favor, there will be a day when the Islamic Ummah will reach the peak of power and independence. [Audience shout \"humiliation is far from us\"] While preserving their characteristics and differences, Muslim nations should come together under the banner of the call to God and the call to Islam. Then the Islamic Ummah will regain its dignity.
We have natural resources in Muslim countries. We have strategic regions. We have numerous natural resources. We have outstanding figures. We have highly skilled and talented manpower. We must make efforts and Allah the Exalted will bless our efforts.
I would tell you dear youth that the future belongs to you. By Allah\'s favor, you dear youth will see that day and you will hand down your sources of pride to the future generations.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\'s mercy and blessings.
10:58
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Leader Message on Eid-ul-Ghadeer - Sayed Ali Khamenei - 13 Oct 2014 - English
n the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I would like to congratulate all the dear audience, the dear brothers and sisters, the dear people of Iran, all Shia Muslims and all those...
n the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I would like to congratulate all the dear audience, the dear brothers and sisters, the dear people of Iran, all Shia Muslims and all those people who feel proud of and who enjoy the truths of Islam and knowledge about the content of this holy religion on the occasion of the auspicious day of Eid al-Ghadir. And I welcome all the dear participants, particularly the dear brothers and sisters who have come from distant cities and who have ornamented this meeting with their presence.
I would like to say a few things about the issue of Ghadir and then I will say a few things about the responsibilities that the issue of Ghadir and awareness about the deep lessons of Ghadir entrusts to us. We should pay attention to these responsibilities.
The issue of Ghadir is a very important issue in the history of Islam. First, the essence of this astonishing and important event and this holy statement - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Whomsoever\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Moula [leader] I am, Ali is also his Moula\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" - is not something that has been narrated by Shia only. This event is among clear and absolute truths. Those who wanted to find faults with this event did not cast doubts on the origin of this statement. Rather, they resorted to ta\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'weel and interpretation of this sentence.
The issue of Ghadir is a clear historical and Islamic issue. The doubts and questions - about the meaning of this sentence - that have come to the minds of some intellectual and philosophical newcomers of today are the same doubts and questions that have been raised since a thousand years ago. And these questions have been answered by great ulama. Therefore, there is not any room for raising doubts about the essence of this issue, this event and what the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) said.
On that day, the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) asked the people, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Am I not closer to you than your own selves?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" This sentence was a reference to a Quranic ayah which said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 33: 6]. Then, the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Whomsoever\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Moula I am, Ali is also his Moula\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". So, there is not any room for doubt about the essence of this issue.
What should be said about the content of this historical, holy and meaningful sentence - apart from the appointment of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) as the caliph and Imam after the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) which is the common meaning of this sentence - is that there is another important issue which should not be ignored. This issue is the attention of Islam to the issue of government and politics and the significance of this issue from the viewpoint of Islam.
The answer to those people who have tried to throw Islam out of the arena of social and political issues, to confine it to personal and individual affairs and to adopt a secular outlook towards Islam - the hands of the enemies and their propaganda efforts have been promoting this outlook among Muslims for many years - is the issue of Ghadir. At the command of Allah the Exalted, the Holy Prophet (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon him and his household) addressed an important and fundamental issue in that sensitive condition and during the last months of his life. This important issue was attending to the issue of government after the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) time.
Here, the appointment of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) was not confined to spiritual aspects. Rather, it can be said that spiritual aspects are not things that someone can be appointed and elected for. Those issues for which someone can be appointed are government, politics and the management of the country and the Islamic society. The Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) recommended this to the people. This is an important point on the issue of Ghadir and it is a rejoinder to all those people who think and promote the idea that Islam should be kept away from political issues, issues related to the government and the like.
Therefore, these two truths - that is to say, the truth about the appointment of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) as the Imam after the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) and the truth about attending to the issue of government, politics, imamate and managing the Islamic Ummah after the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) - and these two very important and sensitive issues exist in the event of Ghadir. They are among teachings that have been guaranteed by Ghadir and they are a great lesson for all Muslims, whether for their present time or for their future.
Today, what we should pay attention to is that the issue of Ghadir is an ideological issue. Shia and the followers of the school of the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) household and the school of imamate are committed to the issue of Ghadir. Without a doubt, this is the base of Shia philosophy and there is no room for any discussion on this issue. Those who doubt this and those who have a question in this regard can take part in scholarly and expert meetings and discuss it.
Shia\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s logic is strong. Its reasoning is decisive and impeccable. However, this should not influence the public lives of Muslims, their cooperation with and brotherhood towards one another. The issue of differences between Muslim denominations - whether Shia and Sunni denominations or the different denominations that exist inside these two major denominations - has been one of the targets of the greed of the enemies of Islam, not just the enemies of Shia Islam.
For many years, there has been an effort to create discord between Muslims. This is because the existence of discord between Muslims will make them spend their efforts, energy and motivation on domestic fights. This makes them ignore foreign affairs and their great enemies. This has been the major policy of colonialism for many years and after the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the formation of the Islamic Republic. Because they witnessed the development of the Islamic Republic\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s thoughts in the world of Islam, they placed more emphasis on and showed more persistence in creating discord. They invested in doing this in order to separate the world of Islam from the Islamic Republic.
The Islamic Republic, our great Revolution and our great Imam (r.a.) managed to attract the thoughts of the world of Islam and the hearts of Muslims. They managed to channel their motivations and their moves. This frightened the enemy. This frightened colonialism, arrogance and Zionism - particularly American politicians. As a result of this, they resorted to their old weapon which is the weapon of creating discord.
Since many years ago until today, they have been fueling the fire of discord between Shia and Sunni so that they can divert the attention of the two sides from the main enemy - who is the enemy of Islam, not the enemy of Shia or Sunni in particular - and so that they can busy them with each other. This is the policy of colonialism. And the experts on this policy are the political and security hands of the vile English government which has been active in this area since long ago. They have made many efforts in this area and they know how to create discord between Muslim denominations. They have experience in the ways for doing this. Therefore, they know how to do it and they are extremely active in this arena.
This takfiri orientation - the thing that has emerged in Iraq, Syria and some other regional countries today and that confronts all Muslims, not just Shias - is the handicraft of colonialists themselves. They made something called al-Qaida and DAESH in order to confront the Islamic Republic and the movement of the Islamic Awakening. However, this product has become a burden for themselves. Today, it has become a burden for themselves.
Of course, if we take a careful and analytical look today, we see that the unreal effort which America and its allies are making in the region today under the name of confronting DAESH is, in fact, an effort for channeling enmities among Muslims more than it is an effort for nipping this evil movement in the bud. They try to pit Muslims against one another. Today, they have chosen this ignorant, prejudiced, fossilized and dependent group as the element for doing this. Otherwise, the goal is the same old goal.
They are trying to divert Muslims\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' attention from the main enemy. We - whether Shia and Sunni Muslims or anyone who is committed to Islam and who believes in the authority of the Holy Quran - should know that America and American, arrogant and Zionist policies are the enemy of Islam, Islamic awareness and the rule of Islam. The effort that they are making today is the continuation of the effort that they have been making for 35 years. It is 35 years now that they have been making all sorts of efforts. However, by God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s permission and grace, they were defeated in all the efforts that they made against the Islamic Republic. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, they will definitely be defeated in this one as well.
What the responsibility of Muslims - whether Shia or Sunni Muslims - is, is that they should not help the enemy by provoking the feelings of one another. Shia should know that if there is a fight between Shia and Sunni and if feelings are provoked, it is the common and the main enemy who will benefit from this. Therefore, it should not let this happen. The same is true of Sunni. The two sides should be careful. They should not provoke each other\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s feelings, they should not insult each other\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s holy beliefs and they should not fuel the fire of discord between Muslim tribes and groups - particularly between Shia and Sunni - because this is what the enemies of Islam want. Everyone should pay attention to this.
If someone does something to provoke the feelings of the other side and to create enmity, they should certainly know that they are helping America, vile England and Zionism. They should know that they are helping those people who create DAESH, al-Qaida and the like and who create the takfiri orientation in order to create discord between Shia and Sunni. Today, Islamic unity, Islamic brotherhood and Islamic solidarity is one of the most necessary and urgent responsibilities for all Islamic societies. All of us should be committed to this responsibility.
Of course, the religious, wise and insightful Muslims who live in the Islamic Republic are familiar with their responsibilities. I hope that they show commitment to such responsibilities on this matter and all other matters. I hope that God bestows success on all of you and I hope that He will help all of you and the entire world of Islam to benefit from the blessings of Eid al-Ghadir.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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n the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I would like to congratulate all the dear audience, the dear brothers and sisters, the dear people of Iran, all Shia Muslims and all those people who feel proud of and who enjoy the truths of Islam and knowledge about the content of this holy religion on the occasion of the auspicious day of Eid al-Ghadir. And I welcome all the dear participants, particularly the dear brothers and sisters who have come from distant cities and who have ornamented this meeting with their presence.
I would like to say a few things about the issue of Ghadir and then I will say a few things about the responsibilities that the issue of Ghadir and awareness about the deep lessons of Ghadir entrusts to us. We should pay attention to these responsibilities.
The issue of Ghadir is a very important issue in the history of Islam. First, the essence of this astonishing and important event and this holy statement - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Whomsoever\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Moula [leader] I am, Ali is also his Moula\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" - is not something that has been narrated by Shia only. This event is among clear and absolute truths. Those who wanted to find faults with this event did not cast doubts on the origin of this statement. Rather, they resorted to ta\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'weel and interpretation of this sentence.
The issue of Ghadir is a clear historical and Islamic issue. The doubts and questions - about the meaning of this sentence - that have come to the minds of some intellectual and philosophical newcomers of today are the same doubts and questions that have been raised since a thousand years ago. And these questions have been answered by great ulama. Therefore, there is not any room for raising doubts about the essence of this issue, this event and what the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) said.
On that day, the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) asked the people, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Am I not closer to you than your own selves?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" This sentence was a reference to a Quranic ayah which said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 33: 6]. Then, the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Whomsoever\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Moula I am, Ali is also his Moula\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". So, there is not any room for doubt about the essence of this issue.
What should be said about the content of this historical, holy and meaningful sentence - apart from the appointment of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) as the caliph and Imam after the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) which is the common meaning of this sentence - is that there is another important issue which should not be ignored. This issue is the attention of Islam to the issue of government and politics and the significance of this issue from the viewpoint of Islam.
The answer to those people who have tried to throw Islam out of the arena of social and political issues, to confine it to personal and individual affairs and to adopt a secular outlook towards Islam - the hands of the enemies and their propaganda efforts have been promoting this outlook among Muslims for many years - is the issue of Ghadir. At the command of Allah the Exalted, the Holy Prophet (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon him and his household) addressed an important and fundamental issue in that sensitive condition and during the last months of his life. This important issue was attending to the issue of government after the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) time.
Here, the appointment of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) was not confined to spiritual aspects. Rather, it can be said that spiritual aspects are not things that someone can be appointed and elected for. Those issues for which someone can be appointed are government, politics and the management of the country and the Islamic society. The Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) recommended this to the people. This is an important point on the issue of Ghadir and it is a rejoinder to all those people who think and promote the idea that Islam should be kept away from political issues, issues related to the government and the like.
Therefore, these two truths - that is to say, the truth about the appointment of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) as the Imam after the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) and the truth about attending to the issue of government, politics, imamate and managing the Islamic Ummah after the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) - and these two very important and sensitive issues exist in the event of Ghadir. They are among teachings that have been guaranteed by Ghadir and they are a great lesson for all Muslims, whether for their present time or for their future.
Today, what we should pay attention to is that the issue of Ghadir is an ideological issue. Shia and the followers of the school of the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) household and the school of imamate are committed to the issue of Ghadir. Without a doubt, this is the base of Shia philosophy and there is no room for any discussion on this issue. Those who doubt this and those who have a question in this regard can take part in scholarly and expert meetings and discuss it.
Shia\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s logic is strong. Its reasoning is decisive and impeccable. However, this should not influence the public lives of Muslims, their cooperation with and brotherhood towards one another. The issue of differences between Muslim denominations - whether Shia and Sunni denominations or the different denominations that exist inside these two major denominations - has been one of the targets of the greed of the enemies of Islam, not just the enemies of Shia Islam.
For many years, there has been an effort to create discord between Muslims. This is because the existence of discord between Muslims will make them spend their efforts, energy and motivation on domestic fights. This makes them ignore foreign affairs and their great enemies. This has been the major policy of colonialism for many years and after the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the formation of the Islamic Republic. Because they witnessed the development of the Islamic Republic\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s thoughts in the world of Islam, they placed more emphasis on and showed more persistence in creating discord. They invested in doing this in order to separate the world of Islam from the Islamic Republic.
The Islamic Republic, our great Revolution and our great Imam (r.a.) managed to attract the thoughts of the world of Islam and the hearts of Muslims. They managed to channel their motivations and their moves. This frightened the enemy. This frightened colonialism, arrogance and Zionism - particularly American politicians. As a result of this, they resorted to their old weapon which is the weapon of creating discord.
Since many years ago until today, they have been fueling the fire of discord between Shia and Sunni so that they can divert the attention of the two sides from the main enemy - who is the enemy of Islam, not the enemy of Shia or Sunni in particular - and so that they can busy them with each other. This is the policy of colonialism. And the experts on this policy are the political and security hands of the vile English government which has been active in this area since long ago. They have made many efforts in this area and they know how to create discord between Muslim denominations. They have experience in the ways for doing this. Therefore, they know how to do it and they are extremely active in this arena.
This takfiri orientation - the thing that has emerged in Iraq, Syria and some other regional countries today and that confronts all Muslims, not just Shias - is the handicraft of colonialists themselves. They made something called al-Qaida and DAESH in order to confront the Islamic Republic and the movement of the Islamic Awakening. However, this product has become a burden for themselves. Today, it has become a burden for themselves.
Of course, if we take a careful and analytical look today, we see that the unreal effort which America and its allies are making in the region today under the name of confronting DAESH is, in fact, an effort for channeling enmities among Muslims more than it is an effort for nipping this evil movement in the bud. They try to pit Muslims against one another. Today, they have chosen this ignorant, prejudiced, fossilized and dependent group as the element for doing this. Otherwise, the goal is the same old goal.
They are trying to divert Muslims\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' attention from the main enemy. We - whether Shia and Sunni Muslims or anyone who is committed to Islam and who believes in the authority of the Holy Quran - should know that America and American, arrogant and Zionist policies are the enemy of Islam, Islamic awareness and the rule of Islam. The effort that they are making today is the continuation of the effort that they have been making for 35 years. It is 35 years now that they have been making all sorts of efforts. However, by God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s permission and grace, they were defeated in all the efforts that they made against the Islamic Republic. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, they will definitely be defeated in this one as well.
What the responsibility of Muslims - whether Shia or Sunni Muslims - is, is that they should not help the enemy by provoking the feelings of one another. Shia should know that if there is a fight between Shia and Sunni and if feelings are provoked, it is the common and the main enemy who will benefit from this. Therefore, it should not let this happen. The same is true of Sunni. The two sides should be careful. They should not provoke each other\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s feelings, they should not insult each other\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s holy beliefs and they should not fuel the fire of discord between Muslim tribes and groups - particularly between Shia and Sunni - because this is what the enemies of Islam want. Everyone should pay attention to this.
If someone does something to provoke the feelings of the other side and to create enmity, they should certainly know that they are helping America, vile England and Zionism. They should know that they are helping those people who create DAESH, al-Qaida and the like and who create the takfiri orientation in order to create discord between Shia and Sunni. Today, Islamic unity, Islamic brotherhood and Islamic solidarity is one of the most necessary and urgent responsibilities for all Islamic societies. All of us should be committed to this responsibility.
Of course, the religious, wise and insightful Muslims who live in the Islamic Republic are familiar with their responsibilities. I hope that they show commitment to such responsibilities on this matter and all other matters. I hope that God bestows success on all of you and I hope that He will help all of you and the entire world of Islam to benefit from the blessings of Eid al-Ghadir.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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Ayatollah Khamenei speech on the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (s.a.) April 20,2014 - Farsi
Ayatollah Khamenei\\\'s speech on the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (s.a.) April 20,2014
Translation
Source : English.Khamenei.ir
Supreme Leader\\\'s Speech in Meeting...
Ayatollah Khamenei\\\'s speech on the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (s.a.) April 20,2014
Translation
Source : English.Khamenei.ir
Supreme Leader\\\'s Speech in Meeting with Panegyrists Print
20/04/2014
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on April 20, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with a group of panegyrists on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (s.a.).
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I congratulate all of you dear brothers - who are lyrical nightingales in the garden of love for the Holy Prophet\\\'s (s.w.a.) household (a.s.) - on the occasion of the auspicious birthday anniversary of Sayyidah Taherah Masoumeh (God\\\'s greetings be upon her) and the birthday anniversary of the great and glorious leader of the Revolution.
We thank God because this is one of His great blessings for us and it is a source of inspiration for our Islamic and Shia society. He repeatedly and constantly inspires our society with birthday anniversaries, biographies, and martyrdom eras. This should really be appreciated.
During the birthday anniversaries of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.), Imam Hassan (a.s.), Imam Hussein (a.s.) and Fatima Zahra (s.a.), the memory of these shining stars and these guiding flags are revived in hearts. This is very valuable. And thank God it is many years that we have been holding this meeting in the shade of Fatemi enlightenment (God\\\'s purest greetings be upon her). It is many years that this meeting has been bestowing its blessings on us, on our working and living environments and on the environment of the country.
Man\\\'s limited mind cannot definitely evaluate and measure the characteristics of heavenly personalities like Fatima Zahra (God\\\'s greetings be upon her). People\\\'s minds do not have the capability to evaluate and measure these spiritual dimensions. However, we can make their behavior a model for ourselves. This was also pointed out in the poems that the friends in this meeting recited.
The spiritual positions of these personalities are one thing and the patterns of behavior which are in front of our eyes are quite another. This does not mean that we can emulate these personalities by displaying a second version of their patterns of behavior. This is not what it means. However, we can follow them at least.
The Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) said, \\\"I know that to adopt such a hard way of life is beyond you, but at least try to be pious. Help me and be my companion in virtue, diligence and simple living\\\" [Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 45]. After he describes his lifestyle - although he had a lofty position and had access to many resources, he lived a life of piety and abstinence - he says, \\\"You cannot behave like me, but you can help me\\\". With what? We can help him with piety, avoidance of sins, effort and diligence. These are our responsibilities.
They have illustrated the goals for us, both individual and personal goals, and social, political and general goals. In personal goals, our lofty ideal is reaching the peak of human dignity. Everyone has been promised that they can take this lofty and limitless flight. You youth are more capable than us. These are the personal goals.
And our great social goals are creating a pure Islamic life and Islamic society, one that allows individuals to move towards this goal. Such a society is well-developed, free, independent, highly moral, united, unanimous, pious and religious. These are the goals of Islamic society. The main social and political goal of Islam is creating a world which is an introduction to the afterlife and which helps individuals to achieve paradise easily. They have illustrated these goals for us.
What is the way to achieve these goals? How can we reach these goals? As Imam Ali (a.s.) said, we should help him to reach this goal - this is the Commander of the Faithful\\\'s (a.s.) command. This goal is what the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) did in his entire life and during his efforts and jihad, which is creating such a world for all the people throughout history. How can we help him? We can help him with virtue, diligence and effort. Laziness is forbidden. Idleness is forbidden. Feeling tired is forbidden. Becoming desperate is forbidden. When this great movement is launched, you have gladdened the blessed heart of Fatima Zahra (God\\\'s greetings be upon her) and the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) because they made all these efforts in order to reach this goal.
My dear ones, dear youth, this opportunity is available to the people of Iran today. In the past, it was not available and it was difficult. Today in the Islamic Republic, the opportunity to move forward in the right way and to lead a good, pious and pure life is available to all the people in society. This does not mean that the path of committing sins is closed. This is not the case because the path of sins is always open, but the path of living a good, pious and pure life in the shade of Islam is open as well.
Of course, living such a life has its own pleasures and difficulties. \\\"And thus did We make for every prophet an enemy, the shaitans from among men and jinn, some of them suggesting to others varnished falsehood to deceive them\\\" [The Holy Quran, 6: 112]. There have always been certain enemies against the camp of prophets. Who are these enemies? These enemies are the shaitans from among men and jinn. Against this seemingly long line of shaitans, there is the steel and strong line of believers. The people of Iran experienced this and it became clear that people can achieve victory over their enemies, as the people of Iran have thankfully moved forward until today.
We should make efforts. The lesson of the life of Siddiqat al-Taherah - Fatima Zahra (God\\\'s greetings be upon her) - is to make efforts, show diligence and lead a pure life, as that great personality was the manifestation of enlightenment and purity: she was \\\"pure, clean, immaculate, virtuous, pious and moral\\\" [Kamel al-Ziarat, page 310]. The purity, cleanliness, piety and enlightenment of that great person are what have influenced our Islamic teachings throughout the history of Shiaism.
What is appropriate to be discussed in this meeting is related to the heavy responsibility that falls on the shoulders of today\\\'s society of panegyrists. This issue has priority over other issues. Dear brothers, the tradition of praising and eulogizing the Holy Prophet\\\'s (s.w.a.) household (a.s.) - which is a great honor - has fortunately become common and deep-rooted in our society. This tradition existed in the past as well, but it was limited in scope. However today, this banquet has spread and this arena has opened to everyone.
Today, thousands of people throughout the country are active in this arena by utilizing their artistic taste and benefitting from different methods of eloquence. Well, this is an opportunity and any opportunity is accompanied by a responsibility. When you cannot communicate with someone, your responsibility remains at a limited level, but when you can, your responsibility will naturally increase to the extent that your capability for communication allows.
When you can speak to the people and when you have the capability to address them with the art of poetry, singing and melody, this makes you responsible. All these opportunities and capacities are accompanied by a responsibility. You should be able to carry out this responsibility in an efficient way. If the society of panegyrists in the country can carry out its responsibility as befits its position, then a significant development will take place throughout the country.
I have repeatedly said that if you recite a poem in an artistic way and if the poem itself is meaningful and instructive, then this will exert more influence than the speech that we deliver for two, three hours. Sometimes, this is the case. Well, this is a very good opportunity. Notice what will happen if the thousands of panegyrists, eulogists and religious singers who address the people and who sing to them on different occasions observe the principles and requirements of this great task.
Our enemies are after destroying our beliefs, actions and paths with hundreds of weapons and discourses and with various kinds of measures. Primarily, they are doing this in the Islamic Republic and secondly, they are doing it in the world of Islam. Many of the people understand, see and know about the enemy\\\'s measures. There are different TV and radio channels and different electronic means of communication.
However, there are certain propaganda measures about which we have more information than the people. The masses of the people do not know what complex measures are being adopted in our country to make the minds of the people deviate from the right path, to divert their movement, to bring the world of Islam to its knees and to prevent Shia community and Shia teachings from becoming a model in the world of Islam. Such measures are being adopted.
We have unique and exclusive resources against this effort of the enemy. We can respond through the internet and through the methods that they themselves employ - of course, their work is much broader in scope - but we have certain means which are exclusive to us.
One of these means is you society of panegyrists. Your face-to-face communication and your utilization of art for conveying concepts to the audience in a comprehensive and wide-ranging way - that is to say, the issue is not about two, three, ten panegyrists, rather thousands of panegyrists are doing this throughout the country - is an exclusive means that we enjoy. It is a means that they do not have.
Minbars are one of these unique means. The same is true of mourning ceremonies. The same is true of religious heyats. If the content of our minbars, eulogies, heyats and nohas are appropriate, then no means can confront and oppose them. That is to say, this means is completely unique and exclusive. Notice that this is an opportunity. Therefore, it should not be wasted and missed.
What is worse than missing this opportunity is using it in a bad way. If our religious ceremonies and eulogies make the people lose their belief in the future, we have wasted this opportunity and we have not appreciated the value of this blessing. If the people leave our minbars and our eulogies while they have not gained any understanding about their conditions and their responsibilities, we have wasted this opportunity. If, God forbid, our meetings shatter unity, we have missed this opportunity. If the way we speak or the content of our speech helps the enemies succeed in their goals, we have turned this divine blessing into blasphemy and ungratefulness: \\\"They have changed Allah\\\'s favor for ungratefulness\\\" [The Holy Quran, 14: 28].
We should be careful about this. We have said many times that today\\\'s denominational discord among Muslims is a weapon and a trump card in the hands of our enemies. This is completely clear to those people who are well-informed about global developments. Such denominational discord is a sword in the hands of our enemies. Publicizing differences, expressing them in an outspoken way and speaking about issues which fuel fitna is one of the means which our enemy makes maximum use of.
Now if we act in a way that the enemy\\\'s goal is achieved, this is changing Allah\\\'s favor for ungratefulness. In religious ceremonies, denominational discourse should not be highlighted. How many times should this be repeated? We have said this many times, but some people do not want to listen.
What do you do if you want to guide those people who do not believe in your denomination and your true beliefs? Do you begin to curse and speak ill of their sacred beliefs? This will make them completely drift away from you and it will destroy all hopes of guiding them. The way to guide them is not this. As you can see today, the world of Shia Islam is under attack. Those who had not heard the name of Shia and Sunni Islam - the leaders of arrogance - are constantly highlighting the name of Shia Islam in their propaganda. They constantly speak about Shia Iran, Shia groups in Iraq and other Shia countries. They constantly highlight the issue of Shia and Sunni.
Why do they do this? It is because they have found a good tool for provoking grudge among Muslims. Well, we are proud that we are Alavi Shias. We are proud that we have gained understanding about the position of Wilayat. Our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) carried the flag of the Commander of the Faithful\\\'s (a.s.) Wilayat and this became a means for the world of Islam - whether Shia or non-Shia Islam - to feel proud of Islam.
Now, should we do something to turn this feeling of pride and the interest of the world of Islam in Shia community and Shia honor into enmity, hostility and grudge? This is exactly what the enemy wants. We should not allow him to achieve his goal. This is a very important point. You should be careful about this. You should be careful more than other people. We should not do something to help the enemy succeed in his goal and sharpen his sword. Our great personalities, our ulama, our marja taqlids and the great personalities of the world of Islam have always advised us to be careful about this issue. So, this is a very fundamental point.
The second point is that you should take care not to do anything in religious environments and ceremonies which is beyond the principles of sharia. You should be careful about this. The environment of panegyric and religious singing is a pure and clean environment. We should not allow the impurities which have unfortunately been promoted in the world of art among decadent and immoral people to penetrate into the environment of Islamic and religious art. You should be careful about this. Such environments should be clean, pure, untainted and moral. The environment in which we want to convey Islamic teachings with the language of poetry should be such an environment.
Every word that we use in our poems as content and meaning should be instructive. We should try to do this and it does not matter what occasion it is. Sometimes, it is a mourning ceremony and sometimes, it is a eulogy. All of the words that we select can be instructive. In the last Muharram during the time of taghut - it was during the time of revolutionary enthusiasm and excitement and the Revolution became victorious immediately after this Muharram - religious heyats in different cities used to perform certain nohas, each of which enlightened and informed the people as strongly as a long and eloquent speech. Nohas should always be like this.
The task that noha performers carry out is a very remarkable and interesting task. The tradition of performing nohas and the kind of behavior which is witnessed in nohas are very important. These are exclusive to Shia community. That is to say, they are particular to us. Such religious ceremonies do not exist in other countries. This is one of our privileges and therefore, such ceremonies should have strong content.
If, by Allah\\\'s favor, these things receive attention, the society of panegyrists will be one of the most influential pioneers of change in the intellectual and practical system of Iranian society. This can be achieved as in the present time, one can see that whenever a responsible and committed panegyrist recites a good poem in a proper way, this will exert influence over the audience and it will awaken and inform them.
It is not clear whether any charitable act can be as valuable as this task in improving society. There are few tasks on which one can place such a high value before Allah the Exalted. This is a very important task. Thankfully, you benefit from this blessing. You have a good voice and you have the capability to perform in a good and melodious way. If you accompany this with the characteristics that were referred to, it seems that a great task for furthering the goals of the Islamic government and the Islamic Republic will be carried out.
Fortunately today, we do not have a shortage of good poems. We have very good religious and ayini poets. These poets compose poems about different issues and their poems are good. Thankfully today, we benefited from some of these good poems. It was very good.
In the past, panegyrists had to memorize poems. Today, you broke this tradition. You made it easier by using a piece of paper. Well, good poems can be written and recited. Thankfully, this opportunity exists today. This is one of God\\\'s greatest blessings which is available to us today.
In my opinion, the society of panegyrists with its enormous capabilities is a divine blessing for our country and our people and the poets who compose poems and who prepare panegyrists for carrying out this responsibility are really accomplishing a great feat. I ask Allah the Exalted to bestow His blessings on all you dear ones - particularly you youth who have a wide arena of work ahead of you. I hope that all of you will be rewarded by the Imam of the Age (may our souls be sacrificed for his sake) and that you will receive his attention.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\'s mercy and blessings
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Ayatollah Khamenei\\\'s speech on the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (s.a.) April 20,2014
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Source : English.Khamenei.ir
Supreme Leader\\\'s Speech in Meeting with Panegyrists Print
20/04/2014
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on April 20, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with a group of panegyrists on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (s.a.).
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I congratulate all of you dear brothers - who are lyrical nightingales in the garden of love for the Holy Prophet\\\'s (s.w.a.) household (a.s.) - on the occasion of the auspicious birthday anniversary of Sayyidah Taherah Masoumeh (God\\\'s greetings be upon her) and the birthday anniversary of the great and glorious leader of the Revolution.
We thank God because this is one of His great blessings for us and it is a source of inspiration for our Islamic and Shia society. He repeatedly and constantly inspires our society with birthday anniversaries, biographies, and martyrdom eras. This should really be appreciated.
During the birthday anniversaries of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.), Imam Hassan (a.s.), Imam Hussein (a.s.) and Fatima Zahra (s.a.), the memory of these shining stars and these guiding flags are revived in hearts. This is very valuable. And thank God it is many years that we have been holding this meeting in the shade of Fatemi enlightenment (God\\\'s purest greetings be upon her). It is many years that this meeting has been bestowing its blessings on us, on our working and living environments and on the environment of the country.
Man\\\'s limited mind cannot definitely evaluate and measure the characteristics of heavenly personalities like Fatima Zahra (God\\\'s greetings be upon her). People\\\'s minds do not have the capability to evaluate and measure these spiritual dimensions. However, we can make their behavior a model for ourselves. This was also pointed out in the poems that the friends in this meeting recited.
The spiritual positions of these personalities are one thing and the patterns of behavior which are in front of our eyes are quite another. This does not mean that we can emulate these personalities by displaying a second version of their patterns of behavior. This is not what it means. However, we can follow them at least.
The Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) said, \\\"I know that to adopt such a hard way of life is beyond you, but at least try to be pious. Help me and be my companion in virtue, diligence and simple living\\\" [Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 45]. After he describes his lifestyle - although he had a lofty position and had access to many resources, he lived a life of piety and abstinence - he says, \\\"You cannot behave like me, but you can help me\\\". With what? We can help him with piety, avoidance of sins, effort and diligence. These are our responsibilities.
They have illustrated the goals for us, both individual and personal goals, and social, political and general goals. In personal goals, our lofty ideal is reaching the peak of human dignity. Everyone has been promised that they can take this lofty and limitless flight. You youth are more capable than us. These are the personal goals.
And our great social goals are creating a pure Islamic life and Islamic society, one that allows individuals to move towards this goal. Such a society is well-developed, free, independent, highly moral, united, unanimous, pious and religious. These are the goals of Islamic society. The main social and political goal of Islam is creating a world which is an introduction to the afterlife and which helps individuals to achieve paradise easily. They have illustrated these goals for us.
What is the way to achieve these goals? How can we reach these goals? As Imam Ali (a.s.) said, we should help him to reach this goal - this is the Commander of the Faithful\\\'s (a.s.) command. This goal is what the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) did in his entire life and during his efforts and jihad, which is creating such a world for all the people throughout history. How can we help him? We can help him with virtue, diligence and effort. Laziness is forbidden. Idleness is forbidden. Feeling tired is forbidden. Becoming desperate is forbidden. When this great movement is launched, you have gladdened the blessed heart of Fatima Zahra (God\\\'s greetings be upon her) and the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) because they made all these efforts in order to reach this goal.
My dear ones, dear youth, this opportunity is available to the people of Iran today. In the past, it was not available and it was difficult. Today in the Islamic Republic, the opportunity to move forward in the right way and to lead a good, pious and pure life is available to all the people in society. This does not mean that the path of committing sins is closed. This is not the case because the path of sins is always open, but the path of living a good, pious and pure life in the shade of Islam is open as well.
Of course, living such a life has its own pleasures and difficulties. \\\"And thus did We make for every prophet an enemy, the shaitans from among men and jinn, some of them suggesting to others varnished falsehood to deceive them\\\" [The Holy Quran, 6: 112]. There have always been certain enemies against the camp of prophets. Who are these enemies? These enemies are the shaitans from among men and jinn. Against this seemingly long line of shaitans, there is the steel and strong line of believers. The people of Iran experienced this and it became clear that people can achieve victory over their enemies, as the people of Iran have thankfully moved forward until today.
We should make efforts. The lesson of the life of Siddiqat al-Taherah - Fatima Zahra (God\\\'s greetings be upon her) - is to make efforts, show diligence and lead a pure life, as that great personality was the manifestation of enlightenment and purity: she was \\\"pure, clean, immaculate, virtuous, pious and moral\\\" [Kamel al-Ziarat, page 310]. The purity, cleanliness, piety and enlightenment of that great person are what have influenced our Islamic teachings throughout the history of Shiaism.
What is appropriate to be discussed in this meeting is related to the heavy responsibility that falls on the shoulders of today\\\'s society of panegyrists. This issue has priority over other issues. Dear brothers, the tradition of praising and eulogizing the Holy Prophet\\\'s (s.w.a.) household (a.s.) - which is a great honor - has fortunately become common and deep-rooted in our society. This tradition existed in the past as well, but it was limited in scope. However today, this banquet has spread and this arena has opened to everyone.
Today, thousands of people throughout the country are active in this arena by utilizing their artistic taste and benefitting from different methods of eloquence. Well, this is an opportunity and any opportunity is accompanied by a responsibility. When you cannot communicate with someone, your responsibility remains at a limited level, but when you can, your responsibility will naturally increase to the extent that your capability for communication allows.
When you can speak to the people and when you have the capability to address them with the art of poetry, singing and melody, this makes you responsible. All these opportunities and capacities are accompanied by a responsibility. You should be able to carry out this responsibility in an efficient way. If the society of panegyrists in the country can carry out its responsibility as befits its position, then a significant development will take place throughout the country.
I have repeatedly said that if you recite a poem in an artistic way and if the poem itself is meaningful and instructive, then this will exert more influence than the speech that we deliver for two, three hours. Sometimes, this is the case. Well, this is a very good opportunity. Notice what will happen if the thousands of panegyrists, eulogists and religious singers who address the people and who sing to them on different occasions observe the principles and requirements of this great task.
Our enemies are after destroying our beliefs, actions and paths with hundreds of weapons and discourses and with various kinds of measures. Primarily, they are doing this in the Islamic Republic and secondly, they are doing it in the world of Islam. Many of the people understand, see and know about the enemy\\\'s measures. There are different TV and radio channels and different electronic means of communication.
However, there are certain propaganda measures about which we have more information than the people. The masses of the people do not know what complex measures are being adopted in our country to make the minds of the people deviate from the right path, to divert their movement, to bring the world of Islam to its knees and to prevent Shia community and Shia teachings from becoming a model in the world of Islam. Such measures are being adopted.
We have unique and exclusive resources against this effort of the enemy. We can respond through the internet and through the methods that they themselves employ - of course, their work is much broader in scope - but we have certain means which are exclusive to us.
One of these means is you society of panegyrists. Your face-to-face communication and your utilization of art for conveying concepts to the audience in a comprehensive and wide-ranging way - that is to say, the issue is not about two, three, ten panegyrists, rather thousands of panegyrists are doing this throughout the country - is an exclusive means that we enjoy. It is a means that they do not have.
Minbars are one of these unique means. The same is true of mourning ceremonies. The same is true of religious heyats. If the content of our minbars, eulogies, heyats and nohas are appropriate, then no means can confront and oppose them. That is to say, this means is completely unique and exclusive. Notice that this is an opportunity. Therefore, it should not be wasted and missed.
What is worse than missing this opportunity is using it in a bad way. If our religious ceremonies and eulogies make the people lose their belief in the future, we have wasted this opportunity and we have not appreciated the value of this blessing. If the people leave our minbars and our eulogies while they have not gained any understanding about their conditions and their responsibilities, we have wasted this opportunity. If, God forbid, our meetings shatter unity, we have missed this opportunity. If the way we speak or the content of our speech helps the enemies succeed in their goals, we have turned this divine blessing into blasphemy and ungratefulness: \\\"They have changed Allah\\\'s favor for ungratefulness\\\" [The Holy Quran, 14: 28].
We should be careful about this. We have said many times that today\\\'s denominational discord among Muslims is a weapon and a trump card in the hands of our enemies. This is completely clear to those people who are well-informed about global developments. Such denominational discord is a sword in the hands of our enemies. Publicizing differences, expressing them in an outspoken way and speaking about issues which fuel fitna is one of the means which our enemy makes maximum use of.
Now if we act in a way that the enemy\\\'s goal is achieved, this is changing Allah\\\'s favor for ungratefulness. In religious ceremonies, denominational discourse should not be highlighted. How many times should this be repeated? We have said this many times, but some people do not want to listen.
What do you do if you want to guide those people who do not believe in your denomination and your true beliefs? Do you begin to curse and speak ill of their sacred beliefs? This will make them completely drift away from you and it will destroy all hopes of guiding them. The way to guide them is not this. As you can see today, the world of Shia Islam is under attack. Those who had not heard the name of Shia and Sunni Islam - the leaders of arrogance - are constantly highlighting the name of Shia Islam in their propaganda. They constantly speak about Shia Iran, Shia groups in Iraq and other Shia countries. They constantly highlight the issue of Shia and Sunni.
Why do they do this? It is because they have found a good tool for provoking grudge among Muslims. Well, we are proud that we are Alavi Shias. We are proud that we have gained understanding about the position of Wilayat. Our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) carried the flag of the Commander of the Faithful\\\'s (a.s.) Wilayat and this became a means for the world of Islam - whether Shia or non-Shia Islam - to feel proud of Islam.
Now, should we do something to turn this feeling of pride and the interest of the world of Islam in Shia community and Shia honor into enmity, hostility and grudge? This is exactly what the enemy wants. We should not allow him to achieve his goal. This is a very important point. You should be careful about this. You should be careful more than other people. We should not do something to help the enemy succeed in his goal and sharpen his sword. Our great personalities, our ulama, our marja taqlids and the great personalities of the world of Islam have always advised us to be careful about this issue. So, this is a very fundamental point.
The second point is that you should take care not to do anything in religious environments and ceremonies which is beyond the principles of sharia. You should be careful about this. The environment of panegyric and religious singing is a pure and clean environment. We should not allow the impurities which have unfortunately been promoted in the world of art among decadent and immoral people to penetrate into the environment of Islamic and religious art. You should be careful about this. Such environments should be clean, pure, untainted and moral. The environment in which we want to convey Islamic teachings with the language of poetry should be such an environment.
Every word that we use in our poems as content and meaning should be instructive. We should try to do this and it does not matter what occasion it is. Sometimes, it is a mourning ceremony and sometimes, it is a eulogy. All of the words that we select can be instructive. In the last Muharram during the time of taghut - it was during the time of revolutionary enthusiasm and excitement and the Revolution became victorious immediately after this Muharram - religious heyats in different cities used to perform certain nohas, each of which enlightened and informed the people as strongly as a long and eloquent speech. Nohas should always be like this.
The task that noha performers carry out is a very remarkable and interesting task. The tradition of performing nohas and the kind of behavior which is witnessed in nohas are very important. These are exclusive to Shia community. That is to say, they are particular to us. Such religious ceremonies do not exist in other countries. This is one of our privileges and therefore, such ceremonies should have strong content.
If, by Allah\\\'s favor, these things receive attention, the society of panegyrists will be one of the most influential pioneers of change in the intellectual and practical system of Iranian society. This can be achieved as in the present time, one can see that whenever a responsible and committed panegyrist recites a good poem in a proper way, this will exert influence over the audience and it will awaken and inform them.
It is not clear whether any charitable act can be as valuable as this task in improving society. There are few tasks on which one can place such a high value before Allah the Exalted. This is a very important task. Thankfully, you benefit from this blessing. You have a good voice and you have the capability to perform in a good and melodious way. If you accompany this with the characteristics that were referred to, it seems that a great task for furthering the goals of the Islamic government and the Islamic Republic will be carried out.
Fortunately today, we do not have a shortage of good poems. We have very good religious and ayini poets. These poets compose poems about different issues and their poems are good. Thankfully today, we benefited from some of these good poems. It was very good.
In the past, panegyrists had to memorize poems. Today, you broke this tradition. You made it easier by using a piece of paper. Well, good poems can be written and recited. Thankfully, this opportunity exists today. This is one of God\\\'s greatest blessings which is available to us today.
In my opinion, the society of panegyrists with its enormous capabilities is a divine blessing for our country and our people and the poets who compose poems and who prepare panegyrists for carrying out this responsibility are really accomplishing a great feat. I ask Allah the Exalted to bestow His blessings on all you dear ones - particularly you youth who have a wide arena of work ahead of you. I hope that all of you will be rewarded by the Imam of the Age (may our souls be sacrificed for his sake) and that you will receive his attention.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\'s mercy and blessings
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دیدار جمعی از مداحان اهل بیت علیهمالسلام - Aytaullah Khamenei | 20 Apr 2014 - Farsi
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April 20 2014,
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I...
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April 20 2014,
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I congratulate all of you dear brothers - who are lyrical nightingales in the garden of love for the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) household (a.s.) - on the occasion of the auspicious birthday anniversary of Sayyidah Taherah Masoumeh (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) and the birthday anniversary of the great and glorious leader of the Revolution.
We thank God because this is one of His great blessings for us and it is a source of inspiration for our Islamic and Shia society. He repeatedly and constantly inspires our society with birthday anniversaries, biographies, and martyrdom eras. This should really be appreciated.
During the birthday anniversaries of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.), Imam Hassan (a.s.), Imam Hussein (a.s.) and Fatima Zahra (s.a.), the memory of these shining stars and these guiding flags are revived in hearts. This is very valuable. And thank God it is many years that we have been holding this meeting in the shade of Fatemi enlightenment (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s purest greetings be upon her). It is many years that this meeting has been bestowing its blessings on us, on our working and living environments and on the environment of the country.
Man\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s limited mind cannot definitely evaluate and measure the characteristics of heavenly personalities like Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her). People\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s minds do not have the capability to evaluate and measure these spiritual dimensions. However, we can make their behavior a model for ourselves. This was also pointed out in the poems that the friends in this meeting recited.
The spiritual positions of these personalities are one thing and the patterns of behavior which are in front of our eyes are quite another. This does not mean that we can emulate these personalities by displaying a second version of their patterns of behavior. This is not what it means. However, we can follow them at least.
The Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"I know that to adopt such a hard way of life is beyond you, but at least try to be pious. Help me and be my companion in virtue, diligence and simple living\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 45]. After he describes his lifestyle - although he had a lofty position and had access to many resources, he lived a life of piety and abstinence - he says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"You cannot behave like me, but you can help me\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". With what? We can help him with piety, avoidance of sins, effort and diligence. These are our responsibilities.
They have illustrated the goals for us, both individual and personal goals, and social, political and general goals. In personal goals, our lofty ideal is reaching the peak of human dignity. Everyone has been promised that they can take this lofty and limitless flight. You youth are more capable than us. These are the personal goals.
And our great social goals are creating a pure Islamic life and Islamic society, one that allows individuals to move towards this goal. Such a society is well-developed, free, independent, highly moral, united, unanimous, pious and religious. These are the goals of Islamic society. The main social and political goal of Islam is creating a world which is an introduction to the afterlife and which helps individuals to achieve paradise easily. They have illustrated these goals for us.
What is the way to achieve these goals? How can we reach these goals? As Imam Ali (a.s.) said, we should help him to reach this goal - this is the Commander of the Faithful\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (a.s.) command. This goal is what the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) did in his entire life and during his efforts and jihad, which is creating such a world for all the people throughout history. How can we help him? We can help him with virtue, diligence and effort. Laziness is forbidden. Idleness is forbidden. Feeling tired is forbidden. Becoming desperate is forbidden. When this great movement is launched, you have gladdened the blessed heart of Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) and the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) because they made all these efforts in order to reach this goal.
My dear ones, dear youth, this opportunity is available to the people of Iran today. In the past, it was not available and it was difficult. Today in the Islamic Republic, the opportunity to move forward in the right way and to lead a good, pious and pure life is available to all the people in society. This does not mean that the path of committing sins is closed. This is not the case because the path of sins is always open, but the path of living a good, pious and pure life in the shade of Islam is open as well.
Of course, living such a life has its own pleasures and difficulties. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And thus did We make for every prophet an enemy, the shaitans from among men and jinn, some of them suggesting to others varnished falsehood to deceive them\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 6: 112]. There have always been certain enemies against the camp of prophets. Who are these enemies? These enemies are the shaitans from among men and jinn. Against this seemingly long line of shaitans, there is the steel and strong line of believers. The people of Iran experienced this and it became clear that people can achieve victory over their enemies, as the people of Iran have thankfully moved forward until today.
We should make efforts. The lesson of the life of Siddiqat al-Taherah - Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) - is to make efforts, show diligence and lead a pure life, as that great personality was the manifestation of enlightenment and purity: she was \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"pure, clean, immaculate, virtuous, pious and moral\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [Kamel al-Ziarat, page 310]. The purity, cleanliness, piety and enlightenment of that great person are what have influenced our Islamic teachings throughout the history of Shiaism.
What is appropriate to be discussed in this meeting is related to the heavy responsibility that falls on the shoulders of today\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s society of panegyrists. This issue has priority over other issues. Dear brothers, the tradition of praising and eulogizing the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) household (a.s.) - which is a great honor - has fortunately become common and deep-rooted in our society. This tradition existed in the past as well, but it was limited in scope. However today, this banquet has spread and this arena has opened to everyone.
Today, thousands of people throughout the country are active in this arena by utilizing their artistic taste and benefitting from different methods of eloquence. Well, this is an opportunity and any opportunity is accompanied by a responsibility. When you cannot communicate with someone, your responsibility remains at a limited level, but when you can, your responsibility will naturally increase to the extent that your capability for communication allows.
When you can speak to the people and when you have the capability to address them with the art of poetry, singing and melody, this makes you responsible. All these opportunities and capacities are accompanied by a responsibility. You should be able to carry out this responsibility in an efficient way. If the society of panegyrists in the country can carry out its responsibility as befits its position, then a significant development will take place throughout the country.
I have repeatedly said that if you recite a poem in an artistic way and if the poem itself is meaningful and instructive, then this will exert more influence than the speech that we deliver for two, three hours. Sometimes, this is the case. Well, this is a very good opportunity. Notice what will happen if the thousands of panegyrists, eulogists and religious singers who address the people and who sing to them on different occasions observe the principles and requirements of this great task.
Our enemies are after destroying our beliefs, actions and paths with hundreds of weapons and discourses and with various kinds of measures. Primarily, they are doing this in the Islamic Republic and secondly, they are doing it in the world of Islam. Many of the people understand, see and know about the enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s measures. There are different TV and radio channels and different electronic means of communication.
However, there are certain propaganda measures about which we have more information than the people. The masses of the people do not know what complex measures are being adopted in our country to make the minds of the people deviate from the right path, to divert their movement, to bring the world of Islam to its knees and to prevent Shia community and Shia teachings from becoming a model in the world of Islam. Such measures are being adopted.
We have unique and exclusive resources against this effort of the enemy. We can respond through the internet and through the methods that they themselves employ - of course, their work is much broader in scope - but we have certain means which are exclusive to us.
One of these means is you society of panegyrists. Your face-to-face communication and your utilization of art for conveying concepts to the audience in a comprehensive and wide-ranging way - that is to say, the issue is not about two, three, ten panegyrists, rather thousands of panegyrists are doing this throughout the country - is an exclusive means that we enjoy. It is a means that they do not have.
Minbars are one of these unique means. The same is true of mourning ceremonies. The same is true of religious heyats. If the content of our minbars, eulogies, heyats and nohas are appropriate, then no means can confront and oppose them. That is to say, this means is completely unique and exclusive. Notice that this is an opportunity. Therefore, it should not be wasted and missed.
What is worse than missing this opportunity is using it in a bad way. If our religious ceremonies and eulogies make the people lose their belief in the future, we have wasted this opportunity and we have not appreciated the value of this blessing. If the people leave our minbars and our eulogies while they have not gained any understanding about their conditions and their responsibilities, we have wasted this opportunity. If, God forbid, our meetings shatter unity, we have missed this opportunity. If the way we speak or the content of our speech helps the enemies succeed in their goals, we have turned this divine blessing into blasphemy and ungratefulness: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"They have changed Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor for ungratefulness\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 14: 28].
We should be careful about this. We have said many times that today\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s denominational discord among Muslims is a weapon and a trump card in the hands of our enemies. This is completely clear to those people who are well-informed about global developments. Such denominational discord is a sword in the hands of our enemies. Publicizing differences, expressing them in an outspoken way and speaking about issues which fuel fitna is one of the means which our enemy makes maximum use of.
Now if we act in a way that the enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s goal is achieved, this is changing Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor for ungratefulness. In religious ceremonies, denominational discourse should not be highlighted. How many times should this be repeated? We have said this many times, but some people do not want to listen.
What do you do if you want to guide those people who do not believe in your denomination and your true beliefs? Do you begin to curse and speak ill of their sacred beliefs? This will make them completely drift away from you and it will destroy all hopes of guiding them. The way to guide them is not this. As you can see today, the world of Shia Islam is under attack. Those who had not heard the name of Shia and Sunni Islam - the leaders of arrogance - are constantly highlighting the name of Shia Islam in their propaganda. They constantly speak about Shia Iran, Shia groups in Iraq and other Shia countries. They constantly highlight the issue of Shia and Sunni.
Why do they do this? It is because they have found a good tool for provoking grudge among Muslims. Well, we are proud that we are Alavi Shias. We are proud that we have gained understanding about the position of Wilayat. Our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) carried the flag of the Commander of the Faithful\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (a.s.) Wilayat and this became a means for the world of Islam - whether Shia or non-Shia Islam - to feel proud of Islam.
Now, should we do something to turn this feeling of pride and the interest of the world of Islam in Shia community and Shia honor into enmity, hostility and grudge? This is exactly what the enemy wants. We should not allow him to achieve his goal. This is a very important point. You should be careful about this. You should be careful more than other people. We should not do something to help the enemy succeed in his goal and sharpen his sword. Our great personalities, our ulama, our marja taqlids and the great personalities of the world of Islam have always advised us to be careful about this issue. So, this is a very fundamental point.
The second point is that you should take care not to do anything in religious environments and ceremonies which is beyond the principles of sharia. You should be careful about this. The environment of panegyric and religious singing is a pure and clean environment. We should not allow the impurities which have unfortunately been promoted in the world of art among decadent and immoral people to penetrate into the environment of Islamic and religious art. You should be careful about this. Such environments should be clean, pure, untainted and moral. The environment in which we want to convey Islamic teachings with the language of poetry should be such an environment.
Every word that we use in our poems as content and meaning should be instructive. We should try to do this and it does not matter what occasion it is. Sometimes, it is a mourning ceremony and sometimes, it is a eulogy. All of the words that we select can be instructive. In the last Muharram during the time of taghut - it was during the time of revolutionary enthusiasm and excitement and the Revolution became victorious immediately after this Muharram - religious heyats in different cities used to perform certain nohas, each of which enlightened and informed the people as strongly as a long and eloquent speech. Nohas should always be like this.
The task that noha performers carry out is a very remarkable and interesting task. The tradition of performing nohas and the kind of behavior which is witnessed in nohas are very important. These are exclusive to Shia community. That is to say, they are particular to us. Such religious ceremonies do not exist in other countries. This is one of our privileges and therefore, such ceremonies should have strong content.
If, by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, these things receive attention, the society of panegyrists will be one of the most influential pioneers of change in the intellectual and practical system of Iranian society. This can be achieved as in the present time, one can see that whenever a responsible and committed panegyrist recites a good poem in a proper way, this will exert influence over the audience and it will awaken and inform them.
It is not clear whether any charitable act can be as valuable as this task in improving society. There are few tasks on which one can place such a high value before Allah the Exalted. This is a very important task. Thankfully, you benefit from this blessing. You have a good voice and you have the capability to perform in a good and melodious way. If you accompany this with the characteristics that were referred to, it seems that a great task for furthering the goals of the Islamic government and the Islamic Republic will be carried out.
Fortunately today, we do not have a shortage of good poems. We have very good religious and ayini poets. These poets compose poems about different issues and their poems are good. Thankfully today, we benefited from some of these good poems. It was very good.
In the past, panegyrists had to memorize poems. Today, you broke this tradition. You made it easier by using a piece of paper. Well, good poems can be written and recited. Thankfully, this opportunity exists today. This is one of God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greatest blessings which is available to us today.
In my opinion, the society of panegyrists with its enormous capabilities is a divine blessing for our country and our people and the poets who compose poems and who prepare panegyrists for carrying out this responsibility are really accomplishing a great feat. I ask Allah the Exalted to bestow His blessings on all you dear ones - particularly you youth who have a wide arena of work ahead of you. I hope that all of you will be rewarded by the Imam of the Age (may our souls be sacrificed for his sake) and that you will receive his attention.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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April 20 2014,
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I congratulate all of you dear brothers - who are lyrical nightingales in the garden of love for the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) household (a.s.) - on the occasion of the auspicious birthday anniversary of Sayyidah Taherah Masoumeh (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) and the birthday anniversary of the great and glorious leader of the Revolution.
We thank God because this is one of His great blessings for us and it is a source of inspiration for our Islamic and Shia society. He repeatedly and constantly inspires our society with birthday anniversaries, biographies, and martyrdom eras. This should really be appreciated.
During the birthday anniversaries of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.), Imam Hassan (a.s.), Imam Hussein (a.s.) and Fatima Zahra (s.a.), the memory of these shining stars and these guiding flags are revived in hearts. This is very valuable. And thank God it is many years that we have been holding this meeting in the shade of Fatemi enlightenment (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s purest greetings be upon her). It is many years that this meeting has been bestowing its blessings on us, on our working and living environments and on the environment of the country.
Man\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s limited mind cannot definitely evaluate and measure the characteristics of heavenly personalities like Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her). People\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s minds do not have the capability to evaluate and measure these spiritual dimensions. However, we can make their behavior a model for ourselves. This was also pointed out in the poems that the friends in this meeting recited.
The spiritual positions of these personalities are one thing and the patterns of behavior which are in front of our eyes are quite another. This does not mean that we can emulate these personalities by displaying a second version of their patterns of behavior. This is not what it means. However, we can follow them at least.
The Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"I know that to adopt such a hard way of life is beyond you, but at least try to be pious. Help me and be my companion in virtue, diligence and simple living\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 45]. After he describes his lifestyle - although he had a lofty position and had access to many resources, he lived a life of piety and abstinence - he says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"You cannot behave like me, but you can help me\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". With what? We can help him with piety, avoidance of sins, effort and diligence. These are our responsibilities.
They have illustrated the goals for us, both individual and personal goals, and social, political and general goals. In personal goals, our lofty ideal is reaching the peak of human dignity. Everyone has been promised that they can take this lofty and limitless flight. You youth are more capable than us. These are the personal goals.
And our great social goals are creating a pure Islamic life and Islamic society, one that allows individuals to move towards this goal. Such a society is well-developed, free, independent, highly moral, united, unanimous, pious and religious. These are the goals of Islamic society. The main social and political goal of Islam is creating a world which is an introduction to the afterlife and which helps individuals to achieve paradise easily. They have illustrated these goals for us.
What is the way to achieve these goals? How can we reach these goals? As Imam Ali (a.s.) said, we should help him to reach this goal - this is the Commander of the Faithful\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (a.s.) command. This goal is what the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) did in his entire life and during his efforts and jihad, which is creating such a world for all the people throughout history. How can we help him? We can help him with virtue, diligence and effort. Laziness is forbidden. Idleness is forbidden. Feeling tired is forbidden. Becoming desperate is forbidden. When this great movement is launched, you have gladdened the blessed heart of Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) and the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) because they made all these efforts in order to reach this goal.
My dear ones, dear youth, this opportunity is available to the people of Iran today. In the past, it was not available and it was difficult. Today in the Islamic Republic, the opportunity to move forward in the right way and to lead a good, pious and pure life is available to all the people in society. This does not mean that the path of committing sins is closed. This is not the case because the path of sins is always open, but the path of living a good, pious and pure life in the shade of Islam is open as well.
Of course, living such a life has its own pleasures and difficulties. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And thus did We make for every prophet an enemy, the shaitans from among men and jinn, some of them suggesting to others varnished falsehood to deceive them\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 6: 112]. There have always been certain enemies against the camp of prophets. Who are these enemies? These enemies are the shaitans from among men and jinn. Against this seemingly long line of shaitans, there is the steel and strong line of believers. The people of Iran experienced this and it became clear that people can achieve victory over their enemies, as the people of Iran have thankfully moved forward until today.
We should make efforts. The lesson of the life of Siddiqat al-Taherah - Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) - is to make efforts, show diligence and lead a pure life, as that great personality was the manifestation of enlightenment and purity: she was \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"pure, clean, immaculate, virtuous, pious and moral\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [Kamel al-Ziarat, page 310]. The purity, cleanliness, piety and enlightenment of that great person are what have influenced our Islamic teachings throughout the history of Shiaism.
What is appropriate to be discussed in this meeting is related to the heavy responsibility that falls on the shoulders of today\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s society of panegyrists. This issue has priority over other issues. Dear brothers, the tradition of praising and eulogizing the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) household (a.s.) - which is a great honor - has fortunately become common and deep-rooted in our society. This tradition existed in the past as well, but it was limited in scope. However today, this banquet has spread and this arena has opened to everyone.
Today, thousands of people throughout the country are active in this arena by utilizing their artistic taste and benefitting from different methods of eloquence. Well, this is an opportunity and any opportunity is accompanied by a responsibility. When you cannot communicate with someone, your responsibility remains at a limited level, but when you can, your responsibility will naturally increase to the extent that your capability for communication allows.
When you can speak to the people and when you have the capability to address them with the art of poetry, singing and melody, this makes you responsible. All these opportunities and capacities are accompanied by a responsibility. You should be able to carry out this responsibility in an efficient way. If the society of panegyrists in the country can carry out its responsibility as befits its position, then a significant development will take place throughout the country.
I have repeatedly said that if you recite a poem in an artistic way and if the poem itself is meaningful and instructive, then this will exert more influence than the speech that we deliver for two, three hours. Sometimes, this is the case. Well, this is a very good opportunity. Notice what will happen if the thousands of panegyrists, eulogists and religious singers who address the people and who sing to them on different occasions observe the principles and requirements of this great task.
Our enemies are after destroying our beliefs, actions and paths with hundreds of weapons and discourses and with various kinds of measures. Primarily, they are doing this in the Islamic Republic and secondly, they are doing it in the world of Islam. Many of the people understand, see and know about the enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s measures. There are different TV and radio channels and different electronic means of communication.
However, there are certain propaganda measures about which we have more information than the people. The masses of the people do not know what complex measures are being adopted in our country to make the minds of the people deviate from the right path, to divert their movement, to bring the world of Islam to its knees and to prevent Shia community and Shia teachings from becoming a model in the world of Islam. Such measures are being adopted.
We have unique and exclusive resources against this effort of the enemy. We can respond through the internet and through the methods that they themselves employ - of course, their work is much broader in scope - but we have certain means which are exclusive to us.
One of these means is you society of panegyrists. Your face-to-face communication and your utilization of art for conveying concepts to the audience in a comprehensive and wide-ranging way - that is to say, the issue is not about two, three, ten panegyrists, rather thousands of panegyrists are doing this throughout the country - is an exclusive means that we enjoy. It is a means that they do not have.
Minbars are one of these unique means. The same is true of mourning ceremonies. The same is true of religious heyats. If the content of our minbars, eulogies, heyats and nohas are appropriate, then no means can confront and oppose them. That is to say, this means is completely unique and exclusive. Notice that this is an opportunity. Therefore, it should not be wasted and missed.
What is worse than missing this opportunity is using it in a bad way. If our religious ceremonies and eulogies make the people lose their belief in the future, we have wasted this opportunity and we have not appreciated the value of this blessing. If the people leave our minbars and our eulogies while they have not gained any understanding about their conditions and their responsibilities, we have wasted this opportunity. If, God forbid, our meetings shatter unity, we have missed this opportunity. If the way we speak or the content of our speech helps the enemies succeed in their goals, we have turned this divine blessing into blasphemy and ungratefulness: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"They have changed Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor for ungratefulness\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 14: 28].
We should be careful about this. We have said many times that today\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s denominational discord among Muslims is a weapon and a trump card in the hands of our enemies. This is completely clear to those people who are well-informed about global developments. Such denominational discord is a sword in the hands of our enemies. Publicizing differences, expressing them in an outspoken way and speaking about issues which fuel fitna is one of the means which our enemy makes maximum use of.
Now if we act in a way that the enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s goal is achieved, this is changing Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor for ungratefulness. In religious ceremonies, denominational discourse should not be highlighted. How many times should this be repeated? We have said this many times, but some people do not want to listen.
What do you do if you want to guide those people who do not believe in your denomination and your true beliefs? Do you begin to curse and speak ill of their sacred beliefs? This will make them completely drift away from you and it will destroy all hopes of guiding them. The way to guide them is not this. As you can see today, the world of Shia Islam is under attack. Those who had not heard the name of Shia and Sunni Islam - the leaders of arrogance - are constantly highlighting the name of Shia Islam in their propaganda. They constantly speak about Shia Iran, Shia groups in Iraq and other Shia countries. They constantly highlight the issue of Shia and Sunni.
Why do they do this? It is because they have found a good tool for provoking grudge among Muslims. Well, we are proud that we are Alavi Shias. We are proud that we have gained understanding about the position of Wilayat. Our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) carried the flag of the Commander of the Faithful\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (a.s.) Wilayat and this became a means for the world of Islam - whether Shia or non-Shia Islam - to feel proud of Islam.
Now, should we do something to turn this feeling of pride and the interest of the world of Islam in Shia community and Shia honor into enmity, hostility and grudge? This is exactly what the enemy wants. We should not allow him to achieve his goal. This is a very important point. You should be careful about this. You should be careful more than other people. We should not do something to help the enemy succeed in his goal and sharpen his sword. Our great personalities, our ulama, our marja taqlids and the great personalities of the world of Islam have always advised us to be careful about this issue. So, this is a very fundamental point.
The second point is that you should take care not to do anything in religious environments and ceremonies which is beyond the principles of sharia. You should be careful about this. The environment of panegyric and religious singing is a pure and clean environment. We should not allow the impurities which have unfortunately been promoted in the world of art among decadent and immoral people to penetrate into the environment of Islamic and religious art. You should be careful about this. Such environments should be clean, pure, untainted and moral. The environment in which we want to convey Islamic teachings with the language of poetry should be such an environment.
Every word that we use in our poems as content and meaning should be instructive. We should try to do this and it does not matter what occasion it is. Sometimes, it is a mourning ceremony and sometimes, it is a eulogy. All of the words that we select can be instructive. In the last Muharram during the time of taghut - it was during the time of revolutionary enthusiasm and excitement and the Revolution became victorious immediately after this Muharram - religious heyats in different cities used to perform certain nohas, each of which enlightened and informed the people as strongly as a long and eloquent speech. Nohas should always be like this.
The task that noha performers carry out is a very remarkable and interesting task. The tradition of performing nohas and the kind of behavior which is witnessed in nohas are very important. These are exclusive to Shia community. That is to say, they are particular to us. Such religious ceremonies do not exist in other countries. This is one of our privileges and therefore, such ceremonies should have strong content.
If, by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, these things receive attention, the society of panegyrists will be one of the most influential pioneers of change in the intellectual and practical system of Iranian society. This can be achieved as in the present time, one can see that whenever a responsible and committed panegyrist recites a good poem in a proper way, this will exert influence over the audience and it will awaken and inform them.
It is not clear whether any charitable act can be as valuable as this task in improving society. There are few tasks on which one can place such a high value before Allah the Exalted. This is a very important task. Thankfully, you benefit from this blessing. You have a good voice and you have the capability to perform in a good and melodious way. If you accompany this with the characteristics that were referred to, it seems that a great task for furthering the goals of the Islamic government and the Islamic Republic will be carried out.
Fortunately today, we do not have a shortage of good poems. We have very good religious and ayini poets. These poets compose poems about different issues and their poems are good. Thankfully today, we benefited from some of these good poems. It was very good.
In the past, panegyrists had to memorize poems. Today, you broke this tradition. You made it easier by using a piece of paper. Well, good poems can be written and recited. Thankfully, this opportunity exists today. This is one of God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s greatest blessings which is available to us today.
In my opinion, the society of panegyrists with its enormous capabilities is a divine blessing for our country and our people and the poets who compose poems and who prepare panegyrists for carrying out this responsibility are really accomplishing a great feat. I ask Allah the Exalted to bestow His blessings on all you dear ones - particularly you youth who have a wide arena of work ahead of you. I hope that all of you will be rewarded by the Imam of the Age (may our souls be sacrificed for his sake) and that you will receive his attention.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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دیدار معلمان و فر ھنگیان سراسر کشور - Ayatollah Khamenei - 07th May 2014 - Farsi
Ayatollah Khamenei describes three main elements of the noble vocation of teaching 07th May 2014
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the...
Ayatollah Khamenei describes three main elements of the noble vocation of teaching 07th May 2014
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I would like to welcome you dear teachers and managers of the educational system, who imbued our working environment and our life with your warm and friendly presence.
First of all, it is the month of Rajab which is an opportunity to serve God. Our entire life can be an opportunity for serving God in a proper way and true happiness lies in this. Some occasions increase our opportunities and the month of Rajab is one of these opportunities. We should prepare ourselves in this month. We should pray for one another so that Allah the Exalted helps us prepare ourselves in this month and in the month of Sha\\\\\\\'ban and Ramadan and so that He helps us take one step forward and achieve transcendence.
Reviving the memory of a number of martyrs is one of the opportunities of this meeting and this day as well. Primarily, I would like to revive the memory of our dear martyr, Shahid Ayatollah Motahhari, who was our great thinker, our teacher and a mujahid on the path of Islamic thought and belief. With his martyrdom, he achieved the blessing to obtain the approval of Allah the Exalted for his long jihad. Good for him!
I would also like to revive the memory of Shahid Rajai and Shahid Bahonar who spent their lives in the educational system. They were two mujahid, pious and sincere individuals who were at the service of the educational system. We witnessed up close the efforts of these two dear personalities in these areas for many years and for a short time after the Revolution.
Our annual meeting with teachers has a major goal and several minor goals. The major goal is expressing respect for teachers. With this meeting, we want to show our respect to the position of teachers. This symbolic move is necessary. Respecting teachers and teaching should become a widespread practice in our society. Everyone should feel proud of being a teacher. Everyone should be proud of greeting and respecting teachers. The higher the position of teachers is, the higher the position of education will be in our society.
Adopting a narrow-minded outlook towards teachers is a loss for society. This should be prevented. The outlook towards teachers should be a respectful one. There are many different professions in the country which are seemingly very prestigious, but the position of all of these professions is much lower than the position and the profession of teaching. All of us should know and understand this.
The Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) is quoted as saying, \\\\\\\"I was sent as a teacher\\\\\\\" [Usul al-Kafi, Volume 2, page 95]. The fact that the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) considered himself to be a teacher is the greatest honor. Of course, teaching exists at different levels, but the truth of teaching is only one thing. This is a source of honor. This is our issue. With this meeting, we want to show that we hold teachers in great respect and that we are indebted to them because of what they did for ourselves and because of what they do for our children and for those whose future is important to us. This feeling is shared by all the people. All of us are indebted to teachers. This is our main issue.
There are some minor issues as well. One issue is addressed to teachers themselves. Another issue is addressed to the managers and officials of the large educational system. What is related to teachers is that the dear teachers should know their job is not only teaching. In other words, their job is not only to teach the textbooks that are available to them. Teachers should promote knowledge, teach the way to think and strengthen morality in themselves. If we consider teaching to have a broad meaning, it will include these three tasks:
The first task is promoting knowledge and teaching the textbooks that our children - the future men and women of the country - should learn. This is one task.
The second task, which is more important, is teaching how to think. Our children should learn how to think in a proper and reasonable way. They should be properly guided about how to think. Shallow outlooks and shallow learning of the issues of life cripple a society. In the long run, it destroys a people. Thinking should be firmly established in society.
This is why when we mention someone like Shahid Motahhari, we do not only speak about his knowledge. We speak about his thinking as well. If someone knows how to think, this spirit will help them to discover the important issues of knowledge. If our youth, our scholars and our scientists are thinkers, they will use the knowledge that they have to pose tens and hundreds of new questions and to get answers for these questions. So, using knowledge is only possible with thinking.
The third task is behavioral and moral education and what the honorable minister referred to in his statements: lifestyle and behavior. We are a people with lofty ideals, with great slogans and with clear and definite peaks that we want to reach - if there is time, I will briefly address this issue later on. This requires patient, wise, religious, innovative, kind, compassionate, courageous, polite and pious individuals who are ready to take action, who avoid laziness and who consider others\\\\\\\' pains to be their own pains.
The mold and make-up of a person that Islam wants to build is shaped through education. All people can be educated. Some people may learn late and some may learn sooner than others. Some learn more efficiently and some learn less efficiently than others. But all individuals are subject to change and this change takes place with education. Primarily, this falls on the shoulders of certain main elements one of which is a teacher. Of course, parents, friends and other such people are influential as well, but the influence that a teacher exerts is deeper and more permanent. This is a task that teachers should carry out.
Therefore, teachers teach how to acquire knowledge, how to think and how to be moral. Learning morality is not like acquiring knowledge. That is to say, one cannot be moral by reading books. Morality cannot be taught with books. Behavior is more influential than books and words. You teach with your behavior in your classrooms and among your students. Of course, you teach with words as well. You should provide verbal advice, but behavior has a deeper and more comprehensive influence. It is one\\\\\\\'s behavior which makes it clear whether one\\\\\\\'s words are sincere or not. This is what we wanted to say to teachers.
The society of teachers has been entrusted with the responsibility of taking care of children. We should pay attention to this issue. If, by Allah\\\\\\\'s favor, our teachers decide to build children and teenagers with this method - that is to say, by paying attention to these three elements - then I believe that this will exert great influence on the future of society.
Of course, after the Revolution, certain good measures were adopted in this regard. The society of teachers exerted great influence with their commitment and by showing their presence in the revolutionary environment - whether during the Sacred Defense Era or afterwards. I sometimes read the books which are about teachers. A teacher who took part in the front lines of the Sacred Defense and who was martyred exerted great influence on the minds of his students. One can see this.
One issue about the educational system and its management is the issue of the transformation plan. The transformation plan - which has thankfully been prepared and established - was not something that was created all of a sudden. This plan was one of our desires from the beginning of the Revolution. Because the educational system in our country was created by imitating western educational systems with the same form, content and order, there was a need for a fundamental change in the educational system of the country, whether in terms of form or in terms of content.
Well, many people shared this thought for many years. Then, it was developed gradually and it led to the transformation plan. I am not saying that this transformation plan is the peak of our desires. This is not the case. For everything, there is a higher form. It is possible that by Allah\\\\\\\'s favor, you take action, move forward and gain experience in a way that you can add something to what is available to you today.
However, this transformation plan is what is available to us in the present time and therefore, it should be taken seriously. My advice to the honorable officials and managers of the educational system is that we should take the transformation plan seriously. And this seriousness should be beyond formal statements. It should be shown in practice.
Well, as the friends in this meeting quoted what I had said before, if we want this transformation plan to be implemented, we need a roadmap and a plan. If our thoughts and the general ideas that officials and sympathetic personalities have in mind do not take the form of a practical plan, then it will remain a mere idea and it will decay. Therefore, it requires a practical plan.
You should prepare and implement this practical plan in collaboration with the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution - which is a great cultural center and a reference point for making decisions and in which officials are present. You should feel that this step has been taken. Then, you should go to the next step. Of course, some tasks should be carried out simultaneously and in line with one another.
An issue for the management of the educational system is the issue of manpower. As was pointed out in this meeting, the educational system is the greatest decision-making organization in the Islamic Republic. More than one million officials exist in this great system. These officials are directly involved with more than 12 million people and they are indirectly involved with tens of millions of people - that is to say, families. Such a great network is very important.
The forces that should be employed in this great network should have certain characteristics. One of these characteristics is that they should be motivated and enthusiastic. You should not give priority to tired, old and unimaginative forces - those who tried whatever they knew and who do not have new methods anymore. The priority should be given to young, enthusiastic, motivated, pious and revolutionary forces and to those for whom the main goal is what the main issue of the educational system is - which is building individuals.
You should benefit from these forces. This is one issue. Therefore, in my opinion, the first issue about the macro-management of the educational system is that they should see what forces they are using. They should benefit from religious, revolutionary, enthusiastic and zealous forces who love their job and who are ready to enter difficult arenas for the sake of the goals of the educational system. This is the most important task.
The second issue is the issue of support. All governmental organizations are responsible for supporting the educational system, whether the organizations which are in charge of the budget or the organizations which are formed on the basis of the laws that the Majlis passes. The outlook of all these organizations should be such an outlook. They should not think that the educational system is only a consumer. Sometimes, there is such an outlook. Some people say that the educational system is only a consumer. But this is not the case. The more you spend money on it, the more results you will achieve. The educational system is such a system.
This is an organization which creates the future generators of wealth, knowledge and civilization and the future managers of the country. It is not the case that we think the educational system is a costly organization. There is no achievement which is greater than the one the educational system makes. Whatever achievement and innovation you see throughout the country is rooted in the educational system. You should improve this organization so that everything will be improved. Therefore, spending money on the educational system and expanding the financial resources of this organization is one of the tasks that we hope government officials pay attention to.
Another issue is that - as I mentioned in the middle of my speech - the managers that we choose should be managers whose focus is on the main issue of the educational system. Adopting partisan, political and other such outlooks is poison for the educational system. Over the course of these long years, we have witnessed certain eras during which there was more attention to such issues. As a result of this, the educational system suffered a loss. You should be careful about this. You should adopt such an outlook towards the different issues of the educational system that for each manager in each sector of this large and vast organization, the main issue is the issue of education and building revolutionary forces.
Dear brothers and sisters, the reason why we stress the issue of building revolutionary and religious forces is that we have a long way ahead of us. Our people have a long way ahead of them. The goal that we have in mind for the Islamic Republic - which is based on the general guidelines of the Revolution - is a very lofty goal. When I say \\\\\\\"we\\\\\\\", I do not mean this humble person. Rather, I mean the people of Iran, officials and the owners of the Revolution. This goal is creating an exemplary society. You want to build a society in dear Iran - which has been located in a very sensitive geographical area in the world - which is a model in the shade of Islam and under the flag of the Holy Quran. This model is both in material areas and in spiritual and moral areas.
Westerners made a leap in material areas. They made a leap in a certain era, but this leap was separated from and opposed to the moral movement. It was a hundred percent materialistic leap. In the beginning, no one understood what had happened, but now they are beginning to understand. They are gradually feeling the irreversible damage of what they did. No one should think that a purely materialistic and secular civilization can help its people achieve happiness. This is not the case. The people in this civilization will face a great disaster.
In the present time, they are witnessing this disaster. This disaster is not because of the demonstrations which are held in European streets. For the west, this disaster is much deeper than this. Primarily, what humanity needs is psychological, moral and conscience-based security. Primarily, what it needs is the satisfaction of its conscience. Such satisfaction does not exist in western environments and it will get even worse.
If you are familiar with western writers, critics and thinkers, you will see that it is several years now that they have been raising their voices. These people are showing some aspects of increasing corruption in their societies. A materialistic lifestyle is like this. Although they have moved forward in the area of science, technological achievements and the like and although they have accomplished great feats in this regard, they have collapsed in the area of morality and they will continue to collapse because of this.
The society that Islam wants to build is a society that is at an advanced level in terms of wealth, knowledge and welfare. But it also wants this society to be at this level or even at a higher level in terms of morality and spirituality. This is an Islamic society. You want to build this society. So, you have a long way ahead of you. But it is possible. No one should say that it is not. Many things were considered to be impossible, but they happened.
When a people show determination, they can accomplish great and historical feats. Our societies have shown that they can be great, that they can blossom and that they can grow and exert influence. Man is an endless and infinite creature. Knowledge has made so much progress, but the main parts of man\\\\\\\'s brain are still unknown. This is what the scientists who work on this say. This physical aspect of man is unknown, let alone his spiritual, psychological and inner aspect. Man has many capabilities. We can carry out many tasks. An individual can simultaneously achieve great material and spiritual growth.
Well, we want to reach these goals. Reaching these goals requires manpower more than anything else. What is more important than the path is the person who takes this path. If there is not such a person, then even a well-paved road is useless. But if there is a determined person, then lack of a well-paved road will not be problematic. You have seen that mountaineers climb so high while there is no road. But they have feet and determination. So, it is possible to move forward and to reach peaks. It is possible to know and utilize unknown talents. It is possible to solve problems in a constant way.
All of these things require human resources. These human resources should be created in the educational system. Universities are important in this regard. The same is true of society and the IRIB. But none of these is as important as primary school. The teachers and managers of this great organization have such a responsibility. Therefore, we stress that they should be religious and revolutionary.
It is with this religious and revolutionary spirit that we can take this path. Even if there is a hard obstacle ahead of us, we can move forward. Even if there are certain hurdles, we can jump over them provided that this revolutionary spirit, this piety and this commitment to religious and revolutionary steadfastness exist. This is one point.
Another issue is the issue of textbooks. We should be very careful about textbooks. They should be well-developed. If they are poor in content, this is harmful. Not only is it not beneficial, but it is also harmful. If they contain deviant statements - whether political, religious or factual deviation - this is harmful. Those who are responsible for this should carry out their responsibility with complete trustworthiness and precision.
Another issue is the issue of the teachers\\\\\\\' training university. On my way to this meeting, I spoke with the honorable minister about this issue. This university is different from ordinary universities. As well as the advantages that other universities have, this university has the advantage of producing teachers. This has certain requirements. Great significance should be attached to this university.
Another issue is the issue of moral education and the deputy of moral education. This issue was neglected. This deputy was closed at one point. Later on, they opened and closed it again and again. The deputy of moral education is an organization in charge of attending to the issue of moral education - spiritual, revolutionary, behavioral and moral aspects of education. This deputy is important both at a ministerial level and at lower levels.
I hope that Allah the Exalted bestows His blessings and mercy on all of you. I hope that, God willing, the immaculate soul of our dear Imam (r.a.) - who opened this path for us - is pleased with you. I hope that the pure souls of our dear martyrs - particularly those martyrs who were teachers and students - benefit from divine blessings.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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Ayatollah Khamenei describes three main elements of the noble vocation of teaching 07th May 2014
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I would like to welcome you dear teachers and managers of the educational system, who imbued our working environment and our life with your warm and friendly presence.
First of all, it is the month of Rajab which is an opportunity to serve God. Our entire life can be an opportunity for serving God in a proper way and true happiness lies in this. Some occasions increase our opportunities and the month of Rajab is one of these opportunities. We should prepare ourselves in this month. We should pray for one another so that Allah the Exalted helps us prepare ourselves in this month and in the month of Sha\\\\\\\'ban and Ramadan and so that He helps us take one step forward and achieve transcendence.
Reviving the memory of a number of martyrs is one of the opportunities of this meeting and this day as well. Primarily, I would like to revive the memory of our dear martyr, Shahid Ayatollah Motahhari, who was our great thinker, our teacher and a mujahid on the path of Islamic thought and belief. With his martyrdom, he achieved the blessing to obtain the approval of Allah the Exalted for his long jihad. Good for him!
I would also like to revive the memory of Shahid Rajai and Shahid Bahonar who spent their lives in the educational system. They were two mujahid, pious and sincere individuals who were at the service of the educational system. We witnessed up close the efforts of these two dear personalities in these areas for many years and for a short time after the Revolution.
Our annual meeting with teachers has a major goal and several minor goals. The major goal is expressing respect for teachers. With this meeting, we want to show our respect to the position of teachers. This symbolic move is necessary. Respecting teachers and teaching should become a widespread practice in our society. Everyone should feel proud of being a teacher. Everyone should be proud of greeting and respecting teachers. The higher the position of teachers is, the higher the position of education will be in our society.
Adopting a narrow-minded outlook towards teachers is a loss for society. This should be prevented. The outlook towards teachers should be a respectful one. There are many different professions in the country which are seemingly very prestigious, but the position of all of these professions is much lower than the position and the profession of teaching. All of us should know and understand this.
The Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) is quoted as saying, \\\\\\\"I was sent as a teacher\\\\\\\" [Usul al-Kafi, Volume 2, page 95]. The fact that the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) considered himself to be a teacher is the greatest honor. Of course, teaching exists at different levels, but the truth of teaching is only one thing. This is a source of honor. This is our issue. With this meeting, we want to show that we hold teachers in great respect and that we are indebted to them because of what they did for ourselves and because of what they do for our children and for those whose future is important to us. This feeling is shared by all the people. All of us are indebted to teachers. This is our main issue.
There are some minor issues as well. One issue is addressed to teachers themselves. Another issue is addressed to the managers and officials of the large educational system. What is related to teachers is that the dear teachers should know their job is not only teaching. In other words, their job is not only to teach the textbooks that are available to them. Teachers should promote knowledge, teach the way to think and strengthen morality in themselves. If we consider teaching to have a broad meaning, it will include these three tasks:
The first task is promoting knowledge and teaching the textbooks that our children - the future men and women of the country - should learn. This is one task.
The second task, which is more important, is teaching how to think. Our children should learn how to think in a proper and reasonable way. They should be properly guided about how to think. Shallow outlooks and shallow learning of the issues of life cripple a society. In the long run, it destroys a people. Thinking should be firmly established in society.
This is why when we mention someone like Shahid Motahhari, we do not only speak about his knowledge. We speak about his thinking as well. If someone knows how to think, this spirit will help them to discover the important issues of knowledge. If our youth, our scholars and our scientists are thinkers, they will use the knowledge that they have to pose tens and hundreds of new questions and to get answers for these questions. So, using knowledge is only possible with thinking.
The third task is behavioral and moral education and what the honorable minister referred to in his statements: lifestyle and behavior. We are a people with lofty ideals, with great slogans and with clear and definite peaks that we want to reach - if there is time, I will briefly address this issue later on. This requires patient, wise, religious, innovative, kind, compassionate, courageous, polite and pious individuals who are ready to take action, who avoid laziness and who consider others\\\\\\\' pains to be their own pains.
The mold and make-up of a person that Islam wants to build is shaped through education. All people can be educated. Some people may learn late and some may learn sooner than others. Some learn more efficiently and some learn less efficiently than others. But all individuals are subject to change and this change takes place with education. Primarily, this falls on the shoulders of certain main elements one of which is a teacher. Of course, parents, friends and other such people are influential as well, but the influence that a teacher exerts is deeper and more permanent. This is a task that teachers should carry out.
Therefore, teachers teach how to acquire knowledge, how to think and how to be moral. Learning morality is not like acquiring knowledge. That is to say, one cannot be moral by reading books. Morality cannot be taught with books. Behavior is more influential than books and words. You teach with your behavior in your classrooms and among your students. Of course, you teach with words as well. You should provide verbal advice, but behavior has a deeper and more comprehensive influence. It is one\\\\\\\'s behavior which makes it clear whether one\\\\\\\'s words are sincere or not. This is what we wanted to say to teachers.
The society of teachers has been entrusted with the responsibility of taking care of children. We should pay attention to this issue. If, by Allah\\\\\\\'s favor, our teachers decide to build children and teenagers with this method - that is to say, by paying attention to these three elements - then I believe that this will exert great influence on the future of society.
Of course, after the Revolution, certain good measures were adopted in this regard. The society of teachers exerted great influence with their commitment and by showing their presence in the revolutionary environment - whether during the Sacred Defense Era or afterwards. I sometimes read the books which are about teachers. A teacher who took part in the front lines of the Sacred Defense and who was martyred exerted great influence on the minds of his students. One can see this.
One issue about the educational system and its management is the issue of the transformation plan. The transformation plan - which has thankfully been prepared and established - was not something that was created all of a sudden. This plan was one of our desires from the beginning of the Revolution. Because the educational system in our country was created by imitating western educational systems with the same form, content and order, there was a need for a fundamental change in the educational system of the country, whether in terms of form or in terms of content.
Well, many people shared this thought for many years. Then, it was developed gradually and it led to the transformation plan. I am not saying that this transformation plan is the peak of our desires. This is not the case. For everything, there is a higher form. It is possible that by Allah\\\\\\\'s favor, you take action, move forward and gain experience in a way that you can add something to what is available to you today.
However, this transformation plan is what is available to us in the present time and therefore, it should be taken seriously. My advice to the honorable officials and managers of the educational system is that we should take the transformation plan seriously. And this seriousness should be beyond formal statements. It should be shown in practice.
Well, as the friends in this meeting quoted what I had said before, if we want this transformation plan to be implemented, we need a roadmap and a plan. If our thoughts and the general ideas that officials and sympathetic personalities have in mind do not take the form of a practical plan, then it will remain a mere idea and it will decay. Therefore, it requires a practical plan.
You should prepare and implement this practical plan in collaboration with the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution - which is a great cultural center and a reference point for making decisions and in which officials are present. You should feel that this step has been taken. Then, you should go to the next step. Of course, some tasks should be carried out simultaneously and in line with one another.
An issue for the management of the educational system is the issue of manpower. As was pointed out in this meeting, the educational system is the greatest decision-making organization in the Islamic Republic. More than one million officials exist in this great system. These officials are directly involved with more than 12 million people and they are indirectly involved with tens of millions of people - that is to say, families. Such a great network is very important.
The forces that should be employed in this great network should have certain characteristics. One of these characteristics is that they should be motivated and enthusiastic. You should not give priority to tired, old and unimaginative forces - those who tried whatever they knew and who do not have new methods anymore. The priority should be given to young, enthusiastic, motivated, pious and revolutionary forces and to those for whom the main goal is what the main issue of the educational system is - which is building individuals.
You should benefit from these forces. This is one issue. Therefore, in my opinion, the first issue about the macro-management of the educational system is that they should see what forces they are using. They should benefit from religious, revolutionary, enthusiastic and zealous forces who love their job and who are ready to enter difficult arenas for the sake of the goals of the educational system. This is the most important task.
The second issue is the issue of support. All governmental organizations are responsible for supporting the educational system, whether the organizations which are in charge of the budget or the organizations which are formed on the basis of the laws that the Majlis passes. The outlook of all these organizations should be such an outlook. They should not think that the educational system is only a consumer. Sometimes, there is such an outlook. Some people say that the educational system is only a consumer. But this is not the case. The more you spend money on it, the more results you will achieve. The educational system is such a system.
This is an organization which creates the future generators of wealth, knowledge and civilization and the future managers of the country. It is not the case that we think the educational system is a costly organization. There is no achievement which is greater than the one the educational system makes. Whatever achievement and innovation you see throughout the country is rooted in the educational system. You should improve this organization so that everything will be improved. Therefore, spending money on the educational system and expanding the financial resources of this organization is one of the tasks that we hope government officials pay attention to.
Another issue is that - as I mentioned in the middle of my speech - the managers that we choose should be managers whose focus is on the main issue of the educational system. Adopting partisan, political and other such outlooks is poison for the educational system. Over the course of these long years, we have witnessed certain eras during which there was more attention to such issues. As a result of this, the educational system suffered a loss. You should be careful about this. You should adopt such an outlook towards the different issues of the educational system that for each manager in each sector of this large and vast organization, the main issue is the issue of education and building revolutionary forces.
Dear brothers and sisters, the reason why we stress the issue of building revolutionary and religious forces is that we have a long way ahead of us. Our people have a long way ahead of them. The goal that we have in mind for the Islamic Republic - which is based on the general guidelines of the Revolution - is a very lofty goal. When I say \\\\\\\"we\\\\\\\", I do not mean this humble person. Rather, I mean the people of Iran, officials and the owners of the Revolution. This goal is creating an exemplary society. You want to build a society in dear Iran - which has been located in a very sensitive geographical area in the world - which is a model in the shade of Islam and under the flag of the Holy Quran. This model is both in material areas and in spiritual and moral areas.
Westerners made a leap in material areas. They made a leap in a certain era, but this leap was separated from and opposed to the moral movement. It was a hundred percent materialistic leap. In the beginning, no one understood what had happened, but now they are beginning to understand. They are gradually feeling the irreversible damage of what they did. No one should think that a purely materialistic and secular civilization can help its people achieve happiness. This is not the case. The people in this civilization will face a great disaster.
In the present time, they are witnessing this disaster. This disaster is not because of the demonstrations which are held in European streets. For the west, this disaster is much deeper than this. Primarily, what humanity needs is psychological, moral and conscience-based security. Primarily, what it needs is the satisfaction of its conscience. Such satisfaction does not exist in western environments and it will get even worse.
If you are familiar with western writers, critics and thinkers, you will see that it is several years now that they have been raising their voices. These people are showing some aspects of increasing corruption in their societies. A materialistic lifestyle is like this. Although they have moved forward in the area of science, technological achievements and the like and although they have accomplished great feats in this regard, they have collapsed in the area of morality and they will continue to collapse because of this.
The society that Islam wants to build is a society that is at an advanced level in terms of wealth, knowledge and welfare. But it also wants this society to be at this level or even at a higher level in terms of morality and spirituality. This is an Islamic society. You want to build this society. So, you have a long way ahead of you. But it is possible. No one should say that it is not. Many things were considered to be impossible, but they happened.
When a people show determination, they can accomplish great and historical feats. Our societies have shown that they can be great, that they can blossom and that they can grow and exert influence. Man is an endless and infinite creature. Knowledge has made so much progress, but the main parts of man\\\\\\\'s brain are still unknown. This is what the scientists who work on this say. This physical aspect of man is unknown, let alone his spiritual, psychological and inner aspect. Man has many capabilities. We can carry out many tasks. An individual can simultaneously achieve great material and spiritual growth.
Well, we want to reach these goals. Reaching these goals requires manpower more than anything else. What is more important than the path is the person who takes this path. If there is not such a person, then even a well-paved road is useless. But if there is a determined person, then lack of a well-paved road will not be problematic. You have seen that mountaineers climb so high while there is no road. But they have feet and determination. So, it is possible to move forward and to reach peaks. It is possible to know and utilize unknown talents. It is possible to solve problems in a constant way.
All of these things require human resources. These human resources should be created in the educational system. Universities are important in this regard. The same is true of society and the IRIB. But none of these is as important as primary school. The teachers and managers of this great organization have such a responsibility. Therefore, we stress that they should be religious and revolutionary.
It is with this religious and revolutionary spirit that we can take this path. Even if there is a hard obstacle ahead of us, we can move forward. Even if there are certain hurdles, we can jump over them provided that this revolutionary spirit, this piety and this commitment to religious and revolutionary steadfastness exist. This is one point.
Another issue is the issue of textbooks. We should be very careful about textbooks. They should be well-developed. If they are poor in content, this is harmful. Not only is it not beneficial, but it is also harmful. If they contain deviant statements - whether political, religious or factual deviation - this is harmful. Those who are responsible for this should carry out their responsibility with complete trustworthiness and precision.
Another issue is the issue of the teachers\\\\\\\' training university. On my way to this meeting, I spoke with the honorable minister about this issue. This university is different from ordinary universities. As well as the advantages that other universities have, this university has the advantage of producing teachers. This has certain requirements. Great significance should be attached to this university.
Another issue is the issue of moral education and the deputy of moral education. This issue was neglected. This deputy was closed at one point. Later on, they opened and closed it again and again. The deputy of moral education is an organization in charge of attending to the issue of moral education - spiritual, revolutionary, behavioral and moral aspects of education. This deputy is important both at a ministerial level and at lower levels.
I hope that Allah the Exalted bestows His blessings and mercy on all of you. I hope that, God willing, the immaculate soul of our dear Imam (r.a.) - who opened this path for us - is pleased with you. I hope that the pure souls of our dear martyrs - particularly those martyrs who were teachers and students - benefit from divine blessings.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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The Danger of Iran!! | The Chain of Lies | Episode 1 | English
The Chain of Lies is a series of periodic videos aimed at keeping viewers informed of the political climate and the world that they are living in. These videos will be comprehensive, to the point,...
The Chain of Lies is a series of periodic videos aimed at keeping viewers informed of the political climate and the world that they are living in. These videos will be comprehensive, to the point, along with evidence.
\\\\\\\'Chain of Lies\\\\\\\' is a production of \\\\\\\'Pure Stream\\\\\\\'.
Third party content may be used under “fair use act\\\\\\\"; for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.
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Visit to Imam Ali Academy by Vali Amr Muslimeen - 10 Nov 2011 - Farsi
رهبر معظم انقلاب: هر تجاوزی را با سیلی محكم و مشت پولادین ملت بزرگ ایران پاسخ خواهیم داد....
رهبر معظم انقلاب: هر تجاوزی را با سیلی محكم و مشت پولادین ملت بزرگ ایران پاسخ خواهیم داد.
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=17863
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی، صبح روز 19 آبان 1390، در مراسم تحلیف و دانشآموختگی دانشجویان دانشگاههای افسری ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران در دانشگاه افسری امام علی(ع) در سخنان مهمی، نیروهای مسلح را مایه عزت ملت و كشور ایران و نوك پیكان استوار دفاع ملی دانستند و تأكید كردند: دشمنان بخصوص آمریكا و دستنشاندگانش و رژیم صهیونیستی بدانند، ملت ایران اهل تجاوز به هیچ كشور و ملتی نیست اما هرگونه تجاوز و حتی تهدید را با قدرت كامل و بگونهای پاسخ خواهد داد كه متعرضان و متجاوزان را از درون متلاشی كند.
فرمانده كل قوا افزودند: ملت استوار ایران، ملتی نیست كه فقط بنشیند و نظارهگر تهدیدهای قدرتهای پوشالی مادی باشد كه از درون كرمخورده هستند.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی خاطرنشان كردند: هركس كه فكر تجاوز به جمهوری اسلامی ایران، در مخیلهاش خطور كند، باید خود را آماده دریافت سیلیهای محكم و مشتهای پولادین ارتش، سپاه و بسیج و در یك كلام، ملت بزرگ ایران كند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای همه ملت ایران بویژه نیروهای مسلح را به حفظ آمادگی برای تداوم مسیر عزت ملی و اقتدار بینالمللی فراخواندند و تأكید كردند: ساخت مستحكم نظام جمهوری اسلامی و اتحاد ملی و نزدیكی دلهای آحاد ملت ایران، مهمترین قدرت بازدارنده است و همه موظف هستند این ساخت استوار و مستحكم نظام را حفظ كرده و به آن استحكام بیشتری ببخشند.
ایشان نیروهای مسلح را از لحاظ حضور در میدان علم و جهاد و همراه با معنویت و ایمان، مایه عزت خواندند و افزودند: آن كشور و ملتی كه بتواند ثابت كند آماده ایستادگی و دفاع جانانه برای استقلال، حفظ هویت، آرمانها و موجودیت خود است، همواره عزیز است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی خاطرنشان كردند: در دنیایی كه متأسفانه هنوز ارتباط میان ملتها و كشورها براساس تكیه بر قدرت سرنیزه و اسلحه تعیین میشود و قلدران تلاش دارند با مشتهای پولادین سرنوشت ملتها را در دست بگیرند، آن ملتی از آسیب محفوظ خواهد بود كه آمادگی دفاعی خود را ثابت كند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای با اشاره به آمادگی دفاعی نیروهای مسلح از جمله ارتش، افزودند: این آمادگی دفاعی نیروهای مسلح در كنار دیانت و ایمان و تقوا، برای كشور و ملت ایران عزتآفرین است و باید آن را حفظ و تقویت كرد.
فرمانده كل قوا، دانشگاهای ارتش را كانون علم و جهاد خواندند و خاطرنشان كردند: نیروهای مسلح كشور كه دارای دانش و علم، و آمادگی مجاهدت مؤمنانه هستند، در منطقه و دنیا بینظیر است و چنین نیروهای مسلحی، نتیجهی همت بلند ملتی است كه عزم راسخ خود را برای برافراشتن پرچم ایمان، اسلام و دیانت بكار گرفته است.
http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1558&Itemid=4
Supreme Leader’s Speech at Imam Ali (a.s.) Military Academy
10/11/2011
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on November 10, 2011 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution to a group of cadets in a graduation ceremony at Imam Ali (a.s.) Military Academy.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I would like to extend my congratulations to all the dear graduates of the military academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran and all the dear youth who have received epaulets and joined the ranks of the mujahids of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army.
The fact that so many faithful and sincere youth – graduates and students – join the great Army and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic is worthy of congratulating. In every one of my meetings with you faithful and pious youth, I thank Allah the Exalted from the bottom of my heart. You should also thank God for these great blessings.
Military academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran are the centers of knowledge and jihad. The scent of spirituality and piety in these academies keeps getting stronger on a daily basis. This is a cause for joy and happiness. These academies are active in terms of scientific work and they enjoy active students, good teachers and commanders who are also outstanding scientific figures. Moreover, the atmosphere of mujahid-like and pious preparedness, the war games, undergoing military training in the hot weather of summer during the month of Ramadan, the large number of cadets who fast once or more every week – these are things that are unprecedented not only in the Armed Forces of our country but also in the armed forces of the world of Islam. These things are the result of the firm determination of a nation that has been making efforts to raise the flag of faith, Islam and piety. Members of the Armed Forces – who study, undergo training, make efforts and prepare themselves for the sake of God and divine ideals and who enter the arena selflessly whenever there is an opportunity for selfless struggle and defense – are a source of power for Islam and Muslims. They are a source of power for the country.
You are powerful for two reasons. First, you spend the valuable days of your youth on acquiring knowledge and engaging in jihad with sincere spirituality and faith. This is power. “And to Allah belongs the might and to His Messenger and to the believers.” [The Holy Quran, 63: 8] Power belongs to God, His Messenger and believers. So you are considered among believers.
The second reason is that you are a source of power for your country and your nation. A nation that can prove it is prepared to resist and defend itself in order to have independence, preserve its identity and fight for its ideals and existence – such a nation is powerful. The power of such a nation is secretly acknowledged even by its enemies although they might not be prepared to announce this publicly because of being stubborn. You spearhead our national defense and today your power is acknowledged even by your enemies. Many of your enemies even acknowledge your power publicly.
Allah the Exalted says, “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies of Allah.” [The Holy Quran, 8: 60] Your preparedness makes the enemy fearful: not fearful of your invasion because you are not aggressive, but fearful of your resistance and of attacking you. In a world in which reliance on the power of bayonets and weapons can unfortunately play a determining role in the relations between nations and countries, in a world in which there are bullies who decide to take control of the destiny of other nations with iron fists, in a world that is materialistic, only a nation that proves to be prepared for defense will be secure from harm. Our Armed Forces and the Army of the Islamic Republic proved this. This is power. This is a source of power for a country. It is necessary to preserve this preparedness. You should preserve all your material and spiritual assets. During your service and throughout your life, you should safeguard your piety, faith, motivation and spiritual purity as well as your firm determination to defend the country.
We are not a nation that attacks other countries and nations. We will never start a bloody war. The Iranian nation has proven this. But we are a nation that responds to all kinds of attack and even all kinds of threats with full force and determination. We are not a nation that stands by and watches the fragile materialist powers – which have been eaten by worms and termites from within – threaten the steadfast and powerful Iranian nation. We will answer threats with threats. Anybody who thinks of attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran should be prepared to receive strong slaps and iron fists from the Armed Forces, from the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from the Islamic Revolution’s Guards Corps and from Basij: all supported by the great Iranian nation. And America, its regional puppets and its guard dog – the Zionist regime – should know that the response of the Iranian nation to any kind of aggression, attacks or even threats will be a response that will make them collapse from within.
Continue your preparedness to maintain this national and international power. We should all be ready. Everybody should remain prepared to preserve the high values which will be permanent throughout history. Everybody should remain prepared in the arena of knowledge, work, industry, management and politics. And the Armed Forces spearhead our national defense in the military arena.
We are confident that the greatest kind of deterrence is the firm structure of the Islamic Republic, our national unity and the closeness of the hearts of the Iranian people to each other. Everybody is responsible to preserve and strengthen this firm structure.
I pray to Allah the Exalted to bestow success, good fortune, dignity and glory on all you dear youth, your teachers, your commanders and all those who have played a role in creating this beautiful and glorious reality.
Greetings be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
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رهبر معظم انقلاب: هر تجاوزی را با سیلی محكم و مشت پولادین ملت بزرگ ایران پاسخ خواهیم داد.
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=17863
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی، صبح روز 19 آبان 1390، در مراسم تحلیف و دانشآموختگی دانشجویان دانشگاههای افسری ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران در دانشگاه افسری امام علی(ع) در سخنان مهمی، نیروهای مسلح را مایه عزت ملت و كشور ایران و نوك پیكان استوار دفاع ملی دانستند و تأكید كردند: دشمنان بخصوص آمریكا و دستنشاندگانش و رژیم صهیونیستی بدانند، ملت ایران اهل تجاوز به هیچ كشور و ملتی نیست اما هرگونه تجاوز و حتی تهدید را با قدرت كامل و بگونهای پاسخ خواهد داد كه متعرضان و متجاوزان را از درون متلاشی كند.
فرمانده كل قوا افزودند: ملت استوار ایران، ملتی نیست كه فقط بنشیند و نظارهگر تهدیدهای قدرتهای پوشالی مادی باشد كه از درون كرمخورده هستند.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی خاطرنشان كردند: هركس كه فكر تجاوز به جمهوری اسلامی ایران، در مخیلهاش خطور كند، باید خود را آماده دریافت سیلیهای محكم و مشتهای پولادین ارتش، سپاه و بسیج و در یك كلام، ملت بزرگ ایران كند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای همه ملت ایران بویژه نیروهای مسلح را به حفظ آمادگی برای تداوم مسیر عزت ملی و اقتدار بینالمللی فراخواندند و تأكید كردند: ساخت مستحكم نظام جمهوری اسلامی و اتحاد ملی و نزدیكی دلهای آحاد ملت ایران، مهمترین قدرت بازدارنده است و همه موظف هستند این ساخت استوار و مستحكم نظام را حفظ كرده و به آن استحكام بیشتری ببخشند.
ایشان نیروهای مسلح را از لحاظ حضور در میدان علم و جهاد و همراه با معنویت و ایمان، مایه عزت خواندند و افزودند: آن كشور و ملتی كه بتواند ثابت كند آماده ایستادگی و دفاع جانانه برای استقلال، حفظ هویت، آرمانها و موجودیت خود است، همواره عزیز است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی خاطرنشان كردند: در دنیایی كه متأسفانه هنوز ارتباط میان ملتها و كشورها براساس تكیه بر قدرت سرنیزه و اسلحه تعیین میشود و قلدران تلاش دارند با مشتهای پولادین سرنوشت ملتها را در دست بگیرند، آن ملتی از آسیب محفوظ خواهد بود كه آمادگی دفاعی خود را ثابت كند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای با اشاره به آمادگی دفاعی نیروهای مسلح از جمله ارتش، افزودند: این آمادگی دفاعی نیروهای مسلح در كنار دیانت و ایمان و تقوا، برای كشور و ملت ایران عزتآفرین است و باید آن را حفظ و تقویت كرد.
فرمانده كل قوا، دانشگاهای ارتش را كانون علم و جهاد خواندند و خاطرنشان كردند: نیروهای مسلح كشور كه دارای دانش و علم، و آمادگی مجاهدت مؤمنانه هستند، در منطقه و دنیا بینظیر است و چنین نیروهای مسلحی، نتیجهی همت بلند ملتی است كه عزم راسخ خود را برای برافراشتن پرچم ایمان، اسلام و دیانت بكار گرفته است.
http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1558&Itemid=4
Supreme Leader’s Speech at Imam Ali (a.s.) Military Academy
10/11/2011
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on November 10, 2011 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution to a group of cadets in a graduation ceremony at Imam Ali (a.s.) Military Academy.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I would like to extend my congratulations to all the dear graduates of the military academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran and all the dear youth who have received epaulets and joined the ranks of the mujahids of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army.
The fact that so many faithful and sincere youth – graduates and students – join the great Army and Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic is worthy of congratulating. In every one of my meetings with you faithful and pious youth, I thank Allah the Exalted from the bottom of my heart. You should also thank God for these great blessings.
Military academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran are the centers of knowledge and jihad. The scent of spirituality and piety in these academies keeps getting stronger on a daily basis. This is a cause for joy and happiness. These academies are active in terms of scientific work and they enjoy active students, good teachers and commanders who are also outstanding scientific figures. Moreover, the atmosphere of mujahid-like and pious preparedness, the war games, undergoing military training in the hot weather of summer during the month of Ramadan, the large number of cadets who fast once or more every week – these are things that are unprecedented not only in the Armed Forces of our country but also in the armed forces of the world of Islam. These things are the result of the firm determination of a nation that has been making efforts to raise the flag of faith, Islam and piety. Members of the Armed Forces – who study, undergo training, make efforts and prepare themselves for the sake of God and divine ideals and who enter the arena selflessly whenever there is an opportunity for selfless struggle and defense – are a source of power for Islam and Muslims. They are a source of power for the country.
You are powerful for two reasons. First, you spend the valuable days of your youth on acquiring knowledge and engaging in jihad with sincere spirituality and faith. This is power. “And to Allah belongs the might and to His Messenger and to the believers.” [The Holy Quran, 63: 8] Power belongs to God, His Messenger and believers. So you are considered among believers.
The second reason is that you are a source of power for your country and your nation. A nation that can prove it is prepared to resist and defend itself in order to have independence, preserve its identity and fight for its ideals and existence – such a nation is powerful. The power of such a nation is secretly acknowledged even by its enemies although they might not be prepared to announce this publicly because of being stubborn. You spearhead our national defense and today your power is acknowledged even by your enemies. Many of your enemies even acknowledge your power publicly.
Allah the Exalted says, “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies of Allah.” [The Holy Quran, 8: 60] Your preparedness makes the enemy fearful: not fearful of your invasion because you are not aggressive, but fearful of your resistance and of attacking you. In a world in which reliance on the power of bayonets and weapons can unfortunately play a determining role in the relations between nations and countries, in a world in which there are bullies who decide to take control of the destiny of other nations with iron fists, in a world that is materialistic, only a nation that proves to be prepared for defense will be secure from harm. Our Armed Forces and the Army of the Islamic Republic proved this. This is power. This is a source of power for a country. It is necessary to preserve this preparedness. You should preserve all your material and spiritual assets. During your service and throughout your life, you should safeguard your piety, faith, motivation and spiritual purity as well as your firm determination to defend the country.
We are not a nation that attacks other countries and nations. We will never start a bloody war. The Iranian nation has proven this. But we are a nation that responds to all kinds of attack and even all kinds of threats with full force and determination. We are not a nation that stands by and watches the fragile materialist powers – which have been eaten by worms and termites from within – threaten the steadfast and powerful Iranian nation. We will answer threats with threats. Anybody who thinks of attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran should be prepared to receive strong slaps and iron fists from the Armed Forces, from the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from the Islamic Revolution’s Guards Corps and from Basij: all supported by the great Iranian nation. And America, its regional puppets and its guard dog – the Zionist regime – should know that the response of the Iranian nation to any kind of aggression, attacks or even threats will be a response that will make them collapse from within.
Continue your preparedness to maintain this national and international power. We should all be ready. Everybody should remain prepared to preserve the high values which will be permanent throughout history. Everybody should remain prepared in the arena of knowledge, work, industry, management and politics. And the Armed Forces spearhead our national defense in the military arena.
We are confident that the greatest kind of deterrence is the firm structure of the Islamic Republic, our national unity and the closeness of the hearts of the Iranian people to each other. Everybody is responsible to preserve and strengthen this firm structure.
I pray to Allah the Exalted to bestow success, good fortune, dignity and glory on all you dear youth, your teachers, your commanders and all those who have played a role in creating this beautiful and glorious reality.
Greetings be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
Farsi مراسم مشترك دانش آموختگی دانشجویان دانشگاه افسری امام حسین ع
مراسم مشترك دانش آموختگی دانشجویان دانشگاه افسری امام حسین(ع)
MAY 31, 2011.
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=12569...
مراسم مشترك دانش آموختگی دانشجویان دانشگاه افسری امام حسین(ع)
MAY 31, 2011.
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=12569
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی، صبح روز 10 خردادماه 1390 در مراسم مشترك دانشآموختگی دانشجویان دانشگاه افسری و تربیت پاسدار امام حسین(ع)، با اشاره به نیاز روزافزون كشور به نیروهای مؤمن، جهادگر، مبتكر، پرشور و بصیر افزودند: شكست سیاستهای شیطان بزرگ امریكا در منطقه بسیار حساس خاورمیانه، و احیای نویدبخش شعارهای اسلامی در میان ملتهای به خروش آمده منطقه، تحقق بخشی از وعدههای الهی به ملت ایران است كه ایستادگی و ثابت قدمی در این راه، تحقق كامل نصرت الهی را به همراه خواهد آورد.
فرمانده معظم كل قوا، با اشاره به درخشش سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی در میدانهای مختلف 32 سال اخیر، حضور فعال، موفق و مؤثر این نهاد در روند عمومی حركت انقلاب و نظام را ناشی از قاعده و زیربنای مستحكم سپاه دانستند و خاطرنشان كردند: این بنیاد و پایه مستحكم را مردان مؤمن، مجاهد، و لبریز از شور انقلابی در حوادث دشوار سالهای اول انقلاب بنا نهادند.
ایشان، ایمان و شور انقلابی شكلدهندگان سپاه را موجب جوشش روح ابتكار و دانایی روز افزون سپاه دانستند و افزودند: این نهاد مردمی، در پرتو رهنمودهای امام راحل عظیمالشأن، هم در دفاع مقدس و میدان رزم با دشمنان متجاوز خوش درخشید و هم در رزم جهادی و انقلابی، در میدانهای به شدت مغشوش و مبهم حوادث درون كشور، امتحان بسیار خوبی داد.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای، پاسداران جوان امروز را، قاعده و پایه بنای مستحكم این نهاد در سالها و دهههای آینده برشمردند و افزودند: انقلاب اسلامی در مقایسه با 30 سال پیش در موقعیتی بسیار بالاتر قرار دارد و جوانان امروز سپاه نیز باید به همین نسبت، پیشروتر، مجاهدتر، بصیرتر، عالمتر و مهذبتر از نسل اول سپاه، خود را برای ادامه رسالت عظیم این نهاد، آماده كنند.
Supreme Leader Attends Graduation Ceremony at Imam Hussein Military Academy
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Ayatollah Khamenei the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces attended the graduation ceremony of a group of cadets from Imam Hussein (a.s.) Military Academy. Speaking during the ceremony, Ayatollah Khamenei said that Iran needs people who are faithful, hardworking, innovative and insightful. He added: \"The failure of the policies of the Great Satan in the strategic Middle East region and the auspicious revival of Islamic slogans among the protesting nations of the region are the manifestations of what Allah the Exalted has promised for the Iranian nation. And resistance and steadfastness on this path will bring about full divine support.
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مراسم مشترك دانش آموختگی دانشجویان دانشگاه افسری امام حسین(ع)
MAY 31, 2011.
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=12569
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی، صبح روز 10 خردادماه 1390 در مراسم مشترك دانشآموختگی دانشجویان دانشگاه افسری و تربیت پاسدار امام حسین(ع)، با اشاره به نیاز روزافزون كشور به نیروهای مؤمن، جهادگر، مبتكر، پرشور و بصیر افزودند: شكست سیاستهای شیطان بزرگ امریكا در منطقه بسیار حساس خاورمیانه، و احیای نویدبخش شعارهای اسلامی در میان ملتهای به خروش آمده منطقه، تحقق بخشی از وعدههای الهی به ملت ایران است كه ایستادگی و ثابت قدمی در این راه، تحقق كامل نصرت الهی را به همراه خواهد آورد.
فرمانده معظم كل قوا، با اشاره به درخشش سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی در میدانهای مختلف 32 سال اخیر، حضور فعال، موفق و مؤثر این نهاد در روند عمومی حركت انقلاب و نظام را ناشی از قاعده و زیربنای مستحكم سپاه دانستند و خاطرنشان كردند: این بنیاد و پایه مستحكم را مردان مؤمن، مجاهد، و لبریز از شور انقلابی در حوادث دشوار سالهای اول انقلاب بنا نهادند.
ایشان، ایمان و شور انقلابی شكلدهندگان سپاه را موجب جوشش روح ابتكار و دانایی روز افزون سپاه دانستند و افزودند: این نهاد مردمی، در پرتو رهنمودهای امام راحل عظیمالشأن، هم در دفاع مقدس و میدان رزم با دشمنان متجاوز خوش درخشید و هم در رزم جهادی و انقلابی، در میدانهای به شدت مغشوش و مبهم حوادث درون كشور، امتحان بسیار خوبی داد.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای، پاسداران جوان امروز را، قاعده و پایه بنای مستحكم این نهاد در سالها و دهههای آینده برشمردند و افزودند: انقلاب اسلامی در مقایسه با 30 سال پیش در موقعیتی بسیار بالاتر قرار دارد و جوانان امروز سپاه نیز باید به همین نسبت، پیشروتر، مجاهدتر، بصیرتر، عالمتر و مهذبتر از نسل اول سپاه، خود را برای ادامه رسالت عظیم این نهاد، آماده كنند.
Supreme Leader Attends Graduation Ceremony at Imam Hussein Military Academy
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Ayatollah Khamenei the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces attended the graduation ceremony of a group of cadets from Imam Hussein (a.s.) Military Academy. Speaking during the ceremony, Ayatollah Khamenei said that Iran needs people who are faithful, hardworking, innovative and insightful. He added: \"The failure of the policies of the Great Satan in the strategic Middle East region and the auspicious revival of Islamic slogans among the protesting nations of the region are the manifestations of what Allah the Exalted has promised for the Iranian nation. And resistance and steadfastness on this path will bring about full divine support.
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Vali Amr Muslimeen speech to Hajj Officials - 3 OCT 2011 - Farsi
دیدار كارگزاران حج با رهبر انقلاب
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=17451
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر انقلاب اسلامی...
دیدار كارگزاران حج با رهبر انقلاب
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حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر انقلاب اسلامی صبح روز 11 مهر 1390، در دیدار دستاندركاران حج امسال، حج را فرصتی بسیار گرانبها و ارزشمند برای ارتباط با امت اسلامی و بهرهمندی معنوی خواندند و با اشاره به تلاش دشمنان برای اختلافافكنی و مقابله با موج بیداری اسلامی در مراسم حج ، تنها راه غلبه بر این توطئه را نزدیكتر شدن دلها و تقویت همدلی دانستند، ایشان همچنین در ادامه با اشاره به فساد بانكی اخیر در كشور، علت وقوع این سوء استفاده را عمل نكردن مسئولان به توصیههای مؤكد چند سال پیش رهبری در خصوص مقابله با فساد اقتصادی توصیف و تأكید كردند: مسئولان قضایی ضمن پیگیری قوی، دقیق و عاقلانه قضیه و اطلاعرسانی مناسب به مردم، باید دستهای خائن را قطع كنند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای حج را یكی از رموز اساسی اسلام و میهمانی بزرگ الهی در مركز عظمت و قدرت و جمال و كرَم توصیف كردند و افزودند: باید در بُعد عمومی و بینالمللی حج، همدلی و تقویت پیوندهای اسلامی بدون در نظر گرفتن ملیتها، قومیتها و مذهبها مورد توجه جدی قرار گیرد و از این فرصت برای نزدیكتر شدن دلها استفاده شود.
ایشان یكی از ویژگیهای بارز حج امسال را، بیداری اسلامی در منطقه بویژه مصر، تونس، یمن و بحرین دانستند و تأكید كردند: با توجه به این رویداد مهم، امسال توطئه ایجاد اختلاف و بدبینی و تحریك احساسات میان امت اسلامی، برجستهتر خواهد بود و تنها راه غلبه بر این توطئه نزدیكتر شدن دلها و تقویت همدلی است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی با تأكید بر اینكه مسلمانان یك تن واحد هستند، افزودند: حجاج ایرانی باید با چنین نگاه عمومی و جهانی در حج حضور یابند و تجربیات سی ساله خود در مبارزه با استكبار و معاندین را در اختیار ملتهای تازه انقلاب كرده، قرار دهند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای، رفتار خوب و همراه با ادب و احترام را از دیگر نكات ضروری برای حجاج ایرانی برشمردند و خاطرنشان كردند: حج فرصتی گرانبها برای پاكیزه شدن از آلودگیهای دنیا و مجموعهای از فرائض است كه باید ضمن قدر دانستن این مراسم عظیم و كمنظیر، در حفظ ذخایر معنوی بدست آمده آن هم همت كرد.
ایشان زائران بیتاللهالحرام را به آمادهسازی درونی خود، قبل از سفر حج و آماده شدن برای این میهمانی الهی توصیه كردند و افزودند: حاجی ایرانی باید با رفتار خود در حج، ملت، كشور و نظام جمهوری اسلامی ایران را در چشم دنیا سربلند كند.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی حجاج را به پرهیز از رفتارهای سبك توصیه و خاطرنشان كردند: یكی از این رفتارهای سبك، عطش بازارگردی است كه علاوه بر اینكه ارز كشور را برای خرید كالاهای بیكیفیت به هدر میدهد، فرصت ارزشمند عبادت و بهرهمندی معنوی را نیز از بین میبرد.
http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1533&Itemid=2
Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Monday morning with the officials in charge of hajj affairs. At the meeting, His Eminence said that the enemy is making efforts to foment discord and to confront the wave of Islamic Awakening. He added that hajj is a very valuable opportunity to establish a relationship with the Islamic Ummah and to reap the spiritual benefits.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that hajj is one of the most important elements behind the success of Islam. He further described hajj as a great divine celebration which takes place at the center of glory, power and magnificence. \"Regarding the general and international dimension of hajj, it is necessary to pay serious attention to solidarity and strengthening Islamic bonds without taking nationalities, ethnicities and denominations into consideration. This opportunity should be used to make hearts get closer to one another.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed that Muslims are a unified entity and added: \"Iranian pilgrims should take part in hajj ceremonies with this general and global outlook and they should let the nations that have recently carried out a revolution benefit from their thirty years of experience in fighting the arrogant powers and the enemies.\"
His Eminence called on hajj pilgrims to prepare themselves spiritually before taking part in hajj ceremonies and added: \"With their behavior during hajj, Iranian pilgrims should make the world hold the Iranian nation and the Islamic Republic of Iran in high regard.\"
Elsewhere in his statements, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the recent economic corruption and reminded government officials to combat economic corruption in a decisive way. \"Government officials welcomed confronting economic corruption, but if they had acted on my recommendations, we would never have had events like the recent banking embezzlement.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed that it is necessary to prevent corruption from becoming deep-rooted and added that it becomes very difficult to uproot corruption once it becomes deep-rooted. He assured the people that the three branches of government are determined to confront the recent event and to prevent similar events and said that government officials in the executive, legislative and judiciary branches are doing their duty.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that it inadvisable to create uproar which may prompt others to take advantage of this issue. However, he assured the people that government officials will follow up the issue until the end and that they will cut off the treacherous hands.
His Eminence emphatically urged the judiciary to keep the people updated about the case and stressed: \"The judiciary system must not have mercy on wrong-doers, vandals and corrupt individuals.\"
Iran\'s judiciary is investigating the recent large embezzlement case and has issued arrest warrants for a number of suspects. Also a number of bank managers have been fired.
Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei Iran\'s Prosecutor General, who has been put in charge of the embezzlement case by the Judiciary Chief, has announced that the case is being investigated swiftly and decisively. He has also said that the culprits will be severely punished.
Iran\'s Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani has stressed that the judiciary system will follow up the issue decisively. He has also said that the judiciary has been investigating the embezzlement case for almost two months.
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دیدار كارگزاران حج با رهبر انقلاب
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=17451
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر انقلاب اسلامی صبح روز 11 مهر 1390، در دیدار دستاندركاران حج امسال، حج را فرصتی بسیار گرانبها و ارزشمند برای ارتباط با امت اسلامی و بهرهمندی معنوی خواندند و با اشاره به تلاش دشمنان برای اختلافافكنی و مقابله با موج بیداری اسلامی در مراسم حج ، تنها راه غلبه بر این توطئه را نزدیكتر شدن دلها و تقویت همدلی دانستند، ایشان همچنین در ادامه با اشاره به فساد بانكی اخیر در كشور، علت وقوع این سوء استفاده را عمل نكردن مسئولان به توصیههای مؤكد چند سال پیش رهبری در خصوص مقابله با فساد اقتصادی توصیف و تأكید كردند: مسئولان قضایی ضمن پیگیری قوی، دقیق و عاقلانه قضیه و اطلاعرسانی مناسب به مردم، باید دستهای خائن را قطع كنند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای حج را یكی از رموز اساسی اسلام و میهمانی بزرگ الهی در مركز عظمت و قدرت و جمال و كرَم توصیف كردند و افزودند: باید در بُعد عمومی و بینالمللی حج، همدلی و تقویت پیوندهای اسلامی بدون در نظر گرفتن ملیتها، قومیتها و مذهبها مورد توجه جدی قرار گیرد و از این فرصت برای نزدیكتر شدن دلها استفاده شود.
ایشان یكی از ویژگیهای بارز حج امسال را، بیداری اسلامی در منطقه بویژه مصر، تونس، یمن و بحرین دانستند و تأكید كردند: با توجه به این رویداد مهم، امسال توطئه ایجاد اختلاف و بدبینی و تحریك احساسات میان امت اسلامی، برجستهتر خواهد بود و تنها راه غلبه بر این توطئه نزدیكتر شدن دلها و تقویت همدلی است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی با تأكید بر اینكه مسلمانان یك تن واحد هستند، افزودند: حجاج ایرانی باید با چنین نگاه عمومی و جهانی در حج حضور یابند و تجربیات سی ساله خود در مبارزه با استكبار و معاندین را در اختیار ملتهای تازه انقلاب كرده، قرار دهند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای، رفتار خوب و همراه با ادب و احترام را از دیگر نكات ضروری برای حجاج ایرانی برشمردند و خاطرنشان كردند: حج فرصتی گرانبها برای پاكیزه شدن از آلودگیهای دنیا و مجموعهای از فرائض است كه باید ضمن قدر دانستن این مراسم عظیم و كمنظیر، در حفظ ذخایر معنوی بدست آمده آن هم همت كرد.
ایشان زائران بیتاللهالحرام را به آمادهسازی درونی خود، قبل از سفر حج و آماده شدن برای این میهمانی الهی توصیه كردند و افزودند: حاجی ایرانی باید با رفتار خود در حج، ملت، كشور و نظام جمهوری اسلامی ایران را در چشم دنیا سربلند كند.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی حجاج را به پرهیز از رفتارهای سبك توصیه و خاطرنشان كردند: یكی از این رفتارهای سبك، عطش بازارگردی است كه علاوه بر اینكه ارز كشور را برای خرید كالاهای بیكیفیت به هدر میدهد، فرصت ارزشمند عبادت و بهرهمندی معنوی را نیز از بین میبرد.
http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1533&Itemid=2
Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Monday morning with the officials in charge of hajj affairs. At the meeting, His Eminence said that the enemy is making efforts to foment discord and to confront the wave of Islamic Awakening. He added that hajj is a very valuable opportunity to establish a relationship with the Islamic Ummah and to reap the spiritual benefits.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that hajj is one of the most important elements behind the success of Islam. He further described hajj as a great divine celebration which takes place at the center of glory, power and magnificence. \"Regarding the general and international dimension of hajj, it is necessary to pay serious attention to solidarity and strengthening Islamic bonds without taking nationalities, ethnicities and denominations into consideration. This opportunity should be used to make hearts get closer to one another.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed that Muslims are a unified entity and added: \"Iranian pilgrims should take part in hajj ceremonies with this general and global outlook and they should let the nations that have recently carried out a revolution benefit from their thirty years of experience in fighting the arrogant powers and the enemies.\"
His Eminence called on hajj pilgrims to prepare themselves spiritually before taking part in hajj ceremonies and added: \"With their behavior during hajj, Iranian pilgrims should make the world hold the Iranian nation and the Islamic Republic of Iran in high regard.\"
Elsewhere in his statements, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the recent economic corruption and reminded government officials to combat economic corruption in a decisive way. \"Government officials welcomed confronting economic corruption, but if they had acted on my recommendations, we would never have had events like the recent banking embezzlement.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed that it is necessary to prevent corruption from becoming deep-rooted and added that it becomes very difficult to uproot corruption once it becomes deep-rooted. He assured the people that the three branches of government are determined to confront the recent event and to prevent similar events and said that government officials in the executive, legislative and judiciary branches are doing their duty.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that it inadvisable to create uproar which may prompt others to take advantage of this issue. However, he assured the people that government officials will follow up the issue until the end and that they will cut off the treacherous hands.
His Eminence emphatically urged the judiciary to keep the people updated about the case and stressed: \"The judiciary system must not have mercy on wrong-doers, vandals and corrupt individuals.\"
Iran\'s judiciary is investigating the recent large embezzlement case and has issued arrest warrants for a number of suspects. Also a number of bank managers have been fired.
Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei Iran\'s Prosecutor General, who has been put in charge of the embezzlement case by the Judiciary Chief, has announced that the case is being investigated swiftly and decisively. He has also said that the culprits will be severely punished.
Iran\'s Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani has stressed that the judiciary system will follow up the issue decisively. He has also said that the judiciary has been investigating the embezzlement case for almost two months.
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Netanyahu is a Liar | The Chain of Lies | Episode 2 | English
The Chain of Lies is a series of periodic videos aimed at keeping viewers informed of the political climate and the world that they are living in. These videos will be comprehensive, to the point,...
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[FARSI][17Sep11] اجلاس بيدارى اسلامى Islamic Awakening Conference 2011
Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011....
Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011.
http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1523
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=17271
بسمالله الرحمن الرحیم
السلام علیکم و رحمة الله و برکاته
الحمدلله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد و آله الطیبین و صحبه المنتجبین
قال الله العزیز الحكیم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلا
(O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (1). And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (2) And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.(3) Surat Al-Ahzab)
I welcome our honored audience and dear guests. What has brought us here together is the Islamic awakening, which comes from the stronger inspiration and greater understanding among Muslim ummah. This awakening has led to a major development among nations of our region and has brought about uprisings and revolutions that could never have been contemplated in the calculations of the dominant regional and international satanic powers. These are momentous uprising that have razed to the ground the autocratic and imperialist strongholds and vanquished the tyrants guarding them.
There is no doubt that colossal social upheavals have always relied on solid foundation of history and civilization and are products of accumulation of wisdom and experiences. Over the past 150 years, the presence of great intellectual and jihadi personalities that have been opinion leaders and behind Islamic movements in Egypt, Iraq, India and other countries in Asia and Africa has served as precursors and pioneers for the present situation in the Islamic world.
The developments in the 1950’s and 60’s led to coming to power of regimes that were mostly inclined to materialistic ideologies and thoughts, and because of their inherent character fell into the trap of Western imperialist and colonialist powers. These are experiences that are lessons to learn from, and have contributed substantially to evolution of general and profound understanding in the Islamic world.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran that was hailed by Imam Khomeini as “victory of blood over sword”, and establishment of the lasting, robust, courageous and progressive Islamic republic, and its impact on present Islamic awakening is itself a long story that deserves to be debated and researched. There is no doubt that Islamic Revolution of Iran will be accorded a thorough and comprehensive chapter in the analysis and writings of history of the present situation of the Islamic world.
For that reason, the present and mounting facts and truths in the Islamic world are not simply events that are severed from the past historical roots, social and intellectual backgrounds to allow our adversaries and the shallow-minded to present them as a passing wave and short-lived phenomenon in order to snuff out hope in the hearts of nations by their warped and biased analyses.
In this brotherly dialogue with you I want to place greater emphasis on three areas:
1. Taking a glance at the identity of these uprisings and revolutions
2. Major threats and harms lying on their way.
3. Recommendations to find solutions and prevent these threats and harms.
Regarding the first point, I believe the most important element in these revolutions is the actual and mass presence of people in the arena of action, struggle and jihad. They were present, not only with their heart, desire and faith, but also with their body and souls. There is a big difference between this presence and the presence of a military group or even armed combatants in front of uncaring people or even concerned people.
In the events of 1950’s and 60’s in some countries of Africa and Asia, the heavy load of the revolution was not on the shoulder of diverse segments of population and the youth from all parts of the country, but rather on the shoulder of coup d'etat or small and limited armed groups. They decided and acted, and they themselves or the succeeding generation changed their ways as a result of certain motivations. The revolution became its own enemy and the enemy managed again to prevail over their countries.
This is totally different than the change that comes from the people. It is the people that bring their body and soul to the arena of action, and by their jihad and devotion push back and defeat the enemy. It is the people that make the slogans and set the goals, identify and introduce and pursue the enemy. They draw their desired future, although not comprehensively, and as a result do not allow departure from the path of the revolution or conceding to the enemy, or change of course by compromising and the tainted few with special interests, and above all thwart the schemes of enemy’s agents.
In such a grass-root movement, the revolution may be slowed, but can stay away from short-sightedness and being on shaky ground. Quran says “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (24" Ibrahim )
When I saw the brave body of the proud people of Egypt on television in Tahrir Square, I became convinced that their revolution will triumph.
Let me confess something to you. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran which caused an earthquake among the worldly materialistic rulers in East and West and brought unprecedented uproar and joy to Muslim nations, we expected that Egypt would be next in line to rise. The reason was the history of jihad, progressive thinking and presence of great mojahids and intellectuals in Egypt. I was reciting in my heart this poem by Abu Faras:
أراك عصيّ الدمع شیمتك الصبر ما للهوی نهی علیك و لا أمر ؟
When I saw the people of Egypt in Tahrir Square and squares in other cities, I knew I have received my response. The people of Egypt told me with words coming from their heart:
بلی أنا مشتاق و عندي لوعة ولكن مثلي لایذاع له سرُّ
…This sacred secret was nothing but the motivation and resolve to rise, and gradually people of Egypt cemented this thought in their mind and at a historical juncture they manifested their resolve and entered the arena in a magnificent show of their power.
Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are no exception to this general rule.
In these revolutions principles, values and goals are not written in prefabricated manifestos of groups and parties, but written in the minds, hearts and desires of each and every person present on the scene and are declared in the context of their slogans and behaviors.
With these signals one can clearly tell that the principles of current revolutions in the region, in Egypt and other countries, are first and foremost the following:
- Revival and renewal of national dignity and respect that have been broken and trampled during long years of dictatorial and corrupt rule and the political domination of America and the West.
- Keeping up the banner of Islam which is the profound faith and longstanding attachment of people and being able to enjoy peace of mind, justice, progress and prosperity that could only be achieved under Islamic Sharia.
- Resistance against the influence and domination of the United States and Europe that have wreaked the greatest damage and humiliation on the peoples of these countries over the past two hundred years.
- Countering the usurper and fictitious Zionist regime that the imperialist powers have planted like a dagger in the heart of this region to serve as a tool to continue their diabolical domination after expelling a whole nation from their historical homeland.
There is no doubt that the revolutions in the region that rely on and demand these principles are not to the liking of America, Europe and the Zionists, and they are going to use all means to deny them, but the truth will not change with their denial.
The widespread participation of people in these revolutions is the most important element that constitutes their identity. Foreign powers that tried everything in their power and used all their schemes to keep in power the tyrannical, corrupt and subservient rulers in these countries and only abandoned them when the people left no choice for them have no right to claim a share in the victory of these revolutions. Even in Libya intervention by America and NATO cannot distort the truth. In Libya, NATO has caused irreparable damage. Had it not been for the military intervention of NATO and America, victory of people might have been delayed, but all these infrastructures would not have been damaged, and innocent women and children killed and then enemies that were accomplices of Qaddafi would not have been able to intervene in this innocent war-torn nation.
People and the elite that are of the people and others who are from the people are the true owners of these revolutions that should be trusted to protect them and draw the path to the future.
2- Regarding the threats and harm, I should first emphasize that although there are threats, but there are also ways to stay safe. Mere presence of threats should not scare nations.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
( Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak)
Allah says about a group of mojahids of early Islam:
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
( Those to whom hypocrites said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs." So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. )
We need to know what these threats are, in order not to be surprised and to be able to find solutions.
We faced these perils and threats after the victory of Islamic Revolution and experienced them. With the grace of Allah and the leadership of Imam Khomeini and sacrifices of our people we managed to sail through them safely. The plots by enemies still continue but so does the firm resolve of our people.
I divide the harm to these movements into two groups: those that have their roots within ourselves and come from our own weaknesses, and those that have been directly planned by the enemy.
The first group of harms is of the following type:
The sense and thought that after the downfall of the corrupt dictator the job is over. The peace of mind and comfort that comes after the victory and afterward the lessening of motivation and weakening of determination are among the first perils, and the most damaging threat is when individuals ask for their share of the spoils of victory.
The story of the Battle of Uhud and the defenders seeking the spoils of victory caused the defeat of Muslims, and the mojahids were reprimanded by God. This is a good example that should never be forgotten. Being shocked and awed by the appearances of the arrogant powers and the feeling of fear from America and other interventionist powers are of these kinds of harm that should be avoided.
The brave and young should throw out these fears from their heart. Trusting the enemy and falling into trap of their smiles and promises is another threat that needs to be avoided by the forerunners and leaders. The enemy must be identified no matter what cover it uses. The nation and the revolution should be protected against the designs of the enemy that at times hide behind the appearances of friendship and supportive gestures. Another side to this page is becoming overconfident and overlooking the enemy. Bravery must be combined with wisdom and good judgment. We must use all treasures of God within ourselves against Satan, al-Jinn wal–Ens. Causing division and pitting revolutionaries against one another and penetration behind the battlefront of struggle is another great harm that needs to be avoided with all your power.
The second group of harm has been experienced by almost all countries of the region during different events. The first harm is the coming to power of those who are committed to America and the West. The West tries after the downfall of its pawns to protect the basic pillars of the system and levers of power, and change the direction by using the same foundation, but with a different head, in order to perpetuate its domination. This means wasting of all your efforts and sacrifices. At this stage, if they face resistance of the people, they try to introduce and offer to the movement and people other alternatives that are designed to divert the course of the movement. This scenario could be recommending government models and constitutions that will again throw the Islamic countries into the trap of cultural, political and economic dependence on the West. This could lead to their influence among the revolutionaries greater financial and media strength of an unreliable current and marginalization of the genuine currents in the revolution. This also means return of the domination of the West and the stronger grip of then outdated Western models that are far from basic principles of the revolution.
If this tactic does not produce the desired result, experience tells us that they will go for anarchy, terrorism, civil war among followers of religions or ethnic communities and tribes, political parties, or even among neighboring nations and governments. Parallel to these actions, they will impose economic siege and sanctions, freeze national assets and launch all-out media war and propaganda. Their intention is to tire out and frustrate people and make the revolutionaries disappointed. Under these circumstances it becomes easy to defeat the revolution. Assassination of the righteous elite of the society and opinion leaders, defamation and vilification of others and even enticing some with money are among usual ploys used by the Western powers and the claimants of civilization morality.
In Iran, the evidence and documents from the U.S. Den of Espionage that fell into the hands of the revolution showed that all these plots were designed by the regime in the United States for the people of Iran for them bringing back the reactionary and dependant rulers in revolutionary countries is a principle that prescribes all these dirty tricks.
In the last part of my remarks, I present recommendations for your consideration and selection that are based on our tangible experiences in Iran and what has been gathered from the precise studies of other countries. Undoubtedly, conditions differ among nations and countries. Nonetheless, there are truths that can prove beneficial for all people.
The first point is that by placing one’s trust in God and believing in the repeated promises of divine victories in the Quran and through astuteness, resolve, and braveness, it is possible to surmount all obstacles and emerge victorious. Of course, the task that you all have taken up is quite grave and momentous. Thus, one must bear great hardship for its sake. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (`a) says:
“فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْصِمْ جَبَّارِي دَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمْهِيلٍ وَ رَخَاءٍ وَ لَمْ يَجْبُرْ عَظْمَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَزْلٍ وَ بَلَاءٍ وَ فِي دُونِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ عَتْبٍ وَ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَطْبٍ مُعْتَبَر..”
The important recommendation is that you must always consider yourself as being present on the scene: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ( So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].)Therefore, when thou art free, still labor hard), always consider God as present and as your aid: وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ (And to thy Lord turn all thy attention), and must not allow your victories to cause you to become arrogant or negligent:
اِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ وَ رَاَيْتَ النّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ في دينِ اللهِ اَفْواجاً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْهُ اِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّاباً
(When comes the help of Allah, and victory. And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord). These are the true foundations of a faithful nation.
Another recommendation is the constant rereading of the principles of revolution. The slogans and principles must be refined and brought in line with the foundations and undisputed principles of Islam. Independence, freedom, justice, refusal to bow to despotism and colonialism, rejection of ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination, and the outright rejection of Zionism, which, today, comprise the pivots of the movements in Islamic countries, are all inspired by Islam and the Quran.
Write down your principles on paper. Preserve your genuine nature with a high degree of sensitivity. Do not allow your enemies to formulate the principles of your future system. Do not allow Islamic principles to be sacrificed for transient interests. Deviation in revolutions starts with deviation in slogans and objectives. Never place your trust in the U.S., NATO, or criminal regimes such as Britain, France, or, Italy, which for long plundered and divided your land among themselves. Look upon them with suspicion and do not believe their smiles. Behind these smiles and promises lies conspiracy and betrayal. Find you own way by resorting to the blessed fountainhead of Islam and give back foreigners’ prescriptions to themselves.
Another important recommendation is to avoid religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, and border disputes. Recognize differences as legitimate and manage them. Reconciliation among Islamic religions is the key to salvation. Those who fan the flames of religious division through apostatizing others are the mercenaries and servants of Satan, even if done inadvertently.
Creating your own system of governance is your main and seminal task. This is a complex and difficult undertaking. Do not allow secular or western liberal or extremist nationalist or leftist Marxist models to be imposed on you.
The leftist Eastern Bloc collapsed and the Western Bloc is propped up through violence, war, and deceit, and does not appear to have a bright outlook.
The passage of time will be to their loss and to the benefit of the Islamic current.
The ultimate goal must be a unified Islamic Ummah and the creation of a new Islamic civilization founded upon faith, rationality, knowledge, and morality.
The liberation of Palestine from the savage claws of the Zionists is also a great objective. The countries of the Balkans, Caucasus, and western Asia were liberated from the claws of the former Soviet Union after eighty years. Why should the Palestinian people not be able to free themselves from the captivity of the oppressor Zionists after seventy years?
The present generation in Islamic countries has the capacity to accomplish such great feats. The young generation of today is a source of pride for the past generations. As noted by the Arab poet:
أبو الصخر من شيبان قلت لهم كلا لعمري و لكن منه شيبانُ
و كم أبٍ قد علا بابنٍ ذُری شَرَفٍ كما علا برسولِ الله عدنانُ
Trust your young generation. Revive their feeling of self-confidence and benefit them by the experiences of the elders.
There are two important points in this connection:
First, one of the most important demands of the people who have revolted and who have been liberated is to have a decisive participation in the management of their countries. And since they believe in Islam, their desire is to have a system of Islamic democracy, i.e. the rulers being elected through the vote of the people and the dominant principles and values of the society being based on the Islamic knowledge and sharia. This can crystallize in various countries, depending on their conditions, through various methods and forms. However, utmost care must be taken not to confuse this with the western liberal democracy. The secular, and at times anti-religious, western democracy is in no way related to the Islamic democracy which is committed to the values and main principles of Islam in its system of government.
The second point relates to the fact that Islamic tenets must not be equated with backwardness, obscurantism, and ignorant and extremist biases. The demarcation between these two must be pronounced. Religious extremism, which is usually attended by violence, is the cause of falling short of the lofty goals of the revolution. This, in turn, results in the loss of public support and the eventual failure of the revolution.
In sum, to speak of Islamic awakening is not to speak of a nebulous and indistinct concept that is amenable to various interpretations. Rather, it is to speak of a tangible reality in the external world that has filled the atmosphere and resulted in great uprisings and revolutions and removed from the scene some dangerous elements of the enemy. Nonetheless, the scene remains fluid and in need of being shaped and brought to a conclusion. The verses recited at the outset contain a complete and effective set of guidelines, especially in this sensitive and momentous juncture… Though, they are addressed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH), we all are their interlocutors and responsible for adhering to them. In these verses, piety (taqwa), in its lofty and broad connotation, is the first recommendation. Then comes the rejection of the orders of the infidels and hypocrites, adherence to the divine revelation, and, finally, trust in God…
Once again, we will review these verses:
بسماللهالرحمنالرحیم يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرينَ وَ الْمُنافِقينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَليماً حَكيماً(1) وَ اتَّبِعْ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبيراً (2) وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلاً.
(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the unbelievers and the hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.)
والسلام علیکم و رحمة الله
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Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011.
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بسمالله الرحمن الرحیم
السلام علیکم و رحمة الله و برکاته
الحمدلله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد و آله الطیبین و صحبه المنتجبین
قال الله العزیز الحكیم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلا
(O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (1). And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (2) And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.(3) Surat Al-Ahzab)
I welcome our honored audience and dear guests. What has brought us here together is the Islamic awakening, which comes from the stronger inspiration and greater understanding among Muslim ummah. This awakening has led to a major development among nations of our region and has brought about uprisings and revolutions that could never have been contemplated in the calculations of the dominant regional and international satanic powers. These are momentous uprising that have razed to the ground the autocratic and imperialist strongholds and vanquished the tyrants guarding them.
There is no doubt that colossal social upheavals have always relied on solid foundation of history and civilization and are products of accumulation of wisdom and experiences. Over the past 150 years, the presence of great intellectual and jihadi personalities that have been opinion leaders and behind Islamic movements in Egypt, Iraq, India and other countries in Asia and Africa has served as precursors and pioneers for the present situation in the Islamic world.
The developments in the 1950’s and 60’s led to coming to power of regimes that were mostly inclined to materialistic ideologies and thoughts, and because of their inherent character fell into the trap of Western imperialist and colonialist powers. These are experiences that are lessons to learn from, and have contributed substantially to evolution of general and profound understanding in the Islamic world.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran that was hailed by Imam Khomeini as “victory of blood over sword”, and establishment of the lasting, robust, courageous and progressive Islamic republic, and its impact on present Islamic awakening is itself a long story that deserves to be debated and researched. There is no doubt that Islamic Revolution of Iran will be accorded a thorough and comprehensive chapter in the analysis and writings of history of the present situation of the Islamic world.
For that reason, the present and mounting facts and truths in the Islamic world are not simply events that are severed from the past historical roots, social and intellectual backgrounds to allow our adversaries and the shallow-minded to present them as a passing wave and short-lived phenomenon in order to snuff out hope in the hearts of nations by their warped and biased analyses.
In this brotherly dialogue with you I want to place greater emphasis on three areas:
1. Taking a glance at the identity of these uprisings and revolutions
2. Major threats and harms lying on their way.
3. Recommendations to find solutions and prevent these threats and harms.
Regarding the first point, I believe the most important element in these revolutions is the actual and mass presence of people in the arena of action, struggle and jihad. They were present, not only with their heart, desire and faith, but also with their body and souls. There is a big difference between this presence and the presence of a military group or even armed combatants in front of uncaring people or even concerned people.
In the events of 1950’s and 60’s in some countries of Africa and Asia, the heavy load of the revolution was not on the shoulder of diverse segments of population and the youth from all parts of the country, but rather on the shoulder of coup d'etat or small and limited armed groups. They decided and acted, and they themselves or the succeeding generation changed their ways as a result of certain motivations. The revolution became its own enemy and the enemy managed again to prevail over their countries.
This is totally different than the change that comes from the people. It is the people that bring their body and soul to the arena of action, and by their jihad and devotion push back and defeat the enemy. It is the people that make the slogans and set the goals, identify and introduce and pursue the enemy. They draw their desired future, although not comprehensively, and as a result do not allow departure from the path of the revolution or conceding to the enemy, or change of course by compromising and the tainted few with special interests, and above all thwart the schemes of enemy’s agents.
In such a grass-root movement, the revolution may be slowed, but can stay away from short-sightedness and being on shaky ground. Quran says “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (24" Ibrahim )
When I saw the brave body of the proud people of Egypt on television in Tahrir Square, I became convinced that their revolution will triumph.
Let me confess something to you. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran which caused an earthquake among the worldly materialistic rulers in East and West and brought unprecedented uproar and joy to Muslim nations, we expected that Egypt would be next in line to rise. The reason was the history of jihad, progressive thinking and presence of great mojahids and intellectuals in Egypt. I was reciting in my heart this poem by Abu Faras:
أراك عصيّ الدمع شیمتك الصبر ما للهوی نهی علیك و لا أمر ؟
When I saw the people of Egypt in Tahrir Square and squares in other cities, I knew I have received my response. The people of Egypt told me with words coming from their heart:
بلی أنا مشتاق و عندي لوعة ولكن مثلي لایذاع له سرُّ
…This sacred secret was nothing but the motivation and resolve to rise, and gradually people of Egypt cemented this thought in their mind and at a historical juncture they manifested their resolve and entered the arena in a magnificent show of their power.
Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are no exception to this general rule.
In these revolutions principles, values and goals are not written in prefabricated manifestos of groups and parties, but written in the minds, hearts and desires of each and every person present on the scene and are declared in the context of their slogans and behaviors.
With these signals one can clearly tell that the principles of current revolutions in the region, in Egypt and other countries, are first and foremost the following:
- Revival and renewal of national dignity and respect that have been broken and trampled during long years of dictatorial and corrupt rule and the political domination of America and the West.
- Keeping up the banner of Islam which is the profound faith and longstanding attachment of people and being able to enjoy peace of mind, justice, progress and prosperity that could only be achieved under Islamic Sharia.
- Resistance against the influence and domination of the United States and Europe that have wreaked the greatest damage and humiliation on the peoples of these countries over the past two hundred years.
- Countering the usurper and fictitious Zionist regime that the imperialist powers have planted like a dagger in the heart of this region to serve as a tool to continue their diabolical domination after expelling a whole nation from their historical homeland.
There is no doubt that the revolutions in the region that rely on and demand these principles are not to the liking of America, Europe and the Zionists, and they are going to use all means to deny them, but the truth will not change with their denial.
The widespread participation of people in these revolutions is the most important element that constitutes their identity. Foreign powers that tried everything in their power and used all their schemes to keep in power the tyrannical, corrupt and subservient rulers in these countries and only abandoned them when the people left no choice for them have no right to claim a share in the victory of these revolutions. Even in Libya intervention by America and NATO cannot distort the truth. In Libya, NATO has caused irreparable damage. Had it not been for the military intervention of NATO and America, victory of people might have been delayed, but all these infrastructures would not have been damaged, and innocent women and children killed and then enemies that were accomplices of Qaddafi would not have been able to intervene in this innocent war-torn nation.
People and the elite that are of the people and others who are from the people are the true owners of these revolutions that should be trusted to protect them and draw the path to the future.
2- Regarding the threats and harm, I should first emphasize that although there are threats, but there are also ways to stay safe. Mere presence of threats should not scare nations.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
( Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak)
Allah says about a group of mojahids of early Islam:
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
( Those to whom hypocrites said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs." So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. )
We need to know what these threats are, in order not to be surprised and to be able to find solutions.
We faced these perils and threats after the victory of Islamic Revolution and experienced them. With the grace of Allah and the leadership of Imam Khomeini and sacrifices of our people we managed to sail through them safely. The plots by enemies still continue but so does the firm resolve of our people.
I divide the harm to these movements into two groups: those that have their roots within ourselves and come from our own weaknesses, and those that have been directly planned by the enemy.
The first group of harms is of the following type:
The sense and thought that after the downfall of the corrupt dictator the job is over. The peace of mind and comfort that comes after the victory and afterward the lessening of motivation and weakening of determination are among the first perils, and the most damaging threat is when individuals ask for their share of the spoils of victory.
The story of the Battle of Uhud and the defenders seeking the spoils of victory caused the defeat of Muslims, and the mojahids were reprimanded by God. This is a good example that should never be forgotten. Being shocked and awed by the appearances of the arrogant powers and the feeling of fear from America and other interventionist powers are of these kinds of harm that should be avoided.
The brave and young should throw out these fears from their heart. Trusting the enemy and falling into trap of their smiles and promises is another threat that needs to be avoided by the forerunners and leaders. The enemy must be identified no matter what cover it uses. The nation and the revolution should be protected against the designs of the enemy that at times hide behind the appearances of friendship and supportive gestures. Another side to this page is becoming overconfident and overlooking the enemy. Bravery must be combined with wisdom and good judgment. We must use all treasures of God within ourselves against Satan, al-Jinn wal–Ens. Causing division and pitting revolutionaries against one another and penetration behind the battlefront of struggle is another great harm that needs to be avoided with all your power.
The second group of harm has been experienced by almost all countries of the region during different events. The first harm is the coming to power of those who are committed to America and the West. The West tries after the downfall of its pawns to protect the basic pillars of the system and levers of power, and change the direction by using the same foundation, but with a different head, in order to perpetuate its domination. This means wasting of all your efforts and sacrifices. At this stage, if they face resistance of the people, they try to introduce and offer to the movement and people other alternatives that are designed to divert the course of the movement. This scenario could be recommending government models and constitutions that will again throw the Islamic countries into the trap of cultural, political and economic dependence on the West. This could lead to their influence among the revolutionaries greater financial and media strength of an unreliable current and marginalization of the genuine currents in the revolution. This also means return of the domination of the West and the stronger grip of then outdated Western models that are far from basic principles of the revolution.
If this tactic does not produce the desired result, experience tells us that they will go for anarchy, terrorism, civil war among followers of religions or ethnic communities and tribes, political parties, or even among neighboring nations and governments. Parallel to these actions, they will impose economic siege and sanctions, freeze national assets and launch all-out media war and propaganda. Their intention is to tire out and frustrate people and make the revolutionaries disappointed. Under these circumstances it becomes easy to defeat the revolution. Assassination of the righteous elite of the society and opinion leaders, defamation and vilification of others and even enticing some with money are among usual ploys used by the Western powers and the claimants of civilization morality.
In Iran, the evidence and documents from the U.S. Den of Espionage that fell into the hands of the revolution showed that all these plots were designed by the regime in the United States for the people of Iran for them bringing back the reactionary and dependant rulers in revolutionary countries is a principle that prescribes all these dirty tricks.
In the last part of my remarks, I present recommendations for your consideration and selection that are based on our tangible experiences in Iran and what has been gathered from the precise studies of other countries. Undoubtedly, conditions differ among nations and countries. Nonetheless, there are truths that can prove beneficial for all people.
The first point is that by placing one’s trust in God and believing in the repeated promises of divine victories in the Quran and through astuteness, resolve, and braveness, it is possible to surmount all obstacles and emerge victorious. Of course, the task that you all have taken up is quite grave and momentous. Thus, one must bear great hardship for its sake. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (`a) says:
“فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْصِمْ جَبَّارِي دَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمْهِيلٍ وَ رَخَاءٍ وَ لَمْ يَجْبُرْ عَظْمَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَزْلٍ وَ بَلَاءٍ وَ فِي دُونِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ عَتْبٍ وَ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَطْبٍ مُعْتَبَر..”
The important recommendation is that you must always consider yourself as being present on the scene: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ( So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].)Therefore, when thou art free, still labor hard), always consider God as present and as your aid: وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ (And to thy Lord turn all thy attention), and must not allow your victories to cause you to become arrogant or negligent:
اِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ وَ رَاَيْتَ النّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ في دينِ اللهِ اَفْواجاً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْهُ اِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّاباً
(When comes the help of Allah, and victory. And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord). These are the true foundations of a faithful nation.
Another recommendation is the constant rereading of the principles of revolution. The slogans and principles must be refined and brought in line with the foundations and undisputed principles of Islam. Independence, freedom, justice, refusal to bow to despotism and colonialism, rejection of ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination, and the outright rejection of Zionism, which, today, comprise the pivots of the movements in Islamic countries, are all inspired by Islam and the Quran.
Write down your principles on paper. Preserve your genuine nature with a high degree of sensitivity. Do not allow your enemies to formulate the principles of your future system. Do not allow Islamic principles to be sacrificed for transient interests. Deviation in revolutions starts with deviation in slogans and objectives. Never place your trust in the U.S., NATO, or criminal regimes such as Britain, France, or, Italy, which for long plundered and divided your land among themselves. Look upon them with suspicion and do not believe their smiles. Behind these smiles and promises lies conspiracy and betrayal. Find you own way by resorting to the blessed fountainhead of Islam and give back foreigners’ prescriptions to themselves.
Another important recommendation is to avoid religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, and border disputes. Recognize differences as legitimate and manage them. Reconciliation among Islamic religions is the key to salvation. Those who fan the flames of religious division through apostatizing others are the mercenaries and servants of Satan, even if done inadvertently.
Creating your own system of governance is your main and seminal task. This is a complex and difficult undertaking. Do not allow secular or western liberal or extremist nationalist or leftist Marxist models to be imposed on you.
The leftist Eastern Bloc collapsed and the Western Bloc is propped up through violence, war, and deceit, and does not appear to have a bright outlook.
The passage of time will be to their loss and to the benefit of the Islamic current.
The ultimate goal must be a unified Islamic Ummah and the creation of a new Islamic civilization founded upon faith, rationality, knowledge, and morality.
The liberation of Palestine from the savage claws of the Zionists is also a great objective. The countries of the Balkans, Caucasus, and western Asia were liberated from the claws of the former Soviet Union after eighty years. Why should the Palestinian people not be able to free themselves from the captivity of the oppressor Zionists after seventy years?
The present generation in Islamic countries has the capacity to accomplish such great feats. The young generation of today is a source of pride for the past generations. As noted by the Arab poet:
أبو الصخر من شيبان قلت لهم كلا لعمري و لكن منه شيبانُ
و كم أبٍ قد علا بابنٍ ذُری شَرَفٍ كما علا برسولِ الله عدنانُ
Trust your young generation. Revive their feeling of self-confidence and benefit them by the experiences of the elders.
There are two important points in this connection:
First, one of the most important demands of the people who have revolted and who have been liberated is to have a decisive participation in the management of their countries. And since they believe in Islam, their desire is to have a system of Islamic democracy, i.e. the rulers being elected through the vote of the people and the dominant principles and values of the society being based on the Islamic knowledge and sharia. This can crystallize in various countries, depending on their conditions, through various methods and forms. However, utmost care must be taken not to confuse this with the western liberal democracy. The secular, and at times anti-religious, western democracy is in no way related to the Islamic democracy which is committed to the values and main principles of Islam in its system of government.
The second point relates to the fact that Islamic tenets must not be equated with backwardness, obscurantism, and ignorant and extremist biases. The demarcation between these two must be pronounced. Religious extremism, which is usually attended by violence, is the cause of falling short of the lofty goals of the revolution. This, in turn, results in the loss of public support and the eventual failure of the revolution.
In sum, to speak of Islamic awakening is not to speak of a nebulous and indistinct concept that is amenable to various interpretations. Rather, it is to speak of a tangible reality in the external world that has filled the atmosphere and resulted in great uprisings and revolutions and removed from the scene some dangerous elements of the enemy. Nonetheless, the scene remains fluid and in need of being shaped and brought to a conclusion. The verses recited at the outset contain a complete and effective set of guidelines, especially in this sensitive and momentous juncture… Though, they are addressed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH), we all are their interlocutors and responsible for adhering to them. In these verses, piety (taqwa), in its lofty and broad connotation, is the first recommendation. Then comes the rejection of the orders of the infidels and hypocrites, adherence to the divine revelation, and, finally, trust in God…
Once again, we will review these verses:
بسماللهالرحمنالرحیم يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرينَ وَ الْمُنافِقينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَليماً حَكيماً(1) وَ اتَّبِعْ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبيراً (2) وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلاً.
(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the unbelievers and the hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.)
والسلام علیکم و رحمة الله
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[DUETSCH][17Sep11] Wali Amr Al-Muslimin Imam Khamenei (h.a) Speech - Farsi
Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011....
Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011.
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بسمالله الرحمن الرحیم
السلام علیکم و رحمة الله و برکاته
الحمدلله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد و آله الطیبین و صحبه المنتجبین
قال الله العزیز الحكیم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلا
(O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (1). And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (2) And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.(3) Surat Al-Ahzab)
I welcome our honored audience and dear guests. What has brought us here together is the Islamic awakening, which comes from the stronger inspiration and greater understanding among Muslim ummah. This awakening has led to a major development among nations of our region and has brought about uprisings and revolutions that could never have been contemplated in the calculations of the dominant regional and international satanic powers. These are momentous uprising that have razed to the ground the autocratic and imperialist strongholds and vanquished the tyrants guarding them.
There is no doubt that colossal social upheavals have always relied on solid foundation of history and civilization and are products of accumulation of wisdom and experiences. Over the past 150 years, the presence of great intellectual and jihadi personalities that have been opinion leaders and behind Islamic movements in Egypt, Iraq, India and other countries in Asia and Africa has served as precursors and pioneers for the present situation in the Islamic world.
The developments in the 1950’s and 60’s led to coming to power of regimes that were mostly inclined to materialistic ideologies and thoughts, and because of their inherent character fell into the trap of Western imperialist and colonialist powers. These are experiences that are lessons to learn from, and have contributed substantially to evolution of general and profound understanding in the Islamic world.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran that was hailed by Imam Khomeini as “victory of blood over sword”, and establishment of the lasting, robust, courageous and progressive Islamic republic, and its impact on present Islamic awakening is itself a long story that deserves to be debated and researched. There is no doubt that Islamic Revolution of Iran will be accorded a thorough and comprehensive chapter in the analysis and writings of history of the present situation of the Islamic world.
For that reason, the present and mounting facts and truths in the Islamic world are not simply events that are severed from the past historical roots, social and intellectual backgrounds to allow our adversaries and the shallow-minded to present them as a passing wave and short-lived phenomenon in order to snuff out hope in the hearts of nations by their warped and biased analyses.
In this brotherly dialogue with you I want to place greater emphasis on three areas:
1. Taking a glance at the identity of these uprisings and revolutions
2. Major threats and harms lying on their way.
3. Recommendations to find solutions and prevent these threats and harms.
Regarding the first point, I believe the most important element in these revolutions is the actual and mass presence of people in the arena of action, struggle and jihad. They were present, not only with their heart, desire and faith, but also with their body and souls. There is a big difference between this presence and the presence of a military group or even armed combatants in front of uncaring people or even concerned people.
In the events of 1950’s and 60’s in some countries of Africa and Asia, the heavy load of the revolution was not on the shoulder of diverse segments of population and the youth from all parts of the country, but rather on the shoulder of coup d'etat or small and limited armed groups. They decided and acted, and they themselves or the succeeding generation changed their ways as a result of certain motivations. The revolution became its own enemy and the enemy managed again to prevail over their countries.
This is totally different than the change that comes from the people. It is the people that bring their body and soul to the arena of action, and by their jihad and devotion push back and defeat the enemy. It is the people that make the slogans and set the goals, identify and introduce and pursue the enemy. They draw their desired future, although not comprehensively, and as a result do not allow departure from the path of the revolution or conceding to the enemy, or change of course by compromising and the tainted few with special interests, and above all thwart the schemes of enemy’s agents.
In such a grass-root movement, the revolution may be slowed, but can stay away from short-sightedness and being on shaky ground. Quran says “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (24" Ibrahim )
When I saw the brave body of the proud people of Egypt on television in Tahrir Square, I became convinced that their revolution will triumph.
Let me confess something to you. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran which caused an earthquake among the worldly materialistic rulers in East and West and brought unprecedented uproar and joy to Muslim nations, we expected that Egypt would be next in line to rise. The reason was the history of jihad, progressive thinking and presence of great mojahids and intellectuals in Egypt. I was reciting in my heart this poem by Abu Faras:
أراك عصيّ الدمع شیمتك الصبر ما للهوی نهی علیك و لا أمر ؟
When I saw the people of Egypt in Tahrir Square and squares in other cities, I knew I have received my response. The people of Egypt told me with words coming from their heart:
بلی أنا مشتاق و عندي لوعة ولكن مثلي لایذاع له سرُّ
…This sacred secret was nothing but the motivation and resolve to rise, and gradually people of Egypt cemented this thought in their mind and at a historical juncture they manifested their resolve and entered the arena in a magnificent show of their power.
Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are no exception to this general rule.
In these revolutions principles, values and goals are not written in prefabricated manifestos of groups and parties, but written in the minds, hearts and desires of each and every person present on the scene and are declared in the context of their slogans and behaviors.
With these signals one can clearly tell that the principles of current revolutions in the region, in Egypt and other countries, are first and foremost the following:
- Revival and renewal of national dignity and respect that have been broken and trampled during long years of dictatorial and corrupt rule and the political domination of America and the West.
- Keeping up the banner of Islam which is the profound faith and longstanding attachment of people and being able to enjoy peace of mind, justice, progress and prosperity that could only be achieved under Islamic Sharia.
- Resistance against the influence and domination of the United States and Europe that have wreaked the greatest damage and humiliation on the peoples of these countries over the past two hundred years.
- Countering the usurper and fictitious Zionist regime that the imperialist powers have planted like a dagger in the heart of this region to serve as a tool to continue their diabolical domination after expelling a whole nation from their historical homeland.
There is no doubt that the revolutions in the region that rely on and demand these principles are not to the liking of America, Europe and the Zionists, and they are going to use all means to deny them, but the truth will not change with their denial.
The widespread participation of people in these revolutions is the most important element that constitutes their identity. Foreign powers that tried everything in their power and used all their schemes to keep in power the tyrannical, corrupt and subservient rulers in these countries and only abandoned them when the people left no choice for them have no right to claim a share in the victory of these revolutions. Even in Libya intervention by America and NATO cannot distort the truth. In Libya, NATO has caused irreparable damage. Had it not been for the military intervention of NATO and America, victory of people might have been delayed, but all these infrastructures would not have been damaged, and innocent women and children killed and then enemies that were accomplices of Qaddafi would not have been able to intervene in this innocent war-torn nation.
People and the elite that are of the people and others who are from the people are the true owners of these revolutions that should be trusted to protect them and draw the path to the future.
2- Regarding the threats and harm, I should first emphasize that although there are threats, but there are also ways to stay safe. Mere presence of threats should not scare nations.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
( Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak)
Allah says about a group of mojahids of early Islam:
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
( Those to whom hypocrites said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs." So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. )
We need to know what these threats are, in order not to be surprised and to be able to find solutions.
We faced these perils and threats after the victory of Islamic Revolution and experienced them. With the grace of Allah and the leadership of Imam Khomeini and sacrifices of our people we managed to sail through them safely. The plots by enemies still continue but so does the firm resolve of our people.
I divide the harm to these movements into two groups: those that have their roots within ourselves and come from our own weaknesses, and those that have been directly planned by the enemy.
The first group of harms is of the following type:
The sense and thought that after the downfall of the corrupt dictator the job is over. The peace of mind and comfort that comes after the victory and afterward the lessening of motivation and weakening of determination are among the first perils, and the most damaging threat is when individuals ask for their share of the spoils of victory.
The story of the Battle of Uhud and the defenders seeking the spoils of victory caused the defeat of Muslims, and the mojahids were reprimanded by God. This is a good example that should never be forgotten. Being shocked and awed by the appearances of the arrogant powers and the feeling of fear from America and other interventionist powers are of these kinds of harm that should be avoided.
The brave and young should throw out these fears from their heart. Trusting the enemy and falling into trap of their smiles and promises is another threat that needs to be avoided by the forerunners and leaders. The enemy must be identified no matter what cover it uses. The nation and the revolution should be protected against the designs of the enemy that at times hide behind the appearances of friendship and supportive gestures. Another side to this page is becoming overconfident and overlooking the enemy. Bravery must be combined with wisdom and good judgment. We must use all treasures of God within ourselves against Satan, al-Jinn wal–Ens. Causing division and pitting revolutionaries against one another and penetration behind the battlefront of struggle is another great harm that needs to be avoided with all your power.
The second group of harm has been experienced by almost all countries of the region during different events. The first harm is the coming to power of those who are committed to America and the West. The West tries after the downfall of its pawns to protect the basic pillars of the system and levers of power, and change the direction by using the same foundation, but with a different head, in order to perpetuate its domination. This means wasting of all your efforts and sacrifices. At this stage, if they face resistance of the people, they try to introduce and offer to the movement and people other alternatives that are designed to divert the course of the movement. This scenario could be recommending government models and constitutions that will again throw the Islamic countries into the trap of cultural, political and economic dependence on the West. This could lead to their influence among the revolutionaries greater financial and media strength of an unreliable current and marginalization of the genuine currents in the revolution. This also means return of the domination of the West and the stronger grip of then outdated Western models that are far from basic principles of the revolution.
If this tactic does not produce the desired result, experience tells us that they will go for anarchy, terrorism, civil war among followers of religions or ethnic communities and tribes, political parties, or even among neighboring nations and governments. Parallel to these actions, they will impose economic siege and sanctions, freeze national assets and launch all-out media war and propaganda. Their intention is to tire out and frustrate people and make the revolutionaries disappointed. Under these circumstances it becomes easy to defeat the revolution. Assassination of the righteous elite of the society and opinion leaders, defamation and vilification of others and even enticing some with money are among usual ploys used by the Western powers and the claimants of civilization morality.
In Iran, the evidence and documents from the U.S. Den of Espionage that fell into the hands of the revolution showed that all these plots were designed by the regime in the United States for the people of Iran for them bringing back the reactionary and dependant rulers in revolutionary countries is a principle that prescribes all these dirty tricks.
In the last part of my remarks, I present recommendations for your consideration and selection that are based on our tangible experiences in Iran and what has been gathered from the precise studies of other countries. Undoubtedly, conditions differ among nations and countries. Nonetheless, there are truths that can prove beneficial for all people.
The first point is that by placing one’s trust in God and believing in the repeated promises of divine victories in the Quran and through astuteness, resolve, and braveness, it is possible to surmount all obstacles and emerge victorious. Of course, the task that you all have taken up is quite grave and momentous. Thus, one must bear great hardship for its sake. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (`a) says:
“فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْصِمْ جَبَّارِي دَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمْهِيلٍ وَ رَخَاءٍ وَ لَمْ يَجْبُرْ عَظْمَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَزْلٍ وَ بَلَاءٍ وَ فِي دُونِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ عَتْبٍ وَ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَطْبٍ مُعْتَبَر..”
The important recommendation is that you must always consider yourself as being present on the scene: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ( So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].)Therefore, when thou art free, still labor hard), always consider God as present and as your aid: وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ (And to thy Lord turn all thy attention), and must not allow your victories to cause you to become arrogant or negligent:
اِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ وَ رَاَيْتَ النّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ في دينِ اللهِ اَفْواجاً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْهُ اِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّاباً
(When comes the help of Allah, and victory. And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord). These are the true foundations of a faithful nation.
Another recommendation is the constant rereading of the principles of revolution. The slogans and principles must be refined and brought in line with the foundations and undisputed principles of Islam. Independence, freedom, justice, refusal to bow to despotism and colonialism, rejection of ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination, and the outright rejection of Zionism, which, today, comprise the pivots of the movements in Islamic countries, are all inspired by Islam and the Quran.
Write down your principles on paper. Preserve your genuine nature with a high degree of sensitivity. Do not allow your enemies to formulate the principles of your future system. Do not allow Islamic principles to be sacrificed for transient interests. Deviation in revolutions starts with deviation in slogans and objectives. Never place your trust in the U.S., NATO, or criminal regimes such as Britain, France, or, Italy, which for long plundered and divided your land among themselves. Look upon them with suspicion and do not believe their smiles. Behind these smiles and promises lies conspiracy and betrayal. Find you own way by resorting to the blessed fountainhead of Islam and give back foreigners’ prescriptions to themselves.
Another important recommendation is to avoid religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, and border disputes. Recognize differences as legitimate and manage them. Reconciliation among Islamic religions is the key to salvation. Those who fan the flames of religious division through apostatizing others are the mercenaries and servants of Satan, even if done inadvertently.
Creating your own system of governance is your main and seminal task. This is a complex and difficult undertaking. Do not allow secular or western liberal or extremist nationalist or leftist Marxist models to be imposed on you.
The leftist Eastern Bloc collapsed and the Western Bloc is propped up through violence, war, and deceit, and does not appear to have a bright outlook.
The passage of time will be to their loss and to the benefit of the Islamic current.
The ultimate goal must be a unified Islamic Ummah and the creation of a new Islamic civilization founded upon faith, rationality, knowledge, and morality.
The liberation of Palestine from the savage claws of the Zionists is also a great objective. The countries of the Balkans, Caucasus, and western Asia were liberated from the claws of the former Soviet Union after eighty years. Why should the Palestinian people not be able to free themselves from the captivity of the oppressor Zionists after seventy years?
The present generation in Islamic countries has the capacity to accomplish such great feats. The young generation of today is a source of pride for the past generations. As noted by the Arab poet:
أبو الصخر من شيبان قلت لهم كلا لعمري و لكن منه شيبانُ
و كم أبٍ قد علا بابنٍ ذُری شَرَفٍ كما علا برسولِ الله عدنانُ
Trust your young generation. Revive their feeling of self-confidence and benefit them by the experiences of the elders.
There are two important points in this connection:
First, one of the most important demands of the people who have revolted and who have been liberated is to have a decisive participation in the management of their countries. And since they believe in Islam, their desire is to have a system of Islamic democracy, i.e. the rulers being elected through the vote of the people and the dominant principles and values of the society being based on the Islamic knowledge and sharia. This can crystallize in various countries, depending on their conditions, through various methods and forms. However, utmost care must be taken not to confuse this with the western liberal democracy. The secular, and at times anti-religious, western democracy is in no way related to the Islamic democracy which is committed to the values and main principles of Islam in its system of government.
The second point relates to the fact that Islamic tenets must not be equated with backwardness, obscurantism, and ignorant and extremist biases. The demarcation between these two must be pronounced. Religious extremism, which is usually attended by violence, is the cause of falling short of the lofty goals of the revolution. This, in turn, results in the loss of public support and the eventual failure of the revolution.
In sum, to speak of Islamic awakening is not to speak of a nebulous and indistinct concept that is amenable to various interpretations. Rather, it is to speak of a tangible reality in the external world that has filled the atmosphere and resulted in great uprisings and revolutions and removed from the scene some dangerous elements of the enemy. Nonetheless, the scene remains fluid and in need of being shaped and brought to a conclusion. The verses recited at the outset contain a complete and effective set of guidelines, especially in this sensitive and momentous juncture… Though, they are addressed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH), we all are their interlocutors and responsible for adhering to them. In these verses, piety (taqwa), in its lofty and broad connotation, is the first recommendation. Then comes the rejection of the orders of the infidels and hypocrites, adherence to the divine revelation, and, finally, trust in God…
Once again, we will review these verses:
بسماللهالرحمنالرحیم يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرينَ وَ الْمُنافِقينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَليماً حَكيماً(1) وَ اتَّبِعْ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبيراً (2) وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلاً.
(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the unbelievers and the hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.)
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Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered this speech at the International Conference on Islamic Awakening on 17 September 2011.
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بسمالله الرحمن الرحیم
السلام علیکم و رحمة الله و برکاته
الحمدلله رب العالمین و الصلوة و السلام علی سیدنا محمد و آله الطیبین و صحبه المنتجبین
قال الله العزیز الحكیم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلا
(O Prophet, fear Allah and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. (1). And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (2) And rely upon Allah; and sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.(3) Surat Al-Ahzab)
I welcome our honored audience and dear guests. What has brought us here together is the Islamic awakening, which comes from the stronger inspiration and greater understanding among Muslim ummah. This awakening has led to a major development among nations of our region and has brought about uprisings and revolutions that could never have been contemplated in the calculations of the dominant regional and international satanic powers. These are momentous uprising that have razed to the ground the autocratic and imperialist strongholds and vanquished the tyrants guarding them.
There is no doubt that colossal social upheavals have always relied on solid foundation of history and civilization and are products of accumulation of wisdom and experiences. Over the past 150 years, the presence of great intellectual and jihadi personalities that have been opinion leaders and behind Islamic movements in Egypt, Iraq, India and other countries in Asia and Africa has served as precursors and pioneers for the present situation in the Islamic world.
The developments in the 1950’s and 60’s led to coming to power of regimes that were mostly inclined to materialistic ideologies and thoughts, and because of their inherent character fell into the trap of Western imperialist and colonialist powers. These are experiences that are lessons to learn from, and have contributed substantially to evolution of general and profound understanding in the Islamic world.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran that was hailed by Imam Khomeini as “victory of blood over sword”, and establishment of the lasting, robust, courageous and progressive Islamic republic, and its impact on present Islamic awakening is itself a long story that deserves to be debated and researched. There is no doubt that Islamic Revolution of Iran will be accorded a thorough and comprehensive chapter in the analysis and writings of history of the present situation of the Islamic world.
For that reason, the present and mounting facts and truths in the Islamic world are not simply events that are severed from the past historical roots, social and intellectual backgrounds to allow our adversaries and the shallow-minded to present them as a passing wave and short-lived phenomenon in order to snuff out hope in the hearts of nations by their warped and biased analyses.
In this brotherly dialogue with you I want to place greater emphasis on three areas:
1. Taking a glance at the identity of these uprisings and revolutions
2. Major threats and harms lying on their way.
3. Recommendations to find solutions and prevent these threats and harms.
Regarding the first point, I believe the most important element in these revolutions is the actual and mass presence of people in the arena of action, struggle and jihad. They were present, not only with their heart, desire and faith, but also with their body and souls. There is a big difference between this presence and the presence of a military group or even armed combatants in front of uncaring people or even concerned people.
In the events of 1950’s and 60’s in some countries of Africa and Asia, the heavy load of the revolution was not on the shoulder of diverse segments of population and the youth from all parts of the country, but rather on the shoulder of coup d'etat or small and limited armed groups. They decided and acted, and they themselves or the succeeding generation changed their ways as a result of certain motivations. The revolution became its own enemy and the enemy managed again to prevail over their countries.
This is totally different than the change that comes from the people. It is the people that bring their body and soul to the arena of action, and by their jihad and devotion push back and defeat the enemy. It is the people that make the slogans and set the goals, identify and introduce and pursue the enemy. They draw their desired future, although not comprehensively, and as a result do not allow departure from the path of the revolution or conceding to the enemy, or change of course by compromising and the tainted few with special interests, and above all thwart the schemes of enemy’s agents.
In such a grass-root movement, the revolution may be slowed, but can stay away from short-sightedness and being on shaky ground. Quran says “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء
Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (24" Ibrahim )
When I saw the brave body of the proud people of Egypt on television in Tahrir Square, I became convinced that their revolution will triumph.
Let me confess something to you. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran which caused an earthquake among the worldly materialistic rulers in East and West and brought unprecedented uproar and joy to Muslim nations, we expected that Egypt would be next in line to rise. The reason was the history of jihad, progressive thinking and presence of great mojahids and intellectuals in Egypt. I was reciting in my heart this poem by Abu Faras:
أراك عصيّ الدمع شیمتك الصبر ما للهوی نهی علیك و لا أمر ؟
When I saw the people of Egypt in Tahrir Square and squares in other cities, I knew I have received my response. The people of Egypt told me with words coming from their heart:
بلی أنا مشتاق و عندي لوعة ولكن مثلي لایذاع له سرُّ
…This sacred secret was nothing but the motivation and resolve to rise, and gradually people of Egypt cemented this thought in their mind and at a historical juncture they manifested their resolve and entered the arena in a magnificent show of their power.
Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are no exception to this general rule.
In these revolutions principles, values and goals are not written in prefabricated manifestos of groups and parties, but written in the minds, hearts and desires of each and every person present on the scene and are declared in the context of their slogans and behaviors.
With these signals one can clearly tell that the principles of current revolutions in the region, in Egypt and other countries, are first and foremost the following:
- Revival and renewal of national dignity and respect that have been broken and trampled during long years of dictatorial and corrupt rule and the political domination of America and the West.
- Keeping up the banner of Islam which is the profound faith and longstanding attachment of people and being able to enjoy peace of mind, justice, progress and prosperity that could only be achieved under Islamic Sharia.
- Resistance against the influence and domination of the United States and Europe that have wreaked the greatest damage and humiliation on the peoples of these countries over the past two hundred years.
- Countering the usurper and fictitious Zionist regime that the imperialist powers have planted like a dagger in the heart of this region to serve as a tool to continue their diabolical domination after expelling a whole nation from their historical homeland.
There is no doubt that the revolutions in the region that rely on and demand these principles are not to the liking of America, Europe and the Zionists, and they are going to use all means to deny them, but the truth will not change with their denial.
The widespread participation of people in these revolutions is the most important element that constitutes their identity. Foreign powers that tried everything in their power and used all their schemes to keep in power the tyrannical, corrupt and subservient rulers in these countries and only abandoned them when the people left no choice for them have no right to claim a share in the victory of these revolutions. Even in Libya intervention by America and NATO cannot distort the truth. In Libya, NATO has caused irreparable damage. Had it not been for the military intervention of NATO and America, victory of people might have been delayed, but all these infrastructures would not have been damaged, and innocent women and children killed and then enemies that were accomplices of Qaddafi would not have been able to intervene in this innocent war-torn nation.
People and the elite that are of the people and others who are from the people are the true owners of these revolutions that should be trusted to protect them and draw the path to the future.
2- Regarding the threats and harm, I should first emphasize that although there are threats, but there are also ways to stay safe. Mere presence of threats should not scare nations.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
( Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak)
Allah says about a group of mojahids of early Islam:
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
( Those to whom hypocrites said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs." So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. )
We need to know what these threats are, in order not to be surprised and to be able to find solutions.
We faced these perils and threats after the victory of Islamic Revolution and experienced them. With the grace of Allah and the leadership of Imam Khomeini and sacrifices of our people we managed to sail through them safely. The plots by enemies still continue but so does the firm resolve of our people.
I divide the harm to these movements into two groups: those that have their roots within ourselves and come from our own weaknesses, and those that have been directly planned by the enemy.
The first group of harms is of the following type:
The sense and thought that after the downfall of the corrupt dictator the job is over. The peace of mind and comfort that comes after the victory and afterward the lessening of motivation and weakening of determination are among the first perils, and the most damaging threat is when individuals ask for their share of the spoils of victory.
The story of the Battle of Uhud and the defenders seeking the spoils of victory caused the defeat of Muslims, and the mojahids were reprimanded by God. This is a good example that should never be forgotten. Being shocked and awed by the appearances of the arrogant powers and the feeling of fear from America and other interventionist powers are of these kinds of harm that should be avoided.
The brave and young should throw out these fears from their heart. Trusting the enemy and falling into trap of their smiles and promises is another threat that needs to be avoided by the forerunners and leaders. The enemy must be identified no matter what cover it uses. The nation and the revolution should be protected against the designs of the enemy that at times hide behind the appearances of friendship and supportive gestures. Another side to this page is becoming overconfident and overlooking the enemy. Bravery must be combined with wisdom and good judgment. We must use all treasures of God within ourselves against Satan, al-Jinn wal–Ens. Causing division and pitting revolutionaries against one another and penetration behind the battlefront of struggle is another great harm that needs to be avoided with all your power.
The second group of harm has been experienced by almost all countries of the region during different events. The first harm is the coming to power of those who are committed to America and the West. The West tries after the downfall of its pawns to protect the basic pillars of the system and levers of power, and change the direction by using the same foundation, but with a different head, in order to perpetuate its domination. This means wasting of all your efforts and sacrifices. At this stage, if they face resistance of the people, they try to introduce and offer to the movement and people other alternatives that are designed to divert the course of the movement. This scenario could be recommending government models and constitutions that will again throw the Islamic countries into the trap of cultural, political and economic dependence on the West. This could lead to their influence among the revolutionaries greater financial and media strength of an unreliable current and marginalization of the genuine currents in the revolution. This also means return of the domination of the West and the stronger grip of then outdated Western models that are far from basic principles of the revolution.
If this tactic does not produce the desired result, experience tells us that they will go for anarchy, terrorism, civil war among followers of religions or ethnic communities and tribes, political parties, or even among neighboring nations and governments. Parallel to these actions, they will impose economic siege and sanctions, freeze national assets and launch all-out media war and propaganda. Their intention is to tire out and frustrate people and make the revolutionaries disappointed. Under these circumstances it becomes easy to defeat the revolution. Assassination of the righteous elite of the society and opinion leaders, defamation and vilification of others and even enticing some with money are among usual ploys used by the Western powers and the claimants of civilization morality.
In Iran, the evidence and documents from the U.S. Den of Espionage that fell into the hands of the revolution showed that all these plots were designed by the regime in the United States for the people of Iran for them bringing back the reactionary and dependant rulers in revolutionary countries is a principle that prescribes all these dirty tricks.
In the last part of my remarks, I present recommendations for your consideration and selection that are based on our tangible experiences in Iran and what has been gathered from the precise studies of other countries. Undoubtedly, conditions differ among nations and countries. Nonetheless, there are truths that can prove beneficial for all people.
The first point is that by placing one’s trust in God and believing in the repeated promises of divine victories in the Quran and through astuteness, resolve, and braveness, it is possible to surmount all obstacles and emerge victorious. Of course, the task that you all have taken up is quite grave and momentous. Thus, one must bear great hardship for its sake. The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (`a) says:
“فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَقْصِمْ جَبَّارِي دَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمْهِيلٍ وَ رَخَاءٍ وَ لَمْ يَجْبُرْ عَظْمَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَزْلٍ وَ بَلَاءٍ وَ فِي دُونِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ عَتْبٍ وَ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَطْبٍ مُعْتَبَر..”
The important recommendation is that you must always consider yourself as being present on the scene: فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ( So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].)Therefore, when thou art free, still labor hard), always consider God as present and as your aid: وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ (And to thy Lord turn all thy attention), and must not allow your victories to cause you to become arrogant or negligent:
اِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ وَ رَاَيْتَ النّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ في دينِ اللهِ اَفْواجاً فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْهُ اِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّاباً
(When comes the help of Allah, and victory. And thou dost see the people enter Allah’s Religion in crowds. Celebrate the praises of thy Lord). These are the true foundations of a faithful nation.
Another recommendation is the constant rereading of the principles of revolution. The slogans and principles must be refined and brought in line with the foundations and undisputed principles of Islam. Independence, freedom, justice, refusal to bow to despotism and colonialism, rejection of ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination, and the outright rejection of Zionism, which, today, comprise the pivots of the movements in Islamic countries, are all inspired by Islam and the Quran.
Write down your principles on paper. Preserve your genuine nature with a high degree of sensitivity. Do not allow your enemies to formulate the principles of your future system. Do not allow Islamic principles to be sacrificed for transient interests. Deviation in revolutions starts with deviation in slogans and objectives. Never place your trust in the U.S., NATO, or criminal regimes such as Britain, France, or, Italy, which for long plundered and divided your land among themselves. Look upon them with suspicion and do not believe their smiles. Behind these smiles and promises lies conspiracy and betrayal. Find you own way by resorting to the blessed fountainhead of Islam and give back foreigners’ prescriptions to themselves.
Another important recommendation is to avoid religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, and border disputes. Recognize differences as legitimate and manage them. Reconciliation among Islamic religions is the key to salvation. Those who fan the flames of religious division through apostatizing others are the mercenaries and servants of Satan, even if done inadvertently.
Creating your own system of governance is your main and seminal task. This is a complex and difficult undertaking. Do not allow secular or western liberal or extremist nationalist or leftist Marxist models to be imposed on you.
The leftist Eastern Bloc collapsed and the Western Bloc is propped up through violence, war, and deceit, and does not appear to have a bright outlook.
The passage of time will be to their loss and to the benefit of the Islamic current.
The ultimate goal must be a unified Islamic Ummah and the creation of a new Islamic civilization founded upon faith, rationality, knowledge, and morality.
The liberation of Palestine from the savage claws of the Zionists is also a great objective. The countries of the Balkans, Caucasus, and western Asia were liberated from the claws of the former Soviet Union after eighty years. Why should the Palestinian people not be able to free themselves from the captivity of the oppressor Zionists after seventy years?
The present generation in Islamic countries has the capacity to accomplish such great feats. The young generation of today is a source of pride for the past generations. As noted by the Arab poet:
أبو الصخر من شيبان قلت لهم كلا لعمري و لكن منه شيبانُ
و كم أبٍ قد علا بابنٍ ذُری شَرَفٍ كما علا برسولِ الله عدنانُ
Trust your young generation. Revive their feeling of self-confidence and benefit them by the experiences of the elders.
There are two important points in this connection:
First, one of the most important demands of the people who have revolted and who have been liberated is to have a decisive participation in the management of their countries. And since they believe in Islam, their desire is to have a system of Islamic democracy, i.e. the rulers being elected through the vote of the people and the dominant principles and values of the society being based on the Islamic knowledge and sharia. This can crystallize in various countries, depending on their conditions, through various methods and forms. However, utmost care must be taken not to confuse this with the western liberal democracy. The secular, and at times anti-religious, western democracy is in no way related to the Islamic democracy which is committed to the values and main principles of Islam in its system of government.
The second point relates to the fact that Islamic tenets must not be equated with backwardness, obscurantism, and ignorant and extremist biases. The demarcation between these two must be pronounced. Religious extremism, which is usually attended by violence, is the cause of falling short of the lofty goals of the revolution. This, in turn, results in the loss of public support and the eventual failure of the revolution.
In sum, to speak of Islamic awakening is not to speak of a nebulous and indistinct concept that is amenable to various interpretations. Rather, it is to speak of a tangible reality in the external world that has filled the atmosphere and resulted in great uprisings and revolutions and removed from the scene some dangerous elements of the enemy. Nonetheless, the scene remains fluid and in need of being shaped and brought to a conclusion. The verses recited at the outset contain a complete and effective set of guidelines, especially in this sensitive and momentous juncture… Though, they are addressed to the Holy Prophet (PBUH), we all are their interlocutors and responsible for adhering to them. In these verses, piety (taqwa), in its lofty and broad connotation, is the first recommendation. Then comes the rejection of the orders of the infidels and hypocrites, adherence to the divine revelation, and, finally, trust in God…
Once again, we will review these verses:
بسماللهالرحمنالرحیم يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرينَ وَ الْمُنافِقينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَليماً حَكيماً(1) وَ اتَّبِعْ ما يُوحى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ خَبيراً (2) وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلاً.
(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the unbelievers and the hypocrites: verily Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.)
والسلام علیکم و رحمة الله
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ديدار با شركتكنندگان در مسابقات قرآن Sayyed Ali Khamenei 5 July 2011 Farsi sub Urdu
ديدار با شركتكنندگان در مسابقات قرآن Sayyed Ali Khamenei 5 July 2011
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حضرت آیتالله...
ديدار با شركتكنندگان در مسابقات قرآن Sayyed Ali Khamenei 5 July 2011
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/speech-content?id=12866
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی صبح امروز در دیدار اساتید، داوران، حُفّاظ و قاریان شركتكننده در بیستوهشتمین دوره مسابقات بینالمللی قرآن كریم و جمعی از جامعهی قرآنی كشور، قرآن را مهمترین وسیله و عامل وحدت، عزت و اقتدار امت اسلامی و قیام ملتهای منطقه را از نشانههای روشن تحقق قطعی وعدههای قرآنی پروردگار خواندند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای، مسابقات بینالمللی قرآن كریم را نشاندهنده ظرفیت عظیم و بیپایان این كتاب آسمانی برای اجتماع و وحدت مسلمانان دانستند و خاطرنشان كردند: همه ملتهای مسلمان در مقابل این هدیه بینظیر الهی خاضع و درسآموزند و این حقیقت، فرصت بسیار مهمی را برای وحدت مسلمان ایجاد میكند.
ایشان، بیتوجهی به ظرفیت وحدت بخش قرآن مجید را غفلت بزرگ ملتهای مسلمان برشمردند و افزودند: باور نداشتن به مفاهیم قرآنی و وعدههای پروردگار، غفلت دیگری است كه عملاً مانع وحدت، عزت و اقتدار امت اسلامی شده است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی در تبیین تحقق قطعی وعدههای قرآنی خداوند، به تغییر سرنوشت ملت ایران اشاره و خاطرنشان كردند: ما ملت ایران، آیه شریفه انَّ الله لا یُغَیِّرُ ما بِقَومٍ حَتّی یُغَیِّروا ما بِاَنفُسِهِم را در عمل آزمودهایم و با قیام لله و یاری دین خدا، نصرت الهی را كاملاً درك كردهایم.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای ایران دوران طاغوت را ایرانِ امریكا و ایران وابسته به صهیونیستها خواندند و خاطرنشان كردند: تبدیل ایران به قطب قدرتمند مقابله با استكبار و صهیونیسم، معجزهای عینی و تحقق وعده نصرت الهی است كه خداوند كریم آن را در قرآن، بشارت داده است.
ایشان قیام ملتهای منطقه از جمله ملت مصر را از دیگر نشانههای بارز حتمی بودن وعدههای قرآن برشمردند و افزودند: امریكا، جبهه خبیث صهیونیستها و وابستگان سیاسی آنها در منطقه، حتی حاضر نبودند فكر قیام ملت مصر را به ذهنشان راه دهند اما این ملت، با شعار اللهاكبر و نماز جمعه و جماعت به میدان یاری دین خدا آمد و خداوند نیز با نصرت آن ملت، بار دیگر ثابت كرد كه اگر پروردگار كسی را یاری كند هیچ قدرتی نمیتواند بر او غلبه كند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای در بخش دیگری از سخنانشان، حفظ قرآن را، باعث ایجاد فرصت بیشتر برای تدبر و تفكر در این كتاب الهی دانستند و با توصیه به نوجوانان و جوانان به حفظ قرآن مجید افزودند: تدبر، كلید اصلی درك مفاهیم و معانی عمیق قرآن است و حفظ آیات شریف، این فرصت را بهتر و بیشتر فراهم می كند.
در ابتدای این دیدار حجتالاسلام والمسلمین محمدی نماینده ولی فقیه و سرپرست سازمان اوقاف و امور خیریه، در گزارشی از برپایی بیست و هشتمین دوره مسابقات قرآن كریم در تهران گفت: در این دوره از مسابقات كه بمدت 5 روز برگزار شد، 96 نفر قاری و حافظ قرآن و 13 نفر داور از 61 كشور جهان حضور داشتند.
حجتالاسلام والمسلمین محمدی پژوهشهای قرآنی در قالب مقالهنویسی، برپایی همایش بانوان فعال در عرصه قرآنی، كارگاههای آموزشی تخصصی در رشته قرائت و حفظ، برگزاری نمایشگاه محصولات قرآنی و محافل انس با قرآن را از دیگر برنامههای این دوره از مسابقات بین المللی قرآن كریم اعلام كرد.
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ديدار با شركتكنندگان در مسابقات قرآن Sayyed Ali Khamenei 5 July 2011
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/speech-content?id=12866
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی صبح امروز در دیدار اساتید، داوران، حُفّاظ و قاریان شركتكننده در بیستوهشتمین دوره مسابقات بینالمللی قرآن كریم و جمعی از جامعهی قرآنی كشور، قرآن را مهمترین وسیله و عامل وحدت، عزت و اقتدار امت اسلامی و قیام ملتهای منطقه را از نشانههای روشن تحقق قطعی وعدههای قرآنی پروردگار خواندند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای، مسابقات بینالمللی قرآن كریم را نشاندهنده ظرفیت عظیم و بیپایان این كتاب آسمانی برای اجتماع و وحدت مسلمانان دانستند و خاطرنشان كردند: همه ملتهای مسلمان در مقابل این هدیه بینظیر الهی خاضع و درسآموزند و این حقیقت، فرصت بسیار مهمی را برای وحدت مسلمان ایجاد میكند.
ایشان، بیتوجهی به ظرفیت وحدت بخش قرآن مجید را غفلت بزرگ ملتهای مسلمان برشمردند و افزودند: باور نداشتن به مفاهیم قرآنی و وعدههای پروردگار، غفلت دیگری است كه عملاً مانع وحدت، عزت و اقتدار امت اسلامی شده است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی در تبیین تحقق قطعی وعدههای قرآنی خداوند، به تغییر سرنوشت ملت ایران اشاره و خاطرنشان كردند: ما ملت ایران، آیه شریفه انَّ الله لا یُغَیِّرُ ما بِقَومٍ حَتّی یُغَیِّروا ما بِاَنفُسِهِم را در عمل آزمودهایم و با قیام لله و یاری دین خدا، نصرت الهی را كاملاً درك كردهایم.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای ایران دوران طاغوت را ایرانِ امریكا و ایران وابسته به صهیونیستها خواندند و خاطرنشان كردند: تبدیل ایران به قطب قدرتمند مقابله با استكبار و صهیونیسم، معجزهای عینی و تحقق وعده نصرت الهی است كه خداوند كریم آن را در قرآن، بشارت داده است.
ایشان قیام ملتهای منطقه از جمله ملت مصر را از دیگر نشانههای بارز حتمی بودن وعدههای قرآن برشمردند و افزودند: امریكا، جبهه خبیث صهیونیستها و وابستگان سیاسی آنها در منطقه، حتی حاضر نبودند فكر قیام ملت مصر را به ذهنشان راه دهند اما این ملت، با شعار اللهاكبر و نماز جمعه و جماعت به میدان یاری دین خدا آمد و خداوند نیز با نصرت آن ملت، بار دیگر ثابت كرد كه اگر پروردگار كسی را یاری كند هیچ قدرتی نمیتواند بر او غلبه كند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای در بخش دیگری از سخنانشان، حفظ قرآن را، باعث ایجاد فرصت بیشتر برای تدبر و تفكر در این كتاب الهی دانستند و با توصیه به نوجوانان و جوانان به حفظ قرآن مجید افزودند: تدبر، كلید اصلی درك مفاهیم و معانی عمیق قرآن است و حفظ آیات شریف، این فرصت را بهتر و بیشتر فراهم می كند.
در ابتدای این دیدار حجتالاسلام والمسلمین محمدی نماینده ولی فقیه و سرپرست سازمان اوقاف و امور خیریه، در گزارشی از برپایی بیست و هشتمین دوره مسابقات قرآن كریم در تهران گفت: در این دوره از مسابقات كه بمدت 5 روز برگزار شد، 96 نفر قاری و حافظ قرآن و 13 نفر داور از 61 كشور جهان حضور داشتند.
حجتالاسلام والمسلمین محمدی پژوهشهای قرآنی در قالب مقالهنویسی، برپایی همایش بانوان فعال در عرصه قرآنی، كارگاههای آموزشی تخصصی در رشته قرائت و حفظ، برگزاری نمایشگاه محصولات قرآنی و محافل انس با قرآن را از دیگر برنامههای این دوره از مسابقات بین المللی قرآن كریم اعلام كرد.
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[20 Mar 2012] Seyed Ali Khamenei: Intimidation, Main Goal of Enemy Threats - Farsi
حضور و سخنرانی رهبر انقلاب در حرم مطهر رضوی
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=19299
رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی در اولین...
حضور و سخنرانی رهبر انقلاب در حرم مطهر رضوی
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=19299
رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی در اولین روز از بهار پرطراوت و زیبای 1391، در اجتماع عظیم زائران و مجاوران حضرت ثامنالحجج علی بن موسی الرضا(ع) ضمن تبیین موفقیتهای گوناگون ملت ایران در سال 90 در مقابل رجزخوانیهای سیاسی، اقتصادی، نظامی و امنیتی دشمن، حراست غیرتمندانه از منابع نفتی ایران را علت خصومت زورگویان جهانی با نظام اسلامی خواندند و تأكید كردند: جمهوری اسلامی مانند شیر از حقوق ملت ایران دفاع میكند.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی در اولین بخش از سخنانشان در اجتماع پرشور زائران و مجاوران حرم رضوی، با تبریك مجدد عید نوروز به همه ایرانیان، به ترسیم تصویری عینی و دقیق از نقاط قوت عملكرد ملت ایران و طرحها و تلاشهای بدخواهان این ملت در سال 90 پرداختند تا موقعیت ایرانیان و دشمنانشان در این رویارویی راهبردی مشخصتر شود.
ایشان، هدف اصلی رجزخوانیها، لشكركشیهای «تبلیغاتی-سیاسی-اقتصادی» و تهدیدات نظامی-امنیتی آمریكا و دیگر بیگانگان بدخواه را، مرعوب كردن، ناامید ساختن و متوقفكردن ملت ایران دانستند و افزودند: آنها در سال 90 همه توان خود را بكار گرفتند تا به این ملت شجاع، زنده و پرنشاط ثابت كنند كه ایرانیان «نمیتوانند»، اما ملت، با تعالیمی كه امام بزرگوار به او داده بود، بطور مكرر به همه جهان و به همه بیگانگان فهماند كه به كوری چشم دشمنان، «ما میتوانیم».
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای با اشاره به این واقعیت كه نقاط قوت عملكرد ملت در جمعبندی نهایی، بسیار بیشتر از نقاط ضعف است، همراهی تحسینبرانگیز مردم با مسئولان را موجب نتایج اقتصادی قابل توجهی در سال 90 خواندند كه مسئله هدفمند كردن یارانهها از مهمترین آنها بوده است.
ایشان، با استناد به دیدگاه مشترك همه كارشناسان اقتصادی درباره ضرورت اجرای هدفمند كردن یارانهها خاطرنشان كردند: در سال 90، دولت و مجلس با وجود شرایط دشوار و پیچیدهای كه تحریمها ایجاد كرده بود، مراحل مهم و قابل توجهی از این كار بزرگ را با پشتیبانی و همدلی مردم به پیش بردند كه البته كار هنوز تمام نشده است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی، توزیع عادلانه یارانهها و بهبود زندگی طبقات ضعیف را از جمله نتایج هدفمند كردن یارانهها دانستند و افزودند: اصلاح نسبی در چرخه معیوب تولید و حركت به سمت «متعادل كردن مصرف و بازده» از دیگر اهدافی بود كه سال گذشته به همت مردم و مسئولان در فعالیتهای تولیدی محقق شد.
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http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1612&Itemid=2
Supreme Leader: Intimidation, Main Goal of Enemy Threats
20/03/2012
Speaking to a group of pilgrims at Imam Ridh\'a (a.s.) shrine in the city of Mashhad, Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the main goal of the political campaigns and military threats by America and other foreign countries is to intimidate and disappoint the people of Iran.
Ayatollah Khamenei stated that the angry threats made by the enemies against the Iranian nation throughout the year 1390 are indicative of the failure of their actions. He added: \"The US government\'s agents started a campaign throughout the world in order to implement the sanctions and separate the people of Iran from the Islamic Republic, but these efforts will not get them anywhere.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the nuclear issue and human rights are not the real reason behind the enemies\' hostility, further adding that the main reason behind the enmities of the bullying powers is that the Islamic Republic is safeguarding the great oil and gas resources of Iran.
\"Those who think that backing down in the nuclear issue will put an end to America\'s enmity are suffering from lack of vigilance because there are certain countries in the region that have nuclear weapons, but America does not show any sensitivity to them. Therefore, the nuclear issue and human rights are not the real reason behind the enmity of the bullying powers, rather the main reason behind these enmities is that the Islamic Republic and the Iranian people proudly protect Iran\'s oil and gas resources.\"
His Eminence said that western countries are highly dependent on oil and gas resourcesand added: \"They know that their own oil resources will last for at most another 10 years and that their survival will depend on the oil resources in other parts of the world, especially in the Persian Gulf region. For this reason, it is extremely important for them to dominate oil-rich countries, especially the Islamic Republic of Iran.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the Americans wrongly think that they can force the Islamic Republic to back down through their threats and sanctions. He warned that the Americans will have to pay for this big mistake.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that America\'s situation is precarious and added: \"The current US President came to power with the slogan of change and the people of America voted for him, hoping that their situation would improve. However, on the economic front, today America has a huge debt and is suffering from many problems. On the social front, the Wall Street movement is in full swing in America. On the political front, America\'s situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt and North Africa is far worse than the past.\"
His Eminence added: \"Of course, the Americans might do dangerous or crazy things. We stress that we do not have a nuclear weapon and that we will not produce one, but we also announce that in case America or the Zionist regime attacks us, we will attack them on the same level that they attack us.\"
Elsewhere in his statements, Ayatollah Khamenei called on all Iranians to avoid consuming foreign products the equivalents of which are also produced inside the country.
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http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=19299
رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی در اولین روز از بهار پرطراوت و زیبای 1391، در اجتماع عظیم زائران و مجاوران حضرت ثامنالحجج علی بن موسی الرضا(ع) ضمن تبیین موفقیتهای گوناگون ملت ایران در سال 90 در مقابل رجزخوانیهای سیاسی، اقتصادی، نظامی و امنیتی دشمن، حراست غیرتمندانه از منابع نفتی ایران را علت خصومت زورگویان جهانی با نظام اسلامی خواندند و تأكید كردند: جمهوری اسلامی مانند شیر از حقوق ملت ایران دفاع میكند.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی در اولین بخش از سخنانشان در اجتماع پرشور زائران و مجاوران حرم رضوی، با تبریك مجدد عید نوروز به همه ایرانیان، به ترسیم تصویری عینی و دقیق از نقاط قوت عملكرد ملت ایران و طرحها و تلاشهای بدخواهان این ملت در سال 90 پرداختند تا موقعیت ایرانیان و دشمنانشان در این رویارویی راهبردی مشخصتر شود.
ایشان، هدف اصلی رجزخوانیها، لشكركشیهای «تبلیغاتی-سیاسی-اقتصادی» و تهدیدات نظامی-امنیتی آمریكا و دیگر بیگانگان بدخواه را، مرعوب كردن، ناامید ساختن و متوقفكردن ملت ایران دانستند و افزودند: آنها در سال 90 همه توان خود را بكار گرفتند تا به این ملت شجاع، زنده و پرنشاط ثابت كنند كه ایرانیان «نمیتوانند»، اما ملت، با تعالیمی كه امام بزرگوار به او داده بود، بطور مكرر به همه جهان و به همه بیگانگان فهماند كه به كوری چشم دشمنان، «ما میتوانیم».
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای با اشاره به این واقعیت كه نقاط قوت عملكرد ملت در جمعبندی نهایی، بسیار بیشتر از نقاط ضعف است، همراهی تحسینبرانگیز مردم با مسئولان را موجب نتایج اقتصادی قابل توجهی در سال 90 خواندند كه مسئله هدفمند كردن یارانهها از مهمترین آنها بوده است.
ایشان، با استناد به دیدگاه مشترك همه كارشناسان اقتصادی درباره ضرورت اجرای هدفمند كردن یارانهها خاطرنشان كردند: در سال 90، دولت و مجلس با وجود شرایط دشوار و پیچیدهای كه تحریمها ایجاد كرده بود، مراحل مهم و قابل توجهی از این كار بزرگ را با پشتیبانی و همدلی مردم به پیش بردند كه البته كار هنوز تمام نشده است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی، توزیع عادلانه یارانهها و بهبود زندگی طبقات ضعیف را از جمله نتایج هدفمند كردن یارانهها دانستند و افزودند: اصلاح نسبی در چرخه معیوب تولید و حركت به سمت «متعادل كردن مصرف و بازده» از دیگر اهدافی بود كه سال گذشته به همت مردم و مسئولان در فعالیتهای تولیدی محقق شد.
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http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1612&Itemid=2
Supreme Leader: Intimidation, Main Goal of Enemy Threats
20/03/2012
Speaking to a group of pilgrims at Imam Ridh\'a (a.s.) shrine in the city of Mashhad, Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the main goal of the political campaigns and military threats by America and other foreign countries is to intimidate and disappoint the people of Iran.
Ayatollah Khamenei stated that the angry threats made by the enemies against the Iranian nation throughout the year 1390 are indicative of the failure of their actions. He added: \"The US government\'s agents started a campaign throughout the world in order to implement the sanctions and separate the people of Iran from the Islamic Republic, but these efforts will not get them anywhere.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the nuclear issue and human rights are not the real reason behind the enemies\' hostility, further adding that the main reason behind the enmities of the bullying powers is that the Islamic Republic is safeguarding the great oil and gas resources of Iran.
\"Those who think that backing down in the nuclear issue will put an end to America\'s enmity are suffering from lack of vigilance because there are certain countries in the region that have nuclear weapons, but America does not show any sensitivity to them. Therefore, the nuclear issue and human rights are not the real reason behind the enmity of the bullying powers, rather the main reason behind these enmities is that the Islamic Republic and the Iranian people proudly protect Iran\'s oil and gas resources.\"
His Eminence said that western countries are highly dependent on oil and gas resourcesand added: \"They know that their own oil resources will last for at most another 10 years and that their survival will depend on the oil resources in other parts of the world, especially in the Persian Gulf region. For this reason, it is extremely important for them to dominate oil-rich countries, especially the Islamic Republic of Iran.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the Americans wrongly think that they can force the Islamic Republic to back down through their threats and sanctions. He warned that the Americans will have to pay for this big mistake.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that America\'s situation is precarious and added: \"The current US President came to power with the slogan of change and the people of America voted for him, hoping that their situation would improve. However, on the economic front, today America has a huge debt and is suffering from many problems. On the social front, the Wall Street movement is in full swing in America. On the political front, America\'s situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt and North Africa is far worse than the past.\"
His Eminence added: \"Of course, the Americans might do dangerous or crazy things. We stress that we do not have a nuclear weapon and that we will not produce one, but we also announce that in case America or the Zionist regime attacks us, we will attack them on the same level that they attack us.\"
Elsewhere in his statements, Ayatollah Khamenei called on all Iranians to avoid consuming foreign products the equivalents of which are also produced inside the country.
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بيانات در كنفرانس حمايت از انتفاضه فلسطين
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الحمد لله ربّ العالمين و الصّلاة و السّلام على سيّدنا محمّد و ءاله الطّاهرين
و صحبه المنتجبين و على من تبعهم باحسان الى يوم الدّين.
قال الله الحكيم: «اذن للّذين يقاتلون بأنّهم ظلموا و انّ الله على نصرهم لقدير. الّذين اخرجوا من ديارهم بغير حقّ الّا ان يقولوا ربّنا الله و لو لا دفع الله النّاس بعضهم ببعض لهدّمت صوامع و بيع و صلوات و مساجد يذكر فيها اسم الله كثيرا و لينصرنّ الله من ينصره انّ الله لقوىّ عزيز»(1)
به ميهمانان عزيز و همهى حضار گرامى خوشامد ميگويم. در ميان همهى موضوعاتى كه شايسته است نخبگان دينى و سياسى از سراسر جهان اسلام به آن بپردازند، مسئلهى فلسطين داراى برجستگى ويژهاى است. فلسطين، مسئلهى اول در ميان همهى موضوعات مشترك كشورهاى اسلامى است. مشخصات منحصر به فردى در اين مسئله وجود دارد:
اول اين كه يك كشور مسلمان از ملت آن، غصب و به بيگانگانى كه از كشورهاى گوناگون گردآورى شده و جامعهاى جعلى و موزائيكى تشكيل دادهاند، سپرده شده است.
دوم اين كه اين حادثهى بىسابقه در تاريخ، با كشتار و جنايت و ظلم و اهانت مستمر انجام گرفته است.
سوم آن كه قبلهى اول مسلمانان و بسيارى از مراكز محترم دينى كه در اين كشور قرار دارد، به تخريب و توهين و زوال تهديد شده است.
چهارم آن كه اين دولت و جامعهى جعلى در حساسترين نقطهى جهان اسلام، از آغاز تاكنون، نقش يك پايگاه نظامى و امنيتى و سياسى را براى دولتهاى استكبارى بازى كرده و محور غرب استعمارى كه به علل گوناگون، دشمن اتحاد و اعتلاء و پيشرفت كشورهاى اسلامى است، از آن همواره چون خنجرى در پهلوى امت اسلامى استفاده كرده است.
پنجم آن كه صهيونيسم كه خطر اخلاقى و سياسى و اقتصادى بزرگى براى جامعهى بشرى است، اين جاى پا را وسيلهاى و نقطهى اتكائى براى گسترش نفوذ و سلطهى خود در جهان قرار داده است.
نكات ديگرى را هم ميتوان بر اينها افزود: هزينهى مالى و انسانىِ سنگينى كه كشورهاى اسلامى تاكنون پرداختهاند. اشتغال ذهنى دولتها و ملتهاى مسلمان. رنج ميليونها آوارهى فلسطينى، كه بسيارى از آنان پس از شش دهه هنوز در اردوگاهها زندگى ميكنند. انقطاع تاريخ يك كانون مهمِ تمدنى در جهان اسلام و الى غير ذلك.
امروزه بر اين دلائل، يك نكتهى كليدى و اساسى ديگر افزوده شده است و آن، نهضت بيدارى اسلامى است كه سراسر منطقه را فرا گرفته و فصل تازه و تعيين كنندهاى در سرگذشت امت اسلامى گشوده است. اين حركت عظيم كه بىگمان ميتواند به ايجاد يك مجموعهى مقتدر و پيشرفته و منسجم اسلامى در اين نقطهى حساس جهان منتهى شود و به حول و قوهى الهى و با عزم راسخ پيشروان اين نهضت، نقطهى پايان بر دوران عقبماندگى و ضعف و حقارت ملتهاى مسلمان بگذارد، بخش مهمى از نيرو و حماسهى خود را از قضيهى فلسطين گرفته است.
ظلم و زورگوئى روزافزون رژيم صهيونيستى و همراهى برخى حكام مستبد و فاسد و مزدور آمريكا با آن از يك سو، و سر برآوردن مقاومت جانانهى فلسطينى و لبنانى و پيروزىهاى معجزآساى جوانان مؤمن در جنگهاى سى و سه روزهى لبنان و بيست و دو روزهى غزه از سوى ديگر، از جملهى عوامل مهمى بودند كه اقيانوس بظاهر آرام ملتهاى مصر و تونس و ليبى و ديگر كشورهاى منطقه را به تلاطم در آوردند.
اين يك واقعيت است كه رژيم سراپا مسلح صهيونيست و مدعى شكستناپذيرى، در لبنان در جنگى نابرابر، از مشت گرهشدهى مجاهدان مؤمن و دلاور، شكست سخت و ذلتبارى خورد؛ و پس از آن، در برابر مقاومت مظلومانه و پولادين غزه، بار ديگر شمشير كُند خود را آزمود و ناكام ماند.
اينها بايد در تحليل اوضاع كنونى منطقه مورد ملاحظهى جدى قرار گيرد و درستىِ هر تصميمى كه گرفته ميشود، با آن سنجيده شود.
پس اين، قضاوت دقيقى است كه مسئلهى فلسطين، امروز اهميت و فوريت مضاعف يافته است و ملت فلسطين حق دارد كه در اوضاع كنونى منطقه، انتظار بيشترى از كشورهاى مسلمان داشته باشد.
نگاهى به گذشته و حال بيندازيم و براى آينده، نقشهى راهى ترسيم كنيم. من رئوس مطالبى را در ميان ميگذارم.
بيش از شش دهه از فاجعهى غصب فلسطين ميگذرد. عوامل اصلى اين فاجعهى خونين، همه شناختهشدهاند و دولت استعمارگر انگليس در رأس آنهاست، كه سياست و سلاح و نيروى نظامى و امنيتى و اقتصادى و فرهنگى آن و سپس ديگر دولتهاى مستكبر غربى و شرقى، در خدمت اين ظلم بزرگ به كار افتاد. ملت بىپناه فلسطين در زير چنگال بىرحم اشغالگران، قتلعام و از خانه و كاشانهى خود رانده شد. تا امروز هنوز يكصدم فاجعهى انسانى و مدنىاى كه به دست مدعيان تمدن و اخلاق، در آن روزگار اتفاق افتاد، به تصوير كشيده نشده و بهرهاى از هنرهاى رسانهاى و تصويرى نيافته است. اربابان عمدهى هنرهاى تصويرى و سينما و تلويزيون و مافياهاى فيلمسازىِ غربى اين را نخواسته و اجازهى آن را ندادهاند. يك ملت در سكوت، قتلعام و آواره و بىخانمان شد.
مقاومتهائى در آغاز كار پديد آمد كه با شدت و قساوت سركوب شد. از بيرون مرزهاى فلسطين و عمدتاً از مصر، مردانى با انگيزهى اسلامى تلاشهائى كردند كه از حمايت لازم برخوردار نشد و نتوانست تأثيرى در صحنه بگذارد.
پس از آن، نوبت به جنگهاى رسمى و كلاسيك ميان چند كشور عرب با ارتش صهيونيست رسيد. مصر و سوريه و اردن نيروهاى نظامى خود را وارد صحنه كردند، ولى كمك بىدريغ و انبوه و روزافزون نظامى و تداركاتى و مالى از سوى آمريكا و انگليس و فرانسه به رژيم غاصب، ارتشهاى عربى را ناكام كرد. آنها نه فقط نتوانستند به ملت فلسطين كمك كنند، كه بخشهاى مهمى از سرزمينهاى خود را هم در اين جنگها از دست دادند.
با آشكار شدن ناتوانى دولتهاى عرب همسايه با فلسطين، بتدريج هستههاى مقاومتِ سازمانيافته در قالب گروههاى مسلح فلسطينى شكل گرفت و پس از چندى از گرد آمدن آنها، «سازمان آزاديبخش فلسطين» تشكيل يافت. اين برق اميدى بود كه خوش درخشيد، ولى طولى نكشيد كه خاموش شد. اين ناكامى را ميتوان به علل متعددى منسوب كرد، ولى علت اساسى، دورى آنان از مردم و از عقيده و ايمان اسلامى آنان بود. ايدئولوژى چپ و يا صرفاً احساسات ناسيوناليستى، آن چيزى نبود كه مسئلهى پيچيده و دشوار فلسطين به آن نياز داشت. آنچه ميتوانست ملتى را به ميدان مقاومت وارد كند و نيروئى شكستناپذير از آنان فراهم آورد، اسلام و جهاد و شهادت بود. آنها اين را بدرستى درك نكردند. من در ماههاى اول انقلاب كبير اسلامى كه سران سازمان آزاديبخش روحيهى تازهاى يافته و به تهران مكرراً آمد و شد ميكردند، از يكى از اركان آن سازمان پرسيدم: چرا پرچم اسلام را در مبارزهى بحق خود بلند نميكنيد؟ پاسخ او اين بود كه در ميان ما، بعضى هم مسيحىاند. اين شخص بعدها در يك كشور عربى به دست صهيونيستها ترور و كشته شد و انشاءالله مشمول مغفرت الهى قرار گرفته باشد؛ ولى اين استدلال او ناقص و نارسا بود. به گمان من، يك مبارز مسيحىِ مؤمن در كنار يك جمع مجاهد فداكارى كه خالصانه، با ايمان به خدا و قيامت و با اميد به كمك الهى ميجنگد و از حمايت مادى و معنوى مردمش برخوردار است، انگيزهى بيشترى براى مبارزه مىيابد تا در كنار گروه بىايمان و متكى به احساسات ناپايدار و دور از پشتيبانىِ وفادارانهى مردمى.
نبود ايمان راسخ دينى و انقطاع از مردم، بتدريج آنان را خنثى و بىتأثير كرد. البته در ميان آنان، مردان شريف و پرانگيزه و غيور بودند، ولى مجموعه و سازمان به راه ديگرى رفت. انحراف آنان، به مسئلهى فلسطين ضربه زد و هنوز هم ميزند. آنها هم مانند برخى دولتهاى خائن عربى، به آرمان مقاومت - كه تنها راه نجات فلسطين بوده و هست - پشت كردند؛ و البته نه فقط به فلسطين، كه به خود هم ضربهى سختى وارد كردند. به قول شاعر مسيحى عرب:
لئن اضعتم فلسطيناً فعيشكم
طول الحياة مضاضات و ءالام
سى و دو سال از عمر نكبت، بدين ترتيب سپرى شد؛ ولى ناگهان دست قدرت خداوند ورق را برگردانيد. پيروزى انقلاب اسلامى در ايران در سال 1979 - 1357 هجرى شمسى - اوضاع اين منطقه را زير و رو كرد و صفحهى جديدى را گشود. در ميان تأثيرات شگرف جهانىِ اين انقلاب و ضربههاى شديد و عميقى كه بر سياستهاى استكبارى وارد ساخت، از همه سريعتر و آشكارتر، ضربه به دولت صهيونيست بود. اظهارات سران آن رژيم در آن روزها، خواندنى و حاكى از حال و روز سياه و پر اضطراب آنهاست. در اولين هفتههاى پيروزى، سفارت دولت جعلى اسرائيل در تهران تعطيل و كاركنان آن اخراج شدند و محل آن رسماً به نمايندگى سازمان آزاديبخش فلسطين داده شد؛ كه تا امروز هم در آنجا مستقرند.
امام بزرگوار ما اعلام كردند كه يكى از هدفهاى اين انقلاب، آزادى سرزمين فلسطين و قطع غدهى سرطانى اسرائيل است. امواج پرقدرت اين انقلاب، كه آن روز همهى دنيا را فرا گرفت، هر جا رفت - با اين پيام رفت كه «فلسطين بايد آزاد شود». گرفتارىهاى پياپى و بزرگى كه دشمنان انقلاب بر نظام جمهورى اسلامى ايران تحميل كردند - كه يك قلم آن، جنگ هشت سالهى رژيم صدام حسين به تحريك آمريكا و انگليس و پشتيبانى رژيمهاى مرتجع عرب بود - نيز نتوانست انگيزهى دفاع از فلسطين را از جمهورى اسلامى بگيرد.
بدينگونه خون تازهاى در رگهاى فلسطين دميده شد. گروههاى مجاهد فلسطينىِ مسلمان سر برآوردند. مقاومت لبنان، جبههى نيرومند و تازهاى در برابر دشمن و حاميانش گشود. فلسطين به جاى تكيه به دولتهاى عربى و بدون دست دراز كردن به سوى مجامع جهانى، از قبيل سازمان ملل - كه شريك جرم دولتهاى استكبارى بودند - به خود، به جوانان خود، به ايمان عميق اسلامى خود و به مردان و زنان فداكار خود تكيه كرد. اين، كليد همهى فتوحات و موفقيتهاست.
در سه دههى گذشته، اين روند روزبهروز پيشرفت و افزايش داشته است. شكست ذلتبار رژيم صهيونيستى در لبنان در سال 2006 - 1385 هجرى شمسى - ناكامى فضاحتبار آن ارتش پر مدعا در غزه در سال 2008 - 1387 هجرى شمسى - فرار از جنوب لبنان و عقبنشينى از غزه، تشكيل دولت مقاومت در غزه، و در يك جمله، تبديل ملت فلسطين از مجموعهاى از انسانهاى درمانده و نااميد، به ملت اميدوار و مقاوم و داراى اعتماد به نفس، مشخصههاى بارز سى سال اخير است.
اين تصوير كلى و اجمالى آنگاه كامل خواهد شد كه تحركات سازشكارانه و خيانتبارى كه هدف از آن، خاموش كردن مقاومت و اعترافگيرى از گروههاى فلسطينى و دولتهاى عرب به مشروعيت اسرائيل بود، نيز بدرستى ديده شود. اين تحركات كه آغاز آن به دست جانشين خائن و ناخلف جمال عبدالناصر در پيمان ننگين «كمپ ديويد» اتفاق افتاد، همواره خواسته است نقش سوهان را در عزم پولادين مقاومت ايفاء كند. در قرارداد كمپ ديويد، براى نخستين بار، يك دولت عرب، رسماً به صهيونيستى بودن سرزمين اسلامى فلسطين اعتراف كرد و پاى نوشتهاى را كه در آن، اسرائيل خانهى ملى يهوديان شناخته شده است، امضاى خود را گذاشت.
از آن پس تا قرارداد «اسلو» در سال 1993 - 1372 هجرى شمسى - و پس از آن در طرحهاى تكميلى كه با ميداندارى آمريكا و همراهى كشورهاى استعمارگر اروپائى، پىدرپى بر دوش گروههاى سازشكار و بىهمتى از فلسطينيان گذاشته شد، همهى سعى دشمن بر آن بود كه با وعدههاى پوچ و فريبآميز، ملت و گروههاى فلسطينى را از گزينهى «مقاومت» منصرف كنند و به بازى ناشيانه در ميدان سياست سرگرم سازند. بىاعتبارى همهى اين معاهدات، بسيار زود آشكار شد و صهيونيستها و حاميان آنها بارها نشان دادند كه به آنچه نوشته شده است، به چشم ورق پارههاى بىارزشى مينگرند. هدف از اين طرحها، پديد آوردن دودلى در فلسطينيان، و به طمع انداختن افراد بىايمان و دنياطلبِ آنان، و زمينگير نمودن حركت مقاومت اسلامى بوده است و بس.
پادزهر همهى اين بازىهاى خيانتآميز تاكنون، روحيهى مقاومت در گروههاى اسلامى و ملت فلسطين بوده است. آنها به اذن خدا در برابر دشمن ايستادند و همان طور كه خداوند وعده داده است كه: «و لينصرنّ الله من ينصره انّ الله لقوىّ عزيز»، از كمك و نصرت الهى برخوردار شدند. ايستادگى غزه با وجود محاصرهى كامل، نصرت الهى بود. سقوط رژيم خائن و فاسد حسنى مبارك، نصرت الهى بود. پديد آمدن موج پرقدرت بيدارى اسلامى در منطقه، نصرت الهى است. برافتادن پردهى نفاق و تزوير از چهرهى آمريكا و انگليس و فرانسه و تنفر روزافزون ملتهاى منطقه از آنان، نصرت الهى است. گرفتارىهاى پىدرپى و بيشمار رژيم صهيونيست، از مشكلات سياسى و اقتصادى و اجتماعى داخلىاش گرفته تا انزواى جهانى و انزجار عمومى و حتّى دانشگاههاى اروپائى از آن، همه و همه مظاهر نصرت الهى است. امروز رژيم صهيونيستى از هميشه منفورتر و ضعيفتر و منزوىتر، و حامى اصلىاش آمريكا از هميشه گرفتارتر و سردرگمتر است.
اكنون صفحهى كلى و اجمالى فلسطين در شصت و چند سال گذشته، پيش روى ماست. آينده را بايد با نگاه به آن و درسگيرى از آن تنظيم كرد.
دو نكته را پيشاپيش بايد روشن كرد:
اول اين كه مدعاى ما آزادى فلسطين است، نه آزادىِ بخشى از فلسطين. هر طرحى كه بخواهد فلسطين را تقسيم كند، يكسره مردود است. طرح دو دولت كه لباس حقبهجانبِ «پذيرش دولت فلسطين به عضويت سازمان ملل» را بر آن پوشاندهاند، چيزى جز تن دادن به خواستهى صهيونيستها، يعنى «پذيرش دولت صهيونيستى در سرزمين فلسطين» نيست. اين به معناى پايمال كردن حق ملت فلسطين، ناديده گرفتن حق تاريخى آوارگان فلسطينى، و حتّى تهديد حق فلسطينيانِ ساكن سرزمينهاى 1948 است؛ به معناى باقى ماندن غدهى سرطانى و تهديد دائمى پيكرهى امت اسلامى، مخصوصاً ملتهاى منطقه است؛ به معناى تكرار رنجهاى دهها ساله و پايمال كردن خون شهداست.
هر طرح عملياتى بايد بر مبناى اصلِ «همهى فلسطين براى همهى مردم فلسطين» باشد. فلسطين، فلسطينِ «از نهر تا بحر» است، نه حتّى يك وجب كمتر. البته اين نكته نبايد ناديده بماند كه ملت فلسطين همان طور كه در غزه عمل كردند، هر بخش از خاك فلسطين را كه بتوانند آزاد كنند، به وسيلهى دولت برگزيدهى خود، ادارهى امور آن را بر عهده خواهند گرفت، ولى هرگز هدف نهائى را از ياد نخواهند برد.
نكتهى دوم آن است كه براى دستيابى به اين هدف والا، كار لازم است، نه حرف؛ جدى بودن لازم است، نه كارهاى نمايشى؛ صبر و تدبير لازم است، نه رفتارهاى بيصبرانه و دچار تلوّن. بايد به افقهاى دور نگريست و قدم به قدم با عزم و توكل و اميد به پيش رفت. دولتها و ملتهاى مسلمان، گروههاى مقاومت در فلسطين و لبنان و ديگر كشورها، هر يك ميتوانند نقش و سهم خود از اين مجاهدت همگانى را بشناسند و باذن الله جدول مقاومت را پر كنند.
طرح جمهورى اسلامى براى حل قضيهى فلسطين و التيام اين زخم كهنه، طرحى روشن، منطقى و منطبق بر معارف سياسىِ پذيرفته شدهى افكار عمومىِ جهانى است كه قبلاً به تفصيل ارائه شده است. ما نه جنگ كلاسيكِ ارتشهاى كشورهاى اسلامى را پيشنهاد ميكنيم، و نه به دريا ريختن يهوديان مهاجر را، و نه البته حكميت سازمان ملل و ديگر سازمانهاى بينالمللى را؛ ما همهپرسى از ملت فلسطين را پيشنهاد ميكنيم. ملت فلسطين نيز مانند هر ملت ديگر حق دارد سرنوشت خود را تعيين كند و نظام حاكم بر كشورش را برگزيند. همهى مردم اصلى فلسطين، از مسلمان و مسيحى و يهودى - نه مهاجران بيگانه - در هر جا هستند؛ در داخل فلسطين، در اردوگاهها و در هر نقطهى ديگر، در يك همهپرسىِ عمومى و منضبط شركت كنند و نظام آيندهى فلسطين را تعيين كنند. آن نظام و دولتِ برآمدهى از آن، پس از استقرار، تكليف مهاجران غير فلسطينى را كه در ساليان گذشته به اين كشور كوچ كردهاند، معين خواهد كرد. اين يك طرح عادلانه و منطقى است كه افكار عمومى جهانى آن را بدرستى درك ميكند و ميتواند از حمايت ملتها و دولتهاى مستقل برخوردار شود. البته انتظار نداريم كه صهيونيستهاى غاصب بهآسانى به آن تن در دهند، و اينجاست كه نقش دولتها و ملتها و سازمانهاى مقاومت شكل ميگيرد و معنى مىيابد. مهمترين ركن حمايت از ملت فلسطين، قطع پشتيبانى از دشمن غاصب است؛ و اين وظيفهى بزرگ دولتهاى اسلامى است.
اكنون پس از به ميدان آمدن ملتها و شعارهاى قدرتمندانهى آنان بر ضد رژيم صهيونيست، دولتهاى مسلمان با چه منطقى روابط خود با رژيم غاصب را ادامه ميدهند؟ سند صداقت دولتهاى مسلمان در جانبدارىشان از ملت فلسطين، قطع روابط آشكار و پنهان سياسى و اقتصادى با آن رژيم است. دولتهائى كه ميزبان سفارتخانهها يا دفاتر اقتصادى صهيونيستهايند، نميتوانند مدعى دفاع از فلسطين باشند و هيچ شعار ضد صهيونيستى از سوى آنان، جدى و واقعى تلقى نخواهد شد.
سازمانهاى مقاومت اسلامى كه بار سنگين جهاد را در سالهاى گذشته بر دوش داشتهاند، امروز نيز با همان تكليف بزرگ روبهرويند. مقاومت سازمانيافتهى آنان، بازوى فعالى است كه ميتواند ملت فلسطين را به سوى اين هدف نهائى به پيش ببرد. مقاومت شجاعانه از سوى مردمى كه خانه و كشورشان اشغال شده، در همهى ميثاقهاى بينالمللى به رسميت شناخته شده و مورد تحسين و تجليل قرار گرفته است. تهمت تروريزم از سوى شبكهى سياسى و رسانهاىِ وابسته به صهيونيزم، سخن پوچ و بىارزشى است. تروريست آشكار، رژيم صهيونيستى و حاميان غربى آنهايند؛ و مقاومت فلسطينى، حركتى ضد تروريستهاى جرّار و حركتى انسانى و مقدس است.
در اين ميان، كشورهاى غربى نيز شايسته است صحنه را با نگاهى واقعبينانه بنگرند. غرب امروز بر سر دوراهى است. يا بايد دست از زورگوئى طولانىمدت خود بردارد و حق ملت فلسطين را بشناسد و بيش از اين از نقشهى صهيونيستهاى زورگو و ضد بشر پيروى نكند، و يا در انتظار ضربههاى سختتر در آيندهى نه چندان دور باشد. اين ضربههاى فلج كننده فقط سقوط پىدرپى حكومتهاى گوش به فرمان آنان در منطقهى اسلامى نيست، بلكه آن روزى كه ملتهاى اروپا و آمريكا دريابند كه بيشترين گرفتارىهاى اقتصادى و اجتماعى و اخلاقى آنان منشأ گرفته از سلطهى اختاپوسى صهيونيزم بينالملل بر دولتهاى آنهاست، و دولتمردان آنان به خاطر منافع شخصى و حزبى خود، مطيع و تسليم در برابر زورگوئىهاى كمپانىداران زالوصفت صهيونيست در آمريكا و اروپايند، آنچنان جهنمى براى آنان به وجود خواهند آورد كه هيچ راه خلاصى از آن متصور نيست.
رئيس جمهور آمريكا ميگويد كه امنيت اسرائيل خط قرمز اوست. اين خط قرمز را چه عاملى ترسيم كرده است؟ منافع ملت آمريكا، يا نياز شخص اوباما به پول و پشتيبانى كمپانىهاى صهيونيستى براى به دست آوردن كرسى دومين دورهى رياست جمهورى؟ تا كى شماها خواهيد توانست ملتهاى خود را فريب دهيد؟ آن روزى كه ملت آمريكا بدرستى دريابد كه شماها براى چند صباح بيشتر باقى ماندن در قدرت، تن به ذلت و تبعيت و خاكسارى در برابر زرسالاران صهيونيست دادهايد و مصالح ملت بزرگى را در پاى آنان قربانى كردهايد با شما چه خواهند كرد؟
حضار گرامى و برادران و خواهران عزيز! بدانيد اين خط قرمزِ اوباما و امثال او به دست ملتهاى بهپاخاستهى مسلمان شكسته خواهد شد. آنچه رژيم صهيونيست را تهديد ميكند، موشكهاى ايران يا گروههاى مقاومت نيست، تا در برابر آن سپر موشكى در اينجا و آنجا به پا كنند؛ تهديد حقيقى و بدون علاج، عزم راسخ مردان و زنان و جوانانى در كشورهاى اسلامى است كه ديگر نميخواهند آمريكا و اروپا و عوامل دستنشاندهشان بر آنان حكومت و تحكم و آنان را تحقير كنند. البته آن موشكها هم هرگاه تهديدى از سوى دشمن بروز كند، وظيفهى خود را انجام خواهند داد.
«فاصبر انّ وعد الله حقّ و لا يستخفّنّك الّذين لا يوقنون».(2)
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بيانات در كنفرانس حمايت از انتفاضه فلسطين
بسماللهالرّحمنالرّحيم
السّلام عليكم و رحمةالله
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين و الصّلاة و السّلام على سيّدنا محمّد و ءاله الطّاهرين
و صحبه المنتجبين و على من تبعهم باحسان الى يوم الدّين.
قال الله الحكيم: «اذن للّذين يقاتلون بأنّهم ظلموا و انّ الله على نصرهم لقدير. الّذين اخرجوا من ديارهم بغير حقّ الّا ان يقولوا ربّنا الله و لو لا دفع الله النّاس بعضهم ببعض لهدّمت صوامع و بيع و صلوات و مساجد يذكر فيها اسم الله كثيرا و لينصرنّ الله من ينصره انّ الله لقوىّ عزيز»(1)
به ميهمانان عزيز و همهى حضار گرامى خوشامد ميگويم. در ميان همهى موضوعاتى كه شايسته است نخبگان دينى و سياسى از سراسر جهان اسلام به آن بپردازند، مسئلهى فلسطين داراى برجستگى ويژهاى است. فلسطين، مسئلهى اول در ميان همهى موضوعات مشترك كشورهاى اسلامى است. مشخصات منحصر به فردى در اين مسئله وجود دارد:
اول اين كه يك كشور مسلمان از ملت آن، غصب و به بيگانگانى كه از كشورهاى گوناگون گردآورى شده و جامعهاى جعلى و موزائيكى تشكيل دادهاند، سپرده شده است.
دوم اين كه اين حادثهى بىسابقه در تاريخ، با كشتار و جنايت و ظلم و اهانت مستمر انجام گرفته است.
سوم آن كه قبلهى اول مسلمانان و بسيارى از مراكز محترم دينى كه در اين كشور قرار دارد، به تخريب و توهين و زوال تهديد شده است.
چهارم آن كه اين دولت و جامعهى جعلى در حساسترين نقطهى جهان اسلام، از آغاز تاكنون، نقش يك پايگاه نظامى و امنيتى و سياسى را براى دولتهاى استكبارى بازى كرده و محور غرب استعمارى كه به علل گوناگون، دشمن اتحاد و اعتلاء و پيشرفت كشورهاى اسلامى است، از آن همواره چون خنجرى در پهلوى امت اسلامى استفاده كرده است.
پنجم آن كه صهيونيسم كه خطر اخلاقى و سياسى و اقتصادى بزرگى براى جامعهى بشرى است، اين جاى پا را وسيلهاى و نقطهى اتكائى براى گسترش نفوذ و سلطهى خود در جهان قرار داده است.
نكات ديگرى را هم ميتوان بر اينها افزود: هزينهى مالى و انسانىِ سنگينى كه كشورهاى اسلامى تاكنون پرداختهاند. اشتغال ذهنى دولتها و ملتهاى مسلمان. رنج ميليونها آوارهى فلسطينى، كه بسيارى از آنان پس از شش دهه هنوز در اردوگاهها زندگى ميكنند. انقطاع تاريخ يك كانون مهمِ تمدنى در جهان اسلام و الى غير ذلك.
امروزه بر اين دلائل، يك نكتهى كليدى و اساسى ديگر افزوده شده است و آن، نهضت بيدارى اسلامى است كه سراسر منطقه را فرا گرفته و فصل تازه و تعيين كنندهاى در سرگذشت امت اسلامى گشوده است. اين حركت عظيم كه بىگمان ميتواند به ايجاد يك مجموعهى مقتدر و پيشرفته و منسجم اسلامى در اين نقطهى حساس جهان منتهى شود و به حول و قوهى الهى و با عزم راسخ پيشروان اين نهضت، نقطهى پايان بر دوران عقبماندگى و ضعف و حقارت ملتهاى مسلمان بگذارد، بخش مهمى از نيرو و حماسهى خود را از قضيهى فلسطين گرفته است.
ظلم و زورگوئى روزافزون رژيم صهيونيستى و همراهى برخى حكام مستبد و فاسد و مزدور آمريكا با آن از يك سو، و سر برآوردن مقاومت جانانهى فلسطينى و لبنانى و پيروزىهاى معجزآساى جوانان مؤمن در جنگهاى سى و سه روزهى لبنان و بيست و دو روزهى غزه از سوى ديگر، از جملهى عوامل مهمى بودند كه اقيانوس بظاهر آرام ملتهاى مصر و تونس و ليبى و ديگر كشورهاى منطقه را به تلاطم در آوردند.
اين يك واقعيت است كه رژيم سراپا مسلح صهيونيست و مدعى شكستناپذيرى، در لبنان در جنگى نابرابر، از مشت گرهشدهى مجاهدان مؤمن و دلاور، شكست سخت و ذلتبارى خورد؛ و پس از آن، در برابر مقاومت مظلومانه و پولادين غزه، بار ديگر شمشير كُند خود را آزمود و ناكام ماند.
اينها بايد در تحليل اوضاع كنونى منطقه مورد ملاحظهى جدى قرار گيرد و درستىِ هر تصميمى كه گرفته ميشود، با آن سنجيده شود.
پس اين، قضاوت دقيقى است كه مسئلهى فلسطين، امروز اهميت و فوريت مضاعف يافته است و ملت فلسطين حق دارد كه در اوضاع كنونى منطقه، انتظار بيشترى از كشورهاى مسلمان داشته باشد.
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بيش از شش دهه از فاجعهى غصب فلسطين ميگذرد. عوامل اصلى اين فاجعهى خونين، همه شناختهشدهاند و دولت استعمارگر انگليس در رأس آنهاست، كه سياست و سلاح و نيروى نظامى و امنيتى و اقتصادى و فرهنگى آن و سپس ديگر دولتهاى مستكبر غربى و شرقى، در خدمت اين ظلم بزرگ به كار افتاد. ملت بىپناه فلسطين در زير چنگال بىرحم اشغالگران، قتلعام و از خانه و كاشانهى خود رانده شد. تا امروز هنوز يكصدم فاجعهى انسانى و مدنىاى كه به دست مدعيان تمدن و اخلاق، در آن روزگار اتفاق افتاد، به تصوير كشيده نشده و بهرهاى از هنرهاى رسانهاى و تصويرى نيافته است. اربابان عمدهى هنرهاى تصويرى و سينما و تلويزيون و مافياهاى فيلمسازىِ غربى اين را نخواسته و اجازهى آن را ندادهاند. يك ملت در سكوت، قتلعام و آواره و بىخانمان شد.
مقاومتهائى در آغاز كار پديد آمد كه با شدت و قساوت سركوب شد. از بيرون مرزهاى فلسطين و عمدتاً از مصر، مردانى با انگيزهى اسلامى تلاشهائى كردند كه از حمايت لازم برخوردار نشد و نتوانست تأثيرى در صحنه بگذارد.
پس از آن، نوبت به جنگهاى رسمى و كلاسيك ميان چند كشور عرب با ارتش صهيونيست رسيد. مصر و سوريه و اردن نيروهاى نظامى خود را وارد صحنه كردند، ولى كمك بىدريغ و انبوه و روزافزون نظامى و تداركاتى و مالى از سوى آمريكا و انگليس و فرانسه به رژيم غاصب، ارتشهاى عربى را ناكام كرد. آنها نه فقط نتوانستند به ملت فلسطين كمك كنند، كه بخشهاى مهمى از سرزمينهاى خود را هم در اين جنگها از دست دادند.
با آشكار شدن ناتوانى دولتهاى عرب همسايه با فلسطين، بتدريج هستههاى مقاومتِ سازمانيافته در قالب گروههاى مسلح فلسطينى شكل گرفت و پس از چندى از گرد آمدن آنها، «سازمان آزاديبخش فلسطين» تشكيل يافت. اين برق اميدى بود كه خوش درخشيد، ولى طولى نكشيد كه خاموش شد. اين ناكامى را ميتوان به علل متعددى منسوب كرد، ولى علت اساسى، دورى آنان از مردم و از عقيده و ايمان اسلامى آنان بود. ايدئولوژى چپ و يا صرفاً احساسات ناسيوناليستى، آن چيزى نبود كه مسئلهى پيچيده و دشوار فلسطين به آن نياز داشت. آنچه ميتوانست ملتى را به ميدان مقاومت وارد كند و نيروئى شكستناپذير از آنان فراهم آورد، اسلام و جهاد و شهادت بود. آنها اين را بدرستى درك نكردند. من در ماههاى اول انقلاب كبير اسلامى كه سران سازمان آزاديبخش روحيهى تازهاى يافته و به تهران مكرراً آمد و شد ميكردند، از يكى از اركان آن سازمان پرسيدم: چرا پرچم اسلام را در مبارزهى بحق خود بلند نميكنيد؟ پاسخ او اين بود كه در ميان ما، بعضى هم مسيحىاند. اين شخص بعدها در يك كشور عربى به دست صهيونيستها ترور و كشته شد و انشاءالله مشمول مغفرت الهى قرار گرفته باشد؛ ولى اين استدلال او ناقص و نارسا بود. به گمان من، يك مبارز مسيحىِ مؤمن در كنار يك جمع مجاهد فداكارى كه خالصانه، با ايمان به خدا و قيامت و با اميد به كمك الهى ميجنگد و از حمايت مادى و معنوى مردمش برخوردار است، انگيزهى بيشترى براى مبارزه مىيابد تا در كنار گروه بىايمان و متكى به احساسات ناپايدار و دور از پشتيبانىِ وفادارانهى مردمى.
نبود ايمان راسخ دينى و انقطاع از مردم، بتدريج آنان را خنثى و بىتأثير كرد. البته در ميان آنان، مردان شريف و پرانگيزه و غيور بودند، ولى مجموعه و سازمان به راه ديگرى رفت. انحراف آنان، به مسئلهى فلسطين ضربه زد و هنوز هم ميزند. آنها هم مانند برخى دولتهاى خائن عربى، به آرمان مقاومت - كه تنها راه نجات فلسطين بوده و هست - پشت كردند؛ و البته نه فقط به فلسطين، كه به خود هم ضربهى سختى وارد كردند. به قول شاعر مسيحى عرب:
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سى و دو سال از عمر نكبت، بدين ترتيب سپرى شد؛ ولى ناگهان دست قدرت خداوند ورق را برگردانيد. پيروزى انقلاب اسلامى در ايران در سال 1979 - 1357 هجرى شمسى - اوضاع اين منطقه را زير و رو كرد و صفحهى جديدى را گشود. در ميان تأثيرات شگرف جهانىِ اين انقلاب و ضربههاى شديد و عميقى كه بر سياستهاى استكبارى وارد ساخت، از همه سريعتر و آشكارتر، ضربه به دولت صهيونيست بود. اظهارات سران آن رژيم در آن روزها، خواندنى و حاكى از حال و روز سياه و پر اضطراب آنهاست. در اولين هفتههاى پيروزى، سفارت دولت جعلى اسرائيل در تهران تعطيل و كاركنان آن اخراج شدند و محل آن رسماً به نمايندگى سازمان آزاديبخش فلسطين داده شد؛ كه تا امروز هم در آنجا مستقرند.
امام بزرگوار ما اعلام كردند كه يكى از هدفهاى اين انقلاب، آزادى سرزمين فلسطين و قطع غدهى سرطانى اسرائيل است. امواج پرقدرت اين انقلاب، كه آن روز همهى دنيا را فرا گرفت، هر جا رفت - با اين پيام رفت كه «فلسطين بايد آزاد شود». گرفتارىهاى پياپى و بزرگى كه دشمنان انقلاب بر نظام جمهورى اسلامى ايران تحميل كردند - كه يك قلم آن، جنگ هشت سالهى رژيم صدام حسين به تحريك آمريكا و انگليس و پشتيبانى رژيمهاى مرتجع عرب بود - نيز نتوانست انگيزهى دفاع از فلسطين را از جمهورى اسلامى بگيرد.
بدينگونه خون تازهاى در رگهاى فلسطين دميده شد. گروههاى مجاهد فلسطينىِ مسلمان سر برآوردند. مقاومت لبنان، جبههى نيرومند و تازهاى در برابر دشمن و حاميانش گشود. فلسطين به جاى تكيه به دولتهاى عربى و بدون دست دراز كردن به سوى مجامع جهانى، از قبيل سازمان ملل - كه شريك جرم دولتهاى استكبارى بودند - به خود، به جوانان خود، به ايمان عميق اسلامى خود و به مردان و زنان فداكار خود تكيه كرد. اين، كليد همهى فتوحات و موفقيتهاست.
در سه دههى گذشته، اين روند روزبهروز پيشرفت و افزايش داشته است. شكست ذلتبار رژيم صهيونيستى در لبنان در سال 2006 - 1385 هجرى شمسى - ناكامى فضاحتبار آن ارتش پر مدعا در غزه در سال 2008 - 1387 هجرى شمسى - فرار از جنوب لبنان و عقبنشينى از غزه، تشكيل دولت مقاومت در غزه، و در يك جمله، تبديل ملت فلسطين از مجموعهاى از انسانهاى درمانده و نااميد، به ملت اميدوار و مقاوم و داراى اعتماد به نفس، مشخصههاى بارز سى سال اخير است.
اين تصوير كلى و اجمالى آنگاه كامل خواهد شد كه تحركات سازشكارانه و خيانتبارى كه هدف از آن، خاموش كردن مقاومت و اعترافگيرى از گروههاى فلسطينى و دولتهاى عرب به مشروعيت اسرائيل بود، نيز بدرستى ديده شود. اين تحركات كه آغاز آن به دست جانشين خائن و ناخلف جمال عبدالناصر در پيمان ننگين «كمپ ديويد» اتفاق افتاد، همواره خواسته است نقش سوهان را در عزم پولادين مقاومت ايفاء كند. در قرارداد كمپ ديويد، براى نخستين بار، يك دولت عرب، رسماً به صهيونيستى بودن سرزمين اسلامى فلسطين اعتراف كرد و پاى نوشتهاى را كه در آن، اسرائيل خانهى ملى يهوديان شناخته شده است، امضاى خود را گذاشت.
از آن پس تا قرارداد «اسلو» در سال 1993 - 1372 هجرى شمسى - و پس از آن در طرحهاى تكميلى كه با ميداندارى آمريكا و همراهى كشورهاى استعمارگر اروپائى، پىدرپى بر دوش گروههاى سازشكار و بىهمتى از فلسطينيان گذاشته شد، همهى سعى دشمن بر آن بود كه با وعدههاى پوچ و فريبآميز، ملت و گروههاى فلسطينى را از گزينهى «مقاومت» منصرف كنند و به بازى ناشيانه در ميدان سياست سرگرم سازند. بىاعتبارى همهى اين معاهدات، بسيار زود آشكار شد و صهيونيستها و حاميان آنها بارها نشان دادند كه به آنچه نوشته شده است، به چشم ورق پارههاى بىارزشى مينگرند. هدف از اين طرحها، پديد آوردن دودلى در فلسطينيان، و به طمع انداختن افراد بىايمان و دنياطلبِ آنان، و زمينگير نمودن حركت مقاومت اسلامى بوده است و بس.
پادزهر همهى اين بازىهاى خيانتآميز تاكنون، روحيهى مقاومت در گروههاى اسلامى و ملت فلسطين بوده است. آنها به اذن خدا در برابر دشمن ايستادند و همان طور كه خداوند وعده داده است كه: «و لينصرنّ الله من ينصره انّ الله لقوىّ عزيز»، از كمك و نصرت الهى برخوردار شدند. ايستادگى غزه با وجود محاصرهى كامل، نصرت الهى بود. سقوط رژيم خائن و فاسد حسنى مبارك، نصرت الهى بود. پديد آمدن موج پرقدرت بيدارى اسلامى در منطقه، نصرت الهى است. برافتادن پردهى نفاق و تزوير از چهرهى آمريكا و انگليس و فرانسه و تنفر روزافزون ملتهاى منطقه از آنان، نصرت الهى است. گرفتارىهاى پىدرپى و بيشمار رژيم صهيونيست، از مشكلات سياسى و اقتصادى و اجتماعى داخلىاش گرفته تا انزواى جهانى و انزجار عمومى و حتّى دانشگاههاى اروپائى از آن، همه و همه مظاهر نصرت الهى است. امروز رژيم صهيونيستى از هميشه منفورتر و ضعيفتر و منزوىتر، و حامى اصلىاش آمريكا از هميشه گرفتارتر و سردرگمتر است.
اكنون صفحهى كلى و اجمالى فلسطين در شصت و چند سال گذشته، پيش روى ماست. آينده را بايد با نگاه به آن و درسگيرى از آن تنظيم كرد.
دو نكته را پيشاپيش بايد روشن كرد:
اول اين كه مدعاى ما آزادى فلسطين است، نه آزادىِ بخشى از فلسطين. هر طرحى كه بخواهد فلسطين را تقسيم كند، يكسره مردود است. طرح دو دولت كه لباس حقبهجانبِ «پذيرش دولت فلسطين به عضويت سازمان ملل» را بر آن پوشاندهاند، چيزى جز تن دادن به خواستهى صهيونيستها، يعنى «پذيرش دولت صهيونيستى در سرزمين فلسطين» نيست. اين به معناى پايمال كردن حق ملت فلسطين، ناديده گرفتن حق تاريخى آوارگان فلسطينى، و حتّى تهديد حق فلسطينيانِ ساكن سرزمينهاى 1948 است؛ به معناى باقى ماندن غدهى سرطانى و تهديد دائمى پيكرهى امت اسلامى، مخصوصاً ملتهاى منطقه است؛ به معناى تكرار رنجهاى دهها ساله و پايمال كردن خون شهداست.
هر طرح عملياتى بايد بر مبناى اصلِ «همهى فلسطين براى همهى مردم فلسطين» باشد. فلسطين، فلسطينِ «از نهر تا بحر» است، نه حتّى يك وجب كمتر. البته اين نكته نبايد ناديده بماند كه ملت فلسطين همان طور كه در غزه عمل كردند، هر بخش از خاك فلسطين را كه بتوانند آزاد كنند، به وسيلهى دولت برگزيدهى خود، ادارهى امور آن را بر عهده خواهند گرفت، ولى هرگز هدف نهائى را از ياد نخواهند برد.
نكتهى دوم آن است كه براى دستيابى به اين هدف والا، كار لازم است، نه حرف؛ جدى بودن لازم است، نه كارهاى نمايشى؛ صبر و تدبير لازم است، نه رفتارهاى بيصبرانه و دچار تلوّن. بايد به افقهاى دور نگريست و قدم به قدم با عزم و توكل و اميد به پيش رفت. دولتها و ملتهاى مسلمان، گروههاى مقاومت در فلسطين و لبنان و ديگر كشورها، هر يك ميتوانند نقش و سهم خود از اين مجاهدت همگانى را بشناسند و باذن الله جدول مقاومت را پر كنند.
طرح جمهورى اسلامى براى حل قضيهى فلسطين و التيام اين زخم كهنه، طرحى روشن، منطقى و منطبق بر معارف سياسىِ پذيرفته شدهى افكار عمومىِ جهانى است كه قبلاً به تفصيل ارائه شده است. ما نه جنگ كلاسيكِ ارتشهاى كشورهاى اسلامى را پيشنهاد ميكنيم، و نه به دريا ريختن يهوديان مهاجر را، و نه البته حكميت سازمان ملل و ديگر سازمانهاى بينالمللى را؛ ما همهپرسى از ملت فلسطين را پيشنهاد ميكنيم. ملت فلسطين نيز مانند هر ملت ديگر حق دارد سرنوشت خود را تعيين كند و نظام حاكم بر كشورش را برگزيند. همهى مردم اصلى فلسطين، از مسلمان و مسيحى و يهودى - نه مهاجران بيگانه - در هر جا هستند؛ در داخل فلسطين، در اردوگاهها و در هر نقطهى ديگر، در يك همهپرسىِ عمومى و منضبط شركت كنند و نظام آيندهى فلسطين را تعيين كنند. آن نظام و دولتِ برآمدهى از آن، پس از استقرار، تكليف مهاجران غير فلسطينى را كه در ساليان گذشته به اين كشور كوچ كردهاند، معين خواهد كرد. اين يك طرح عادلانه و منطقى است كه افكار عمومى جهانى آن را بدرستى درك ميكند و ميتواند از حمايت ملتها و دولتهاى مستقل برخوردار شود. البته انتظار نداريم كه صهيونيستهاى غاصب بهآسانى به آن تن در دهند، و اينجاست كه نقش دولتها و ملتها و سازمانهاى مقاومت شكل ميگيرد و معنى مىيابد. مهمترين ركن حمايت از ملت فلسطين، قطع پشتيبانى از دشمن غاصب است؛ و اين وظيفهى بزرگ دولتهاى اسلامى است.
اكنون پس از به ميدان آمدن ملتها و شعارهاى قدرتمندانهى آنان بر ضد رژيم صهيونيست، دولتهاى مسلمان با چه منطقى روابط خود با رژيم غاصب را ادامه ميدهند؟ سند صداقت دولتهاى مسلمان در جانبدارىشان از ملت فلسطين، قطع روابط آشكار و پنهان سياسى و اقتصادى با آن رژيم است. دولتهائى كه ميزبان سفارتخانهها يا دفاتر اقتصادى صهيونيستهايند، نميتوانند مدعى دفاع از فلسطين باشند و هيچ شعار ضد صهيونيستى از سوى آنان، جدى و واقعى تلقى نخواهد شد.
سازمانهاى مقاومت اسلامى كه بار سنگين جهاد را در سالهاى گذشته بر دوش داشتهاند، امروز نيز با همان تكليف بزرگ روبهرويند. مقاومت سازمانيافتهى آنان، بازوى فعالى است كه ميتواند ملت فلسطين را به سوى اين هدف نهائى به پيش ببرد. مقاومت شجاعانه از سوى مردمى كه خانه و كشورشان اشغال شده، در همهى ميثاقهاى بينالمللى به رسميت شناخته شده و مورد تحسين و تجليل قرار گرفته است. تهمت تروريزم از سوى شبكهى سياسى و رسانهاىِ وابسته به صهيونيزم، سخن پوچ و بىارزشى است. تروريست آشكار، رژيم صهيونيستى و حاميان غربى آنهايند؛ و مقاومت فلسطينى، حركتى ضد تروريستهاى جرّار و حركتى انسانى و مقدس است.
در اين ميان، كشورهاى غربى نيز شايسته است صحنه را با نگاهى واقعبينانه بنگرند. غرب امروز بر سر دوراهى است. يا بايد دست از زورگوئى طولانىمدت خود بردارد و حق ملت فلسطين را بشناسد و بيش از اين از نقشهى صهيونيستهاى زورگو و ضد بشر پيروى نكند، و يا در انتظار ضربههاى سختتر در آيندهى نه چندان دور باشد. اين ضربههاى فلج كننده فقط سقوط پىدرپى حكومتهاى گوش به فرمان آنان در منطقهى اسلامى نيست، بلكه آن روزى كه ملتهاى اروپا و آمريكا دريابند كه بيشترين گرفتارىهاى اقتصادى و اجتماعى و اخلاقى آنان منشأ گرفته از سلطهى اختاپوسى صهيونيزم بينالملل بر دولتهاى آنهاست، و دولتمردان آنان به خاطر منافع شخصى و حزبى خود، مطيع و تسليم در برابر زورگوئىهاى كمپانىداران زالوصفت صهيونيست در آمريكا و اروپايند، آنچنان جهنمى براى آنان به وجود خواهند آورد كه هيچ راه خلاصى از آن متصور نيست.
رئيس جمهور آمريكا ميگويد كه امنيت اسرائيل خط قرمز اوست. اين خط قرمز را چه عاملى ترسيم كرده است؟ منافع ملت آمريكا، يا نياز شخص اوباما به پول و پشتيبانى كمپانىهاى صهيونيستى براى به دست آوردن كرسى دومين دورهى رياست جمهورى؟ تا كى شماها خواهيد توانست ملتهاى خود را فريب دهيد؟ آن روزى كه ملت آمريكا بدرستى دريابد كه شماها براى چند صباح بيشتر باقى ماندن در قدرت، تن به ذلت و تبعيت و خاكسارى در برابر زرسالاران صهيونيست دادهايد و مصالح ملت بزرگى را در پاى آنان قربانى كردهايد با شما چه خواهند كرد؟
حضار گرامى و برادران و خواهران عزيز! بدانيد اين خط قرمزِ اوباما و امثال او به دست ملتهاى بهپاخاستهى مسلمان شكسته خواهد شد. آنچه رژيم صهيونيست را تهديد ميكند، موشكهاى ايران يا گروههاى مقاومت نيست، تا در برابر آن سپر موشكى در اينجا و آنجا به پا كنند؛ تهديد حقيقى و بدون علاج، عزم راسخ مردان و زنان و جوانانى در كشورهاى اسلامى است كه ديگر نميخواهند آمريكا و اروپا و عوامل دستنشاندهشان بر آنان حكومت و تحكم و آنان را تحقير كنند. البته آن موشكها هم هرگاه تهديدى از سوى دشمن بروز كند، وظيفهى خود را انجام خواهند داد.
«فاصبر انّ وعد الله حقّ و لا يستخفّنّك الّذين لا يوقنون».(2)
والسّلام عليكم و رحمةالله و بركاته
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بسماللهالرّحمنالرّحيم
و الحمد لله ربّ العالمين و الصّلاة و السّلام على سيّدنا محمّد المصطفى و ءاله الأطيبين و صحبه المنتجبين و من تبعهم باحسان الى يوم الدّين.
به شما ميهمانان عزيز خوشامد ميگويم و از خداوند عزيز و رحيم ميخواهم كه به اين تلاش جمعى بركت دهد و آن را گام مؤثرى در جهت بهروزى مسلمانان سازد. «انّه سميع مجيب«.
موضوع «بيدارى اسلامى» كه شما در اين اجلاس به آن خواهيد پرداخت، امروزه در صدر فهرست مسائل جهان اسلام و امت اسلامى است؛ پديدهى شگرفى است كه اگر باذن الله سالم بماند و ادامه يابد، قادر خواهد بود سربرآوردنِ تمدناسلامى را در چشماندازى نه چندان دوردست، براى امت اسلامى و آنگاه براى جهان بشريت رقم زند.
آنچه امروز در برابر چشم ما است و هيچ انسان مطّلع و هوشمندى نميتواند آن را انكار كند، آن است كه اكنون اسلام از حاشيهى معادلات اجتماعى و سياسى جهان خارج شده و در مركز عناصر تعيينكنندهى حوادث عالم، جايگاهى برجسته و نمايان يافته است و نگاه تازهاى را در عرصهى زندگى و سياست و حكومت و تحولات اجتماعى عرضه ميكند؛ و اين در دنياى كنونى كه پس از شكست كمونيزم و ليبراليزم، دچار خلأ عميق فكرى و نظرى است، پديدهاى مهم و پرمعنى به شمار ميرود. اين نخستين اثرى است كه حوادث سياسى و انقلابى در شمال آفريقا و منطقهى عربى، در مقياس جهانى بر جاى گذاشته است، و خود مبشّر حقايق بزرگترى است كه در آينده اتفاق خواهد افتاد.
بيدارى اسلامى كه سخنگويان جبههى استكبار و ارتجاع حتّى از به زبان آوردن نام آن نيز پرهيز ميكنند و ميترسند، حقيقتى است كه اكنون تقريباً در سراسر دنياى اسلام ميتوان نشانههاى آن را ديد. بارزترين نشانهى آن، اشتياق افكار عمومى و بويژه در قشرهاى جوان، به احياء مجد و عظمت اسلام و آگاه شدن آنان از ماهيت نظام سلطهى بينالمللى و آشكار شدن چهرهى وقيح و ستمگر و مستكبر دولتها و كانونهائى است كه بيش از دويست سال شرق اسلامى و غيراسلامى را در زير پنجههاى خونين خود فشرده و با نقاب تمدن و فرهنگ، هستى ملتها را دستخوش قدرتطلبىِ بيرحمانه و تجاوزگرانهى خود كردهاند.
ابعاد اين بيدارى مبارك بسى گسترده و داراى امتدادى رمزگونه است؛ ولى آنچه از دستاوردهاى نقد آن در چند كشور شمال آفريقا ديده شد، ميتواند دلها را به نتائج بزرگ و شگرف آينده به اطمينان برساند. همواره تحقق معجزگون وعدههاى الهى، نشانهى اميدبخشى است كه تحقق وعدههاى بزرگتر را نويد ميدهد. حكايت قرآن از دو وعدهاى كه خداوند به مادر موسى داد، نمونهاى از اين تاكتيك ربوبى است.
در آن هنگامهى دشوار كه فرمان به آب افكندن صندوق حامل نوزاد داده شد، خطاب الهى وعده فرمود كه: «انّا رادّوه اليك و جاعلوه من المرسلين».(1) تحقق وعدهى اول كه وعدهى كوچكتر و مايهى دلخوشى مادر بود، نشانهى تحقق وعدهى رسالت شد، كه بسى بزرگتر و البته مستلزم رنج و مجاهدت و صبر بلندمدت بود: «فرددناه الى امّه كى تقرّ عينها و لا تحزن و لتعلم انّ وعد الله حقّ».(2) اين وعدهى حق، همان رسالت بزرگ است كه پس از چند سال تحقق يافت و مسير تاريخ را تغيير داد.
نمونهى ديگر، يادآورى قدرت فائقهى الهى در سركوب مهاجمان به بيت شريف است، كه خداوند به وسيلهى پيامبر اعظم، براى تشويق مخاطبان، به امتثال امرِ: «فليعبدوا ربّ هذا البيت»(3) به كار ميبَرد و ميفرمايد: «أ لم يجعل كيدهم فى تضليل».(4)
يا براى تقويت روحى پيامبر محبوبش و باور وعدهى : «ما ودّعك ربّك و ما قلى»،(5) از يادآورى نعمت معجزگون : «أ لم يجدك يتيما فأوى. و وجدك ضالّا فهدى» بهره ميگيرد. و چنين نمونههائى در قرآن بسيار است.
آن روز كه اسلام در ايران پيروز شد و توانست دژ آمريكا و صهيونيزم را در يكى از حساسترين كشورهاى اين منطقهى بسيار حساس فتح كند، اهل عبرت و حكمت دانستند كه اگر صبر و بصيرت را به كار گيرند، فتوحات ديگر پىدرپى فرا خواهد رسيد؛ و فرا رسيد.
واقعيتهاى درخشان در جمهورى اسلامى كه دشمنان ما بدان اعتراف ميكنند، همه در سايهى اعتماد به وعدهى الهى و صبر و مقاومت و استمداد از خداوند به دست آمده است. مردم ما همواره در برابر وسوسهى ضعفائى كه در مقاطع اضطرابانگيز، نداى: «انّا لمدركون»(6) سر ميدادند، نهيب زدهاند كه : «كلاّ انّ معى ربّى سيهدين».(7)
امروز اين تجربهاى گرانبهاء در دسترس ملتهائى است كه در برابر استكبار و استبداد قد علم كرده و توانستهاند حكومتهاى فاسد و گوشبهفرمان و وابسته به آمريكا را سرنگون ساخته يا متزلزل كنند.
ايستادگى و صبر و بصر و اعتماد به وعدهى: «و لينصرنّ الله من ينصره انّ الله لقوىّ عزيز»(8) خواهد توانست اين مسير افتخار را تا رسيدن به قلهى تمدن اسلامى، در برابر امت اسلامى هموار كند.
اكنون در اين جلسهى مهم كه جمعى از علماى امت از كشورها و مذاهب گوناگون اسلامى در آن حضور يافتهاند، شايسته ميدانم به بيان چند نكتهى لازم در مسائل بيدارى اسلامى بپردازم:
اولين مطلب آن است كه نخستين امواج بيدارى در كشورهاى اين منطقه كه همزمان با آغاز ورود پيشقراولهاى استعمار آغاز شد، غالباً به وسيلهى علماى دين و مصلحان دينى پديد آمد. نام رهبران و شخصيتهاى برجسته چون سيدجمالالدين و محمد عبده و ميرزاى شيرازى و آخوند خراسانى و محمود الحسن و محمدعلى و شيخ فضلالله و حاج آقا نورالله و ابوالاعلى مودودى و دهها روحانى معروف بزرگ و مجاهد و متنفذ از كشورهاى ايران و مصر و هند و عراق در صفحات تاريخ براى هميشه ثبت و ضبط است.
در دوران معاصر هم نام درخشان «امام خمينى» عظيم چون ستارهى پرفروغى بر تارك انقلاب اسلامى ايران ميدرخشد. در اين ميان، صدها عالم معروف و هزاران عالم غيرمعروف نيز، امروز و ديروز، نقشآفرين حوادث اصلاحىِ بزرگ و كوچك در كشورهاى گوناگون بودهاند. فهرست مصلحان دينى از قشرهاى غيرروحانى همچون حسنالبناء و اقبال لاهورى نيز بلند و اعجابانگيز است.
روحانيان و رجال دينشناس كمابيش در همه جا مرجع فكرى و سنگ صبور روحى مردم بودهاند و هرجا كه در هنگامهى تحولات بزرگ، در نقش هدايتگر و پيشرو ظاهر شده و در پيشاپيش صفوف مردم در مواجهه با خطرات حركت كردهاند، پيوند فكرى ميان آنان و مردم افزايش يافته و انگشت اشارهى آنان در نشان دادن راه به مردم، اثرگذارتر بوده است. اين به همان اندازه كه براى نهضت بيدارى اسلامى داراى سود و بركت است، براى دشمنان امت و كينهورزان با اسلام و مخالفان حاكميت ارزشهاىاسلامى ، دغدغهآفرين و نامطلوب است و سعى ميكنند اين مرجعيت فكرى را از پايگاههاى دينى سلب كرده و قطبهاى جديدى براى آن بتراشند؛ كه به تجربه دريافتهاند كه با آنان ميتوان بر سر اصول و ارزشهاى ملى براحتى معامله كرد! چيزى كه در مورد عالمان باتقوا و رجال دينىِ متعهد هرگز اتفاق نخواهد افتاد.
اين، وظيفهى عالمان دين را سنگينتر ميكند. آنها بايد با هوشيارى و دقت فراوان، و با شناخت شيوهها و ترفندهاى فريبندهى دشمن، راه نفوذ را بكلى ببندند و فريب دشمن را ناكام كنند. نشستن بر سفرهى رنگين متاع دنيا، از بزرگترين آفتها است. آلوده شدن به صله و احسانِ صاحبان زر و زور و نمكگير شدن در برابر طاغوتهاى شهوت و قدرت، خطرناكترين عامل جدائى از مردم و از دست دادن اعتماد و صميميت آنها است. منيّت و قدرتطلبى كه سستعنصران را به گرايش به سوى قطبهاى قدرت فرا ميخواند، بستر آلودگى به فساد و انحراف است. اين آيهى قرآن را همواره بايد در گوش داشته باشند كه: «تلك الدّار الأخرة نجعلها للّذين لايريدون علوّا فى الأرض و لا فسادا و العاقبة للمتّقين».(9)
امروز در دوران حركتهاى اميدبخش بيدارى اسلامى، گاه صحنههائى ديده ميشود كه نمايشگر تلاش عملهى آمريكا و صهيونيسم براى تراشيدن مرجعيتهاى فكرىِ نامطمئن از يك سو، و تلاش قارونهاى شهوتران براى كشاندن اهل دين و تقوا بر سر بساط مسموم و آلودهى خود، از سوى ديگر است. علماى دين و رجال ديندار و دينمدار، بايد بشدت مراقب و دقيق باشند.
دومين نكته، لزوم ترسيم هدف بلندمدت براى بيدارى اسلامى در كشورهاى مسلمان است؛ نقطهى متعالى و والائى كه بيدارى ملتها را بايد سمت و سو دهد و آنان را به آن نقطه برساند. با شناسائى اين نقطه است كه ميتوان نقشهى راه را ترسيم كرد و هدفهاى ميانى و نزديك را در آن مشخص نمود.
اين هدف نهائى نميتواند چيزى كمتر از «ايجاد تمدن درخشان اسلامى» باشد. امت اسلامى با همهى ابعاض خود در قالب ملتها و كشورها، بايد به جايگاه تمدّنىِ مطلوب قرآن دست يابد. شاخصهى اصلى و عمومى اين تمدن، بهرهمندى انسانها از همهى ظرفيتهاى مادى و معنوىاى است كه خداوند براى تأمين سعادت و تعالى آنان، در عالم طبيعت و در وجود خود آنان تعبيه كرده است. آرايش ظاهرى اين تمدن را در حكومت مردمى، در قوانين برگرفته از قرآن، در اجتهاد و پاسخگوئى به نيازهاى نوبهنوى بشر، در پرهيز از تحجر و ارتجاع و نيز بدعت و التقاط، در ايجاد رفاه و ثروت عمومى، در استقرار عدالت، در خلاص شدن از اقتصاد مبتنى بر ويژهخوارى و ربا و تكاثر، در گسترش اخلاق انسانى، در دفاع از مظلومان عالم، و در تلاش و كار و ابتكار، ميتوان و بايد مشاهده كرد. نگاه اجتهادى و عالمانه به عرصههاى گوناگون، از علوم انسانى تا نظام تعليم و تربيت رسمى، و از اقتصاد و بانكدارى تا توليد فنى و فناورى، و از رسانههاى مدرن تا هنر و سينما، و تا روابط بينالملل و غيره و غيره، همه از لوازم اين تمدنسازى است.
تجربه نشان داده است كه اينها همه، كارهاى ممكن و در دسترس توانائيهاى جوامع ما است. نبايد با نگاه شتابزده يا بدبينانه به اين چشمانداز نگريست. بدبينى به توانائيهاىخود، كفران نعمت الهى است؛ و غفلت از امداد الهى و كمك سنتهاى آفرينش، فرو لغزيدن به ورطهى: «الظّانّين بالله ظنّ السّوء»(10) است. ما ميتوانيم حلقهى انحصارات علمى و اقتصادى و سياسىِ قدرتهاى سلطهگر را بشكنيم و امت اسلامى را پيشروِ احقاق حق اكثريت ملتهاى جهان كه اينك مقهور اقليت مستكبرند، باشيم.
تمدن اسلامى ميتواند با شاخصههاى ايمان و علم و اخلاق و مجاهدت مداوم، انديشهى پيشرفته و اخلاق والا را به امت اسلامى و به همهى بشريت هديه دهد و نقطهى رهائى از جهانبينى مادى و ظالمانه و اخلاقِ به لجن كشيدهاى كه اركان تمدن امروزىِ غربند، باشد.
مطلب سوم آن است كه در نهضتهاى بيدارى اسلامى بايد تجربهى تلخ و دهشتناك تبعيت از غرب در سياست و اخلاق و رفتار و سبك زندگى، مورد توجه دائم باشد. كشورهاى مسلمان در بيش از يك قرن تبعيت از فرهنگ و سياست دولتهاى مستكبر، به آفات مهلكى همچون وابستگى و ذلت سياسى، فلاكت و فقر اقتصادى، سقوط فضيلت و اخلاق، عقبماندگى خجلتآور علمى، دچار شدند؛ و اين در حالى بود كه امت اسلامى از سابقهاى افتخارانگيز در همهى اين عرصهها برخوردار بود.
اين سخن را نبايد به معنى دشمنى با غرب دانست. ما با هيچ گروهى از انسانها به خاطر تمايز جغرافيائى، دشمنى نداريم. ما از على (عليهالسّلام) آموختهايم كه در بارهى انسانها فرمود : «امّا اخ لك فى الدّين او نظير لك فى الخلق».(11) ادعانامهى ما، عليه ظلم و استكبار، و تحكّم و تجاوز، و فساد و انحطاط اخلاقى و عملى است كه از سوى قدرتهاىاستعمارى و استكبارى بر ملتهاى ما وارد شده است. هماكنون نيز تحكّمها و دخالتها و زورگوئيهاى آمريكا و برخى دنبالهروانش در منطقه را در كشورهائى كه نسيم بيدارى در آنها به طوفان قيام و انقلاب بدل شده است، مشاهده ميكنيم.
وعدهها و وعيدهاى آنان نبايد در تصميمها و اقدامهاى نخبگان سياسى و در حركت عظيم مردمى اثر بگذارد. در اينجا نيز بايد از تجربهها درس بياموزيم. آنها كه در طول ساليان به وعدههاى آمريكا دل خوش كرده و ركون به ظالم را مبناى مشى و سياست خود ساختند، نتوانستند گرهى از كار ملت خود بگشايند، يا ستمى را از خود يا ديگران برطرف كنند. آنها با تسليم در برابر آمريكا نتوانستند از ويرانىِ حتّى يك خانهى فلسطينى در سرزمينى كه متعلق به فلسطينيان است، جلوگيرى كنند. سياستمداران و نخبگانىكه فريفتهى تطميع يا مرعوب تهديد جبههى استكبار شوند و فرصت بزرگ بيدارى اسلامى را از دست دهند، بايد از اين تهديد الهى بيمناك باشند كه فرمود: «أ لم تر الى الّذين بدّلوا نعمت الله كفرا و احلّوا قومهم دار البوار. جهنّم يصلونها و بئس القرار».(12)
نكتهى چهارم آن است كه امروز يكى از خطرناكترين چيزهائى كه نهضت بيدارى اسلامى را تهديد ميكند، اختلافافكنى و تبديل اين نهضتها به معارضههاى خونين فرقهاى و مذهبى و قومى و ملّى است. اين توطئه هماكنون از سوى سرويسهاى جاسوسى غرب و صهيونيزم، با كمك دلارهاى نفتى و سياستمداران خودفروخته، از شرق آسيا تا شمال آفريقا و بويژه در منطقهىعربى ، با جد و اهتمام دنبال ميشود و پولى كه ميتوانست در خدمت بهروزى خلق خدا باشد، خرج تهديد و تكفير و ترور و بمبگذارى و ريختن خون مسلمانان و برافروختن آتش كينههاى درازمدت ميگردد. آنها كه قدرت يكپارچهى اسلامى را مانع هدفهاى خبيث خود ميدانند، دامنزدن به اختلافها در درون امت اسلامى را آسانترين راه براى مقصود شيطانى خود يافتهاند و تفاوتهاى نظرى در فقه و كلام و تاريخ و حديث را - كه طبيعى و اجتنابناپذير است - دستاويز تكفير و خونريزى و فتنه و فساد ساختهاند.
نگاه هوشمندانه به صحنهى درگيريهاى داخلى، دست دشمن را در پس اين فاجعهها بروشنى نشان ميدهد. اين دست غدّار، بىشك از جهلها و عصبيتها و سطحىنگرىها در ميان جوامع ما بهرهبردارى ميكند و بر روى آتش، بنزين ميريزد. وظيفهى مصلحان و نخبگان دينى و سياسى در اين ماجرا بسيار سنگين است.
اكنون ليبى به گونهاى، مصر و تونس به گونهاى، سوريه به گونهاى، پاكستان به گونهاى، و عراق و لبنان به گونهاى درگير يا در معرض اين شعلههاى خطرناكند. بايد بشدت مراقب و در پى علاج بود. سادهانديشى است كه اين همه را به عوامل و انگيزههاى عقيدتى و قومى نسبت دهيم. تبليغات غرب و رسانههاى منطقهاىِ وابسته و مزدور، جنگ ويرانگر در سوريه را نزاع شيعه و سنّى وانمود ميكنند و حاشيهى امنى براى صهيونيستها و دشمنان مقاومت در سوريه و لبنان پديد مىآورد. اين در حالى است كه دو طرف نزاع در سوريه، نه سنّى و شيعه، بلكه طرفداران مقاومت ضدصهيونيستى و مخالفان آنند. نه دولت سوريه يك دولت شيعى، و نه معارضهى سكولار و ضد اسلامِ آن يك گروه سنّىاند. تنها هنر گردانندگان اين سناريوى فاجعهآميز آن است كه توانستهاند از احساسات مذهبىِ سادهانديشان در اين آتشافروزى مهلك استفاده كنند. نگاه به صحنه و دستاندركاران سطوح مختلف آن، ميتواند مسئله را براى هر انسان منصفى روشن كند.
اين موج تبليغات در مورد بحرين نيز به گونهاى ديگر به دروغ و فريب سرگرم است. در بحرين، اكثريتى مظلوم كه سالهاى متمادى است از حق رأى و ديگر حقوق اساسىيك ملت، محرومند، به مطالبهى حق خود برخاستهاند. آيا چون اين اكثريتِ مظلوم شيعهاند و حكومت جبارِ سكولار، متظاهر به سنىگرى است، بايد اين را نزاع شيعه و سنّى دانست؟ استعمارگران اروپائى و آمريكائى و همپيالههاى آنان در منطقه البته ميخواهند چنين وانمود كنند، ولى آيا اين حقيقت است؟
اينها است كه علماى دين و مصلحان منصف را به تأمل و دقت و احساس مسئوليت فرا ميخواند و شناختن هدفهاى دشمنان در عمده كردن اختلافات مذهبى و قومى و حزبى را بر همه فرض ميسازد.
نكتهى پنجم آن است كه درستى مسير نهضتهاى بيدارى اسلامى را از جمله بايد در موضعگيرى آنان در قبال مسئلهى فلسطين جستجو كرد. از 60 سال پيش تاكنون داغىبزرگتر از غصب كشور فلسطين بر دل امت اسلامى نهاده نشده است. فاجعهى فلسطين از روز اوّل تاكنون، تركيبى از كشتار و ترور و ويرانگرى و غصب و تعرض به مقدسات اسلامى بوده است. وجوب ايستادگى و مبارزه در برابر اين دشمن حربى و غاصب، مورد اتفاق همهى مذاهب اسلامى و محلّ اجماع همهى جريانات صادق و سالمِ ملّى بوده است. هر جريانى در كشورهاى اسلامى كه اين وظيفهى دينى و ملى را به ملاحظهى خواست تحكّمآميز آمريكا يا به بهانهى توجيههاى غيرمنطقى، به دست فراموشى بسپارد، نبايد انتظار داشته باشد كه به چشم وفادارى به اسلام يا صداقت در ادعاى ميهندوستى به او نگريسته شود. اين يك محك است. هر كس شعار آزادى قدس شريف و نجات ملت فلسطين و سرزمين فلسطين را نپذيرد يا به حاشيه ببرد و به جبههى مقاومت پشت كند، متهم است. امت اسلامى بايد در همه جا و همه وقت، اين معيار و شاخصِ نمايان و اساسى را در مدنظر داشته باشد.
ميهمانان عزيز! برادران و خواهران!
كيد دشمن را هرگز از نظر دور مداريد. غفلت ما براى دشمنان ما فرصتآفرين است. درس على(عليهالسّلام) به ما اين است كه: «من نام لم ينم عنه».(13) تجربهى ما در جمهورى اسلامى در اين زمينه نيز عبرتآموز است. با پيروزى انقلاب اسلامى در ايران، دولتهاى مستكبر غربى و آمريكا كه مدتهاى مديد پيش از آن، طاغوتهاى ايرانى را در مشت خود گرفته و سرنوشت سياسى و اقتصادى و فرهنگى كشورمان را رقم ميزدند و نيروى پرقدرت ايمان اسلامى در درون جامعه را دستكم گرفته و از توان بسيج و هدايت اسلام و قرآن بىخبر مانده بودند، ناگهان به غفلت خود پى بردند و دستگاههاىحاكميتى و سرويسهاى اطلاعاتى و اتاقهاى فرمان آنان به كار افتادند تا شكست فاحش خود را جبران كنند.
انواع توطئهها و ترفندها را در اين سىوچند سال از آنان ديدهايم. چيزى كه مكر آنان را نقش بر آب كرده است، در اصل دو عامل اساسى است: ايستادگى بر سر اصول اسلامى، و حضور مردم در صحنه. اين دو عامل در همه جا كليد فتح و فرج است. عامل اوّل به وسيلهى ايمان صادقانه به وعدهى الهى، و عامل دوم به بركت تلاش مخلصانه و تبيين صادقانه تضمين ميشود. ملتى كه صدق و صميميت پيشوايان را باور كند، صحنه را از حضور پر بركت خود رونق ميبخشد؛ و هر جا كه ملت با عزم راسخ در صحنه بماند، هيچ قدرتى توان شكست دادن آن را نخواهد داشت. اين تجربهى موفقى براى همهى ملتهائى است كه با حضور خود بيدارى اسلامى را رقم زدند.
از خداوند متعال هدايت و دستگيرى و كمك و رحمتش را براى شما و همهى ملتهاى مسلمان مسئلت ميكنم.
والسّلام عليكم و رحمةالله و بركاته
1) قصص: 7
2) قصص: 13
3) قريش: 3
4) فيل: 2
5) ضحى: 3
6) شعراء: 61
7) شعراء: 62
8) حج: 40
9) قصص: 83
10) فتح: 6
11) نهج البلاغه، نامهى 53
12) ابراهيم: 28 و 29
13) نهج البلاغه، نامهى 62
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و الحمد لله ربّ العالمين و الصّلاة و السّلام على سيّدنا محمّد المصطفى و ءاله الأطيبين و صحبه المنتجبين و من تبعهم باحسان الى يوم الدّين.
به شما ميهمانان عزيز خوشامد ميگويم و از خداوند عزيز و رحيم ميخواهم كه به اين تلاش جمعى بركت دهد و آن را گام مؤثرى در جهت بهروزى مسلمانان سازد. «انّه سميع مجيب«.
موضوع «بيدارى اسلامى» كه شما در اين اجلاس به آن خواهيد پرداخت، امروزه در صدر فهرست مسائل جهان اسلام و امت اسلامى است؛ پديدهى شگرفى است كه اگر باذن الله سالم بماند و ادامه يابد، قادر خواهد بود سربرآوردنِ تمدناسلامى را در چشماندازى نه چندان دوردست، براى امت اسلامى و آنگاه براى جهان بشريت رقم زند.
آنچه امروز در برابر چشم ما است و هيچ انسان مطّلع و هوشمندى نميتواند آن را انكار كند، آن است كه اكنون اسلام از حاشيهى معادلات اجتماعى و سياسى جهان خارج شده و در مركز عناصر تعيينكنندهى حوادث عالم، جايگاهى برجسته و نمايان يافته است و نگاه تازهاى را در عرصهى زندگى و سياست و حكومت و تحولات اجتماعى عرضه ميكند؛ و اين در دنياى كنونى كه پس از شكست كمونيزم و ليبراليزم، دچار خلأ عميق فكرى و نظرى است، پديدهاى مهم و پرمعنى به شمار ميرود. اين نخستين اثرى است كه حوادث سياسى و انقلابى در شمال آفريقا و منطقهى عربى، در مقياس جهانى بر جاى گذاشته است، و خود مبشّر حقايق بزرگترى است كه در آينده اتفاق خواهد افتاد.
بيدارى اسلامى كه سخنگويان جبههى استكبار و ارتجاع حتّى از به زبان آوردن نام آن نيز پرهيز ميكنند و ميترسند، حقيقتى است كه اكنون تقريباً در سراسر دنياى اسلام ميتوان نشانههاى آن را ديد. بارزترين نشانهى آن، اشتياق افكار عمومى و بويژه در قشرهاى جوان، به احياء مجد و عظمت اسلام و آگاه شدن آنان از ماهيت نظام سلطهى بينالمللى و آشكار شدن چهرهى وقيح و ستمگر و مستكبر دولتها و كانونهائى است كه بيش از دويست سال شرق اسلامى و غيراسلامى را در زير پنجههاى خونين خود فشرده و با نقاب تمدن و فرهنگ، هستى ملتها را دستخوش قدرتطلبىِ بيرحمانه و تجاوزگرانهى خود كردهاند.
ابعاد اين بيدارى مبارك بسى گسترده و داراى امتدادى رمزگونه است؛ ولى آنچه از دستاوردهاى نقد آن در چند كشور شمال آفريقا ديده شد، ميتواند دلها را به نتائج بزرگ و شگرف آينده به اطمينان برساند. همواره تحقق معجزگون وعدههاى الهى، نشانهى اميدبخشى است كه تحقق وعدههاى بزرگتر را نويد ميدهد. حكايت قرآن از دو وعدهاى كه خداوند به مادر موسى داد، نمونهاى از اين تاكتيك ربوبى است.
در آن هنگامهى دشوار كه فرمان به آب افكندن صندوق حامل نوزاد داده شد، خطاب الهى وعده فرمود كه: «انّا رادّوه اليك و جاعلوه من المرسلين».(1) تحقق وعدهى اول كه وعدهى كوچكتر و مايهى دلخوشى مادر بود، نشانهى تحقق وعدهى رسالت شد، كه بسى بزرگتر و البته مستلزم رنج و مجاهدت و صبر بلندمدت بود: «فرددناه الى امّه كى تقرّ عينها و لا تحزن و لتعلم انّ وعد الله حقّ».(2) اين وعدهى حق، همان رسالت بزرگ است كه پس از چند سال تحقق يافت و مسير تاريخ را تغيير داد.
نمونهى ديگر، يادآورى قدرت فائقهى الهى در سركوب مهاجمان به بيت شريف است، كه خداوند به وسيلهى پيامبر اعظم، براى تشويق مخاطبان، به امتثال امرِ: «فليعبدوا ربّ هذا البيت»(3) به كار ميبَرد و ميفرمايد: «أ لم يجعل كيدهم فى تضليل».(4)
يا براى تقويت روحى پيامبر محبوبش و باور وعدهى : «ما ودّعك ربّك و ما قلى»،(5) از يادآورى نعمت معجزگون : «أ لم يجدك يتيما فأوى. و وجدك ضالّا فهدى» بهره ميگيرد. و چنين نمونههائى در قرآن بسيار است.
آن روز كه اسلام در ايران پيروز شد و توانست دژ آمريكا و صهيونيزم را در يكى از حساسترين كشورهاى اين منطقهى بسيار حساس فتح كند، اهل عبرت و حكمت دانستند كه اگر صبر و بصيرت را به كار گيرند، فتوحات ديگر پىدرپى فرا خواهد رسيد؛ و فرا رسيد.
واقعيتهاى درخشان در جمهورى اسلامى كه دشمنان ما بدان اعتراف ميكنند، همه در سايهى اعتماد به وعدهى الهى و صبر و مقاومت و استمداد از خداوند به دست آمده است. مردم ما همواره در برابر وسوسهى ضعفائى كه در مقاطع اضطرابانگيز، نداى: «انّا لمدركون»(6) سر ميدادند، نهيب زدهاند كه : «كلاّ انّ معى ربّى سيهدين».(7)
امروز اين تجربهاى گرانبهاء در دسترس ملتهائى است كه در برابر استكبار و استبداد قد علم كرده و توانستهاند حكومتهاى فاسد و گوشبهفرمان و وابسته به آمريكا را سرنگون ساخته يا متزلزل كنند.
ايستادگى و صبر و بصر و اعتماد به وعدهى: «و لينصرنّ الله من ينصره انّ الله لقوىّ عزيز»(8) خواهد توانست اين مسير افتخار را تا رسيدن به قلهى تمدن اسلامى، در برابر امت اسلامى هموار كند.
اكنون در اين جلسهى مهم كه جمعى از علماى امت از كشورها و مذاهب گوناگون اسلامى در آن حضور يافتهاند، شايسته ميدانم به بيان چند نكتهى لازم در مسائل بيدارى اسلامى بپردازم:
اولين مطلب آن است كه نخستين امواج بيدارى در كشورهاى اين منطقه كه همزمان با آغاز ورود پيشقراولهاى استعمار آغاز شد، غالباً به وسيلهى علماى دين و مصلحان دينى پديد آمد. نام رهبران و شخصيتهاى برجسته چون سيدجمالالدين و محمد عبده و ميرزاى شيرازى و آخوند خراسانى و محمود الحسن و محمدعلى و شيخ فضلالله و حاج آقا نورالله و ابوالاعلى مودودى و دهها روحانى معروف بزرگ و مجاهد و متنفذ از كشورهاى ايران و مصر و هند و عراق در صفحات تاريخ براى هميشه ثبت و ضبط است.
در دوران معاصر هم نام درخشان «امام خمينى» عظيم چون ستارهى پرفروغى بر تارك انقلاب اسلامى ايران ميدرخشد. در اين ميان، صدها عالم معروف و هزاران عالم غيرمعروف نيز، امروز و ديروز، نقشآفرين حوادث اصلاحىِ بزرگ و كوچك در كشورهاى گوناگون بودهاند. فهرست مصلحان دينى از قشرهاى غيرروحانى همچون حسنالبناء و اقبال لاهورى نيز بلند و اعجابانگيز است.
روحانيان و رجال دينشناس كمابيش در همه جا مرجع فكرى و سنگ صبور روحى مردم بودهاند و هرجا كه در هنگامهى تحولات بزرگ، در نقش هدايتگر و پيشرو ظاهر شده و در پيشاپيش صفوف مردم در مواجهه با خطرات حركت كردهاند، پيوند فكرى ميان آنان و مردم افزايش يافته و انگشت اشارهى آنان در نشان دادن راه به مردم، اثرگذارتر بوده است. اين به همان اندازه كه براى نهضت بيدارى اسلامى داراى سود و بركت است، براى دشمنان امت و كينهورزان با اسلام و مخالفان حاكميت ارزشهاىاسلامى ، دغدغهآفرين و نامطلوب است و سعى ميكنند اين مرجعيت فكرى را از پايگاههاى دينى سلب كرده و قطبهاى جديدى براى آن بتراشند؛ كه به تجربه دريافتهاند كه با آنان ميتوان بر سر اصول و ارزشهاى ملى براحتى معامله كرد! چيزى كه در مورد عالمان باتقوا و رجال دينىِ متعهد هرگز اتفاق نخواهد افتاد.
اين، وظيفهى عالمان دين را سنگينتر ميكند. آنها بايد با هوشيارى و دقت فراوان، و با شناخت شيوهها و ترفندهاى فريبندهى دشمن، راه نفوذ را بكلى ببندند و فريب دشمن را ناكام كنند. نشستن بر سفرهى رنگين متاع دنيا، از بزرگترين آفتها است. آلوده شدن به صله و احسانِ صاحبان زر و زور و نمكگير شدن در برابر طاغوتهاى شهوت و قدرت، خطرناكترين عامل جدائى از مردم و از دست دادن اعتماد و صميميت آنها است. منيّت و قدرتطلبى كه سستعنصران را به گرايش به سوى قطبهاى قدرت فرا ميخواند، بستر آلودگى به فساد و انحراف است. اين آيهى قرآن را همواره بايد در گوش داشته باشند كه: «تلك الدّار الأخرة نجعلها للّذين لايريدون علوّا فى الأرض و لا فسادا و العاقبة للمتّقين».(9)
امروز در دوران حركتهاى اميدبخش بيدارى اسلامى، گاه صحنههائى ديده ميشود كه نمايشگر تلاش عملهى آمريكا و صهيونيسم براى تراشيدن مرجعيتهاى فكرىِ نامطمئن از يك سو، و تلاش قارونهاى شهوتران براى كشاندن اهل دين و تقوا بر سر بساط مسموم و آلودهى خود، از سوى ديگر است. علماى دين و رجال ديندار و دينمدار، بايد بشدت مراقب و دقيق باشند.
دومين نكته، لزوم ترسيم هدف بلندمدت براى بيدارى اسلامى در كشورهاى مسلمان است؛ نقطهى متعالى و والائى كه بيدارى ملتها را بايد سمت و سو دهد و آنان را به آن نقطه برساند. با شناسائى اين نقطه است كه ميتوان نقشهى راه را ترسيم كرد و هدفهاى ميانى و نزديك را در آن مشخص نمود.
اين هدف نهائى نميتواند چيزى كمتر از «ايجاد تمدن درخشان اسلامى» باشد. امت اسلامى با همهى ابعاض خود در قالب ملتها و كشورها، بايد به جايگاه تمدّنىِ مطلوب قرآن دست يابد. شاخصهى اصلى و عمومى اين تمدن، بهرهمندى انسانها از همهى ظرفيتهاى مادى و معنوىاى است كه خداوند براى تأمين سعادت و تعالى آنان، در عالم طبيعت و در وجود خود آنان تعبيه كرده است. آرايش ظاهرى اين تمدن را در حكومت مردمى، در قوانين برگرفته از قرآن، در اجتهاد و پاسخگوئى به نيازهاى نوبهنوى بشر، در پرهيز از تحجر و ارتجاع و نيز بدعت و التقاط، در ايجاد رفاه و ثروت عمومى، در استقرار عدالت، در خلاص شدن از اقتصاد مبتنى بر ويژهخوارى و ربا و تكاثر، در گسترش اخلاق انسانى، در دفاع از مظلومان عالم، و در تلاش و كار و ابتكار، ميتوان و بايد مشاهده كرد. نگاه اجتهادى و عالمانه به عرصههاى گوناگون، از علوم انسانى تا نظام تعليم و تربيت رسمى، و از اقتصاد و بانكدارى تا توليد فنى و فناورى، و از رسانههاى مدرن تا هنر و سينما، و تا روابط بينالملل و غيره و غيره، همه از لوازم اين تمدنسازى است.
تجربه نشان داده است كه اينها همه، كارهاى ممكن و در دسترس توانائيهاى جوامع ما است. نبايد با نگاه شتابزده يا بدبينانه به اين چشمانداز نگريست. بدبينى به توانائيهاىخود، كفران نعمت الهى است؛ و غفلت از امداد الهى و كمك سنتهاى آفرينش، فرو لغزيدن به ورطهى: «الظّانّين بالله ظنّ السّوء»(10) است. ما ميتوانيم حلقهى انحصارات علمى و اقتصادى و سياسىِ قدرتهاى سلطهگر را بشكنيم و امت اسلامى را پيشروِ احقاق حق اكثريت ملتهاى جهان كه اينك مقهور اقليت مستكبرند، باشيم.
تمدن اسلامى ميتواند با شاخصههاى ايمان و علم و اخلاق و مجاهدت مداوم، انديشهى پيشرفته و اخلاق والا را به امت اسلامى و به همهى بشريت هديه دهد و نقطهى رهائى از جهانبينى مادى و ظالمانه و اخلاقِ به لجن كشيدهاى كه اركان تمدن امروزىِ غربند، باشد.
مطلب سوم آن است كه در نهضتهاى بيدارى اسلامى بايد تجربهى تلخ و دهشتناك تبعيت از غرب در سياست و اخلاق و رفتار و سبك زندگى، مورد توجه دائم باشد. كشورهاى مسلمان در بيش از يك قرن تبعيت از فرهنگ و سياست دولتهاى مستكبر، به آفات مهلكى همچون وابستگى و ذلت سياسى، فلاكت و فقر اقتصادى، سقوط فضيلت و اخلاق، عقبماندگى خجلتآور علمى، دچار شدند؛ و اين در حالى بود كه امت اسلامى از سابقهاى افتخارانگيز در همهى اين عرصهها برخوردار بود.
اين سخن را نبايد به معنى دشمنى با غرب دانست. ما با هيچ گروهى از انسانها به خاطر تمايز جغرافيائى، دشمنى نداريم. ما از على (عليهالسّلام) آموختهايم كه در بارهى انسانها فرمود : «امّا اخ لك فى الدّين او نظير لك فى الخلق».(11) ادعانامهى ما، عليه ظلم و استكبار، و تحكّم و تجاوز، و فساد و انحطاط اخلاقى و عملى است كه از سوى قدرتهاىاستعمارى و استكبارى بر ملتهاى ما وارد شده است. هماكنون نيز تحكّمها و دخالتها و زورگوئيهاى آمريكا و برخى دنبالهروانش در منطقه را در كشورهائى كه نسيم بيدارى در آنها به طوفان قيام و انقلاب بدل شده است، مشاهده ميكنيم.
وعدهها و وعيدهاى آنان نبايد در تصميمها و اقدامهاى نخبگان سياسى و در حركت عظيم مردمى اثر بگذارد. در اينجا نيز بايد از تجربهها درس بياموزيم. آنها كه در طول ساليان به وعدههاى آمريكا دل خوش كرده و ركون به ظالم را مبناى مشى و سياست خود ساختند، نتوانستند گرهى از كار ملت خود بگشايند، يا ستمى را از خود يا ديگران برطرف كنند. آنها با تسليم در برابر آمريكا نتوانستند از ويرانىِ حتّى يك خانهى فلسطينى در سرزمينى كه متعلق به فلسطينيان است، جلوگيرى كنند. سياستمداران و نخبگانىكه فريفتهى تطميع يا مرعوب تهديد جبههى استكبار شوند و فرصت بزرگ بيدارى اسلامى را از دست دهند، بايد از اين تهديد الهى بيمناك باشند كه فرمود: «أ لم تر الى الّذين بدّلوا نعمت الله كفرا و احلّوا قومهم دار البوار. جهنّم يصلونها و بئس القرار».(12)
نكتهى چهارم آن است كه امروز يكى از خطرناكترين چيزهائى كه نهضت بيدارى اسلامى را تهديد ميكند، اختلافافكنى و تبديل اين نهضتها به معارضههاى خونين فرقهاى و مذهبى و قومى و ملّى است. اين توطئه هماكنون از سوى سرويسهاى جاسوسى غرب و صهيونيزم، با كمك دلارهاى نفتى و سياستمداران خودفروخته، از شرق آسيا تا شمال آفريقا و بويژه در منطقهىعربى ، با جد و اهتمام دنبال ميشود و پولى كه ميتوانست در خدمت بهروزى خلق خدا باشد، خرج تهديد و تكفير و ترور و بمبگذارى و ريختن خون مسلمانان و برافروختن آتش كينههاى درازمدت ميگردد. آنها كه قدرت يكپارچهى اسلامى را مانع هدفهاى خبيث خود ميدانند، دامنزدن به اختلافها در درون امت اسلامى را آسانترين راه براى مقصود شيطانى خود يافتهاند و تفاوتهاى نظرى در فقه و كلام و تاريخ و حديث را - كه طبيعى و اجتنابناپذير است - دستاويز تكفير و خونريزى و فتنه و فساد ساختهاند.
نگاه هوشمندانه به صحنهى درگيريهاى داخلى، دست دشمن را در پس اين فاجعهها بروشنى نشان ميدهد. اين دست غدّار، بىشك از جهلها و عصبيتها و سطحىنگرىها در ميان جوامع ما بهرهبردارى ميكند و بر روى آتش، بنزين ميريزد. وظيفهى مصلحان و نخبگان دينى و سياسى در اين ماجرا بسيار سنگين است.
اكنون ليبى به گونهاى، مصر و تونس به گونهاى، سوريه به گونهاى، پاكستان به گونهاى، و عراق و لبنان به گونهاى درگير يا در معرض اين شعلههاى خطرناكند. بايد بشدت مراقب و در پى علاج بود. سادهانديشى است كه اين همه را به عوامل و انگيزههاى عقيدتى و قومى نسبت دهيم. تبليغات غرب و رسانههاى منطقهاىِ وابسته و مزدور، جنگ ويرانگر در سوريه را نزاع شيعه و سنّى وانمود ميكنند و حاشيهى امنى براى صهيونيستها و دشمنان مقاومت در سوريه و لبنان پديد مىآورد. اين در حالى است كه دو طرف نزاع در سوريه، نه سنّى و شيعه، بلكه طرفداران مقاومت ضدصهيونيستى و مخالفان آنند. نه دولت سوريه يك دولت شيعى، و نه معارضهى سكولار و ضد اسلامِ آن يك گروه سنّىاند. تنها هنر گردانندگان اين سناريوى فاجعهآميز آن است كه توانستهاند از احساسات مذهبىِ سادهانديشان در اين آتشافروزى مهلك استفاده كنند. نگاه به صحنه و دستاندركاران سطوح مختلف آن، ميتواند مسئله را براى هر انسان منصفى روشن كند.
اين موج تبليغات در مورد بحرين نيز به گونهاى ديگر به دروغ و فريب سرگرم است. در بحرين، اكثريتى مظلوم كه سالهاى متمادى است از حق رأى و ديگر حقوق اساسىيك ملت، محرومند، به مطالبهى حق خود برخاستهاند. آيا چون اين اكثريتِ مظلوم شيعهاند و حكومت جبارِ سكولار، متظاهر به سنىگرى است، بايد اين را نزاع شيعه و سنّى دانست؟ استعمارگران اروپائى و آمريكائى و همپيالههاى آنان در منطقه البته ميخواهند چنين وانمود كنند، ولى آيا اين حقيقت است؟
اينها است كه علماى دين و مصلحان منصف را به تأمل و دقت و احساس مسئوليت فرا ميخواند و شناختن هدفهاى دشمنان در عمده كردن اختلافات مذهبى و قومى و حزبى را بر همه فرض ميسازد.
نكتهى پنجم آن است كه درستى مسير نهضتهاى بيدارى اسلامى را از جمله بايد در موضعگيرى آنان در قبال مسئلهى فلسطين جستجو كرد. از 60 سال پيش تاكنون داغىبزرگتر از غصب كشور فلسطين بر دل امت اسلامى نهاده نشده است. فاجعهى فلسطين از روز اوّل تاكنون، تركيبى از كشتار و ترور و ويرانگرى و غصب و تعرض به مقدسات اسلامى بوده است. وجوب ايستادگى و مبارزه در برابر اين دشمن حربى و غاصب، مورد اتفاق همهى مذاهب اسلامى و محلّ اجماع همهى جريانات صادق و سالمِ ملّى بوده است. هر جريانى در كشورهاى اسلامى كه اين وظيفهى دينى و ملى را به ملاحظهى خواست تحكّمآميز آمريكا يا به بهانهى توجيههاى غيرمنطقى، به دست فراموشى بسپارد، نبايد انتظار داشته باشد كه به چشم وفادارى به اسلام يا صداقت در ادعاى ميهندوستى به او نگريسته شود. اين يك محك است. هر كس شعار آزادى قدس شريف و نجات ملت فلسطين و سرزمين فلسطين را نپذيرد يا به حاشيه ببرد و به جبههى مقاومت پشت كند، متهم است. امت اسلامى بايد در همه جا و همه وقت، اين معيار و شاخصِ نمايان و اساسى را در مدنظر داشته باشد.
ميهمانان عزيز! برادران و خواهران!
كيد دشمن را هرگز از نظر دور مداريد. غفلت ما براى دشمنان ما فرصتآفرين است. درس على(عليهالسّلام) به ما اين است كه: «من نام لم ينم عنه».(13) تجربهى ما در جمهورى اسلامى در اين زمينه نيز عبرتآموز است. با پيروزى انقلاب اسلامى در ايران، دولتهاى مستكبر غربى و آمريكا كه مدتهاى مديد پيش از آن، طاغوتهاى ايرانى را در مشت خود گرفته و سرنوشت سياسى و اقتصادى و فرهنگى كشورمان را رقم ميزدند و نيروى پرقدرت ايمان اسلامى در درون جامعه را دستكم گرفته و از توان بسيج و هدايت اسلام و قرآن بىخبر مانده بودند، ناگهان به غفلت خود پى بردند و دستگاههاىحاكميتى و سرويسهاى اطلاعاتى و اتاقهاى فرمان آنان به كار افتادند تا شكست فاحش خود را جبران كنند.
انواع توطئهها و ترفندها را در اين سىوچند سال از آنان ديدهايم. چيزى كه مكر آنان را نقش بر آب كرده است، در اصل دو عامل اساسى است: ايستادگى بر سر اصول اسلامى، و حضور مردم در صحنه. اين دو عامل در همه جا كليد فتح و فرج است. عامل اوّل به وسيلهى ايمان صادقانه به وعدهى الهى، و عامل دوم به بركت تلاش مخلصانه و تبيين صادقانه تضمين ميشود. ملتى كه صدق و صميميت پيشوايان را باور كند، صحنه را از حضور پر بركت خود رونق ميبخشد؛ و هر جا كه ملت با عزم راسخ در صحنه بماند، هيچ قدرتى توان شكست دادن آن را نخواهد داشت. اين تجربهى موفقى براى همهى ملتهائى است كه با حضور خود بيدارى اسلامى را رقم زدند.
از خداوند متعال هدايت و دستگيرى و كمك و رحمتش را براى شما و همهى ملتهاى مسلمان مسئلت ميكنم.
والسّلام عليكم و رحمةالله و بركاته
1) قصص: 7
2) قصص: 13
3) قريش: 3
4) فيل: 2
5) ضحى: 3
6) شعراء: 61
7) شعراء: 62
8) حج: 40
9) قصص: 83
10) فتح: 6
11) نهج البلاغه، نامهى 53
12) ابراهيم: 28 و 29
13) نهج البلاغه، نامهى 62
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حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی صبح امروز (چهارشنبه) در دیدار هزاران نفر از علماء، مسئولان و قشرهای مختلف مردم آذربایجان، با اشاره به حضور دهها میلیونی و بسیار پرشورتر و با نشاطتر مردم در راهپیمایی 22 بهمن امسال، چرائی این اعجابآفرینی و عظمت ملت عزیز ایران را، بصیرت و موقعشناسی بینظیر آنان دانستند و تأكید كردند: ملت ایران با این بصیرت، ایستادگی و حضور بههنگام در صحنه، هیچگاه شكست نخواهد خورد و در انتخابات 12 اسفند نیز ملت بار دیگر هوشیاری و موقعشناسی خود را نشان خواهد داد و با حضور پرشور و فراوان خود در انتخابات مجلس نهم، ضربه سخت دیگری به دشمن خواهد زد.
در این دیدار كه در آستانه 29 بهمن، سالروز قیام مردم تبریز بر ضد رژیم ستمشاهی در سال 1356، برگزار شد، رهبر انقلاب اسلامی حوادث مهم انقلاب اسلامی را درسآموز و شاخصهای عمده در مسیر حركت بسوی قلهها و اهداف برشمردند و با اشاره به راهپیمایی عظیم ملت ایران در 22 بهمن افزودند: امسال همه تأكید داشتند كه حضور مردم در راهپیمایی 22 بهمن در سراسر كشور، نسبت به سالهای قبل، پرشورتر و با نشاطتر بوده است اما سؤال مهم این است كه چرا امسال شاهد چنین حضور با عظمتتری بودیم؟
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای خاطرنشان كردند: پاسخ به این سؤال جز به بصیرت و موقعشناسی كمنظیر مردم بر نمیگردد زیرا ملت ایران امسال احساس كرد كه كشور و نظام و اسلام به این حضور نیازمند است.
ایشان با اشاره به تبلیغات پرحجم و گسترده رسانهها و دستگاههای تبلیغاتی جبهه دشمن عنود و شریر، تحت هدایت شبكه صهیونیستی جهانی، تأكید كردند: هدف اصلی تبلیغات متراكم، القای این دروغ بزرگ بود كه ملت شجاع، مؤمن و امتحان داده ایران، نسبت به انقلاب، اسلام و اهداف والای خود سست و بیانگیزه شده است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی افزودند: تمركز این تبلیغات هم بر روی راهپیمایی 22 بهمن بود تا شاید حضور مردم كمرنگ و بیرونق شود اما ملت ایران با بصیرت و موقعشناسی اعجاببرانگیز ، متوجه این ترفند دشمن شد و با حضور عظیم خود در راهپیمایی 22 بهمن امسال، به دهان دشمن كوبید.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای با اشاره به گزارشهای موثق درخصوص حضور بسیار پرشور و گسترده مردم در راهپیمایی 22 بهمن در هشتصد و پنجاه شهر كشور خاطرنشان كردند: این ملت ایران است. این ملت با چنین بصیرت و موقعشناسی و حضور در صحنه، شكست نخواهد خورد.
ایشان تأكید كردند: آنهایی كه باید پیام این حضور با عظمت مردم ایران در راهپیمایی 22 بهمن را بگیرند، گرفتند و آنهایی كه در مغزهای الكلی و آفتدیده خود، خیالاتی در سر میپروراندند، متوجه شدند كه در ایران چه خبر است و ملت قهرمان ایران چگونه در صحنه حاضر است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی با اشاره به تلاش دستگاههای تبلیغاتی جبهه استكبار برای منعكس نشدن حقیقت و عظمت حضور مردم افزودند: كسانی كه مدعی آزادی اطلاعات و اخبار هستند، اخبار مربوط به این راهپیمایی را سانسور كردند و راهپیمایان میلیونی تهران را هزاران نفر و جمعیت دهها میلیونی كشور در راهپیمایی را صدها هزار نفر عنوان كردند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای تأكید كردند: دشمن همواره از ابتدای پیروزی انقلاب اسلامی، انواع شیوههای دروغپردازی، تقلب، خدعه و تزویر را بكار گرفته است اما هنگامی كه پیام صادقانه یك ملت از دل برآید، كار خود را خواهد كرد و احساس حضور و انقلابیگری و حركت همراه با عزم راسخ، همچون هوای خوش بهاری در همه جا نفوذ و همه را بهرهمند خواهد كرد.
ایشان افزودند: نمونه آشكار این واقعیت، تحولات اخیر در شمال آفریقا، و كشورهای عربی و دنیای اسلام و فراگیر شدن شعارهایی است كه روزی ملت ایران، مظلومانه آنها را سر میداد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی تأكید كردند: اسلام در حركت عظیم خود به نقطه حساسی رسیده است و نسلهای آینده شاهد حوادث مهمی خواهند بود كه دنیا را دگرگون خواهد كرد و سیاستهای مسلط مادی مستكبرانه را نیز از بین خواهد برد.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای خاطرنشان كردند: كانون اصلی این حركت، جمهوری اسلامی ایران است و جوشش اولیه آن هم از ایران بوده و ملت ایران همچنان ایستاده است.
ایشان، ایستادگی ملت ایران را رمز موفقیت و دستاوردهای بزرگ نظام اسلامی دانستند و افزودند: هنگامی كه ملتی میایستد و در مقابل شبكه پرهیمنه و پرهیاهو دشمن به خود ترس و واهمه راه نمیدهد، در عرصههای علم و فناوری، اقتصاد، مسائل اجتماعی، سیاستورزی بینالمللی و تأثیرگذاری بر ملتها، پیشرفت خواهد كرد و تفكر، دین و شعارش فراگیر خواهد شد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی تأكید كردند: به لطف خداوند و به بركت این ایستادگی و استحكام درونی ملت ایران، جوانان ، با همتها و استقامت خود كشور را همانند دسته گل خواهند ساخت و آن را تبدیل به یك الگوی موفق و پیشرفته برای جهان اسلام خواهند كرد.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای لازمه پیشرفت و سازندگی كشور را، استمرار حركت در مسیر صراط مستقیم الهی و راه اسلام، دیانت و شریعت و حفظ هوشیاری و بصیرت و عمل به وظیفه دانستند و با اشاره به انتخابات پیش روی مجلس نهم افزودند: دستگاههای تبلیغاتی و رسانههای جبهه استكبار و عوامل همیشگی آنها، تلاش گستردهای را آغاز كردهاند تا انتخابات مجلس، انتخابات بیرونقی باشد اما همه باید بدانند كه حضور مردم در انتخابات، كشور را به پیش خواهد برد و دشمن را در اجرای توطئههایش دچار تردید و تزلزل و وادار به عقب نشینی خواهد كرد. ایشان تأكید كردند: انتخابات پرشور ضربه سختی به دشمن خواهد بود.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی با تأكید بر اینكه دلهای مردم در دست خدا است، افزودند: با عنایت و كمك خداوند متعال، انتخابات مجلس نهم پرشور و با احساس و همراه با بصیرت و حضور فراوان مردم، برگزار خواهد شد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی اظهار امیدواری كردند نتیجه انتخابات دوازدهم اسفند، انتخاب مجلس و نمایندگانی خوب برای ورود به عرصه كار و خدمت باشد.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای در بخش دیگری از سخنان خود با اشاره به نقش و جایگاه آذربایجان و بویژه تبریز در حوادث و تحولات یكصد سال گذشته كشور، افزودند: مهمترین ویژگی قهرمانان و نامآوران تبریز همچون ستارخان و باقرخان، تدین و حركت در مسیر دین و پیروی از علمای دین بوده است.
ایشان همچنین با اشاره به نقشآفرینی علما و مردم آذربایجان و تبریز در نهضت اسلامی و حوادث مربوط به پیروزی انقلاب اسلامی و بعد از آن، خاطرنشان كردند: تقدیم دو شهید محراب از میان پنج شهید محراب، و شجاعت و خطشكنی لشكر دلاور و قهرمان عاشورا در دوران دفاع مقدس نمونههایی از كارنامه درخشان و برجسته مردم آذربایجان است.
در ابتدای این دیدار آیتالله مجتهد شبستری نماینده ولی فقیه و امامجمعه تبریز در سخنانی ضمن گرامیداشت قیام 29 بهمن در سال 1356، به پیشگامی مردم آذربایجان در عرصههای مختلف انقلاب اسلامی اشاره كرد و گفت: مردم غیور و بابصیرت آذربایجان، در انتخابات 12 اسفند نیز حماسهای فراموشنشدنی خلق خواهند كرد.
http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1587
Supreme Leader: Massive Voter Turnout Harms Enemies
15/02/2012
Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution met today with thousands of religious scholars, government officials and ordinary citizens from East Azerbaijan. At the meeting, His Eminence referred to the upcoming parliamentary elections and said that the enemies are making widespread efforts to discourage the people from taking part in the elections. He added that massive presence of the people in the elections will harm the enemy and force him to back down.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the enthusiastic and massive presence of the people in the demonstrations marking the victory of the Islamic Revolution is indicative of the extraordinary insight of the Iranian people. \"With this insight, the Iranian nation will never be defeated. In the elections that will be held on March 2, the people of Iran will once again prove their vigilance and their awareness of the requirements of time. And they will deal another serious blow to the enemy with their enthusiastic and massive presence in the 9th parliamentary elections.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei added: \"This year everybody was stressing that the people had a more enthusiastic presence in the nationwide demonstrations marking the 22nd of Bahman, but the important question is: why were the demonstrations so massive this year?\"
Ayatollah Khamenei said: \"The answer to this question is related to nothing but the extraordinary insight of the people and their awareness of the requirements of time because the people of Iran felt that our country, our government and Islam need their presence in the demonstrations.\"
His Eminence referred to the widespread propaganda by the enemies, led by the network of global Zionism, and stressed that the main goal of this propaganda is to promote the lie that the courageous and pious people of Iran are disappointed at the Revolution and Islam.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution added: \"These propaganda efforts were focused on the demonstrations of the 22nd of Bahman in the hope that they would discourage the people from participating in the demonstrations, but the Iranian nation discovered this plot thanks to its insight and its awareness of the requirements of time. With their massive presence in the demonstrations marking the 22nd of Bahman, the people of Iran kicked the enemy in the mouth.\"
His Eminence stressed: \"The message of this massive presence of the Iranian people in the demonstrations was delivered to those who should have received the message.\"
He added that those who were cherishing illusions regarding Iran realized the nature of the events that are happening in Iran.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the propaganda machines of the arrogant powers tried to impose a news blackout on the great and massive presence of the people in the demonstrations. He added: \"Those who claim to support free flow of information censored the reports related to these demonstrations.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei stressed: \"Since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, the enemy has utilized different methods to deceive and to promote lies, but when the people of a nation express a message from the bottom of their heart, that message proves effective.\"
His Eminence said that the slogans which used to be shouted by the Iranian nation are spreading to other parts of the world of Islam, further adding: \"Islam has reached a sensitive point in its great movement and future generations will witness important events which will transform the world of Islam and annihilate the dominant and materialistic policies of the arrogant powers.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the wave of Islamic Awakening in the world and added: \"The Islamic Republic of Iran was the original source of this movement.\"
His Eminence said that the resistance of the Iranian nation is the secret behind the success and achievements of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He added: \"When a nation stands up against the enemy\'s fearsome network without feeling afraid, it makes progress in science, it makes progress in economic areas, it makes progress in social matters, its youth become vigilant, it gains influence over other nations, and its ideas, religion and slogans spread to all parts of the world.\"
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دیدار مردم آذربایجان با رهبر انقلاب
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی صبح امروز (چهارشنبه) در دیدار هزاران نفر از علماء، مسئولان و قشرهای مختلف مردم آذربایجان، با اشاره به حضور دهها میلیونی و بسیار پرشورتر و با نشاطتر مردم در راهپیمایی 22 بهمن امسال، چرائی این اعجابآفرینی و عظمت ملت عزیز ایران را، بصیرت و موقعشناسی بینظیر آنان دانستند و تأكید كردند: ملت ایران با این بصیرت، ایستادگی و حضور بههنگام در صحنه، هیچگاه شكست نخواهد خورد و در انتخابات 12 اسفند نیز ملت بار دیگر هوشیاری و موقعشناسی خود را نشان خواهد داد و با حضور پرشور و فراوان خود در انتخابات مجلس نهم، ضربه سخت دیگری به دشمن خواهد زد.
در این دیدار كه در آستانه 29 بهمن، سالروز قیام مردم تبریز بر ضد رژیم ستمشاهی در سال 1356، برگزار شد، رهبر انقلاب اسلامی حوادث مهم انقلاب اسلامی را درسآموز و شاخصهای عمده در مسیر حركت بسوی قلهها و اهداف برشمردند و با اشاره به راهپیمایی عظیم ملت ایران در 22 بهمن افزودند: امسال همه تأكید داشتند كه حضور مردم در راهپیمایی 22 بهمن در سراسر كشور، نسبت به سالهای قبل، پرشورتر و با نشاطتر بوده است اما سؤال مهم این است كه چرا امسال شاهد چنین حضور با عظمتتری بودیم؟
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای خاطرنشان كردند: پاسخ به این سؤال جز به بصیرت و موقعشناسی كمنظیر مردم بر نمیگردد زیرا ملت ایران امسال احساس كرد كه كشور و نظام و اسلام به این حضور نیازمند است.
ایشان با اشاره به تبلیغات پرحجم و گسترده رسانهها و دستگاههای تبلیغاتی جبهه دشمن عنود و شریر، تحت هدایت شبكه صهیونیستی جهانی، تأكید كردند: هدف اصلی تبلیغات متراكم، القای این دروغ بزرگ بود كه ملت شجاع، مؤمن و امتحان داده ایران، نسبت به انقلاب، اسلام و اهداف والای خود سست و بیانگیزه شده است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی افزودند: تمركز این تبلیغات هم بر روی راهپیمایی 22 بهمن بود تا شاید حضور مردم كمرنگ و بیرونق شود اما ملت ایران با بصیرت و موقعشناسی اعجاببرانگیز ، متوجه این ترفند دشمن شد و با حضور عظیم خود در راهپیمایی 22 بهمن امسال، به دهان دشمن كوبید.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای با اشاره به گزارشهای موثق درخصوص حضور بسیار پرشور و گسترده مردم در راهپیمایی 22 بهمن در هشتصد و پنجاه شهر كشور خاطرنشان كردند: این ملت ایران است. این ملت با چنین بصیرت و موقعشناسی و حضور در صحنه، شكست نخواهد خورد.
ایشان تأكید كردند: آنهایی كه باید پیام این حضور با عظمت مردم ایران در راهپیمایی 22 بهمن را بگیرند، گرفتند و آنهایی كه در مغزهای الكلی و آفتدیده خود، خیالاتی در سر میپروراندند، متوجه شدند كه در ایران چه خبر است و ملت قهرمان ایران چگونه در صحنه حاضر است.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی با اشاره به تلاش دستگاههای تبلیغاتی جبهه استكبار برای منعكس نشدن حقیقت و عظمت حضور مردم افزودند: كسانی كه مدعی آزادی اطلاعات و اخبار هستند، اخبار مربوط به این راهپیمایی را سانسور كردند و راهپیمایان میلیونی تهران را هزاران نفر و جمعیت دهها میلیونی كشور در راهپیمایی را صدها هزار نفر عنوان كردند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای تأكید كردند: دشمن همواره از ابتدای پیروزی انقلاب اسلامی، انواع شیوههای دروغپردازی، تقلب، خدعه و تزویر را بكار گرفته است اما هنگامی كه پیام صادقانه یك ملت از دل برآید، كار خود را خواهد كرد و احساس حضور و انقلابیگری و حركت همراه با عزم راسخ، همچون هوای خوش بهاری در همه جا نفوذ و همه را بهرهمند خواهد كرد.
ایشان افزودند: نمونه آشكار این واقعیت، تحولات اخیر در شمال آفریقا، و كشورهای عربی و دنیای اسلام و فراگیر شدن شعارهایی است كه روزی ملت ایران، مظلومانه آنها را سر میداد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی تأكید كردند: اسلام در حركت عظیم خود به نقطه حساسی رسیده است و نسلهای آینده شاهد حوادث مهمی خواهند بود كه دنیا را دگرگون خواهد كرد و سیاستهای مسلط مادی مستكبرانه را نیز از بین خواهد برد.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای خاطرنشان كردند: كانون اصلی این حركت، جمهوری اسلامی ایران است و جوشش اولیه آن هم از ایران بوده و ملت ایران همچنان ایستاده است.
ایشان، ایستادگی ملت ایران را رمز موفقیت و دستاوردهای بزرگ نظام اسلامی دانستند و افزودند: هنگامی كه ملتی میایستد و در مقابل شبكه پرهیمنه و پرهیاهو دشمن به خود ترس و واهمه راه نمیدهد، در عرصههای علم و فناوری، اقتصاد، مسائل اجتماعی، سیاستورزی بینالمللی و تأثیرگذاری بر ملتها، پیشرفت خواهد كرد و تفكر، دین و شعارش فراگیر خواهد شد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی تأكید كردند: به لطف خداوند و به بركت این ایستادگی و استحكام درونی ملت ایران، جوانان ، با همتها و استقامت خود كشور را همانند دسته گل خواهند ساخت و آن را تبدیل به یك الگوی موفق و پیشرفته برای جهان اسلام خواهند كرد.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای لازمه پیشرفت و سازندگی كشور را، استمرار حركت در مسیر صراط مستقیم الهی و راه اسلام، دیانت و شریعت و حفظ هوشیاری و بصیرت و عمل به وظیفه دانستند و با اشاره به انتخابات پیش روی مجلس نهم افزودند: دستگاههای تبلیغاتی و رسانههای جبهه استكبار و عوامل همیشگی آنها، تلاش گستردهای را آغاز كردهاند تا انتخابات مجلس، انتخابات بیرونقی باشد اما همه باید بدانند كه حضور مردم در انتخابات، كشور را به پیش خواهد برد و دشمن را در اجرای توطئههایش دچار تردید و تزلزل و وادار به عقب نشینی خواهد كرد. ایشان تأكید كردند: انتخابات پرشور ضربه سختی به دشمن خواهد بود.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی با تأكید بر اینكه دلهای مردم در دست خدا است، افزودند: با عنایت و كمك خداوند متعال، انتخابات مجلس نهم پرشور و با احساس و همراه با بصیرت و حضور فراوان مردم، برگزار خواهد شد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی اظهار امیدواری كردند نتیجه انتخابات دوازدهم اسفند، انتخاب مجلس و نمایندگانی خوب برای ورود به عرصه كار و خدمت باشد.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای در بخش دیگری از سخنان خود با اشاره به نقش و جایگاه آذربایجان و بویژه تبریز در حوادث و تحولات یكصد سال گذشته كشور، افزودند: مهمترین ویژگی قهرمانان و نامآوران تبریز همچون ستارخان و باقرخان، تدین و حركت در مسیر دین و پیروی از علمای دین بوده است.
ایشان همچنین با اشاره به نقشآفرینی علما و مردم آذربایجان و تبریز در نهضت اسلامی و حوادث مربوط به پیروزی انقلاب اسلامی و بعد از آن، خاطرنشان كردند: تقدیم دو شهید محراب از میان پنج شهید محراب، و شجاعت و خطشكنی لشكر دلاور و قهرمان عاشورا در دوران دفاع مقدس نمونههایی از كارنامه درخشان و برجسته مردم آذربایجان است.
در ابتدای این دیدار آیتالله مجتهد شبستری نماینده ولی فقیه و امامجمعه تبریز در سخنانی ضمن گرامیداشت قیام 29 بهمن در سال 1356، به پیشگامی مردم آذربایجان در عرصههای مختلف انقلاب اسلامی اشاره كرد و گفت: مردم غیور و بابصیرت آذربایجان، در انتخابات 12 اسفند نیز حماسهای فراموشنشدنی خلق خواهند كرد.
http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1587
Supreme Leader: Massive Voter Turnout Harms Enemies
15/02/2012
Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution met today with thousands of religious scholars, government officials and ordinary citizens from East Azerbaijan. At the meeting, His Eminence referred to the upcoming parliamentary elections and said that the enemies are making widespread efforts to discourage the people from taking part in the elections. He added that massive presence of the people in the elections will harm the enemy and force him to back down.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the enthusiastic and massive presence of the people in the demonstrations marking the victory of the Islamic Revolution is indicative of the extraordinary insight of the Iranian people. \"With this insight, the Iranian nation will never be defeated. In the elections that will be held on March 2, the people of Iran will once again prove their vigilance and their awareness of the requirements of time. And they will deal another serious blow to the enemy with their enthusiastic and massive presence in the 9th parliamentary elections.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei added: \"This year everybody was stressing that the people had a more enthusiastic presence in the nationwide demonstrations marking the 22nd of Bahman, but the important question is: why were the demonstrations so massive this year?\"
Ayatollah Khamenei said: \"The answer to this question is related to nothing but the extraordinary insight of the people and their awareness of the requirements of time because the people of Iran felt that our country, our government and Islam need their presence in the demonstrations.\"
His Eminence referred to the widespread propaganda by the enemies, led by the network of global Zionism, and stressed that the main goal of this propaganda is to promote the lie that the courageous and pious people of Iran are disappointed at the Revolution and Islam.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution added: \"These propaganda efforts were focused on the demonstrations of the 22nd of Bahman in the hope that they would discourage the people from participating in the demonstrations, but the Iranian nation discovered this plot thanks to its insight and its awareness of the requirements of time. With their massive presence in the demonstrations marking the 22nd of Bahman, the people of Iran kicked the enemy in the mouth.\"
His Eminence stressed: \"The message of this massive presence of the Iranian people in the demonstrations was delivered to those who should have received the message.\"
He added that those who were cherishing illusions regarding Iran realized the nature of the events that are happening in Iran.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the propaganda machines of the arrogant powers tried to impose a news blackout on the great and massive presence of the people in the demonstrations. He added: \"Those who claim to support free flow of information censored the reports related to these demonstrations.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei stressed: \"Since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, the enemy has utilized different methods to deceive and to promote lies, but when the people of a nation express a message from the bottom of their heart, that message proves effective.\"
His Eminence said that the slogans which used to be shouted by the Iranian nation are spreading to other parts of the world of Islam, further adding: \"Islam has reached a sensitive point in its great movement and future generations will witness important events which will transform the world of Islam and annihilate the dominant and materialistic policies of the arrogant powers.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the wave of Islamic Awakening in the world and added: \"The Islamic Republic of Iran was the original source of this movement.\"
His Eminence said that the resistance of the Iranian nation is the secret behind the success and achievements of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He added: \"When a nation stands up against the enemy\'s fearsome network without feeling afraid, it makes progress in science, it makes progress in economic areas, it makes progress in social matters, its youth become vigilant, it gains influence over other nations, and its ideas, religion and slogans spread to all parts of the world.\"
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دیدار دانشجویان با رهبر انقلاب
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=20685
حدود هزار نخبه و فعال دانشجويی، عصر روز 16 مرداد...
دیدار دانشجویان با رهبر انقلاب
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حدود هزار نخبه و فعال دانشجويی، عصر روز 16 مرداد 1391، در ديداری صميمانه و صريح با رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی حدود سه و نیم ساعت با ايشان به گفتگو و تبادل نظر درباره مسائل مختلف دانشگاهی، علمی، فرهنگی، اجتماعی، سياسی و اقتصادی پرداختند.
در ابتدای اين ديدار يازده فعال سياسی فرهنگی و علمی دانشجويی،حدود دو و نیم ساعت به نمايندگي از تشكلها، اتحاديه ها، انجمن ها و كانونهای دانشجويی ديدگاههای متفاوت خود را درباره مسائل مختلف كشور بيان كردند. سپس رهبر انقلاب ضمن پاسخ به سؤالات و ابهامات مطرح شده، آرمانگرايی سياسی، علمی و اخلاقی -- معنوی را مهمترين توقع از مجموعه های دانشجويی خواندند و به تبيين بايدها و نبايدهای نگاه نقادانه، معتدل، منصفانه و پر اميد به مسائل كشور پرداختند.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی در ابتدای سخنان خود با اشاره به مطالبی كه نمايندگان دانشجويان در اين ديدار مطرح كردند، آنها را بسيار خوب و منعكس كننده فضای دانشجويی خواندند و تأكيد كردند: برخی از اين مطالب، راهگشا و برخی هم حاوی نكات مفيدی بودند كه مسئولين مربوطه بايد به آنها توجه جدی كنند.
حضرت آيت الله خامنه ای سپس به برخی نكات مطرح شده از جانب دانشجويان، اشاره كردند.
«لزوم شرح صدر سياسی در ميان دانشجويان» يكی از اين نكات بود كه رهبر انقلاب اسلامی درخصوص آن گفتند: در پايبندی دقيق به اصول و ارزشها و در عين حال رعايت شرح صدر با افراد غير همفكر در زمينه های مختلف از جمله مسائل سياسی، هيچ منافاتی وجود ندارد.
حضرت آيت الله خامنه ای درخصوص موضوع «حضور نيافتن مسئولان در دانشگاهها» كه از جانب دانشجويان مطرح شده بود، خاطرنشان كردند: اين اشكال كاملاً وارد است و مسئولان اعم از رؤسای سه قوه، مسئولان ميانی، رئيس سازمان صدا و سيما، و فرماندهان سپاه و نيروهای مسلح بايد در دانشگاهها حضور يابند و ضمن شنيدن سخنان دانشجويان، سخنان و استدلال های خود را نيز بيان كنند كه در اين صورت، بسياری از ابهامات و سؤال های نسل جوان برطرف خواهد شد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی با اشاره به مطالب مطرح شده درخصوص برخی برخوردهای قضايی با تشكل ها، سايت ها و وبلاگ های دانشجويی افزودند: البته قوه قضاييه در اين خصوص، استدلالهايی دارد كه اگر مطرح شود احتمالاً برخی ابهامات برطرف خواهند شد اما عقيده من هم اين است كه نبايد در قبال اظهار نظر تند يك جوان دانشجو، برخورد تند شود.
ايشان درخصوص نگاه اقتصادی عدالت محور و ديدگاه اسلام درباره سرمايه داری كه از جانب يكی از دانشجويان مطرح شد، خاطرنشان كردند: نگاه اقتصادی در كشور بايد عدالت محور باشد و اين موضوع منافاتی با سياستهای اصل 44 ندارد.
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Supreme Leader Meets Outstanding University Students
06/08/2012
In a meeting with outstanding university students from across the country, Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed the need for political tolerance among students and stated: \"There is no contradiction between being firmly committed to values and principles and observing the principle of tolerance with non-intellectual people in different areas, especially political issues.\"
In response to the criticism that student organizations, websites and weblogs are subject to certain judicial actions, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said: \"Of course, the judiciary has its own reasons in this regard and if those reasons were discussed, some of the doubts would probably be eliminated. However, I also believe that it is wrong to strongly respond to a young student who expresses a strong opinion.\"
His Eminence referred to a justice-based view of economy and stated: \"The economic view in the country should be justice-based and this issue is not in conflict with the policies of Article 44 of the Constitution [regarding privatization of the economy].\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution added: \"If the policies of Article 44 of the Constitution were implemented in the specified way, definitely they will not result in the kind of capitalism that has been criticized and capitalism will not become the pivot of our large-scale national decisions.\"
His Eminence added: \"The increasing economic problems in the west and Europe have been caused by the nature of capitalism, namely the rule of capital.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that it is necessary to guard against the domination of the socialist view over economic thoughts, further adding: \"If the policies of Article 44 of the Constitution were implemented within the specified framework, they will definitely complement justice-based economy.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei said that an economy of resistance is different from an offensive economy and added: \"If an accurate academic explanation were presented in this regard, it might complement economy of resistance.\"
He reiterated: \"An economy of resistance does not require adopting defensive measures and building a defensive wall around oneself. Rather, an economy of resistance is a kind of economy that prepares the ground for the growth and blossoming of a nation, even under threats and sanctions.\"
In response to whether criticism would help advance the enemies\' goals, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed: \"I do not at all believe in avoiding criticism. On the contrary, I always insist that the student movement should preserve its critical attitude.\"
His Eminence added: \"However, it is necessary to pay attention to the point that criticisms should be expressed in a way that they do not advance the enemy\'s goal.\"
Elsewhere in his statements, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution stated that contradictions between expert opinions and the views of the Leader do not constitute opposition to Vilayat.
His Eminence stressed: \"Accurate expert work - regardless of the result - is valid for the person who is involved in the work and it must not be considered as opposition to the Islamic Republic.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei also urged students to develop a relationship with the student organizations that are involved in Islamic Awakening.
In response to a comment by one of the students regarding inactivity of the Supreme Cyberspace Council, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that it is wrong to expect results from the council in the short run. \"This is because such things take several years.\"
Discussing his expectations of student organizations and environments, Ayatollah Khamenei said: \"University is a dynamic movement that is full of energy and if this energy is released and managed, it will completely guide the country.\"
He added that universities can fulfill all the expectations by relying on the vibrancy and confidence that have been intensified by the Revolution.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that idealism is an essential expectation and added: \"Idealism in science means going after scientific peaks and this goal makes careful studying a necessity.\"
Addressing Iranian students throughout the country, His Eminence reiterated: \"Today studying, acquiring knowledge, research and hard work is a kind of jihad for students.\"
Afterwards, Ayatollah Khamenei explained spiritual idealism and stressed the need for commitment to religious values.
He criticized the view that universities are anti-religion environments and added: \"This reactionary view, which is completely wrong, dates back to the time when universities were first established in Iran several decades before the Revolution and efforts were made by certain people to build a self-loathing westernized intellectual generation.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei rejected this view and reiterated: \"University is an environment for religion, ethics, purity and spirituality. And the expectation is that universities should be such that anybody who enters university becomes more committed to religion and ethics.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution discussed the requirements of idealism and added: \"Idealism must not be confused with belligerence. It is possible to be firmly committed to values and principles without belligerence.\"
His Eminence said that it is necessary to control one\'s emotions and to refuse to make decisions when one is emotionally provoked. He added: \"Student organizations have had an active and praiseworthy presence in different social and political issues over the past 2, 3 years, but over the same period of time, there have been cases in which student organizations have adopted certain incorrect decisions and measures on the basis of pure and noble feelings of students. This is because decisions should be based on careful and accurate research, not on emotions.\"
In order to delineate the line between idealism and emotions, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution referred to the opposition of the Islamic Republic to the autocratic regimes in the region and reiterated: \"In spite of the clear positions of the Islamic Republic, it is wrong to oppose traditional and conventional diplomatic work in this regard.\"
His Eminence reiterated: \"There is no contradiction between idealism of student organizations and observing our national interests, observing the law and exercising managerial judgment. That is to say, it is possible to be young, emotional and idealistic and at the same time act in a way that this does not conflict with the managerial issues and our national interests.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei added: \"It is necessary to pay attention to the depth and meaning of idealism and to adopt decisions and measures while avoiding extremism and taking the realities and interests into consideration. It is also necessary to remember that idealism means being committed to principles, values and ideals and influencing the opposing side while refusing to be influenced by it.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that it is necessary for student organizations to be involved in different issues of the country and added: \"Intellectual presence is possible through cultural activities in student media and presenting one\'s positions and views. And physical presence of student organizations is possible through adopting correct decisions to arrange student gatherings.\"
His Eminence said that as far as student gatherings are concerned, decisions that are based on emotions will have negative consequences. In order to avoid these consequences, he suggested: \"It is necessary for student organizations to establish a center for adopting decisions and taking action. In different issues, through consultation and wisdom, they should reach a unified conclusion about a particular decision or action and all students should be committed to the decision that is made. In this way, decisions and actions that are based on emotions will not be blamed on student organizations.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei urged all Iranian students throughout the country to avoid speaking about what they do not know. \"I ask you to be seriously committed to avoidance of backbiting, slandering and saying what you are not sure about, just as you are seriously committed to praying and fasting.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei also urged students to pay attention to the enemy\'s goals in the soft war and said: \"I believe that you are the commanders of the soft war. For this reason, I stress that you should pay careful attention to the main goal that the enemy is pursuing through the soft war, namely convincing our people and government officials to revise their calculations.\"
His Eminence said that the enemy has focused its attacks on the hearts, minds, thoughts and willpower of the people. He reiterated: \"They are openly saying that they should convince us to revise our calculations and to convince us that continuing our resistance against the arrogant powers and bullying powers of the world will not benefit us. The commanders of the soft war should understand and counter the enemy\'s goals in the correct way.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei said that in order to counter the enemy\'s goal in the soft war, it is necessary to increase one\'s knowledge. Addressing Iranian students, he said: \"Do not limit your understanding and knowledge to what is written on websites, weblogs and other such places, rather try to improve your knowledge on a daily basis by relying on the Holy Quran and the writings of Shahid Motahhari and our great religious scholars and knowledgeable young seminarians.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei described optimism as essential and stated that increasing one\'s religious knowledge, developing insight into the realities of the country, fair criticism and constant and balanced supervision are among the fundamental responsibilities of student organizations. \"These things should be accompanied by lenience and rationality and they should also be free from extremism.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that considering the realities of the country fills one\'s heart with hope.
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حدود هزار نخبه و فعال دانشجويی، عصر روز 16 مرداد 1391، در ديداری صميمانه و صريح با رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی حدود سه و نیم ساعت با ايشان به گفتگو و تبادل نظر درباره مسائل مختلف دانشگاهی، علمی، فرهنگی، اجتماعی، سياسی و اقتصادی پرداختند.
در ابتدای اين ديدار يازده فعال سياسی فرهنگی و علمی دانشجويی،حدود دو و نیم ساعت به نمايندگي از تشكلها، اتحاديه ها، انجمن ها و كانونهای دانشجويی ديدگاههای متفاوت خود را درباره مسائل مختلف كشور بيان كردند. سپس رهبر انقلاب ضمن پاسخ به سؤالات و ابهامات مطرح شده، آرمانگرايی سياسی، علمی و اخلاقی -- معنوی را مهمترين توقع از مجموعه های دانشجويی خواندند و به تبيين بايدها و نبايدهای نگاه نقادانه، معتدل، منصفانه و پر اميد به مسائل كشور پرداختند.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی در ابتدای سخنان خود با اشاره به مطالبی كه نمايندگان دانشجويان در اين ديدار مطرح كردند، آنها را بسيار خوب و منعكس كننده فضای دانشجويی خواندند و تأكيد كردند: برخی از اين مطالب، راهگشا و برخی هم حاوی نكات مفيدی بودند كه مسئولين مربوطه بايد به آنها توجه جدی كنند.
حضرت آيت الله خامنه ای سپس به برخی نكات مطرح شده از جانب دانشجويان، اشاره كردند.
«لزوم شرح صدر سياسی در ميان دانشجويان» يكی از اين نكات بود كه رهبر انقلاب اسلامی درخصوص آن گفتند: در پايبندی دقيق به اصول و ارزشها و در عين حال رعايت شرح صدر با افراد غير همفكر در زمينه های مختلف از جمله مسائل سياسی، هيچ منافاتی وجود ندارد.
حضرت آيت الله خامنه ای درخصوص موضوع «حضور نيافتن مسئولان در دانشگاهها» كه از جانب دانشجويان مطرح شده بود، خاطرنشان كردند: اين اشكال كاملاً وارد است و مسئولان اعم از رؤسای سه قوه، مسئولان ميانی، رئيس سازمان صدا و سيما، و فرماندهان سپاه و نيروهای مسلح بايد در دانشگاهها حضور يابند و ضمن شنيدن سخنان دانشجويان، سخنان و استدلال های خود را نيز بيان كنند كه در اين صورت، بسياری از ابهامات و سؤال های نسل جوان برطرف خواهد شد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی با اشاره به مطالب مطرح شده درخصوص برخی برخوردهای قضايی با تشكل ها، سايت ها و وبلاگ های دانشجويی افزودند: البته قوه قضاييه در اين خصوص، استدلالهايی دارد كه اگر مطرح شود احتمالاً برخی ابهامات برطرف خواهند شد اما عقيده من هم اين است كه نبايد در قبال اظهار نظر تند يك جوان دانشجو، برخورد تند شود.
ايشان درخصوص نگاه اقتصادی عدالت محور و ديدگاه اسلام درباره سرمايه داری كه از جانب يكی از دانشجويان مطرح شد، خاطرنشان كردند: نگاه اقتصادی در كشور بايد عدالت محور باشد و اين موضوع منافاتی با سياستهای اصل 44 ندارد.
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Supreme Leader Meets Outstanding University Students
06/08/2012
In a meeting with outstanding university students from across the country, Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed the need for political tolerance among students and stated: \"There is no contradiction between being firmly committed to values and principles and observing the principle of tolerance with non-intellectual people in different areas, especially political issues.\"
In response to the criticism that student organizations, websites and weblogs are subject to certain judicial actions, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said: \"Of course, the judiciary has its own reasons in this regard and if those reasons were discussed, some of the doubts would probably be eliminated. However, I also believe that it is wrong to strongly respond to a young student who expresses a strong opinion.\"
His Eminence referred to a justice-based view of economy and stated: \"The economic view in the country should be justice-based and this issue is not in conflict with the policies of Article 44 of the Constitution [regarding privatization of the economy].\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution added: \"If the policies of Article 44 of the Constitution were implemented in the specified way, definitely they will not result in the kind of capitalism that has been criticized and capitalism will not become the pivot of our large-scale national decisions.\"
His Eminence added: \"The increasing economic problems in the west and Europe have been caused by the nature of capitalism, namely the rule of capital.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that it is necessary to guard against the domination of the socialist view over economic thoughts, further adding: \"If the policies of Article 44 of the Constitution were implemented within the specified framework, they will definitely complement justice-based economy.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei said that an economy of resistance is different from an offensive economy and added: \"If an accurate academic explanation were presented in this regard, it might complement economy of resistance.\"
He reiterated: \"An economy of resistance does not require adopting defensive measures and building a defensive wall around oneself. Rather, an economy of resistance is a kind of economy that prepares the ground for the growth and blossoming of a nation, even under threats and sanctions.\"
In response to whether criticism would help advance the enemies\' goals, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed: \"I do not at all believe in avoiding criticism. On the contrary, I always insist that the student movement should preserve its critical attitude.\"
His Eminence added: \"However, it is necessary to pay attention to the point that criticisms should be expressed in a way that they do not advance the enemy\'s goal.\"
Elsewhere in his statements, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution stated that contradictions between expert opinions and the views of the Leader do not constitute opposition to Vilayat.
His Eminence stressed: \"Accurate expert work - regardless of the result - is valid for the person who is involved in the work and it must not be considered as opposition to the Islamic Republic.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei also urged students to develop a relationship with the student organizations that are involved in Islamic Awakening.
In response to a comment by one of the students regarding inactivity of the Supreme Cyberspace Council, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that it is wrong to expect results from the council in the short run. \"This is because such things take several years.\"
Discussing his expectations of student organizations and environments, Ayatollah Khamenei said: \"University is a dynamic movement that is full of energy and if this energy is released and managed, it will completely guide the country.\"
He added that universities can fulfill all the expectations by relying on the vibrancy and confidence that have been intensified by the Revolution.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that idealism is an essential expectation and added: \"Idealism in science means going after scientific peaks and this goal makes careful studying a necessity.\"
Addressing Iranian students throughout the country, His Eminence reiterated: \"Today studying, acquiring knowledge, research and hard work is a kind of jihad for students.\"
Afterwards, Ayatollah Khamenei explained spiritual idealism and stressed the need for commitment to religious values.
He criticized the view that universities are anti-religion environments and added: \"This reactionary view, which is completely wrong, dates back to the time when universities were first established in Iran several decades before the Revolution and efforts were made by certain people to build a self-loathing westernized intellectual generation.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei rejected this view and reiterated: \"University is an environment for religion, ethics, purity and spirituality. And the expectation is that universities should be such that anybody who enters university becomes more committed to religion and ethics.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution discussed the requirements of idealism and added: \"Idealism must not be confused with belligerence. It is possible to be firmly committed to values and principles without belligerence.\"
His Eminence said that it is necessary to control one\'s emotions and to refuse to make decisions when one is emotionally provoked. He added: \"Student organizations have had an active and praiseworthy presence in different social and political issues over the past 2, 3 years, but over the same period of time, there have been cases in which student organizations have adopted certain incorrect decisions and measures on the basis of pure and noble feelings of students. This is because decisions should be based on careful and accurate research, not on emotions.\"
In order to delineate the line between idealism and emotions, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution referred to the opposition of the Islamic Republic to the autocratic regimes in the region and reiterated: \"In spite of the clear positions of the Islamic Republic, it is wrong to oppose traditional and conventional diplomatic work in this regard.\"
His Eminence reiterated: \"There is no contradiction between idealism of student organizations and observing our national interests, observing the law and exercising managerial judgment. That is to say, it is possible to be young, emotional and idealistic and at the same time act in a way that this does not conflict with the managerial issues and our national interests.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei added: \"It is necessary to pay attention to the depth and meaning of idealism and to adopt decisions and measures while avoiding extremism and taking the realities and interests into consideration. It is also necessary to remember that idealism means being committed to principles, values and ideals and influencing the opposing side while refusing to be influenced by it.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that it is necessary for student organizations to be involved in different issues of the country and added: \"Intellectual presence is possible through cultural activities in student media and presenting one\'s positions and views. And physical presence of student organizations is possible through adopting correct decisions to arrange student gatherings.\"
His Eminence said that as far as student gatherings are concerned, decisions that are based on emotions will have negative consequences. In order to avoid these consequences, he suggested: \"It is necessary for student organizations to establish a center for adopting decisions and taking action. In different issues, through consultation and wisdom, they should reach a unified conclusion about a particular decision or action and all students should be committed to the decision that is made. In this way, decisions and actions that are based on emotions will not be blamed on student organizations.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei urged all Iranian students throughout the country to avoid speaking about what they do not know. \"I ask you to be seriously committed to avoidance of backbiting, slandering and saying what you are not sure about, just as you are seriously committed to praying and fasting.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei also urged students to pay attention to the enemy\'s goals in the soft war and said: \"I believe that you are the commanders of the soft war. For this reason, I stress that you should pay careful attention to the main goal that the enemy is pursuing through the soft war, namely convincing our people and government officials to revise their calculations.\"
His Eminence said that the enemy has focused its attacks on the hearts, minds, thoughts and willpower of the people. He reiterated: \"They are openly saying that they should convince us to revise our calculations and to convince us that continuing our resistance against the arrogant powers and bullying powers of the world will not benefit us. The commanders of the soft war should understand and counter the enemy\'s goals in the correct way.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei said that in order to counter the enemy\'s goal in the soft war, it is necessary to increase one\'s knowledge. Addressing Iranian students, he said: \"Do not limit your understanding and knowledge to what is written on websites, weblogs and other such places, rather try to improve your knowledge on a daily basis by relying on the Holy Quran and the writings of Shahid Motahhari and our great religious scholars and knowledgeable young seminarians.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei described optimism as essential and stated that increasing one\'s religious knowledge, developing insight into the realities of the country, fair criticism and constant and balanced supervision are among the fundamental responsibilities of student organizations. \"These things should be accompanied by lenience and rationality and they should also be free from extremism.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that considering the realities of the country fills one\'s heart with hope.
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بیانات در حرم مطهر رضوی
در اولین روز سال ۱۳۹۲
بسماللهالرّحمنالرّحیم...
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بیانات در حرم مطهر رضوی
در اولین روز سال ۱۳۹۲
بسماللهالرّحمنالرّحیم
الحمد لله ربّ العالمین و الصّلاة و السّلام علی سیّدنا و نبیّنا و حبیب قلوبنا ابیالقاسم المصطفی محمّد و علی ءاله الطّیبین الطّاهرین المنتجبین المعصومین سیّما بقیّةالله فی الأرضین. السّلام علی الصّدّیقة الطّاهرة فاطمة بنت رسول الله صلّی الله علیها و علی ابیها و بعلها و بنیها.
به همهی برادران و خواهران عزیزی كه در این محفلِ گرم و پرشور حضور یافتهاند، سلام و تبریك عرض میكنم و خدا را از اعماق دل سپاسگزارم كه فرصت عنایت كرد و مهلت داد تا یك بار دیگر و یك سال دیگر و یك نوروز دیگر، در جوار بارگاه ملكوتی حضرت ابا الحسن الرّضا (علیه ءالاف التّحیّة و السّلام) در جمع شما مردم عزيز مشهد و زوار محترمی كه از اكناف كشور حضور دارند، امكان و توفيق ملاقات و ديدار پيدا كنم و با شما دربارهی مسائل جاری و مهم كشور سخن بگويم. از خداوند متعال مسئلت ميكنيم كه دل ما را و زبان ما را هدايت فرمايد و آنچه مورد رضای او است، بر قلب و زبان ما جاری شود. اين هم يك توفيق بزرگی است كه در عيد نوروز، در كنار شادیها و زيبائیهائی كه در طبيعتِ نوروز وجود دارد، اين فرصت، هر ساله برای ما دست ميدهد كه در چنين روزی در جمع شما مردم، به مسائل كشور و ارزيابی وضع كنونی خود و نگاه به گذشته و آيندهی خود بپردازيم؛ با يك نگاه اجمالی، وضع دخل و خرج يكسالهی خودمان را در ابعاد كلان ملی بررسی كنیم، محاسبه كنیم؛ محاسبهی نفس ملی، محاسبهی نفس عمومی. همچنان كه در مسائل شخصی، محاسبهی نفس برای ما لازم است ــ كه فرمود: «حاسبوا انفسكم قبل ان تحاسبوا»؛[1] باید محاسبهی كار خود و اعمال خود و حركات شخصی خود را داشته باشیم ــ محاسبهی ملی هم یك كار بااهمیت و پرارزش است؛ خودمان را محاسبه كنیم، به خودمان نگاه كنیم؛ آنچه را كه بر ما گذشته است، بار دیگر مورد نظر قرار دهیم؛ از آن درس و عبرت بگیریم، برای آینده بهره ببریم.
برادران و خواهران عزیز توجه كنند كه ما ملت ایران، فقط خودمان نیستیم كه به مسائل خودمان نگاه میكنیم و آن را تقویم و ارزیابی میكنیم؛ كسان دیگری هم هستند كه كار ما را مورد مطالعه قرار میدهند؛ دربارهی مسائل ما، كارهای ما، اقدامات ما قضاوت ميكنند و نظر ميدهند. ملتهائی هستند كه از تجربههای ما استفاده ميكنند، بعضِ ديگری هستند كه به مطالعهی اوضاع ملت ايران اشتغال دارند؛ از پيشرفتهای ما خرسند ميشوند، از موفقيتهای ما خوشحال ميشوند؛ ما اگر پيروزی به دست بياوريم، آنها احساس پيروزی ميكنند؛ اگر تلخی و تلخكامی در كار ما باشد، آنها تلخكام ميشوند. كسان ديگری هم در دنيا هستند كه كار ما را زير ذرهبين دارند، كار ما را مطالعه ميكنند؛ آنها بعكس، از لغزشهای ما خوشحال ميشوند، از موفقيتهای ما احساس دلتنگی ميكنند، بدخواه ملت ايرانند؛ اينها هم كار ما را زير نظر دارند. اينها عمدتاً كسانی هستند كه در طول سالهای متمادی همه چيز اين كشور در اختيار آنها بوده است، بر همهی امور كشور ما مسلط بودند؛ انقلاب آمده است دست اینها را كوتاه كرده؛ لذا با انقلاب بدند، با مردم انقلابی بدند، با حكومت انقلابی بدند، با نظام انقلابی دشمنند. بنابراین ما زیر نظر جامعهی بزرگی از آحاد بشر هستیم؛ كار ما را نگاه میكنند، عمل ما را میسنجند.
بنابراین ما كه به عملكرد خودمان و برنامهی گذشته و آیندهی خودمان نگاه میكنیم، نگاهمان بايد واقعبینانه باشد؛ ارزیابی ما ارزیابی درستی باشد. بعضی از مردمِ خود ما وقتی به اوضاع كشور نگاه میكنند، فقط ضعفها را میبینند؛ گرانی را میبینند، افت تولید در برخی از واحدهای تولیدی كشور را میبینند، فشارهای دشمنان را میبینند. این نگاه، نگاه ناقصی است. بنده نگاه متفاوتی دارم. من وقتی به اوضاع كشور و اوضاع ملتمان نگاه میكنم، یك میدان عظیم پرچالشی را مشاهده میكنم كه ملت ایران در این میدان، به رغم دشمنان، سربلند و پيروز ظاهر شده است.
ضعفها هست، مشكلات هست؛ در مجموعهی حوادث و رويدادهای كشور، تلخیها و تلخكامیهائی وجود دارد؛ ولی كسانی از قدرتمندان مادی عالم، با همهی وجود تلاش كردند كه ملت ايران را فلج كنند؛ اين را به زبان آوردند. آن خانم بیكفايتی كه مسئوليت سياست خارجی كشور آمريكا را بر عهده داشت، سينهاش را سپر كرد و گفت ميخواهيم تحريمهائی در مورد جمهوری اسلامی اعمال كنيم كه ايران فلج شود! اين را صريحاً به زبان آوردند. و حالا عرض خواهم كرد كه فعاليتها و اقدامهاي آنها چه بود و چه شد و به كجا انجاميد. بنابراين از يك طرف، تلاش دشمن است در اين عرصهی عظيم و ميدان بزرگی كه ملت ايران در آن به چالش و مقابله با دشمن سرگرم است؛ از طرف ديگر، وجود دستاوردهای بزرگی است كه نشاندهندهی ظرفيت و قدرت و هوشمندی اين ملت بزرگ است. وقتی انسان اين صحنه را ملاحظه ميكند، مثل صحنهی هماورديِ ورزشكاران قدرتمندی است كه زحمت و تلاش و كوشش و خستگی در آن هست، اما يك قهرمان، در اين ميدان موفق ميشود، پيروز ميشود؛ همه او را تحسين ميكنند و آفرين ميگويند. اين قهرمان در اين صحنهی عظيمی كه در مقابل چشم ما است، ملت ايران است. هر كس اين صحنه را درست ببيند و درست مطالعه كند، به ملت ايران آفرين ميگويد؛ همچنان كه ما امروز صدای آفرين هوشمندان نكتهبين دنيا را ميشنويم كه از ميان همان كشورهائی كه دشمن و بدخواه ملت ايرانند، نخبگان سياسی، نخبگان دانشگاهی، افراد دنياديده و مجرب كه اوضاع را زير نظر دارند، به ملت ايران آفرين ميگويند. اين عرصهای است كه در مقابل چشم ما است. بنابراين نگاه كردن و فقط به ضعفها چشم دوختن، غلط است. بايد ديد مجموعهی اين تلاشها در سطح كشور چگونه انجام ميگيرد و به چه سرانجامی منتهی ميشود. با اين ديد وقتی به صحنه نگاه كنيم، بايد به ايران و ايرانيِ مسلمان آفرين بگوئيم.
گفتيم بعضیها از پيشرفت ملت ايران غمگين و ناراحت ميشوند. اينها چه كسانی هستند؟ اين را بعد عرض خواهم كرد. دشمنانی كه مايل نيستند پيشرفت و ترقی و رشد همهجانبهی ملت ايران را ببينند، دو كار عمده در برنامهی آنها وجود دارد: يكی اين كه تا آنجائی كه بتوانند، مانعتراشی كنند كه ملت نتواند به اين پيشرفتها و رشد دست پيدا كند؛ با تحريم، با تهديد، با مشغول كردن مديران به كارهای درجهی دو و فرعی، به منعطف كردن حواس ملت بزرگ ايران و نخبگان كشور به كارهائی كه در فهرست كارهای اصلی آنها قرار ندارد؛ يعنی مانع شدن عملی.
كار دوم اين است كه در تبليغاتِ خودشان پيشرفتها را انكار كنند. امروز یك شبكهی تبلیغاتیِ بسیار عظیم با هزاران رسانه از انواع گوناگون رسانهها در دنیا مشغول به كار است، برای اینكه اثبات كند كه در ملت ایران، در كشور ایران پیشرفتی صورت نمیگیرد؛ پیروزیهای ملت را انكار كنند؛ اگر ضعفهائی وجود دارد، این ضعفها را بزرگ و عمده كنند و در مقابل چشم همه قرار دهند؛ اما قوّتها و نقاط جوشش را ــ كه در سراسر كشور و در هر گوشه و كنار، خود را به انسانهای منصف نشان میدهند ــ از چشمها پنهان كنند.
رئیس جمهور آمریكا در نطق رسمی، از مشكلات اقتصادی ایران حرف میزند؛ مثل اینكه از پیروزی خود دارد صحبت میكند؛ كه بله، در ایران پول ملی افت كرده است، مشكلات اقتصادی اینچنین و آنچنان است. البته او به قوّتهای این ملت، به تلاشهای مثبت و سازندهای كه در این كشور دارد انجام میگیرد، به پیروزیهای بزرگ این ملت اشارهای نكرده است و هرگز نخواهد كرد. سی سال است كه ما با چنین چالشی مواجهایم ــ كه من در ارزیابی این سی سال، بعداً یك كلمه عرض خواهم كرد ــ اما چالشی كه ملت ایران با آن مواجه است و دشمنانی ــ هم در عمل و هم در تبليغات ــ كوشش ميكنند مانع بروز و ظهور رشد چشمگير كشور ايران كه در سايهی اسلام زندگی ميكند، بشوند، امروز چند برابر است.
سال 91 كه گذشت، يكی از سالهای بسيار پر كار برای دشمنان ما در اين زمينه بود. آنها گفتند ميخواهيم ملت ايران را با تحريمها فلج كنيم. اگر جمهوری اسلامی سر پا باشد، بانشاط باشد، رو به پيشرفت باشد، آنها در دنيا بیآبرو ميشوند؛ لذا اگر ميتوانند، بايد نگذارند؛ و اگر كار از دستشان خارج شد، لااقل در تبليغات جور ديگری اين مطلب را منعكس و وانمود كنند. اينها اين دو كار را امروز با شدت بيشتری انجام ميدهند؛ هم ممانعت عملی ــ با فشار، با تهديد، با تحريم و امثال اينها ــ هم با تلاش تبليغاتی برای كوچك نشان دادن نقطههای قوّت، و بزرگ نشان دادن نقطههای ضعف.
عرض كرديم دشمنانی هستند. اين دشمنان چه كسانی هستند؟ لانهی اصلی توطئه عليه ملت ايران كجاست؟ پاسخ به اين سؤال، دشوار نيست. امروز سی و چهار سال است كه هرگاه نام «دشمن» برده ميشود، ذهن ملت ايران متوجه دولت آمريكا ميشود. خوب است دولتمردان آمريكا به اين نكته توجه كنند و اين را بفهمند كه ملت ايران در طول اين سی و چند سال چيزهائی ديده است، مراحلی را گذرانده است، كه تا ميگويند دشمن، ذهن ملت ايران متوجه به آمريكا ميشود. اين مسئلهی بسيار مهمی است برای يك دولتی كه ميخواهد در دنيا با آبرو زندگی كند؛ اين مسئله، مسئلهی قابل توجه و قابل دقتی است؛ بايد روی اين مسئله تكيه كنند. مركز توطئه اينجا است، اساس دشمنی اينجا است.
البته دشمنهای ديگری هم هستند كه ما اينها را در درجهی اول و در رديف اول به حساب نمیآوريم: دشمن صهيونيستی هم هست، منتها رژيم صهيونيستی در قواره و اندازهای نيست كه در صف دشمنان ملت ايران به چشم بيايد. گاهی سردمداران رژيم صهيونيستی، ما را تهديد هم ميكنند؛ تهديد به حملهی نظامی ميكنند؛ اما بهنظرم خودشان هم ميدانند، و اگر نميدانند، بدانند كه اگر غلطی از آنها سر بزند، جمهوری اسلامی «تلآويو» و «حيفا» را با خاك يكسان خواهد كرد. دولت انگليسِ خبيث هم با ملت ايران دشمنی ميكند؛ اين هم يكی از دشمنان سنتی و قديمی ملت ايران است؛ منتها دولت انگليس نقش مكمل آمريكا را در اين ميدان بازی ميكند. خود دولت انگليس استقلالی ندارد كه انسان او را يك دشمن مستقلی به حساب بياورد؛ دنبالهروِ آمريكا است.
بعضی از دولتهای ديگر هم دشمنیهائی دارند. من اينجا مناسب ميدانم كه بگويم مسئولين دولت فرانسه هم در چند سال اخير دشمنیهای آشكاری با ملت ايران كردهاند؛ اين يك ناهوشمندی از سوی دولتمردان فرانسه است. انسان عاقل، بخصوص سياستمدار عاقل، هرگز نبايد انگيزهی اين را داشته باشد كه موجودی را كه دشمن او نيست، تبديل به دشمن كند. ما با دولت فرانسه، با كشور فرانسه مشكلی نداشتيم؛ نه در طول تاريخ مشكلی داشتيم، نه در دوران حاضر؛ اما سياست غلط از زمان ساركوزی ــ كه دولت امروز فرانسه هم متأسفانه همان راه را میرود ــ دشمنی با ملت ایران است. به نظر ما این كار غلطی است، كار غیرمدبرانه و غیرعاقلانهای است، كار ناهوشمندانهای است.
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خب، حالا كه بنا است به سال 91 نگاه كنیم، این را بگوئیم كه از اول سال 91 آمریكائیها برنامههای جدید خودشان را شروع كردند؛ با اینكه در زبان اظهار دوستی كردند، گاهی با ما اظهار دوستی كردند ــ در نامه و پیغام و امثال اینها ــ گاهی در رسانهها با ملت ایران اظهار دوستی كردند، اما برخلاف این اظهارات غیرواقعی، در عمل سعی كردند نسبت به ایران و ملت ایران سختگیری كنند؛ تحریمهای شدیدی را از اوائل سال 91 گذاشتند ــ تحریم نفت، تحریم بانك و مبادلات بانكی و پولی بین جمهوری اسلامی و كشورهای دیگر ــ كارهای زیادی هم در این زمینه انجام دادند.
اين هم يكی از آن لطائف عالم است كه آمريكائیها دشمنی ميكنند، ميگويند شما نفهميد كه ما با شما دشمنيم؛ مخالفت و عناد ميورزند، متوقعند كه ملت ايران نفهمد كه آنها معاندند و دشمنی ميكنند! اين سياست از اواخر دوران بوش در مقابل ايران شروع شده است، امروز هم متأسفانه همان سياست را دولتمردان آمريكا ادامه ميدهند؛ همان پنجهی چدنيِ زير دستكش مخملی. من چند سال پيش اينجا در جوار بقعهی علیبنموسیالرضا (عليه السّلام) در همين سخنرانيِ اول فروردين گفتم مراقب باشيد اظهار محبت شما، اظهار دوستی و موافقت شما به معنای اين نباشد كه دستكش مخملی بر روی پنجهی چدنی كشيديد و ميخواهيد تظاهر به دوستی كنيد، اما در باطن دشمنی ميكنيد. آمريكائیها برای متوقف كردن فروش نفت و انتقال پول ايران، مأمور ويژه فرستادند. از آمريكا افراد برجسته و خاصی را مأمور كردند كه با كشورها تماس بگيرند، به كشورها مسافرت كنند؛ حتّی با سران شركتها صحبت كنند برای اينكه ارتباطات و اتصالات اقتصادی مربوط به نفت را با جمهوری اسلامی پيگيری نكنند؛ آنها را مجازات كنند به خاطر اين كه با جمهوری اسلامی ارتباط مالی دارند، ارتباط پولی دارند، يا معامله در مورد نفت دارند؛ اين كار را از اول سال 91 و بخصوص از مرداد، با شدتِ تمام شروع كردند. انتظار داشتند ايران در مقابل اين حركتِ برنامهريزی شده كه با شدت دنبال هم ميكردند، دست از فعاليتهای رشديابندهی علميِ خود بردارد و تسليم زورگوئیهای آمريكا شود.
البته من اين را بگويم ــ اين را يك بار ديگر هم چند ماه قبل از اين گفتم ــ كه آمريكائیها اظهار خوشحالی كردند و گفتند كه فلانی اعتراف كرد كه تحريمها اثر گذاشته. بله، تحريمها بیاثر نبود؛ ميخواهند خوشحالی كنند، بكنند. تحريمها بالاخره اثر گذاشت؛ اين هم يك اشكال اساسی در خود ما است. اقتصاد ما دچار اين اشكال است كه وابستهی به نفت است. ما بايد اقتصاد خودمان را از نفت جدا كنيم؛ دولتهای ما در برنامههای اساسيِ خودشان اين را بگنجانند. من هفده هجده سال قبل به دولتی كه در آن زمان سر كار بود و به مسئولان گفتم كاری كنيد كه ما هر وقت اراده كرديم، بتوانيم درِ چاههای نفت را ببنديم. آقايانِ به قول خودشان \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"تكنوكرات\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" لبخند انكار زدند كه مگر ميشود؟! بله، ميشود؛ بايد دنبال كرد، بايد اقدام كرد، بايد برنامهريزی كرد. وقتی برنامهی اقتصادی يك كشور به يك نقطهی خاص متصل و وابسته باشد، دشمنان روی آن نقطهی خاص تمركز پيدا ميكنند. بله، تحريمها اثر گذاشت، منتها نه آن اثری را كه دشمن ميخواست؛ كه من حالا اين مسئله را شرح خواهم داد. اين در مورد كار اقتصادی بود.
در عرصهی سياسی هم در طول سال 91 سعی كردند ايران اسلامی را به تعبير خودشان در دنيا منزوی كنند؛ يعنی دولتها را در رابطهشان و در نگاهشان به جمهوری اسلامی دچار تزلزل كنند و نگذارند جمهوری اسلامی سياستهای خود را در سطح منطقه، در سطح جهان و در سطح كشورِ خود گسترش دهد و اعمال كند. اين كار با شكست كامل روبهرو شد. در مسائل بينالمللی سعی اينها اين بود كه ما چون اجلاس غيرمتعهدها را در تهران داشتيم، كاری كنند كه اين اجلاس سست و سبك برگزار شود؛ همه شركت نكنند، يا شركت فعال نكنند. درست عكس آنچه كه آنها ميخواستند، اتفاق افتاد. دو ثلث ملتهای جهان عضو جنش غيرمتعهدها هستند. سران كشورها در تهران شركت كردند، مسئولان بلندپايه شركت كردند. همه ايران را تحسين كردند، همه از پيشرفتهای علمی و فنّاوری و اقتصادی كشور اظهار شگفتی كردند. همه در مقابل ملت ايران احساس تمجيد و تحسين كردند؛ اين را به ما هم گفتند، در مصاحبههايشان هم گفتند؛ به كشورهايشان هم كه برگشتند، اين را همه تصديق كردند. درست نقطهی مقابل آنچه كه دشمنان ملت ايران ميخواستند، اتفاق افتاد؛ نتوانستند تأثير بگذارند.
در زمینهی سیاست داخلی، هدف آنها از این تحریمها این بود كه ملت را در راه خودشان مردد كنند؛ بین ملت ایران و نظام اسلامی جدائی بیندازند؛ مردم را دلسرد كنند، ناامید كنند. در روز بیست و دوم بهمن، ملت ایران با حضور متراكم خود، با شور و شوق خود، با احساساتی كه نسبت به اسلام و انقلاب اسلامی و نظام اسلامی ابراز كردند، مشت محكمی بر دهان آنها زدند. در عرصهی امنیتی هم تلاش كردند امنیت كشور را به هم بزنند ــ كه تفاصیل آن را مسئولان در مصاحبهها و در گفتارها برای مردم بیان كردند ــ اما در آنجا هم موفق نشدند. در زمینهی سیاسی در منطقه، قدرت و نفوذ جمهوری اسلامی را یك بار دیگر تجربه كردند. در مسائل منطقهای كار به جائی رسید كه اعتراف و اقرار كردند كه بدون حضور ايران و بدون رأی ايران، هيچ مشكل بزرگی در منطقه حل نخواهد شد. در قضيهی حملهی رژيم صهيونيستی به غزه، حضور قدرتمند جمهوری اسلامی در پشت صحنه موجب شد كه خودشان اعتراف كردند كه در مقابل مبارزان فلسطينی شكست خوردند؛ گفتند ــ ما نگفتيم، آنها گفتند و اصرار كردند ــ كه اگر چنانچه حضور جمهوری اسلامی نبود، قدرتنمائی جمهوری اسلامی نبود، مبارزان فلسطينی نميتوانستند در مقابل اسرائيل مقاومت كنند، چه برسد به اين كه اسرائيل را به زانو در بياورند؛ كه در جنگِ هشت روزه فلسطينیها توانستند اسرائيل را به زانو در بياورند، و اين اولين بار در تاريخ تشكيل رژيم جعلی و غاصب صهيونيستی بود.
گفتيم كه تلاشهای اينها بیاثر نبود؛ بله، بیاثر نبود، اما در كنار اثر منفی، يك اثر مثبت بزرگی هم كه مورد انتظار ما بود، اتفاق افتاد؛ يعنی تحريم موجب شد كه نيروهای درونی و ظرفيت عظيم ملت ايران فعال شود، استعدادهائی بروز كند و كارهای عظيمی تحقق پيدا كند؛ كه اگر تحريم نبود، اين كارها اتفاق نمیافتاد. ما به بركت تحريم توانستيم به كارهای بزرگی دست بزنيم؛ جوانان ما توفيقاتی به دست بياورند كه اگر تحريم نبود، ما به اين توفيقات يقيناً دست پيدا نميكرديم. در زمينهی كارهای زيربنائی ــ كه بعد عرض خواهم كرد ــ در سال 91 پيشرفتهائی صورت گرفت كه در مقايسهی با سالهای قبل هم، سال 91 يك سال برجستهای است. كارهای زيربنائيِ انبوهی صورت گرفت؛ در زمينهی راه، در زمينهی انرژی، در زمينهی كشف منابع جديد نفت، در زمينهی كشف منابع جديد اورانيوم، در زمينهی ايجاد و توسعهی نيروگاه و پالايشگاه و دهها كار صنعتی بزرگ؛ كه اينها همه زيرساختهای اقتصادی آيندهی كشور است. بله، ما اگر چنانچه اين زيرساختها را از قبل فراهم كرده بوديم، تحريم دشمن همين مقدار اثر منفی را هم كه كرد، نميكرد. اين كارها را ما انجام داديم و توانستيم پابهپای دشمنی و تحريم دشمنان، در جهت مثبت جلو برويم. كارهای بزرگی انجام گرفت؛ يك قلم، پيشرفتهای بزرگ علمی در طول سال 91 است. در زمينهی علم و فنّاوری كارهائی شد كه حقيقتاً چشمپُركن و برای انسانی كه معتقد به آيندهی كشور است، خرسندكننده و خوشحالكننده است. يعنی همين سالی كه خواستند بر ملت ايران سخت بگيرند، جوانان عزيز ما، دانشمندان ما ماهوارهی ناهيد را به فضا فرستادند؛ كاوشگر پيشگام را با موجود زنده به فضا فرستادند؛ جنگندهی فوق پيشرفته ساخته شد. اهميت هر كدام از اينها به قدری است كه جا دارد يك ملت برای هر يك از اینها اظهار خوشحالی و خرسندی كند، برايش سرود بسازند، جشنواره درست كنند. كارها چون متراكم است، درست تبليغ نميشود و خبررسانيِ كاملی هم انجام نميگيرد. وقتی كه اين موجود زنده به فضا فرستاده شد و سالم برگشت، آنقدر اين قضيه برای دانشمندان دنيا و ناظران بين المللی تعجبآور بود كه اول انكار كردند؛ ولی بعد كه ديدند چارهای نيست و حقايق و نشانههای درستی و واقعيت را مشاهده كردند، مجبور شدند كه قبول كنند.
در حوزهی سلامت و مهندسی پزشكی كارهای بزرگی انجام گرفت كه مربوط به سلامت مردم است. در زمينهی زيستفنّاوری در منطقه اول شديم. كارهای تخصصی برجستهای در اين زمينه انجام گرفت و اقلام متعدد داروئی بر اين اساس توليد شد. اين همان سالی است كه بر ملت ايران سخت گرفتند، برای اينكه او را از زندگی و از همهی فرآوردههای استعداد بشری محروم كنند. در همين سال، در حوزهی نانوفنّاوری ــ كه يك انقلاب در زمينهی فنّاوری و صنعت است ــ رتبهی اول را در منطقه پیدا كردیم. در همین سال، در چندین حوزهی علمیِ مهم، مقام اول تولید علم در منطقه بوديم. در ركوردهای علم و تولید علمی، در انتشار مقالات علمی، در سرعت پیشرفت علمی، در سهم كشور در تولیدات علمیِ كل جهان، شاهد پیشرفت بودیم. در مسابقات علمیِ فنّاورانهی دانشجویان، كشور نسبت به سال گذشته سی و یك درصد رشد داشت. در سال 91، تعداد دانشجو به قدری افزایش پیدا كرد كه بیست و پنج برابر اول انقلاب، ما امسال دانشجو داریم. بیست و پنج برابر اول انقلاب، دانشجويان در كشور مشغول تحصیل هستند. اینها پیشرفتهای عظیم ملت ایران است. در حوزهی آب، در حوزهی محیط زیست، در سلولهای بنیادی، در انرژیهای نو، در گیاهان داروئی، در انرژی هستهای، كشور توانست به پیشرفتهای بزرگی دست پیدا كند. اینها همه مربوط به آن سالی است كه دشمنان ملت ایران همهی تلاش خود را بسیج كردند تا ملت ایران را از كار بیندازند.
حوادث سال 91 درس بزرگی به ما میدهد؛ این درس این است كه یك ملت زنده از تهدید و فشار و سختگیری دشمن هرگز به زانو در نخواهد آمد. برای ما و برای همهی كسانی كه مسائل ايران را دنبال ميكنند، معلوم شد كه آنچه برای يك ملت مهم است، تكيه به استعداد درونی خود، توكل به خدای بزرگ، اعتماد به خود و عدم تكيهی به دشمنان است؛ اين است كه ميتواند يك ملت را به جلو ببرد. سال 91 برای ما يك ميدان رزمايش بود، يك ميدان تمرين بود. به كوری چشم دشمن، ما ملت ايران فلج كه نشديم، در اين ميدان رزمايش توانستيم از خودمان برجستگیهائی را هم نشان دهيم. البته ضعفهای خودمان را هم شناختيم؛ خاصيت رزمايش اين است. در يك تمرين رزمی و در يك رزمايش، يك مجموعهی رزمی، هم قوّتهای خود را ميشناسد، هم ضعفهای خود را ميشناسد و آنها را برطرف ميكند. ما ضعفهای خودمان را هم شناختيم. ضعف ما در اقتصاد، كه به سختيِ معيشت گروههائی از مردم منتهی شد، عبارت است از وابستگی به نفت ــ كه عرض كردم اين يكی از ضعفهای ما است ــ بیاعتنائی به سياستهای كلان اقتصادی، و سياستها و تصميمگيریهای پیدرپيِ روزمرّه. مسئولين كشور ــ مسولينِ امروز و بخصوص مسئولين آينده كه بعد از انتخاباتِ امسال بر سر كار خواهند آمد ــ به اين نكته توجه كنند؛ كشور بايد سياست اقتصاديِ كلانِ روشن و مدوّن و برنامهريزیشده داشته باشد؛ حوادث گوناگون نتواند تغيير و تبديلی در آن ايجاد كند.
درس بزرگ ديگر ما اين بود كه بنيهی كشور قوی است. وقتی بنيه قوی شد، تأثيرات خصمانهی دشمنان به حداقل ميرسد. اگر مسئولين كه در اين كشور بزرگ و با اين بنيهی قوی، مسئوليت را پذيرفتند، با تدبير كار كنند، مديران با هم باشند، با هم فعاليت كنند ــ توصيهای كه ما هميشه به مسئولين و مديران كشور ميكنيم ــ با حزم و تدبير عمل كنند، آن وقت ميتوانيم از هر تهديدی يك فرصتی بسازيم؛ همچنان كه در سال 91 از تهديدهای دشمن فرصت ساختيم و توانستيم به طرف جلو حركت كنيم. آنچه كه مسئولين كشور و ملت عزيز ما در سال 91 انجام دادند، انشاءالله بايد آثار آن در زندگی مردم، در آينده و در سالهای بعد خود را نشان دهد و نشان خواهد داد.
البته اقتصاد مسئلهی مهمی است كه بنده در اين چند سال پیدرپی بر روی آن تكيه كردهام، اما تنها مسئله هم مسئلهی اقتصاد نيست؛ امنيت كشور مهم است، سلامت مردم مهم است، پيشرفتهای علمی مهم است و اساس كار و زيربنای كار است ــ كه اگر چنانچه در كشور علم پيشرفت كند، همهی كارهای بعدی آسان خواهد شد ــ استقلال و عزت ملی برای كشور مهم است، زيردست نبودن يك ملت و ارباب نداشتن يك ملت مهم است، نفوذ و اقتدار منطقهای يك ملت و يك كشور پشتوانهی استقلال و امنيت كشور است و مهم است. در همهی اين موارد، ما پيشرفت داشتيم؛ هم در زمينهی امنيت، هم در زمينهی سلامت، هم در زمينهی نفوذ بينالمللی، هم در زمينهی تسلط بر حوادث گوناگونی كه بر كشور و بر منطقه جاری است.
ملت ما با پيشرفتها ثابت كرد كه در سايهی آمريكا زندگی نكردن، به معنای عقبافتادگی نيست؛ اين نكتهی مهمی است. قدرتمندان عالم، استعمارگران ــ در روزی كه استعمارِ مستقيم بود ــ و امروز آمريكا، ميخواهند به ملتهای دنيا اثبات كنند كه اگر ميخواهيد زندگی خوب داشته باشيد و پيشرفت كنيد، بايد زير سايهی ما بيائيد. ملت ايران اثبات كرد كه اين حرف دروغ است. ملت ما ثابت كرد كه وابسته نبودن به آمریكا و قدرتهای بزرگ نه فقط موجب عقبافتادگی نیست، بلكه موجب پیشرفت است؛ دلیل واضح این است كه شما این سی سالِ جمهوری اسلامی را مقایسه كنید با سی سالِ بعضی از كشورهائی كه در سایهی آمریكا زندگی كردند، دل خودشان را به سالی دو سه میلیارد دلار كمك آمریكا خوش كردند و تسلیم آمریكا شدند؛ ببینید آنها كجایند، ما كجائیم؟ هستند كشورهائی كه خودشان را به دُم آمریكا بستند و دنبالهروِ آمریكایند. سی سال تجربه در مقابل ما است. ببینید سی سالِ جمهوری اسلامی چگونه گذشته است و جمهوری اسلامی و ملت ایران از كجا به كجا رسیده است، آنها در چه وضعی هستند. هر كس این را مطالعه كند، خواهد فهمید كه وابسته نبودن به قدرتهای بزرگ، برای یك ملت فرصت است، نه تهدید؛ و این فرصت را بحمدالله ملت ایران با قدرت خود، با شجاعت خود، با هوشمندیِ خود به دست آورده است.
دو موضوع لازم را در اینجا باید عرض كنم، كه اینها مربوط به آینده است: یك مسئله این است كه ما در برنامهریزیها همیشه باید جلوتر از دشمن حركت كنیم. در مقابل فعالیت دشمن، كشور نباید در حال انفعال به سر ببرد. هوشمندانه بايد نقشهی دشمن را حدس زد و تشخيص داد و جلوتر از دشمن عمل كرد. ما در يك مواردی اينجوری عمل كرديم، موفقيتش را ديديم؛ يك نمونه، همين مسئلهی تأمين سوخت بيست درصدِ مورد نياز نيروگاه تحقيقاتی تهران است كه راديوداروهای مهمِ مورد نياز كشور در آنجا توليد ميشود. اين نيروگاه كوچك احتياج داشت به سوخت بيست درصد، كه ما بيست درصد را توليد نميكرديم و هميشه اين را از خارج تهيه ميكرديم. دشمنان ما فكر كردند كه از اين فرصت استفاده كنند، اين نياز ملی را گرو بگيرند، برای اينكه جمهوری اسلامی را وادار كنند به قبول تحميلها و تحكمهای خودشان؛ خواستههای خودشان را به اين وسيله تحميل كنند. جوانان ما، دانشمندان ما، قبل از آنكه كار به نقطهی فشار و حساس برسد، توانستند سوخت غنی شدهی بيست درصد را تهيه كنند و آن سوخت را تبديل كنند به صفحهی مورد نيازی كه در آن نيروگاه لازم بود تهيه شود. مخالفين ما حدس هم نميزدند كه ما بتوانيم اين كار را انجام دهيم؛ اما مسئولين كشور بوقت متوجه اين نياز شدند، دستبهكار شدند؛ استعداد ايرانی شكوفا شد، بُروز كرد و اين كار را با موفقيت انجام داديم. آنها در حالی كه انتظار داشتند جمهوری اسلامی ملتمسانه از آنها سوخت بيستدرصد را درخواست كند، جمهوری اسلامی اعلام كرد كه ما سوخت بيستدرصد را در داخل تهيه كرديم و احتياجی به شما نداريم. اگر دانشمندان ما، مردان علمی ما، جوانان ما اين كار را نميكردند، ما امروز بايد با اصرار، با التماس، با هزينهی زياد، در مقابل كسانی كه دوست ما نيستند، ميرفتيم؛ يا سوخت بيستدرصد را درخواست ميكرديم، يا راديوداروها و محصول را درخواست ميكرديم. مسئولين كشور پيشبينی كردند، بوقت فهميدند؛ آنچه را كه بايد انجام دهند، انجام دادند؛ لذا پيروز شديم. اين بايد يك برنامهای باشد برای همهی مسائل اساسی كشور و همهی نيازهای كشور.
دولتها، صنعتگران، كشاورزان، سرمايهداران و كارآفرينان، پژوهشگران علمی، طراحان علمی و صنعتی همه موظفند به اين وظيفهی اخلاقيِ بزرگ، به اين وظيفهی عاقلانه، كه پيش از نياز، خودشان را آماده كنند و يك قدم جلوتر از نقشهی دشمن حركت كنند. مديران اقتصادی، استادان دانشگاه، انجمنهای علمی، پاركهای علمی و فنّاوری، همهی اينها بايد پيشدستی را در كار علمی وجههی همت خودشان قرار دهند؛ مقالهی علمی مينويسند، در اين جهت باشد؛ پژوهش علمی ميكنند، در اين جهت باشد؛ كار صنعتی ميكنند، كار فنی ميكنند، كار علمی ميكنند، همه در اين جهت باشد؛ مديران دولتی، مديران دانشگاهها، مديران علمی، آحاد ملت در اين جهت حركت كنند.
وظيفهی همهی ما اين است كه سعی كنيم كشور را مستحكم، غير قابل نفوذ، غير قابل تأثير از سوی دشمن، حفظ كنيم و نگه داريم؛ اين يكی از اقتضائات «اقتصاد مقاومتی» است كه ما مطرح كرديم. در اقتصاد مقاومتی، يك ركن اساسی و مهم، مقاوم بودن اقتصاد است. اقتصاد بايد مقاوم باشد؛ بايد بتواند در مقابل آنچه كه ممكن است در معرض توطئهی دشمن قرار بگيرد، مقاومت كند. اين مطلب اوّلی كه لازم بود عرض كنم.
مطلب دوم: آمريكائیها مرتب از راههای گوناگون به ما پيغام ميدهند كه بيائيد دربارهی مسئلهی هستهای گفتگو كنیم؛ هم به ما پیغام میدهند، هم در تبلیغات جهانیشان این را مطرح میكنند. مسئولین بلندپایه و مسئولین میانی آمریكا بارها و بارها میگویند بیائید در كنار گفتگوهای 1+ 5 كه دربارهی مسائل هستهای بحث میكنند، آمریكا و جمهوری اسلامی دو به دو، دربارهی مسئلهی هستهای ایران بحث كنند. من به این گفتگوها خوشبین نیستم. چرا؟ چون تجربههای گذشتهی ما نشان میدهد كه گفتگو در منطق حضرات آمریكائی به این معنی نیست كه بنشینیم تا به یك راه حل منطقی دست پیدا كنیم ــ منظورشان از گفتگو این نیست ــ منظورشان از گفتگو این است كه بنشینیم حرف بزنیم تا شما نظر ما را قبول كنید! هدف، از اول اعلام شده است؛ باید نظر طرف مقابل قبول شود. لذا ما همیشه اعلام كردیم و گفتیم كه این، گفتگو نیست؛ این، تحمیل است و ایران زیر بار تحمیل نمیرود. من به این اظهارات خوشبین نیستم، اما مخالفت هم ندارم. در این خصوص، چند مطلب را باید روشن كنم:
یك مطلب این است كه آمریكائیها مرتب پیغام میدهند ــ گاهی مینویسند، گاهی پیغام میدهند ــ كه ما قصد تغییر نظام اسلامی را نداریم؛ به ما اینجور میگویند. جواب این است كه ما نگران این نیستیم كه شما قصد تغییر نظام اسلامی را داشته باشید یا نداشته باشید، كه حالا هی اصرار میكنید كه ما این قصد را نداریم. آن روزی هم كه شما قصد تغییر نظام اسلامی را داشتید و این را بصراحت اعلام كردید، هیچ كاری نتوانستید انجام دهید، بعد از این هم نخواهید توانست انجام دهید.
نكتهی دوم: آمريكائیها مرتب و پیدرپی پیغام میدهند كه ما در پیشنهادِ مذاكرهی منطقی صادقیم؛ یعنی صادقانه از شما میخواهیم كه مذاكره كنید و مذاكرهی منطقی بكنیم؛ یعنی مذاكرهی تحمیلی نباشد. من در جواب میگویم: ما به شما بارها گفتهایم كه در پی سلاح هستهای نیستیم، شما میگوئید باور نمیكنیم؛ ما چرا باید حرف شما را باور كنیم؟! وقتی شما حاضر نیستید یك سخن منطقی و صادقانه را قبول كنید، ما چرا باید حرفی را كه شما میزنید ــ كه خلاف آن بارها ثابت شده است ــ از شما قبول كنیم؟ برداشت ما این است كه پیشنهاد مذاكره از سوی آمریكائیها، یك تاكتیك آمریكائی و برای فریب دادن افكار عمومی است؛ افكار عمومی دنیا و افكار عمومی مردممان. باید شما ثابت كنید این نیست. میتوانید ثابت كنید؟ ثابت كنید.
همینجا من این را بگویم كه از جملهی تاكتیكهای تبلیغاتی اینها این است كه گاهی شایع میكنند كه از طرف رهبری، كسانی با آمریكائیها مذاكره كردند؛ این هم یك تاكتیك تبلیغاتیِ دیگر و دروغ محض است. تا كنون از سوی رهبری، هیچ كس با آنها مذاكره نكرده است. در چند مورد، در طول سالهای متمادی، در دولتهای گوناگون، كسانی بر سر موضوعات مقطعی ــ كه ما هم مخالفتی نداشتیم ــ با آنها مذاكره كردهاند؛ اما مربوط به دولتها بوده است. البته همانها هم موظف بودهاند كه خطوط قرمز رهبری را رعایت كنند؛ امروز هم موظفند و باید رعایت كنند.
نكتهی سوم: بر اساس تجربه و نگاه به صحنه، با دقت و كنجكاوی، برداشت ما این است كه آمریكا مایل به تمام شدن مذاكرات هستهای نیست. آمریكائیها دوست ندارند گفتگوهای هستهای تمام شود و مناقشهی هستهای حل شود؛ وگرنه چنانچه آنها مایل به اتمام این مذاكرات و حل این مشكل بودند، راه حل، بسیار نزدیك و بسیار آسان بود. ایران در مسئلهی هستهای، فقط میخواهد حق غنیسازیِ او ــ كه حق طبیعیاش است ــ از طرف دنیا شناخته شود؛ مسئولان كشورهائی كه مدعی هستند، اعتراف كنند كه ملت ایران حق دارد غنیسازی هستهای را برای اهداف صلحآمیز در كشورِ خودش و به دست خودش انجام دهد؛ این توقعِ زیادی است؟ این آن چیزی است كه ما همیشه گفتهایم؛ آنها همین را نمیخواهند.
آنها میگویند ما نگرانی داریم كه شما به سمت توليد سلاح هستهای بروید ــ چندتا كشور هم بیشتر نیستند، كه اسم آوردم؛ اسم خودشان را میگذارند \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"جامعهی جهانی\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"! ــ میگویند جامعهی جهانی نگرانی دارد. نخیر، جامعهی جهانی هیچ نگرانیای ندارد. اكثر كشورهای دنیا طرف جمهوری اسلامی هستند و از خواستهی ما حمایت میكنند؛ چون خواستهی بحقی است. آمریكائیها اگر میخواستند مسئله حل شود، این راه حلِ بسیار آسانی بود؛ میتوانستند به حق غنی سازی برای ملت ایران اعتراف كنند؛ برای اینكه نگرانیای هم از آن جهات نداشته باشند، میتوانستند مقررات قانونی آژانس هستهای را هم اعمال كنند؛ ما هم از اول هیچ مخالفتی با اعمال اين نظارتها و مقررات نداشتيم. هر وقت نزدیك به راه حل میشویم، آمریكائیها یك سنگی میاندازند كه جلوی راه حل گرفته شود. هدف آنها طبق تلقی و برداشتی كه من دارم، این است كه میخواهند این قضیه باقی بماند تا بهانهای باشد برای فشار؛ كه آن فشارها ــ همان طور كه خودشان گفتند ــ برای فلج كردن ملت ایران است. البته به كوری چشم دشمن، ملت ایران فلج نخواهد شد.
نكتهی چهارم و آخر در این مسئله این است كه اگر آمریكائیها صادقانه میخواهند كار تمام شود، بنده راه حل را ارائه ميدهم. راه حل اين است: آمريكائیها از دشمنی با جمهوری اسلامی دست بردارند، از دشمنی با ملت ايران دست بردارند. پيشنهاد مذاكره، حرف منطقی و متين و مستدلی نيست؛ حرف درست اين است. اگر ميخواهند مشكلات فیمابين وجود نداشته باشد ــ كه ميگويند ما ميخواهيم بين ايران و آمريكا مشكلی وجود نداشته باشد ــ دست از دشمنی بردارند. سی و چهار سال است كه دولتهای گوناگون آمريكا با فهم غلط از ايران و ايرانی، دشمنیهای گوناگونی را با ما طراحی كردهاند. از سال اول پيروزی انقلاب و تشكيل نظام اسلامی، اينها با ما دشمنی كردند؛ در زمينهی امنيت، عليه امنيت ما برنامهريزی كردند؛ حركات خصمانه انجام دادند؛ عليه تماميت ارضی ما اقدام كردند؛ از دشمنان ريز و درشت ما در طول سالهای متمادی هميشه حمايت كردند؛ عليه اقتصاد ملی ما فعاليت كردند؛ از همهی ابزارها عليه ملت ايران استفاده كردند؛ و در همهی اينها هم بحمدالله شكست خوردند؛ بعد از اين هم در مقابلهی با ملت ايران اگر اين دشمنیها را ادامه دهند، شكست خواهند خورد. بنابراين بنده مسئولان آمريكائی را هدايت ميكنم؛ اگر دنبال راه عاقلانه ميگردند، راه عاقلانه اين است كه سياست خود را تصحيح كنند؛ عمل خود را تصحيح كنند و دست از دشمنی با ملت ايران بردارند. اين بحث تمام شد.
يك بحث ديگری دارم كه بايد با اجمال آن را هم عرض كنم و آن، مسئلهی بسيار مهم انتخابات است. انتخابات در كشور ما مظهر «حماسهی سياسی» است. آنچه كه عرض كردم كه وظيفهی ما است و وظيفهی قشرهای گوناگون بود كه انجام دهيم، مظهر «حماسهی اقتصادی» بود. انتخابات، مظهر «حماسهی سياسی» است؛ مظهر اقتدار نظام اسلامی است؛ مظهر آبروی نظام است. آبروی جمهوری اسلامی به انتخابات و حضور مردم در پای صندوقهای رأی و تأثير يكايك مردم در انتخاب مديران كشور است. انتخابات مظهر ارادهی ملی است، نماد مردمسالاری اسلامی است. ما كه مسئلهی مردمسالاری اسلامی را در مقابل دموكراسيِ ليبرال غربی مطرح كرديم، مظهر مردمسالاری اسلامی همين حضور مردم در انتخابات است. لذا به خاطر اهميتی كه انتخابات دارد، دشمنان ملت ايران هميشه سعی كردهاند انتخابات را از شور و هيجان بيندازند؛ برنامهريزی كردند كه مردم را از حضور در پای صندوقهای رأی باز بدارند؛ مردم را دلسرد كنند، مردم را نااميد كنند. در طول سالهای مختلف كه ما انتخابات داشتيم ــ چه انتخابات مجلس، و چه بخصوص انتخابات رياست جمهوری ــ هميشه دشمنان ما سعی كردند اين انتخابات را بیرونق كنند؛ اين به خاطر اهميت انتخابات در كار كشور است.
من چند نكته را در باب انتخابات عرض ميكنم. البته دو ماه و اندی فرصت باقی است؛ اگر عمری بود، باز در فرصتهای ديگر راجع به انتخابات مطالب ديگری را عرض ميكنم؛ فعلاً چند نكته را عرض ميكنم.
نكتهی اول اين است كه در درجهی اول، گسترش مشاركت و حضور گستردهی مردم در انتخابات اهميت دارد. شور انتخاباتی در كشور و حضور مردم پای صندوقهای رأی ميتواند تهديدهای دشمنان را بیاثر كند؛ ميتواند دشمن را نااميد كند؛ ميتواند امنيت كشور را تأمين كند. ملت عزيز ما در همهی نقاط كشور اين را بدانند؛ حضور گستردهی آنها در پای صندوق رأی، در آيندهی كشور تأثير دارد؛ در امنيت، در استقلال، در ثروت ملی، در اقتصاد، در همهی مسائل مهم كشور تأثیر میگذارد. این نكتهی اول؛ كه انتخابات باید به توفیق الهی، به كمك پروردگار، با همت ملت ایران، با مشاركت گسترده تحقق پیدا كند.
نكتهی دوم: در انتخابات، همهی سلیقهها و جریانهای معتقد به جمهوری اسلامی باید شركت كنند؛ این، هم حق همه است، هم وظیفهی همه است. انتخابات مال یك سلیقهی خاص، مال یك جریان فكری و سیاسیِ خاص نیست. همهی كسانی كه به نظام جمهوری اسلامی و به استقلال كشور معتقدند، به آیندهی كشور اهمیت میدهند، دلشان برای منافع ملی میسوزد، باید در انتخابات شركت كنند. رو گرداندن از انتخابات، مناسب كسانی است كه با نظام اسلامی مخالفند.
نكتهی سوم: در نهايت، رأی مردم تعیین كننده است. آنچه كه اهمیت دارد، تشخیص شما و رأی شما است. باید خودتان تحقیق كنید، ملاحظه كنید، دقت كنید، از انسانهای مورد اعتمادتان بپرسید، تا به اصلح برسید و اصلح را انتخاب كنید. رهبری، یك رأی بیشتر ندارد. بندهی حقیر مثل بقیهی مردم، یك رأی دارم؛ این رأی هم تا وقتی كه در صندوق انداخته نشود، هیچ كس از آن مطّلع نخواهد بود. حالا ممكن است آن كسانی كه صندوق دست آنها است، بعد باز كنند، خط اين حقير را بشناسند، بفهمند بنده به چه كسی رأی دادم؛ اما تا قبل از رأی دادن، كسی مطّلع نخواهد شد. اينجور نيست كه كسی بيايد نسبت بدهد كه رهبری نظرش به فلان است، به بهمان نيست. اگر چنين نسبتی داده شد، اين نسبت درست نيست. البته اين روزها با اين وسائل عجيبِ رسانهايِ كنونی ــ اين پيامكها و امثال اينها ــ متأسفانه حرفهای گوناگون، نسبتهای گوناگون به اشخاص گوناگون، رواج دارد. گاهی ممكن است يك نفر هزاران پيامك بفرستد. برای من گزارش دادند كه ممكن است در ايام انتخابات، روزی چند صد ميليون پيامك رد و بدل شود. مراقب باشيد، تحت تأثير اين چيزها قرار نگيريد؛ نگاه كنيد، تشخيص بدهيد، اصلح را بشناسيد و برای ادای تكليف، اسم او را به صندوق رأی بيندازيد. البته هر كسی و يا فعالان سياسی ميتوانند ديگران را هم با نظر خودشان همرأی كنند ــ اين اشكالی ندارد ــ اما از حقير كسی چيزی در اين زمينه نخواهد شنيد. در عين حال مردم ميتوانند به همديگر بگويند، سفارش كنند، تأكيد كنند، توصيه كنند، يكديگر را توجيه كنند و به هم كمك كنند برای شناخت اصلح. به هر حال آنچه كه ملاك عمل است، رأی آحاد مردم است.
نكتهی چهارم: در مسئلهی انتخابات و غير انتخابات، همه بايد تسليم رأی قانون باشند؛ در مقابل قانون تمكين كنند. آن حوادثی كه در سال 88 پیش آمد ــ كه برای كشور ضرر داشت و ضایعهآفرین بود ــ همه از همین ناشی شد كه كسانی نخواستند به قانون تمكین كنند؛ نخواستند به رأی مردم تمكین كنند. ممكن است رأی مردم برخلاف آن چیزی باشد كه منِ شخصی مایل به آن هستم؛ اما باید تمكین كنم. آنچه كه اكثریت مردم، اغلبیت مردم آن را انتخاب كردند، باید همه تمكین كنند؛ همه باید زیر بار بروند. خوشبختانه سازوكارهای قانونی برای رفع اشكال، رفع اشتباه، رفع شبهه وجود دارد؛ از این راهكارهای قانونی استفاده كنند. این كه وقتی آنچه كه اتفاق افتاده است، برخلاف میل ما شد، مردم را به شورش خیابانی دعوت كنیم ــ كه این در سال 88 اتفاق افتاد ــ یكی از خطاهای جبرانناپذیر است. این تجربهای شد برای ملت ما، و ملت ما همیشه در مقابل یك چنین حوادثی خواهد ایستاد.
نكتهی آخر: این را همه بدانند كه آنچه ما برای رئیسجمهور آینده نیاز داریم، عبارت است از امتیازاتی كه امروز وجود دارد، منهای ضعفهائی كه وجود دارد. این را همه توجه كنند؛ رئیسجمهورِ هر دورهای باید امتیازات كسبی و ممكنالحصول رئیسجمهور قبلی را داشته باشد، ضعفهای او را نداشته باشد. هر كسی بالاخره نقاط قوّتی دارد و نقاط ضعفی دارد. رؤسای جمهور ــ چه رئیسجمهور امروز، چه رئیسجمهور فردا ــ نقاط قوّتی دارند و نقاط ضعفی هم دارند. همهی ما همین جوریم؛ نقاط قوّتی داریم، نقاط ضعفی داریم. آن چیزهائی كه امروز برای دولت و برای رئیسجمهور نقاط قوّت محسوب میشود، اینها باید در رئیسجمهور بعدی وجود داشته باشد، اینها را باید در خود تأمین كند؛ آن چیزهائی كه امروز نقاط ضعف شناخته میشود ــ كه ممكن است شما بگوئید، من بگویم، دیگری بگوید ــ این نقاط ضعف را باید از خود دور كند. یعنی ما در سلسلهی دولتهائی كه پشت سر هم میآیند، بايد رو به پیشرفت باشیم، رو به تعالی و تكامل باشیم، تدریجاً بهترینهای خودمان را بفرستیم؛ هر كسی میآید، پایبند به انقلاب، پایبند به ارزشها، پایبند به منافع ملی، پایبند به نظام اسلامی، پایبند به عقل جمعی، پایبند به تدبیر باشد. اینجوری باید این كشور را اداره كرد. كشور، كشور بزرگی است؛ ملت، ملت باعظمتی است؛ مسائل تشویق كننده و مبشّر، فراوان است؛ مشكلات هم بر سر راه هر ملتی، و از جمله بر سر راه ما وجود دارد. آن كسانی كه آمادهی این میدان میشوند، بايد با كمال قوّت، با كمال قدرت، با توكل به خدا، با اعتماد به توانائیهای این ملت پیش بروند.
پروردگارا! آنچه را كه به خیر و صلاح این كشور است، برای این ملت مقدّر بفرما. پروردگارا! قلب مقدس ولیعصر را از همهی ما خشنود كن. پروردگارا! روح مطهر امام بزرگوار و ارواح طیبهی شهدا را از ما خشنود و راضی بگردان. آنچه گفتیم، برای خودت و در راه خودت قرار بده و آن را به كرمت از ما قبول كن.
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الحمد لله ربّ العالمین و الصّلاة و السّلام علی سیّدنا و نبیّنا و حبیب قلوبنا ابیالقاسم المصطفی محمّد و علی ءاله الطّیبین الطّاهرین المنتجبین المعصومین سیّما بقیّةالله فی الأرضین. السّلام علی الصّدّیقة الطّاهرة فاطمة بنت رسول الله صلّی الله علیها و علی ابیها و بعلها و بنیها.
به همهی برادران و خواهران عزیزی كه در این محفلِ گرم و پرشور حضور یافتهاند، سلام و تبریك عرض میكنم و خدا را از اعماق دل سپاسگزارم كه فرصت عنایت كرد و مهلت داد تا یك بار دیگر و یك سال دیگر و یك نوروز دیگر، در جوار بارگاه ملكوتی حضرت ابا الحسن الرّضا (علیه ءالاف التّحیّة و السّلام) در جمع شما مردم عزيز مشهد و زوار محترمی كه از اكناف كشور حضور دارند، امكان و توفيق ملاقات و ديدار پيدا كنم و با شما دربارهی مسائل جاری و مهم كشور سخن بگويم. از خداوند متعال مسئلت ميكنيم كه دل ما را و زبان ما را هدايت فرمايد و آنچه مورد رضای او است، بر قلب و زبان ما جاری شود. اين هم يك توفيق بزرگی است كه در عيد نوروز، در كنار شادیها و زيبائیهائی كه در طبيعتِ نوروز وجود دارد، اين فرصت، هر ساله برای ما دست ميدهد كه در چنين روزی در جمع شما مردم، به مسائل كشور و ارزيابی وضع كنونی خود و نگاه به گذشته و آيندهی خود بپردازيم؛ با يك نگاه اجمالی، وضع دخل و خرج يكسالهی خودمان را در ابعاد كلان ملی بررسی كنیم، محاسبه كنیم؛ محاسبهی نفس ملی، محاسبهی نفس عمومی. همچنان كه در مسائل شخصی، محاسبهی نفس برای ما لازم است ــ كه فرمود: «حاسبوا انفسكم قبل ان تحاسبوا»؛[1] باید محاسبهی كار خود و اعمال خود و حركات شخصی خود را داشته باشیم ــ محاسبهی ملی هم یك كار بااهمیت و پرارزش است؛ خودمان را محاسبه كنیم، به خودمان نگاه كنیم؛ آنچه را كه بر ما گذشته است، بار دیگر مورد نظر قرار دهیم؛ از آن درس و عبرت بگیریم، برای آینده بهره ببریم.
برادران و خواهران عزیز توجه كنند كه ما ملت ایران، فقط خودمان نیستیم كه به مسائل خودمان نگاه میكنیم و آن را تقویم و ارزیابی میكنیم؛ كسان دیگری هم هستند كه كار ما را مورد مطالعه قرار میدهند؛ دربارهی مسائل ما، كارهای ما، اقدامات ما قضاوت ميكنند و نظر ميدهند. ملتهائی هستند كه از تجربههای ما استفاده ميكنند، بعضِ ديگری هستند كه به مطالعهی اوضاع ملت ايران اشتغال دارند؛ از پيشرفتهای ما خرسند ميشوند، از موفقيتهای ما خوشحال ميشوند؛ ما اگر پيروزی به دست بياوريم، آنها احساس پيروزی ميكنند؛ اگر تلخی و تلخكامی در كار ما باشد، آنها تلخكام ميشوند. كسان ديگری هم در دنيا هستند كه كار ما را زير ذرهبين دارند، كار ما را مطالعه ميكنند؛ آنها بعكس، از لغزشهای ما خوشحال ميشوند، از موفقيتهای ما احساس دلتنگی ميكنند، بدخواه ملت ايرانند؛ اينها هم كار ما را زير نظر دارند. اينها عمدتاً كسانی هستند كه در طول سالهای متمادی همه چيز اين كشور در اختيار آنها بوده است، بر همهی امور كشور ما مسلط بودند؛ انقلاب آمده است دست اینها را كوتاه كرده؛ لذا با انقلاب بدند، با مردم انقلابی بدند، با حكومت انقلابی بدند، با نظام انقلابی دشمنند. بنابراین ما زیر نظر جامعهی بزرگی از آحاد بشر هستیم؛ كار ما را نگاه میكنند، عمل ما را میسنجند.
بنابراین ما كه به عملكرد خودمان و برنامهی گذشته و آیندهی خودمان نگاه میكنیم، نگاهمان بايد واقعبینانه باشد؛ ارزیابی ما ارزیابی درستی باشد. بعضی از مردمِ خود ما وقتی به اوضاع كشور نگاه میكنند، فقط ضعفها را میبینند؛ گرانی را میبینند، افت تولید در برخی از واحدهای تولیدی كشور را میبینند، فشارهای دشمنان را میبینند. این نگاه، نگاه ناقصی است. بنده نگاه متفاوتی دارم. من وقتی به اوضاع كشور و اوضاع ملتمان نگاه میكنم، یك میدان عظیم پرچالشی را مشاهده میكنم كه ملت ایران در این میدان، به رغم دشمنان، سربلند و پيروز ظاهر شده است.
ضعفها هست، مشكلات هست؛ در مجموعهی حوادث و رويدادهای كشور، تلخیها و تلخكامیهائی وجود دارد؛ ولی كسانی از قدرتمندان مادی عالم، با همهی وجود تلاش كردند كه ملت ايران را فلج كنند؛ اين را به زبان آوردند. آن خانم بیكفايتی كه مسئوليت سياست خارجی كشور آمريكا را بر عهده داشت، سينهاش را سپر كرد و گفت ميخواهيم تحريمهائی در مورد جمهوری اسلامی اعمال كنيم كه ايران فلج شود! اين را صريحاً به زبان آوردند. و حالا عرض خواهم كرد كه فعاليتها و اقدامهاي آنها چه بود و چه شد و به كجا انجاميد. بنابراين از يك طرف، تلاش دشمن است در اين عرصهی عظيم و ميدان بزرگی كه ملت ايران در آن به چالش و مقابله با دشمن سرگرم است؛ از طرف ديگر، وجود دستاوردهای بزرگی است كه نشاندهندهی ظرفيت و قدرت و هوشمندی اين ملت بزرگ است. وقتی انسان اين صحنه را ملاحظه ميكند، مثل صحنهی هماورديِ ورزشكاران قدرتمندی است كه زحمت و تلاش و كوشش و خستگی در آن هست، اما يك قهرمان، در اين ميدان موفق ميشود، پيروز ميشود؛ همه او را تحسين ميكنند و آفرين ميگويند. اين قهرمان در اين صحنهی عظيمی كه در مقابل چشم ما است، ملت ايران است. هر كس اين صحنه را درست ببيند و درست مطالعه كند، به ملت ايران آفرين ميگويد؛ همچنان كه ما امروز صدای آفرين هوشمندان نكتهبين دنيا را ميشنويم كه از ميان همان كشورهائی كه دشمن و بدخواه ملت ايرانند، نخبگان سياسی، نخبگان دانشگاهی، افراد دنياديده و مجرب كه اوضاع را زير نظر دارند، به ملت ايران آفرين ميگويند. اين عرصهای است كه در مقابل چشم ما است. بنابراين نگاه كردن و فقط به ضعفها چشم دوختن، غلط است. بايد ديد مجموعهی اين تلاشها در سطح كشور چگونه انجام ميگيرد و به چه سرانجامی منتهی ميشود. با اين ديد وقتی به صحنه نگاه كنيم، بايد به ايران و ايرانيِ مسلمان آفرين بگوئيم.
گفتيم بعضیها از پيشرفت ملت ايران غمگين و ناراحت ميشوند. اينها چه كسانی هستند؟ اين را بعد عرض خواهم كرد. دشمنانی كه مايل نيستند پيشرفت و ترقی و رشد همهجانبهی ملت ايران را ببينند، دو كار عمده در برنامهی آنها وجود دارد: يكی اين كه تا آنجائی كه بتوانند، مانعتراشی كنند كه ملت نتواند به اين پيشرفتها و رشد دست پيدا كند؛ با تحريم، با تهديد، با مشغول كردن مديران به كارهای درجهی دو و فرعی، به منعطف كردن حواس ملت بزرگ ايران و نخبگان كشور به كارهائی كه در فهرست كارهای اصلی آنها قرار ندارد؛ يعنی مانع شدن عملی.
كار دوم اين است كه در تبليغاتِ خودشان پيشرفتها را انكار كنند. امروز یك شبكهی تبلیغاتیِ بسیار عظیم با هزاران رسانه از انواع گوناگون رسانهها در دنیا مشغول به كار است، برای اینكه اثبات كند كه در ملت ایران، در كشور ایران پیشرفتی صورت نمیگیرد؛ پیروزیهای ملت را انكار كنند؛ اگر ضعفهائی وجود دارد، این ضعفها را بزرگ و عمده كنند و در مقابل چشم همه قرار دهند؛ اما قوّتها و نقاط جوشش را ــ كه در سراسر كشور و در هر گوشه و كنار، خود را به انسانهای منصف نشان میدهند ــ از چشمها پنهان كنند.
رئیس جمهور آمریكا در نطق رسمی، از مشكلات اقتصادی ایران حرف میزند؛ مثل اینكه از پیروزی خود دارد صحبت میكند؛ كه بله، در ایران پول ملی افت كرده است، مشكلات اقتصادی اینچنین و آنچنان است. البته او به قوّتهای این ملت، به تلاشهای مثبت و سازندهای كه در این كشور دارد انجام میگیرد، به پیروزیهای بزرگ این ملت اشارهای نكرده است و هرگز نخواهد كرد. سی سال است كه ما با چنین چالشی مواجهایم ــ كه من در ارزیابی این سی سال، بعداً یك كلمه عرض خواهم كرد ــ اما چالشی كه ملت ایران با آن مواجه است و دشمنانی ــ هم در عمل و هم در تبليغات ــ كوشش ميكنند مانع بروز و ظهور رشد چشمگير كشور ايران كه در سايهی اسلام زندگی ميكند، بشوند، امروز چند برابر است.
سال 91 كه گذشت، يكی از سالهای بسيار پر كار برای دشمنان ما در اين زمينه بود. آنها گفتند ميخواهيم ملت ايران را با تحريمها فلج كنيم. اگر جمهوری اسلامی سر پا باشد، بانشاط باشد، رو به پيشرفت باشد، آنها در دنيا بیآبرو ميشوند؛ لذا اگر ميتوانند، بايد نگذارند؛ و اگر كار از دستشان خارج شد، لااقل در تبليغات جور ديگری اين مطلب را منعكس و وانمود كنند. اينها اين دو كار را امروز با شدت بيشتری انجام ميدهند؛ هم ممانعت عملی ــ با فشار، با تهديد، با تحريم و امثال اينها ــ هم با تلاش تبليغاتی برای كوچك نشان دادن نقطههای قوّت، و بزرگ نشان دادن نقطههای ضعف.
عرض كرديم دشمنانی هستند. اين دشمنان چه كسانی هستند؟ لانهی اصلی توطئه عليه ملت ايران كجاست؟ پاسخ به اين سؤال، دشوار نيست. امروز سی و چهار سال است كه هرگاه نام «دشمن» برده ميشود، ذهن ملت ايران متوجه دولت آمريكا ميشود. خوب است دولتمردان آمريكا به اين نكته توجه كنند و اين را بفهمند كه ملت ايران در طول اين سی و چند سال چيزهائی ديده است، مراحلی را گذرانده است، كه تا ميگويند دشمن، ذهن ملت ايران متوجه به آمريكا ميشود. اين مسئلهی بسيار مهمی است برای يك دولتی كه ميخواهد در دنيا با آبرو زندگی كند؛ اين مسئله، مسئلهی قابل توجه و قابل دقتی است؛ بايد روی اين مسئله تكيه كنند. مركز توطئه اينجا است، اساس دشمنی اينجا است.
البته دشمنهای ديگری هم هستند كه ما اينها را در درجهی اول و در رديف اول به حساب نمیآوريم: دشمن صهيونيستی هم هست، منتها رژيم صهيونيستی در قواره و اندازهای نيست كه در صف دشمنان ملت ايران به چشم بيايد. گاهی سردمداران رژيم صهيونيستی، ما را تهديد هم ميكنند؛ تهديد به حملهی نظامی ميكنند؛ اما بهنظرم خودشان هم ميدانند، و اگر نميدانند، بدانند كه اگر غلطی از آنها سر بزند، جمهوری اسلامی «تلآويو» و «حيفا» را با خاك يكسان خواهد كرد. دولت انگليسِ خبيث هم با ملت ايران دشمنی ميكند؛ اين هم يكی از دشمنان سنتی و قديمی ملت ايران است؛ منتها دولت انگليس نقش مكمل آمريكا را در اين ميدان بازی ميكند. خود دولت انگليس استقلالی ندارد كه انسان او را يك دشمن مستقلی به حساب بياورد؛ دنبالهروِ آمريكا است.
بعضی از دولتهای ديگر هم دشمنیهائی دارند. من اينجا مناسب ميدانم كه بگويم مسئولين دولت فرانسه هم در چند سال اخير دشمنیهای آشكاری با ملت ايران كردهاند؛ اين يك ناهوشمندی از سوی دولتمردان فرانسه است. انسان عاقل، بخصوص سياستمدار عاقل، هرگز نبايد انگيزهی اين را داشته باشد كه موجودی را كه دشمن او نيست، تبديل به دشمن كند. ما با دولت فرانسه، با كشور فرانسه مشكلی نداشتيم؛ نه در طول تاريخ مشكلی داشتيم، نه در دوران حاضر؛ اما سياست غلط از زمان ساركوزی ــ كه دولت امروز فرانسه هم متأسفانه همان راه را میرود ــ دشمنی با ملت ایران است. به نظر ما این كار غلطی است، كار غیرمدبرانه و غیرعاقلانهای است، كار ناهوشمندانهای است.
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خب، حالا كه بنا است به سال 91 نگاه كنیم، این را بگوئیم كه از اول سال 91 آمریكائیها برنامههای جدید خودشان را شروع كردند؛ با اینكه در زبان اظهار دوستی كردند، گاهی با ما اظهار دوستی كردند ــ در نامه و پیغام و امثال اینها ــ گاهی در رسانهها با ملت ایران اظهار دوستی كردند، اما برخلاف این اظهارات غیرواقعی، در عمل سعی كردند نسبت به ایران و ملت ایران سختگیری كنند؛ تحریمهای شدیدی را از اوائل سال 91 گذاشتند ــ تحریم نفت، تحریم بانك و مبادلات بانكی و پولی بین جمهوری اسلامی و كشورهای دیگر ــ كارهای زیادی هم در این زمینه انجام دادند.
اين هم يكی از آن لطائف عالم است كه آمريكائیها دشمنی ميكنند، ميگويند شما نفهميد كه ما با شما دشمنيم؛ مخالفت و عناد ميورزند، متوقعند كه ملت ايران نفهمد كه آنها معاندند و دشمنی ميكنند! اين سياست از اواخر دوران بوش در مقابل ايران شروع شده است، امروز هم متأسفانه همان سياست را دولتمردان آمريكا ادامه ميدهند؛ همان پنجهی چدنيِ زير دستكش مخملی. من چند سال پيش اينجا در جوار بقعهی علیبنموسیالرضا (عليه السّلام) در همين سخنرانيِ اول فروردين گفتم مراقب باشيد اظهار محبت شما، اظهار دوستی و موافقت شما به معنای اين نباشد كه دستكش مخملی بر روی پنجهی چدنی كشيديد و ميخواهيد تظاهر به دوستی كنيد، اما در باطن دشمنی ميكنيد. آمريكائیها برای متوقف كردن فروش نفت و انتقال پول ايران، مأمور ويژه فرستادند. از آمريكا افراد برجسته و خاصی را مأمور كردند كه با كشورها تماس بگيرند، به كشورها مسافرت كنند؛ حتّی با سران شركتها صحبت كنند برای اينكه ارتباطات و اتصالات اقتصادی مربوط به نفت را با جمهوری اسلامی پيگيری نكنند؛ آنها را مجازات كنند به خاطر اين كه با جمهوری اسلامی ارتباط مالی دارند، ارتباط پولی دارند، يا معامله در مورد نفت دارند؛ اين كار را از اول سال 91 و بخصوص از مرداد، با شدتِ تمام شروع كردند. انتظار داشتند ايران در مقابل اين حركتِ برنامهريزی شده كه با شدت دنبال هم ميكردند، دست از فعاليتهای رشديابندهی علميِ خود بردارد و تسليم زورگوئیهای آمريكا شود.
البته من اين را بگويم ــ اين را يك بار ديگر هم چند ماه قبل از اين گفتم ــ كه آمريكائیها اظهار خوشحالی كردند و گفتند كه فلانی اعتراف كرد كه تحريمها اثر گذاشته. بله، تحريمها بیاثر نبود؛ ميخواهند خوشحالی كنند، بكنند. تحريمها بالاخره اثر گذاشت؛ اين هم يك اشكال اساسی در خود ما است. اقتصاد ما دچار اين اشكال است كه وابستهی به نفت است. ما بايد اقتصاد خودمان را از نفت جدا كنيم؛ دولتهای ما در برنامههای اساسيِ خودشان اين را بگنجانند. من هفده هجده سال قبل به دولتی كه در آن زمان سر كار بود و به مسئولان گفتم كاری كنيد كه ما هر وقت اراده كرديم، بتوانيم درِ چاههای نفت را ببنديم. آقايانِ به قول خودشان \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"تكنوكرات\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" لبخند انكار زدند كه مگر ميشود؟! بله، ميشود؛ بايد دنبال كرد، بايد اقدام كرد، بايد برنامهريزی كرد. وقتی برنامهی اقتصادی يك كشور به يك نقطهی خاص متصل و وابسته باشد، دشمنان روی آن نقطهی خاص تمركز پيدا ميكنند. بله، تحريمها اثر گذاشت، منتها نه آن اثری را كه دشمن ميخواست؛ كه من حالا اين مسئله را شرح خواهم داد. اين در مورد كار اقتصادی بود.
در عرصهی سياسی هم در طول سال 91 سعی كردند ايران اسلامی را به تعبير خودشان در دنيا منزوی كنند؛ يعنی دولتها را در رابطهشان و در نگاهشان به جمهوری اسلامی دچار تزلزل كنند و نگذارند جمهوری اسلامی سياستهای خود را در سطح منطقه، در سطح جهان و در سطح كشورِ خود گسترش دهد و اعمال كند. اين كار با شكست كامل روبهرو شد. در مسائل بينالمللی سعی اينها اين بود كه ما چون اجلاس غيرمتعهدها را در تهران داشتيم، كاری كنند كه اين اجلاس سست و سبك برگزار شود؛ همه شركت نكنند، يا شركت فعال نكنند. درست عكس آنچه كه آنها ميخواستند، اتفاق افتاد. دو ثلث ملتهای جهان عضو جنش غيرمتعهدها هستند. سران كشورها در تهران شركت كردند، مسئولان بلندپايه شركت كردند. همه ايران را تحسين كردند، همه از پيشرفتهای علمی و فنّاوری و اقتصادی كشور اظهار شگفتی كردند. همه در مقابل ملت ايران احساس تمجيد و تحسين كردند؛ اين را به ما هم گفتند، در مصاحبههايشان هم گفتند؛ به كشورهايشان هم كه برگشتند، اين را همه تصديق كردند. درست نقطهی مقابل آنچه كه دشمنان ملت ايران ميخواستند، اتفاق افتاد؛ نتوانستند تأثير بگذارند.
در زمینهی سیاست داخلی، هدف آنها از این تحریمها این بود كه ملت را در راه خودشان مردد كنند؛ بین ملت ایران و نظام اسلامی جدائی بیندازند؛ مردم را دلسرد كنند، ناامید كنند. در روز بیست و دوم بهمن، ملت ایران با حضور متراكم خود، با شور و شوق خود، با احساساتی كه نسبت به اسلام و انقلاب اسلامی و نظام اسلامی ابراز كردند، مشت محكمی بر دهان آنها زدند. در عرصهی امنیتی هم تلاش كردند امنیت كشور را به هم بزنند ــ كه تفاصیل آن را مسئولان در مصاحبهها و در گفتارها برای مردم بیان كردند ــ اما در آنجا هم موفق نشدند. در زمینهی سیاسی در منطقه، قدرت و نفوذ جمهوری اسلامی را یك بار دیگر تجربه كردند. در مسائل منطقهای كار به جائی رسید كه اعتراف و اقرار كردند كه بدون حضور ايران و بدون رأی ايران، هيچ مشكل بزرگی در منطقه حل نخواهد شد. در قضيهی حملهی رژيم صهيونيستی به غزه، حضور قدرتمند جمهوری اسلامی در پشت صحنه موجب شد كه خودشان اعتراف كردند كه در مقابل مبارزان فلسطينی شكست خوردند؛ گفتند ــ ما نگفتيم، آنها گفتند و اصرار كردند ــ كه اگر چنانچه حضور جمهوری اسلامی نبود، قدرتنمائی جمهوری اسلامی نبود، مبارزان فلسطينی نميتوانستند در مقابل اسرائيل مقاومت كنند، چه برسد به اين كه اسرائيل را به زانو در بياورند؛ كه در جنگِ هشت روزه فلسطينیها توانستند اسرائيل را به زانو در بياورند، و اين اولين بار در تاريخ تشكيل رژيم جعلی و غاصب صهيونيستی بود.
گفتيم كه تلاشهای اينها بیاثر نبود؛ بله، بیاثر نبود، اما در كنار اثر منفی، يك اثر مثبت بزرگی هم كه مورد انتظار ما بود، اتفاق افتاد؛ يعنی تحريم موجب شد كه نيروهای درونی و ظرفيت عظيم ملت ايران فعال شود، استعدادهائی بروز كند و كارهای عظيمی تحقق پيدا كند؛ كه اگر تحريم نبود، اين كارها اتفاق نمیافتاد. ما به بركت تحريم توانستيم به كارهای بزرگی دست بزنيم؛ جوانان ما توفيقاتی به دست بياورند كه اگر تحريم نبود، ما به اين توفيقات يقيناً دست پيدا نميكرديم. در زمينهی كارهای زيربنائی ــ كه بعد عرض خواهم كرد ــ در سال 91 پيشرفتهائی صورت گرفت كه در مقايسهی با سالهای قبل هم، سال 91 يك سال برجستهای است. كارهای زيربنائيِ انبوهی صورت گرفت؛ در زمينهی راه، در زمينهی انرژی، در زمينهی كشف منابع جديد نفت، در زمينهی كشف منابع جديد اورانيوم، در زمينهی ايجاد و توسعهی نيروگاه و پالايشگاه و دهها كار صنعتی بزرگ؛ كه اينها همه زيرساختهای اقتصادی آيندهی كشور است. بله، ما اگر چنانچه اين زيرساختها را از قبل فراهم كرده بوديم، تحريم دشمن همين مقدار اثر منفی را هم كه كرد، نميكرد. اين كارها را ما انجام داديم و توانستيم پابهپای دشمنی و تحريم دشمنان، در جهت مثبت جلو برويم. كارهای بزرگی انجام گرفت؛ يك قلم، پيشرفتهای بزرگ علمی در طول سال 91 است. در زمينهی علم و فنّاوری كارهائی شد كه حقيقتاً چشمپُركن و برای انسانی كه معتقد به آيندهی كشور است، خرسندكننده و خوشحالكننده است. يعنی همين سالی كه خواستند بر ملت ايران سخت بگيرند، جوانان عزيز ما، دانشمندان ما ماهوارهی ناهيد را به فضا فرستادند؛ كاوشگر پيشگام را با موجود زنده به فضا فرستادند؛ جنگندهی فوق پيشرفته ساخته شد. اهميت هر كدام از اينها به قدری است كه جا دارد يك ملت برای هر يك از اینها اظهار خوشحالی و خرسندی كند، برايش سرود بسازند، جشنواره درست كنند. كارها چون متراكم است، درست تبليغ نميشود و خبررسانيِ كاملی هم انجام نميگيرد. وقتی كه اين موجود زنده به فضا فرستاده شد و سالم برگشت، آنقدر اين قضيه برای دانشمندان دنيا و ناظران بين المللی تعجبآور بود كه اول انكار كردند؛ ولی بعد كه ديدند چارهای نيست و حقايق و نشانههای درستی و واقعيت را مشاهده كردند، مجبور شدند كه قبول كنند.
در حوزهی سلامت و مهندسی پزشكی كارهای بزرگی انجام گرفت كه مربوط به سلامت مردم است. در زمينهی زيستفنّاوری در منطقه اول شديم. كارهای تخصصی برجستهای در اين زمينه انجام گرفت و اقلام متعدد داروئی بر اين اساس توليد شد. اين همان سالی است كه بر ملت ايران سخت گرفتند، برای اينكه او را از زندگی و از همهی فرآوردههای استعداد بشری محروم كنند. در همين سال، در حوزهی نانوفنّاوری ــ كه يك انقلاب در زمينهی فنّاوری و صنعت است ــ رتبهی اول را در منطقه پیدا كردیم. در همین سال، در چندین حوزهی علمیِ مهم، مقام اول تولید علم در منطقه بوديم. در ركوردهای علم و تولید علمی، در انتشار مقالات علمی، در سرعت پیشرفت علمی، در سهم كشور در تولیدات علمیِ كل جهان، شاهد پیشرفت بودیم. در مسابقات علمیِ فنّاورانهی دانشجویان، كشور نسبت به سال گذشته سی و یك درصد رشد داشت. در سال 91، تعداد دانشجو به قدری افزایش پیدا كرد كه بیست و پنج برابر اول انقلاب، ما امسال دانشجو داریم. بیست و پنج برابر اول انقلاب، دانشجويان در كشور مشغول تحصیل هستند. اینها پیشرفتهای عظیم ملت ایران است. در حوزهی آب، در حوزهی محیط زیست، در سلولهای بنیادی، در انرژیهای نو، در گیاهان داروئی، در انرژی هستهای، كشور توانست به پیشرفتهای بزرگی دست پیدا كند. اینها همه مربوط به آن سالی است كه دشمنان ملت ایران همهی تلاش خود را بسیج كردند تا ملت ایران را از كار بیندازند.
حوادث سال 91 درس بزرگی به ما میدهد؛ این درس این است كه یك ملت زنده از تهدید و فشار و سختگیری دشمن هرگز به زانو در نخواهد آمد. برای ما و برای همهی كسانی كه مسائل ايران را دنبال ميكنند، معلوم شد كه آنچه برای يك ملت مهم است، تكيه به استعداد درونی خود، توكل به خدای بزرگ، اعتماد به خود و عدم تكيهی به دشمنان است؛ اين است كه ميتواند يك ملت را به جلو ببرد. سال 91 برای ما يك ميدان رزمايش بود، يك ميدان تمرين بود. به كوری چشم دشمن، ما ملت ايران فلج كه نشديم، در اين ميدان رزمايش توانستيم از خودمان برجستگیهائی را هم نشان دهيم. البته ضعفهای خودمان را هم شناختيم؛ خاصيت رزمايش اين است. در يك تمرين رزمی و در يك رزمايش، يك مجموعهی رزمی، هم قوّتهای خود را ميشناسد، هم ضعفهای خود را ميشناسد و آنها را برطرف ميكند. ما ضعفهای خودمان را هم شناختيم. ضعف ما در اقتصاد، كه به سختيِ معيشت گروههائی از مردم منتهی شد، عبارت است از وابستگی به نفت ــ كه عرض كردم اين يكی از ضعفهای ما است ــ بیاعتنائی به سياستهای كلان اقتصادی، و سياستها و تصميمگيریهای پیدرپيِ روزمرّه. مسئولين كشور ــ مسولينِ امروز و بخصوص مسئولين آينده كه بعد از انتخاباتِ امسال بر سر كار خواهند آمد ــ به اين نكته توجه كنند؛ كشور بايد سياست اقتصاديِ كلانِ روشن و مدوّن و برنامهريزیشده داشته باشد؛ حوادث گوناگون نتواند تغيير و تبديلی در آن ايجاد كند.
درس بزرگ ديگر ما اين بود كه بنيهی كشور قوی است. وقتی بنيه قوی شد، تأثيرات خصمانهی دشمنان به حداقل ميرسد. اگر مسئولين كه در اين كشور بزرگ و با اين بنيهی قوی، مسئوليت را پذيرفتند، با تدبير كار كنند، مديران با هم باشند، با هم فعاليت كنند ــ توصيهای كه ما هميشه به مسئولين و مديران كشور ميكنيم ــ با حزم و تدبير عمل كنند، آن وقت ميتوانيم از هر تهديدی يك فرصتی بسازيم؛ همچنان كه در سال 91 از تهديدهای دشمن فرصت ساختيم و توانستيم به طرف جلو حركت كنيم. آنچه كه مسئولين كشور و ملت عزيز ما در سال 91 انجام دادند، انشاءالله بايد آثار آن در زندگی مردم، در آينده و در سالهای بعد خود را نشان دهد و نشان خواهد داد.
البته اقتصاد مسئلهی مهمی است كه بنده در اين چند سال پیدرپی بر روی آن تكيه كردهام، اما تنها مسئله هم مسئلهی اقتصاد نيست؛ امنيت كشور مهم است، سلامت مردم مهم است، پيشرفتهای علمی مهم است و اساس كار و زيربنای كار است ــ كه اگر چنانچه در كشور علم پيشرفت كند، همهی كارهای بعدی آسان خواهد شد ــ استقلال و عزت ملی برای كشور مهم است، زيردست نبودن يك ملت و ارباب نداشتن يك ملت مهم است، نفوذ و اقتدار منطقهای يك ملت و يك كشور پشتوانهی استقلال و امنيت كشور است و مهم است. در همهی اين موارد، ما پيشرفت داشتيم؛ هم در زمينهی امنيت، هم در زمينهی سلامت، هم در زمينهی نفوذ بينالمللی، هم در زمينهی تسلط بر حوادث گوناگونی كه بر كشور و بر منطقه جاری است.
ملت ما با پيشرفتها ثابت كرد كه در سايهی آمريكا زندگی نكردن، به معنای عقبافتادگی نيست؛ اين نكتهی مهمی است. قدرتمندان عالم، استعمارگران ــ در روزی كه استعمارِ مستقيم بود ــ و امروز آمريكا، ميخواهند به ملتهای دنيا اثبات كنند كه اگر ميخواهيد زندگی خوب داشته باشيد و پيشرفت كنيد، بايد زير سايهی ما بيائيد. ملت ايران اثبات كرد كه اين حرف دروغ است. ملت ما ثابت كرد كه وابسته نبودن به آمریكا و قدرتهای بزرگ نه فقط موجب عقبافتادگی نیست، بلكه موجب پیشرفت است؛ دلیل واضح این است كه شما این سی سالِ جمهوری اسلامی را مقایسه كنید با سی سالِ بعضی از كشورهائی كه در سایهی آمریكا زندگی كردند، دل خودشان را به سالی دو سه میلیارد دلار كمك آمریكا خوش كردند و تسلیم آمریكا شدند؛ ببینید آنها كجایند، ما كجائیم؟ هستند كشورهائی كه خودشان را به دُم آمریكا بستند و دنبالهروِ آمریكایند. سی سال تجربه در مقابل ما است. ببینید سی سالِ جمهوری اسلامی چگونه گذشته است و جمهوری اسلامی و ملت ایران از كجا به كجا رسیده است، آنها در چه وضعی هستند. هر كس این را مطالعه كند، خواهد فهمید كه وابسته نبودن به قدرتهای بزرگ، برای یك ملت فرصت است، نه تهدید؛ و این فرصت را بحمدالله ملت ایران با قدرت خود، با شجاعت خود، با هوشمندیِ خود به دست آورده است.
دو موضوع لازم را در اینجا باید عرض كنم، كه اینها مربوط به آینده است: یك مسئله این است كه ما در برنامهریزیها همیشه باید جلوتر از دشمن حركت كنیم. در مقابل فعالیت دشمن، كشور نباید در حال انفعال به سر ببرد. هوشمندانه بايد نقشهی دشمن را حدس زد و تشخيص داد و جلوتر از دشمن عمل كرد. ما در يك مواردی اينجوری عمل كرديم، موفقيتش را ديديم؛ يك نمونه، همين مسئلهی تأمين سوخت بيست درصدِ مورد نياز نيروگاه تحقيقاتی تهران است كه راديوداروهای مهمِ مورد نياز كشور در آنجا توليد ميشود. اين نيروگاه كوچك احتياج داشت به سوخت بيست درصد، كه ما بيست درصد را توليد نميكرديم و هميشه اين را از خارج تهيه ميكرديم. دشمنان ما فكر كردند كه از اين فرصت استفاده كنند، اين نياز ملی را گرو بگيرند، برای اينكه جمهوری اسلامی را وادار كنند به قبول تحميلها و تحكمهای خودشان؛ خواستههای خودشان را به اين وسيله تحميل كنند. جوانان ما، دانشمندان ما، قبل از آنكه كار به نقطهی فشار و حساس برسد، توانستند سوخت غنی شدهی بيست درصد را تهيه كنند و آن سوخت را تبديل كنند به صفحهی مورد نيازی كه در آن نيروگاه لازم بود تهيه شود. مخالفين ما حدس هم نميزدند كه ما بتوانيم اين كار را انجام دهيم؛ اما مسئولين كشور بوقت متوجه اين نياز شدند، دستبهكار شدند؛ استعداد ايرانی شكوفا شد، بُروز كرد و اين كار را با موفقيت انجام داديم. آنها در حالی كه انتظار داشتند جمهوری اسلامی ملتمسانه از آنها سوخت بيستدرصد را درخواست كند، جمهوری اسلامی اعلام كرد كه ما سوخت بيستدرصد را در داخل تهيه كرديم و احتياجی به شما نداريم. اگر دانشمندان ما، مردان علمی ما، جوانان ما اين كار را نميكردند، ما امروز بايد با اصرار، با التماس، با هزينهی زياد، در مقابل كسانی كه دوست ما نيستند، ميرفتيم؛ يا سوخت بيستدرصد را درخواست ميكرديم، يا راديوداروها و محصول را درخواست ميكرديم. مسئولين كشور پيشبينی كردند، بوقت فهميدند؛ آنچه را كه بايد انجام دهند، انجام دادند؛ لذا پيروز شديم. اين بايد يك برنامهای باشد برای همهی مسائل اساسی كشور و همهی نيازهای كشور.
دولتها، صنعتگران، كشاورزان، سرمايهداران و كارآفرينان، پژوهشگران علمی، طراحان علمی و صنعتی همه موظفند به اين وظيفهی اخلاقيِ بزرگ، به اين وظيفهی عاقلانه، كه پيش از نياز، خودشان را آماده كنند و يك قدم جلوتر از نقشهی دشمن حركت كنند. مديران اقتصادی، استادان دانشگاه، انجمنهای علمی، پاركهای علمی و فنّاوری، همهی اينها بايد پيشدستی را در كار علمی وجههی همت خودشان قرار دهند؛ مقالهی علمی مينويسند، در اين جهت باشد؛ پژوهش علمی ميكنند، در اين جهت باشد؛ كار صنعتی ميكنند، كار فنی ميكنند، كار علمی ميكنند، همه در اين جهت باشد؛ مديران دولتی، مديران دانشگاهها، مديران علمی، آحاد ملت در اين جهت حركت كنند.
وظيفهی همهی ما اين است كه سعی كنيم كشور را مستحكم، غير قابل نفوذ، غير قابل تأثير از سوی دشمن، حفظ كنيم و نگه داريم؛ اين يكی از اقتضائات «اقتصاد مقاومتی» است كه ما مطرح كرديم. در اقتصاد مقاومتی، يك ركن اساسی و مهم، مقاوم بودن اقتصاد است. اقتصاد بايد مقاوم باشد؛ بايد بتواند در مقابل آنچه كه ممكن است در معرض توطئهی دشمن قرار بگيرد، مقاومت كند. اين مطلب اوّلی كه لازم بود عرض كنم.
مطلب دوم: آمريكائیها مرتب از راههای گوناگون به ما پيغام ميدهند كه بيائيد دربارهی مسئلهی هستهای گفتگو كنیم؛ هم به ما پیغام میدهند، هم در تبلیغات جهانیشان این را مطرح میكنند. مسئولین بلندپایه و مسئولین میانی آمریكا بارها و بارها میگویند بیائید در كنار گفتگوهای 1+ 5 كه دربارهی مسائل هستهای بحث میكنند، آمریكا و جمهوری اسلامی دو به دو، دربارهی مسئلهی هستهای ایران بحث كنند. من به این گفتگوها خوشبین نیستم. چرا؟ چون تجربههای گذشتهی ما نشان میدهد كه گفتگو در منطق حضرات آمریكائی به این معنی نیست كه بنشینیم تا به یك راه حل منطقی دست پیدا كنیم ــ منظورشان از گفتگو این نیست ــ منظورشان از گفتگو این است كه بنشینیم حرف بزنیم تا شما نظر ما را قبول كنید! هدف، از اول اعلام شده است؛ باید نظر طرف مقابل قبول شود. لذا ما همیشه اعلام كردیم و گفتیم كه این، گفتگو نیست؛ این، تحمیل است و ایران زیر بار تحمیل نمیرود. من به این اظهارات خوشبین نیستم، اما مخالفت هم ندارم. در این خصوص، چند مطلب را باید روشن كنم:
یك مطلب این است كه آمریكائیها مرتب پیغام میدهند ــ گاهی مینویسند، گاهی پیغام میدهند ــ كه ما قصد تغییر نظام اسلامی را نداریم؛ به ما اینجور میگویند. جواب این است كه ما نگران این نیستیم كه شما قصد تغییر نظام اسلامی را داشته باشید یا نداشته باشید، كه حالا هی اصرار میكنید كه ما این قصد را نداریم. آن روزی هم كه شما قصد تغییر نظام اسلامی را داشتید و این را بصراحت اعلام كردید، هیچ كاری نتوانستید انجام دهید، بعد از این هم نخواهید توانست انجام دهید.
نكتهی دوم: آمريكائیها مرتب و پیدرپی پیغام میدهند كه ما در پیشنهادِ مذاكرهی منطقی صادقیم؛ یعنی صادقانه از شما میخواهیم كه مذاكره كنید و مذاكرهی منطقی بكنیم؛ یعنی مذاكرهی تحمیلی نباشد. من در جواب میگویم: ما به شما بارها گفتهایم كه در پی سلاح هستهای نیستیم، شما میگوئید باور نمیكنیم؛ ما چرا باید حرف شما را باور كنیم؟! وقتی شما حاضر نیستید یك سخن منطقی و صادقانه را قبول كنید، ما چرا باید حرفی را كه شما میزنید ــ كه خلاف آن بارها ثابت شده است ــ از شما قبول كنیم؟ برداشت ما این است كه پیشنهاد مذاكره از سوی آمریكائیها، یك تاكتیك آمریكائی و برای فریب دادن افكار عمومی است؛ افكار عمومی دنیا و افكار عمومی مردممان. باید شما ثابت كنید این نیست. میتوانید ثابت كنید؟ ثابت كنید.
همینجا من این را بگویم كه از جملهی تاكتیكهای تبلیغاتی اینها این است كه گاهی شایع میكنند كه از طرف رهبری، كسانی با آمریكائیها مذاكره كردند؛ این هم یك تاكتیك تبلیغاتیِ دیگر و دروغ محض است. تا كنون از سوی رهبری، هیچ كس با آنها مذاكره نكرده است. در چند مورد، در طول سالهای متمادی، در دولتهای گوناگون، كسانی بر سر موضوعات مقطعی ــ كه ما هم مخالفتی نداشتیم ــ با آنها مذاكره كردهاند؛ اما مربوط به دولتها بوده است. البته همانها هم موظف بودهاند كه خطوط قرمز رهبری را رعایت كنند؛ امروز هم موظفند و باید رعایت كنند.
نكتهی سوم: بر اساس تجربه و نگاه به صحنه، با دقت و كنجكاوی، برداشت ما این است كه آمریكا مایل به تمام شدن مذاكرات هستهای نیست. آمریكائیها دوست ندارند گفتگوهای هستهای تمام شود و مناقشهی هستهای حل شود؛ وگرنه چنانچه آنها مایل به اتمام این مذاكرات و حل این مشكل بودند، راه حل، بسیار نزدیك و بسیار آسان بود. ایران در مسئلهی هستهای، فقط میخواهد حق غنیسازیِ او ــ كه حق طبیعیاش است ــ از طرف دنیا شناخته شود؛ مسئولان كشورهائی كه مدعی هستند، اعتراف كنند كه ملت ایران حق دارد غنیسازی هستهای را برای اهداف صلحآمیز در كشورِ خودش و به دست خودش انجام دهد؛ این توقعِ زیادی است؟ این آن چیزی است كه ما همیشه گفتهایم؛ آنها همین را نمیخواهند.
آنها میگویند ما نگرانی داریم كه شما به سمت توليد سلاح هستهای بروید ــ چندتا كشور هم بیشتر نیستند، كه اسم آوردم؛ اسم خودشان را میگذارند \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"جامعهی جهانی\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"! ــ میگویند جامعهی جهانی نگرانی دارد. نخیر، جامعهی جهانی هیچ نگرانیای ندارد. اكثر كشورهای دنیا طرف جمهوری اسلامی هستند و از خواستهی ما حمایت میكنند؛ چون خواستهی بحقی است. آمریكائیها اگر میخواستند مسئله حل شود، این راه حلِ بسیار آسانی بود؛ میتوانستند به حق غنی سازی برای ملت ایران اعتراف كنند؛ برای اینكه نگرانیای هم از آن جهات نداشته باشند، میتوانستند مقررات قانونی آژانس هستهای را هم اعمال كنند؛ ما هم از اول هیچ مخالفتی با اعمال اين نظارتها و مقررات نداشتيم. هر وقت نزدیك به راه حل میشویم، آمریكائیها یك سنگی میاندازند كه جلوی راه حل گرفته شود. هدف آنها طبق تلقی و برداشتی كه من دارم، این است كه میخواهند این قضیه باقی بماند تا بهانهای باشد برای فشار؛ كه آن فشارها ــ همان طور كه خودشان گفتند ــ برای فلج كردن ملت ایران است. البته به كوری چشم دشمن، ملت ایران فلج نخواهد شد.
نكتهی چهارم و آخر در این مسئله این است كه اگر آمریكائیها صادقانه میخواهند كار تمام شود، بنده راه حل را ارائه ميدهم. راه حل اين است: آمريكائیها از دشمنی با جمهوری اسلامی دست بردارند، از دشمنی با ملت ايران دست بردارند. پيشنهاد مذاكره، حرف منطقی و متين و مستدلی نيست؛ حرف درست اين است. اگر ميخواهند مشكلات فیمابين وجود نداشته باشد ــ كه ميگويند ما ميخواهيم بين ايران و آمريكا مشكلی وجود نداشته باشد ــ دست از دشمنی بردارند. سی و چهار سال است كه دولتهای گوناگون آمريكا با فهم غلط از ايران و ايرانی، دشمنیهای گوناگونی را با ما طراحی كردهاند. از سال اول پيروزی انقلاب و تشكيل نظام اسلامی، اينها با ما دشمنی كردند؛ در زمينهی امنيت، عليه امنيت ما برنامهريزی كردند؛ حركات خصمانه انجام دادند؛ عليه تماميت ارضی ما اقدام كردند؛ از دشمنان ريز و درشت ما در طول سالهای متمادی هميشه حمايت كردند؛ عليه اقتصاد ملی ما فعاليت كردند؛ از همهی ابزارها عليه ملت ايران استفاده كردند؛ و در همهی اينها هم بحمدالله شكست خوردند؛ بعد از اين هم در مقابلهی با ملت ايران اگر اين دشمنیها را ادامه دهند، شكست خواهند خورد. بنابراين بنده مسئولان آمريكائی را هدايت ميكنم؛ اگر دنبال راه عاقلانه ميگردند، راه عاقلانه اين است كه سياست خود را تصحيح كنند؛ عمل خود را تصحيح كنند و دست از دشمنی با ملت ايران بردارند. اين بحث تمام شد.
يك بحث ديگری دارم كه بايد با اجمال آن را هم عرض كنم و آن، مسئلهی بسيار مهم انتخابات است. انتخابات در كشور ما مظهر «حماسهی سياسی» است. آنچه كه عرض كردم كه وظيفهی ما است و وظيفهی قشرهای گوناگون بود كه انجام دهيم، مظهر «حماسهی اقتصادی» بود. انتخابات، مظهر «حماسهی سياسی» است؛ مظهر اقتدار نظام اسلامی است؛ مظهر آبروی نظام است. آبروی جمهوری اسلامی به انتخابات و حضور مردم در پای صندوقهای رأی و تأثير يكايك مردم در انتخاب مديران كشور است. انتخابات مظهر ارادهی ملی است، نماد مردمسالاری اسلامی است. ما كه مسئلهی مردمسالاری اسلامی را در مقابل دموكراسيِ ليبرال غربی مطرح كرديم، مظهر مردمسالاری اسلامی همين حضور مردم در انتخابات است. لذا به خاطر اهميتی كه انتخابات دارد، دشمنان ملت ايران هميشه سعی كردهاند انتخابات را از شور و هيجان بيندازند؛ برنامهريزی كردند كه مردم را از حضور در پای صندوقهای رأی باز بدارند؛ مردم را دلسرد كنند، مردم را نااميد كنند. در طول سالهای مختلف كه ما انتخابات داشتيم ــ چه انتخابات مجلس، و چه بخصوص انتخابات رياست جمهوری ــ هميشه دشمنان ما سعی كردند اين انتخابات را بیرونق كنند؛ اين به خاطر اهميت انتخابات در كار كشور است.
من چند نكته را در باب انتخابات عرض ميكنم. البته دو ماه و اندی فرصت باقی است؛ اگر عمری بود، باز در فرصتهای ديگر راجع به انتخابات مطالب ديگری را عرض ميكنم؛ فعلاً چند نكته را عرض ميكنم.
نكتهی اول اين است كه در درجهی اول، گسترش مشاركت و حضور گستردهی مردم در انتخابات اهميت دارد. شور انتخاباتی در كشور و حضور مردم پای صندوقهای رأی ميتواند تهديدهای دشمنان را بیاثر كند؛ ميتواند دشمن را نااميد كند؛ ميتواند امنيت كشور را تأمين كند. ملت عزيز ما در همهی نقاط كشور اين را بدانند؛ حضور گستردهی آنها در پای صندوق رأی، در آيندهی كشور تأثير دارد؛ در امنيت، در استقلال، در ثروت ملی، در اقتصاد، در همهی مسائل مهم كشور تأثیر میگذارد. این نكتهی اول؛ كه انتخابات باید به توفیق الهی، به كمك پروردگار، با همت ملت ایران، با مشاركت گسترده تحقق پیدا كند.
نكتهی دوم: در انتخابات، همهی سلیقهها و جریانهای معتقد به جمهوری اسلامی باید شركت كنند؛ این، هم حق همه است، هم وظیفهی همه است. انتخابات مال یك سلیقهی خاص، مال یك جریان فكری و سیاسیِ خاص نیست. همهی كسانی كه به نظام جمهوری اسلامی و به استقلال كشور معتقدند، به آیندهی كشور اهمیت میدهند، دلشان برای منافع ملی میسوزد، باید در انتخابات شركت كنند. رو گرداندن از انتخابات، مناسب كسانی است كه با نظام اسلامی مخالفند.
نكتهی سوم: در نهايت، رأی مردم تعیین كننده است. آنچه كه اهمیت دارد، تشخیص شما و رأی شما است. باید خودتان تحقیق كنید، ملاحظه كنید، دقت كنید، از انسانهای مورد اعتمادتان بپرسید، تا به اصلح برسید و اصلح را انتخاب كنید. رهبری، یك رأی بیشتر ندارد. بندهی حقیر مثل بقیهی مردم، یك رأی دارم؛ این رأی هم تا وقتی كه در صندوق انداخته نشود، هیچ كس از آن مطّلع نخواهد بود. حالا ممكن است آن كسانی كه صندوق دست آنها است، بعد باز كنند، خط اين حقير را بشناسند، بفهمند بنده به چه كسی رأی دادم؛ اما تا قبل از رأی دادن، كسی مطّلع نخواهد شد. اينجور نيست كه كسی بيايد نسبت بدهد كه رهبری نظرش به فلان است، به بهمان نيست. اگر چنين نسبتی داده شد، اين نسبت درست نيست. البته اين روزها با اين وسائل عجيبِ رسانهايِ كنونی ــ اين پيامكها و امثال اينها ــ متأسفانه حرفهای گوناگون، نسبتهای گوناگون به اشخاص گوناگون، رواج دارد. گاهی ممكن است يك نفر هزاران پيامك بفرستد. برای من گزارش دادند كه ممكن است در ايام انتخابات، روزی چند صد ميليون پيامك رد و بدل شود. مراقب باشيد، تحت تأثير اين چيزها قرار نگيريد؛ نگاه كنيد، تشخيص بدهيد، اصلح را بشناسيد و برای ادای تكليف، اسم او را به صندوق رأی بيندازيد. البته هر كسی و يا فعالان سياسی ميتوانند ديگران را هم با نظر خودشان همرأی كنند ــ اين اشكالی ندارد ــ اما از حقير كسی چيزی در اين زمينه نخواهد شنيد. در عين حال مردم ميتوانند به همديگر بگويند، سفارش كنند، تأكيد كنند، توصيه كنند، يكديگر را توجيه كنند و به هم كمك كنند برای شناخت اصلح. به هر حال آنچه كه ملاك عمل است، رأی آحاد مردم است.
نكتهی چهارم: در مسئلهی انتخابات و غير انتخابات، همه بايد تسليم رأی قانون باشند؛ در مقابل قانون تمكين كنند. آن حوادثی كه در سال 88 پیش آمد ــ كه برای كشور ضرر داشت و ضایعهآفرین بود ــ همه از همین ناشی شد كه كسانی نخواستند به قانون تمكین كنند؛ نخواستند به رأی مردم تمكین كنند. ممكن است رأی مردم برخلاف آن چیزی باشد كه منِ شخصی مایل به آن هستم؛ اما باید تمكین كنم. آنچه كه اكثریت مردم، اغلبیت مردم آن را انتخاب كردند، باید همه تمكین كنند؛ همه باید زیر بار بروند. خوشبختانه سازوكارهای قانونی برای رفع اشكال، رفع اشتباه، رفع شبهه وجود دارد؛ از این راهكارهای قانونی استفاده كنند. این كه وقتی آنچه كه اتفاق افتاده است، برخلاف میل ما شد، مردم را به شورش خیابانی دعوت كنیم ــ كه این در سال 88 اتفاق افتاد ــ یكی از خطاهای جبرانناپذیر است. این تجربهای شد برای ملت ما، و ملت ما همیشه در مقابل یك چنین حوادثی خواهد ایستاد.
نكتهی آخر: این را همه بدانند كه آنچه ما برای رئیسجمهور آینده نیاز داریم، عبارت است از امتیازاتی كه امروز وجود دارد، منهای ضعفهائی كه وجود دارد. این را همه توجه كنند؛ رئیسجمهورِ هر دورهای باید امتیازات كسبی و ممكنالحصول رئیسجمهور قبلی را داشته باشد، ضعفهای او را نداشته باشد. هر كسی بالاخره نقاط قوّتی دارد و نقاط ضعفی دارد. رؤسای جمهور ــ چه رئیسجمهور امروز، چه رئیسجمهور فردا ــ نقاط قوّتی دارند و نقاط ضعفی هم دارند. همهی ما همین جوریم؛ نقاط قوّتی داریم، نقاط ضعفی داریم. آن چیزهائی كه امروز برای دولت و برای رئیسجمهور نقاط قوّت محسوب میشود، اینها باید در رئیسجمهور بعدی وجود داشته باشد، اینها را باید در خود تأمین كند؛ آن چیزهائی كه امروز نقاط ضعف شناخته میشود ــ كه ممكن است شما بگوئید، من بگویم، دیگری بگوید ــ این نقاط ضعف را باید از خود دور كند. یعنی ما در سلسلهی دولتهائی كه پشت سر هم میآیند، بايد رو به پیشرفت باشیم، رو به تعالی و تكامل باشیم، تدریجاً بهترینهای خودمان را بفرستیم؛ هر كسی میآید، پایبند به انقلاب، پایبند به ارزشها، پایبند به منافع ملی، پایبند به نظام اسلامی، پایبند به عقل جمعی، پایبند به تدبیر باشد. اینجوری باید این كشور را اداره كرد. كشور، كشور بزرگی است؛ ملت، ملت باعظمتی است؛ مسائل تشویق كننده و مبشّر، فراوان است؛ مشكلات هم بر سر راه هر ملتی، و از جمله بر سر راه ما وجود دارد. آن كسانی كه آمادهی این میدان میشوند، بايد با كمال قوّت، با كمال قدرت، با توكل به خدا، با اعتماد به توانائیهای این ملت پیش بروند.
پروردگارا! آنچه را كه به خیر و صلاح این كشور است، برای این ملت مقدّر بفرما. پروردگارا! قلب مقدس ولیعصر را از همهی ما خشنود كن. پروردگارا! روح مطهر امام بزرگوار و ارواح طیبهی شهدا را از ما خشنود و راضی بگردان. آنچه گفتیم، برای خودت و در راه خودت قرار بده و آن را به كرمت از ما قبول كن.
والسّلام علیكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
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[8 Mar 2012] Seyed Ali Khamenei Meeting with Members of the Assembly of Experts - Farsi
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=19228
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی صبح 18 اسفند 1390، در دیدار رئیس و...
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حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی صبح 18 اسفند 1390، در دیدار رئیس و نمایندگان مجلس خبرگان، ضمن سپاس و تجلیل بیدریغ از حركت عظیم، به هنگام، هوشمندانه و همراه با بصیرت مردم در انتخابات 12 اسفند، به تبیین تأثیرها و پیامهای این حضور پرشكوه پرداختند و تأكید كردند: رأی اكثریت قاطع مردم در انتخابات مجلس نهم، در واقع رأی به اصل نظام اسلامی و نشاندهنده اعتماد كامل آنان به نظام بود و همچون سیلی هوشیاركننده، افرادی را كه درخصوص اصل نظام و آینده آن و مردم، در توهم و خیالپردازی بسر میبردند، بیدار، و حقیقت را آشكار كرد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی با تأكید بر اینكه حقیقتاً مردم عزیز كشور در این انتخابات سنگ تمام گذاشتند، افزودند: مردم در انتخابات 12 اسفند و در عرصه رویارویی با جبهه مخالفان، قدرت ناشی از ایمان و بصیرت خود را به میدان آوردند و با این حركت عظیم، طراحیهای چندین ماهه معاندان را برای انتخاباتی بیرونق، نقش بر آب كردند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای خاطرنشان كردند: حضور گسترده مردم در انتخابات در واقع جاری شدن رحمت الهی در كشور بود كه به همین دلیل باید شكرگزار خداوند متعال بود و پیشانی سپاس را در مقابل این رحمت الهی، بر خاك سائید.
ایشان لازمه نزول رحمت الهی را فراهم كردن موجبات رحمت الهی دانستند و افزودند: ملت ایران با حضور در صحنه، بصیرت و ایستادگی خود، موجبات رحمت الهی را فراهم كرد كه برای این توفیق نیز باید شكرگزاری كرد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی بار دیگر تأكید كردند: با همه وجود از مردم عزیز ایران تشكر میكنم.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای از همه دستاندركاران انتخابات مجلس نهم، بویژه شورای نگهبان كه وظیفهای سنگین و دقیق بر عهده دارد، قدردانی كردند و افزودند: در این انتخابات، دولت، وزارت كشور، مسئولان و دستگاههای امنیتی، دستگاههای تبلیغاتی و صداوسیما واقعاً كار بزرگ و برجستهای انجام دادند و توانستند این موضوع بسیار حیاتی را به بهترین وجه به سرانجام برسانند.
در ابتدای این دیدار آیتالله مهدوی كنی رئیس مجلس خبرگان در سخنانی ضمن قدردانی از حضور با شكوه مردم در انتخابات 12 اسفند، راهنماییهای رهبر انقلاب اسلامی را در شكلگیری این حضور حماسی بسیار مؤثر دانست و گفت: یكی از اركان انقلاب و نظام، حضور مردم در صحنه است كه امام (ره) بارها بر آن تأكید میكردند.
آیتالله مهدوی كنی با تأكید بر اینكه حفظ و استمرار نظام اسلامی منوط به حفظ ستون آن یعنی ولایت و رهبری است، افزود: نمایندگان مجلس خبرگان بر عهدی كه با رهبری بستهاند، باقی هستند و حراست از جایگاه رهبری و ولایت فقیه را وظیفه خود می دانند.
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Supreme Leader: High Turnout in Parliamentary Elections Showed That People Trust Islamic Republic
08/03/2012
Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution met this morning with the chairman and members of the Assembly of Experts. Speaking at the meeting, His Eminence praised the people of Iran for their large turnout in the parliamentary elections and added that every vote in the parliamentary elections was a vote for the Islamic Republic.
\"Although the elections which were held on Friday were parliamentary elections, every vote by the people was in fact a vote for the Islamic system. The presence of the vast majority of the people at the polling stations and the large turnout - which was one of the highest rates over the past 33 years - showed that the people fully trust the Islamic system.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei added: \"In the elections that were held on the 12th of Esfand and in the arena of confronting the camp of the enemies, the people brought in their power which originates from their religious faith and insight. And with this massive movement, they foiled the plots that the enemies had been designing for months in order to minimize voter turnout.\"
He added: \"With their presence on the scene and with their insight and steadfastness, the people of Iran prepared the ground for divine blessings and it is necessary to thank God for this.\"
Referring to the paradigm of religious democracy and the position of elections in this paradigm, His Eminence reiterated: \"Elections are an important pillar of the system, and religious democracy is founded on elections. Therefore, anybody who believes in the Islamic system considers participating in the elections as his duty even if he has objections to certain issues.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution added: \"In fact, all those who participated in the elections fulfilled an obligatory duty and they also showed their accurate understanding. This is because in a religious democracy, a person cannot refuse to take part in the elections under the pretext that he has certain criticisms.\"
Elsewhere in his statements, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the outcomes of the recent parliamentary elections and stressed: \"This election acted like a slap and awakened certain people who were cherishing illusions about the Islamic Republic and the people. It opened their eyes to the truth.\"
His Eminence referred to the recent statements by the US President and stated: \"The US President has said that they are not thinking about going to war with Iran. This statement is a good and wise statement. It shows that the illusion has been dispelled. But he has also said that they will bring the people of Iran to their knees by imposing sanctions, which shows that the illusion has not been fully dispelled in this regard.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution reiterated: \"The persistence of this illusion will harm US government officials and it will ruin their calculations because the camp of our enemies, particularly America, has been trying since 33 years ago to separate the people from the Islamic system by imposing sanctions on the Iranian nation and particularly by intensifying the sanctions over the past year. But everybody saw the commitment of the people to the Islamic system on the 12th of Esfand.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the election also proved that the people trust the Islamic Republic, further adding: \"After the controversial elections of the year 1388, certain people concluded that the people would lose their trust in the Islamic Republic, but the recent election was a decisive and clear response to this wrong conclusion.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that in an Islamic democracy everything is based on the votes of the people. \"Islam is the main component and the spirit of religious democracy and there must be no deviation from Islam.\"
He added: \"The experience we have gained over the past 33 years has shown that Islam can bring about dignity and honor for a nation. It can specify good goals and it can also prepare the way for achieving these goals. It can give rise to a scientific movement. It can give rise to a technological and industrial movement. It can give rise to a religious and ethical movement. It can make a nation feel proud in front of other nations.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the nature of religious democracy and added that in a religious democracy, democracy originates from Islam. \"It is wrong to think that democracy has been adopted from the west. This is because although the form of democracy is the same in the Islamic Republic and in western systems, the origin is different.\"
His Eminence stressed that a religious democracy respects the votes of the people and added: \"In a religious democracy, the frameworks are completely different from the frameworks of western democracy because the frameworks of western democracy are oppressive.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei said that one example of this oppression is that it is illegal to deny the Holocaust in the west while nobody is allowed to protest about the deliberate insults against the Holy Prophet of Islam (s.w.a.). He added that another example is that women are not allowed to wear hijab to work.
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حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی صبح 18 اسفند 1390، در دیدار رئیس و نمایندگان مجلس خبرگان، ضمن سپاس و تجلیل بیدریغ از حركت عظیم، به هنگام، هوشمندانه و همراه با بصیرت مردم در انتخابات 12 اسفند، به تبیین تأثیرها و پیامهای این حضور پرشكوه پرداختند و تأكید كردند: رأی اكثریت قاطع مردم در انتخابات مجلس نهم، در واقع رأی به اصل نظام اسلامی و نشاندهنده اعتماد كامل آنان به نظام بود و همچون سیلی هوشیاركننده، افرادی را كه درخصوص اصل نظام و آینده آن و مردم، در توهم و خیالپردازی بسر میبردند، بیدار، و حقیقت را آشكار كرد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی با تأكید بر اینكه حقیقتاً مردم عزیز كشور در این انتخابات سنگ تمام گذاشتند، افزودند: مردم در انتخابات 12 اسفند و در عرصه رویارویی با جبهه مخالفان، قدرت ناشی از ایمان و بصیرت خود را به میدان آوردند و با این حركت عظیم، طراحیهای چندین ماهه معاندان را برای انتخاباتی بیرونق، نقش بر آب كردند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای خاطرنشان كردند: حضور گسترده مردم در انتخابات در واقع جاری شدن رحمت الهی در كشور بود كه به همین دلیل باید شكرگزار خداوند متعال بود و پیشانی سپاس را در مقابل این رحمت الهی، بر خاك سائید.
ایشان لازمه نزول رحمت الهی را فراهم كردن موجبات رحمت الهی دانستند و افزودند: ملت ایران با حضور در صحنه، بصیرت و ایستادگی خود، موجبات رحمت الهی را فراهم كرد كه برای این توفیق نیز باید شكرگزاری كرد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی بار دیگر تأكید كردند: با همه وجود از مردم عزیز ایران تشكر میكنم.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای از همه دستاندركاران انتخابات مجلس نهم، بویژه شورای نگهبان كه وظیفهای سنگین و دقیق بر عهده دارد، قدردانی كردند و افزودند: در این انتخابات، دولت، وزارت كشور، مسئولان و دستگاههای امنیتی، دستگاههای تبلیغاتی و صداوسیما واقعاً كار بزرگ و برجستهای انجام دادند و توانستند این موضوع بسیار حیاتی را به بهترین وجه به سرانجام برسانند.
در ابتدای این دیدار آیتالله مهدوی كنی رئیس مجلس خبرگان در سخنانی ضمن قدردانی از حضور با شكوه مردم در انتخابات 12 اسفند، راهنماییهای رهبر انقلاب اسلامی را در شكلگیری این حضور حماسی بسیار مؤثر دانست و گفت: یكی از اركان انقلاب و نظام، حضور مردم در صحنه است كه امام (ره) بارها بر آن تأكید میكردند.
آیتالله مهدوی كنی با تأكید بر اینكه حفظ و استمرار نظام اسلامی منوط به حفظ ستون آن یعنی ولایت و رهبری است، افزود: نمایندگان مجلس خبرگان بر عهدی كه با رهبری بستهاند، باقی هستند و حراست از جایگاه رهبری و ولایت فقیه را وظیفه خود می دانند.
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Supreme Leader: High Turnout in Parliamentary Elections Showed That People Trust Islamic Republic
08/03/2012
Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution met this morning with the chairman and members of the Assembly of Experts. Speaking at the meeting, His Eminence praised the people of Iran for their large turnout in the parliamentary elections and added that every vote in the parliamentary elections was a vote for the Islamic Republic.
\"Although the elections which were held on Friday were parliamentary elections, every vote by the people was in fact a vote for the Islamic system. The presence of the vast majority of the people at the polling stations and the large turnout - which was one of the highest rates over the past 33 years - showed that the people fully trust the Islamic system.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei added: \"In the elections that were held on the 12th of Esfand and in the arena of confronting the camp of the enemies, the people brought in their power which originates from their religious faith and insight. And with this massive movement, they foiled the plots that the enemies had been designing for months in order to minimize voter turnout.\"
He added: \"With their presence on the scene and with their insight and steadfastness, the people of Iran prepared the ground for divine blessings and it is necessary to thank God for this.\"
Referring to the paradigm of religious democracy and the position of elections in this paradigm, His Eminence reiterated: \"Elections are an important pillar of the system, and religious democracy is founded on elections. Therefore, anybody who believes in the Islamic system considers participating in the elections as his duty even if he has objections to certain issues.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution added: \"In fact, all those who participated in the elections fulfilled an obligatory duty and they also showed their accurate understanding. This is because in a religious democracy, a person cannot refuse to take part in the elections under the pretext that he has certain criticisms.\"
Elsewhere in his statements, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the outcomes of the recent parliamentary elections and stressed: \"This election acted like a slap and awakened certain people who were cherishing illusions about the Islamic Republic and the people. It opened their eyes to the truth.\"
His Eminence referred to the recent statements by the US President and stated: \"The US President has said that they are not thinking about going to war with Iran. This statement is a good and wise statement. It shows that the illusion has been dispelled. But he has also said that they will bring the people of Iran to their knees by imposing sanctions, which shows that the illusion has not been fully dispelled in this regard.\"
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution reiterated: \"The persistence of this illusion will harm US government officials and it will ruin their calculations because the camp of our enemies, particularly America, has been trying since 33 years ago to separate the people from the Islamic system by imposing sanctions on the Iranian nation and particularly by intensifying the sanctions over the past year. But everybody saw the commitment of the people to the Islamic system on the 12th of Esfand.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the election also proved that the people trust the Islamic Republic, further adding: \"After the controversial elections of the year 1388, certain people concluded that the people would lose their trust in the Islamic Republic, but the recent election was a decisive and clear response to this wrong conclusion.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that in an Islamic democracy everything is based on the votes of the people. \"Islam is the main component and the spirit of religious democracy and there must be no deviation from Islam.\"
He added: \"The experience we have gained over the past 33 years has shown that Islam can bring about dignity and honor for a nation. It can specify good goals and it can also prepare the way for achieving these goals. It can give rise to a scientific movement. It can give rise to a technological and industrial movement. It can give rise to a religious and ethical movement. It can make a nation feel proud in front of other nations.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the nature of religious democracy and added that in a religious democracy, democracy originates from Islam. \"It is wrong to think that democracy has been adopted from the west. This is because although the form of democracy is the same in the Islamic Republic and in western systems, the origin is different.\"
His Eminence stressed that a religious democracy respects the votes of the people and added: \"In a religious democracy, the frameworks are completely different from the frameworks of western democracy because the frameworks of western democracy are oppressive.\"
Ayatollah Khamenei said that one example of this oppression is that it is illegal to deny the Holocaust in the west while nobody is allowed to protest about the deliberate insults against the Holy Prophet of Islam (s.w.a.). He added that another example is that women are not allowed to wear hijab to work.