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حکمت علی ع Hikmat-e-Ali (as) - 77 - Ustad Syed Jawad Naqavi -Part 1 - Urdu
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.\\\\\\\"O vicious world! Be away from me,...
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.\\\\\\\"O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible.\\\\\\\"
24th Safar 1435
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Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.\\\\\\\"O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible.\\\\\\\"
24th Safar 1435
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حکمت علی ع Hikmat-e-Ali (as) - 77 - Ustad Syed Jawad Naqavi - Part 2 - Urdu
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you...
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
25th Safar 1435
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Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
25th Safar 1435
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حکمت علی ع Hikmat-e-Ali (as) - 77 - Ustad Syed Jawad Naqavi - Part 3 - Urdu
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you...
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
25th Safar 1435
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Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
25th Safar 1435
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حکمت علی ع Hikmat-e-Ali (as) - 77 - Ustad Syed Jawad Naqavi - Part 4 - Urdu
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you...
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
25th Safar 1435
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Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
25th Safar 1435
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حکمت علی ع Hikmat-e-Ali (as) - 77 - Ustad Syed Jawad Naqavi - Part 6 - Urdu
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you...
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
27th Safar 1435
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Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
27th Safar 1435
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حکمت علی ع Hikmat-e-Ali (as) - 77 - Ustad Syed Jawad Naqavi - Part 5 - Urdu
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you...
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
26th Safar 1435
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Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
26th Safar 1435
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حکمت علی ع Hikmat-e-Ali (as) - 77 - Ustad Syed Jawad Naqavi - Part 8 - Urdu
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you...
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
29th Safar 1435
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Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
29th Safar 1435
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حکمت علی ع Hikmat-e-Ali (as) - 77 - Ustad Syed Jawad Naqavi - Part 9 - Urdu
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you...
Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
29th Safar 1435
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Subject : Maarif-e-Islami
Event : Safar 1435
Category : Majalis
Location : Karachi
Description : Explanation of the Hikmat No.77 of Nehjul Balagha.O vicious world! Be away from me, why do you come in front of me like this ? Do you want to allure me ? Allah forbid that I should be allured and tempted by you and your pleasures. It is not possible...
29th Safar 1435
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[05 Jan 2014] HRW israel presented no evidence for killing 2 Palestinian teens - English
A prominent human rights group accuses Israel of presenting no evidence in the case of killing two Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank in 2013.
Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces hid near...
A prominent human rights group accuses Israel of presenting no evidence in the case of killing two Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank in 2013.
Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces hid near schools and killed two children who posed no threats to them. In January 2013, Samir Awad was shot three times in the leg, back and head. The 16-year-old was about 250 meters away from his school when he was shot. Also in December, an Israeli soldier shot dead 16-year-old Wajih al-Ramahi in an area between his school and a market. The HRW says there is no justification for the use of live ammunitions in either of the cases. Last week, another Palestinian teenager died of the wounds he sustained after being shot by Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border.
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A prominent human rights group accuses Israel of presenting no evidence in the case of killing two Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank in 2013.
Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces hid near schools and killed two children who posed no threats to them. In January 2013, Samir Awad was shot three times in the leg, back and head. The 16-year-old was about 250 meters away from his school when he was shot. Also in December, an Israeli soldier shot dead 16-year-old Wajih al-Ramahi in an area between his school and a market. The HRW says there is no justification for the use of live ammunitions in either of the cases. Last week, another Palestinian teenager died of the wounds he sustained after being shot by Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border.
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[15 Jan 2014] The Debate - Failing Extremism - English
On the war on Syria: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, warned that Saudi Arabia\'s political and religious ideology is \"a...
On the war on Syria: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, warned that Saudi Arabia\'s political and religious ideology is \"a threat to the world\". Has Saudi Arabia\'s support for terrorists reached such an alarming level that UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki Moon has said it will discuss Saudi support for terrorists in Iraq with UN members? In this edition of the debate, we\'ll discuss how isolated Saudi Arabia and its policy in Syria have become. Turkey, that has long called for the ouster of President Bashar Assad, is now calling for a shift in government policy towards Syria. In addition, we\'ll discuss how the U-S has come to recognize that their support for these insurgents has backfired, and further analyze reports of Western intel. agencies wanting to cooperate with Syria, Iran, and Russia in battling these extremists.
Guests:
- Journalist & Middle East Analyst, Sharif Nashashibi (LONDON).
- Author & Historian, Webster Griffin Tarpley (WASHINGTON).
Subjects:
1. REAX: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, warned that Saudi Arabia\'s political and religious ideology is \"a threat to the world\".
- He was referring to Wahhabism, an ultra-conservative tradition which is predominant in Saudi Arabia, a key backer of insurgents fighting the Syrian government.
2. Saudi Arabia\'s ambassador to Britain wrote an op-ed in the New York Times entitled Saudi Arabia Will Go It Alone: with statements like \"Nothing is ruled out in our pursuit of peace in the Arab World... Act independently by rejecting a seat on the UN. The way to prevent the rise of extremism: is to support the champions of moderation: financially, materially and yes, militarily, if necessary. Saudi Arabia will continue on this new track for as long as proves necessary
- This seemed to reiterate the sentiment expressed by Saudi intelligence chief Bandar bin Sultan back in October when he talked of shifting away from the alliance with the U.S.:
3. It appears Saudi support for insurgents from AL Qaeda groups to otherwise, has created havoc in the region: From Syria, to Lebanon, to Iraq: And partly in Jordan, so much so that the UN chief Ban Ki Moon has said it may discuss this with security council members?
4. Turkey, has been a supporter of President Bashar Assad\'s ouster. But now Turkish President Abdullah Gul is now calling for a shift in government policy towards Syria. President Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday that \"I am of the opinion that we should recalibrate our diplomacy and security policies given the facts in the south of our country (in Syria).\" What do you make of Gul\'s call for a change in his country\'s policy?
5. MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: The Syrian deputy foreign minister says Western intelligence agencies have been recently visiting Damascus for talks on combating extremist insurgents. Mekdad: Mekdad said that the contacts appeared to show a rift between the political and security authorities in some countries opposed to Assad. Has the US and other Western countries like France and the UK realized that support for these insurgents have now backfired?
6. If Western intel. agencies are cooperating with Syria, which by default will include Iran, then why is the US then insisting Iran not to participate n Geneva 2, or only participate on the sidelines, a precondition that Iran has rejected?
7. United States, the West, Iran, Russia, Syria and the geopolitical shift, which has left Saudi Arabia isolated: Yet the pattern of global terrorism has been sponsored by the US, Israel, and their Arab partners Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Will the US stop its support for terrorists?
8. How far will the US go to counter Saudi Arabia\'s destructive role at least regionally: Are the 2 countries headed for a clash?
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On the war on Syria: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, warned that Saudi Arabia\'s political and religious ideology is \"a threat to the world\". Has Saudi Arabia\'s support for terrorists reached such an alarming level that UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki Moon has said it will discuss Saudi support for terrorists in Iraq with UN members? In this edition of the debate, we\'ll discuss how isolated Saudi Arabia and its policy in Syria have become. Turkey, that has long called for the ouster of President Bashar Assad, is now calling for a shift in government policy towards Syria. In addition, we\'ll discuss how the U-S has come to recognize that their support for these insurgents has backfired, and further analyze reports of Western intel. agencies wanting to cooperate with Syria, Iran, and Russia in battling these extremists.
Guests:
- Journalist & Middle East Analyst, Sharif Nashashibi (LONDON).
- Author & Historian, Webster Griffin Tarpley (WASHINGTON).
Subjects:
1. REAX: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, warned that Saudi Arabia\'s political and religious ideology is \"a threat to the world\".
- He was referring to Wahhabism, an ultra-conservative tradition which is predominant in Saudi Arabia, a key backer of insurgents fighting the Syrian government.
2. Saudi Arabia\'s ambassador to Britain wrote an op-ed in the New York Times entitled Saudi Arabia Will Go It Alone: with statements like \"Nothing is ruled out in our pursuit of peace in the Arab World... Act independently by rejecting a seat on the UN. The way to prevent the rise of extremism: is to support the champions of moderation: financially, materially and yes, militarily, if necessary. Saudi Arabia will continue on this new track for as long as proves necessary
- This seemed to reiterate the sentiment expressed by Saudi intelligence chief Bandar bin Sultan back in October when he talked of shifting away from the alliance with the U.S.:
3. It appears Saudi support for insurgents from AL Qaeda groups to otherwise, has created havoc in the region: From Syria, to Lebanon, to Iraq: And partly in Jordan, so much so that the UN chief Ban Ki Moon has said it may discuss this with security council members?
4. Turkey, has been a supporter of President Bashar Assad\'s ouster. But now Turkish President Abdullah Gul is now calling for a shift in government policy towards Syria. President Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday that \"I am of the opinion that we should recalibrate our diplomacy and security policies given the facts in the south of our country (in Syria).\" What do you make of Gul\'s call for a change in his country\'s policy?
5. MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: The Syrian deputy foreign minister says Western intelligence agencies have been recently visiting Damascus for talks on combating extremist insurgents. Mekdad: Mekdad said that the contacts appeared to show a rift between the political and security authorities in some countries opposed to Assad. Has the US and other Western countries like France and the UK realized that support for these insurgents have now backfired?
6. If Western intel. agencies are cooperating with Syria, which by default will include Iran, then why is the US then insisting Iran not to participate n Geneva 2, or only participate on the sidelines, a precondition that Iran has rejected?
7. United States, the West, Iran, Russia, Syria and the geopolitical shift, which has left Saudi Arabia isolated: Yet the pattern of global terrorism has been sponsored by the US, Israel, and their Arab partners Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Will the US stop its support for terrorists?
8. How far will the US go to counter Saudi Arabia\'s destructive role at least regionally: Are the 2 countries headed for a clash?
Kids Cartoon - TAYO - A Day in the Life of Tayo - English
Tayo is nervous as he goes to take the city bus license exam. He overcomes his nervousness with Nuri the taxi\\\'s moral support and passes the exam with flying colors. He follows a double-decker...
Tayo is nervous as he goes to take the city bus license exam. He overcomes his nervousness with Nuri the taxi\\\'s moral support and passes the exam with flying colors. He follows a double-decker bus Cito to his new home, the garage. Tayo meets Speedy on the way, who lures him into a race on the riverside road. Speedy ends up having an accident and gets towed away. The police, Pat and Rookie, let Tayo off with a warning and he follows Cito back home. Tayo receives a warm welcome from all the buses at the garage and spends a happy first night in his new home.
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Tayo is nervous as he goes to take the city bus license exam. He overcomes his nervousness with Nuri the taxi\\\'s moral support and passes the exam with flying colors. He follows a double-decker bus Cito to his new home, the garage. Tayo meets Speedy on the way, who lures him into a race on the riverside road. Speedy ends up having an accident and gets towed away. The police, Pat and Rookie, let Tayo off with a warning and he follows Cito back home. Tayo receives a warm welcome from all the buses at the garage and spends a happy first night in his new home.
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[27 Jan 2014] The Debate - Egypt on the edge (Part.1) - English
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NakkIu...
Egypt\'s military leaders have endorsed army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sissi for president, hours after he was promoted to the rank of Field...
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NakkIu...
Egypt\'s military leaders have endorsed army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sissi for president, hours after he was promoted to the rank of Field Marshall, the highest position in the country\'s armed forces. Over the weekend, large crowds turned out in rallies calling for the man who ousted President Mohammed Morsi to run for president. At the same time, security forces cracked down on anti-government protesters demanding Morsi\'s reinstatement. Nearly 50 protesters were killed. So what lies ahead for Egypt? Will the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections push the country towards or away from democracy?
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Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NakkIu...
Egypt\'s military leaders have endorsed army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sissi for president, hours after he was promoted to the rank of Field Marshall, the highest position in the country\'s armed forces. Over the weekend, large crowds turned out in rallies calling for the man who ousted President Mohammed Morsi to run for president. At the same time, security forces cracked down on anti-government protesters demanding Morsi\'s reinstatement. Nearly 50 protesters were killed. So what lies ahead for Egypt? Will the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections push the country towards or away from democracy?
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[27 Jan 2014] The Debate - Egypt on the edge (P.2) - English
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0WHQ...
Egypt\'s military leaders have endorsed army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sissi for president, hours after he was promoted to the rank of Field...
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0WHQ...
Egypt\'s military leaders have endorsed army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sissi for president, hours after he was promoted to the rank of Field Marshall, the highest position in the country\'s armed forces. Over the weekend, large crowds turned out in rallies calling for the man who ousted President Mohammed Morsi to run for president. At the same time, security forces cracked down on anti-government protesters demanding Morsi\'s reinstatement. Nearly 50 protesters were killed. So what lies ahead for Egypt? Will the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections push the country towards or away from democracy?
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Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0WHQ...
Egypt\'s military leaders have endorsed army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sissi for president, hours after he was promoted to the rank of Field Marshall, the highest position in the country\'s armed forces. Over the weekend, large crowds turned out in rallies calling for the man who ousted President Mohammed Morsi to run for president. At the same time, security forces cracked down on anti-government protesters demanding Morsi\'s reinstatement. Nearly 50 protesters were killed. So what lies ahead for Egypt? Will the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections push the country towards or away from democracy?
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[29 Jan 2014] Netanyahu is a serial liar on Iran issues: S. Lendman - English
Press TV has conducted an interview with Stephen Lendman, an author and radio host from Chicago, about another move in a string of allegations made by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, saying Iran is...
Press TV has conducted an interview with Stephen Lendman, an author and radio host from Chicago, about another move in a string of allegations made by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, saying Iran is 6 weeks away from building a nuclear bomb.
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Press TV has conducted an interview with Stephen Lendman, an author and radio host from Chicago, about another move in a string of allegations made by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, saying Iran is 6 weeks away from building a nuclear bomb.
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[29 Jan 2014] Tehran hosts intl minimally invasive surgeries congress - English
Discussing the latest techniques of minimally invasive surgery;
Tehran has hosted the 11th International Congress on Minimally Invasive Surgeries and Techniques and the first obesity surgery;...
Discussing the latest techniques of minimally invasive surgery;
Tehran has hosted the 11th International Congress on Minimally Invasive Surgeries and Techniques and the first obesity surgery; Aside from Iranian specialists, surgeons from 14 countries have also taken part in the three-day event to exchange views on the latest techniques in this delicate type of surgery. Minimally invasive surgery is becoming more and more common in hospitals. These procedures are performed through tiny incisions instead of one large opening. Because the incisions are small, patients tend to have quicker recovery and less discomfort than with conventional surgery all with the same benefits. Obesity by itself is a big threat to modern societies, but this very danger can be removed through minimally invasive surgery. According to official reports obesity has nearly doubled worldwide since 1980. Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths. Although there are modern methods to cure obesity like minimally invasive surgeries, doctors advise people to have healthy diet and do daily exercises in order to stay away from such non-communicable diseases.
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Discussing the latest techniques of minimally invasive surgery;
Tehran has hosted the 11th International Congress on Minimally Invasive Surgeries and Techniques and the first obesity surgery; Aside from Iranian specialists, surgeons from 14 countries have also taken part in the three-day event to exchange views on the latest techniques in this delicate type of surgery. Minimally invasive surgery is becoming more and more common in hospitals. These procedures are performed through tiny incisions instead of one large opening. Because the incisions are small, patients tend to have quicker recovery and less discomfort than with conventional surgery all with the same benefits. Obesity by itself is a big threat to modern societies, but this very danger can be removed through minimally invasive surgery. According to official reports obesity has nearly doubled worldwide since 1980. Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths. Although there are modern methods to cure obesity like minimally invasive surgeries, doctors advise people to have healthy diet and do daily exercises in order to stay away from such non-communicable diseases.
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Kids Cartoon - TAYO - Gani, Our New Friend - English
A new red bus called Gani joins the buses at the garage. Gani was made with the memory chip from Wondie, a veteran bus who was Hana\'s close friend. Tayo is glad to have a new friend and shows Gani...
A new red bus called Gani joins the buses at the garage. Gani was made with the memory chip from Wondie, a veteran bus who was Hana\'s close friend. Tayo is glad to have a new friend and shows Gani around the garage. Although Tayo wanted to teach the newcomer all that he knows, Gani turns out to be better at everything than Tayo. He even teaches Tayo a downtown route that he wasn\'t aware of. After they return to the garage, Tayo tells Hana that there\'s something weird about Gani. Hana just laughs it away and says that Gani is no different from any other young bus.
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A new red bus called Gani joins the buses at the garage. Gani was made with the memory chip from Wondie, a veteran bus who was Hana\'s close friend. Tayo is glad to have a new friend and shows Gani around the garage. Although Tayo wanted to teach the newcomer all that he knows, Gani turns out to be better at everything than Tayo. He even teaches Tayo a downtown route that he wasn\'t aware of. After they return to the garage, Tayo tells Hana that there\'s something weird about Gani. Hana just laughs it away and says that Gani is no different from any other young bus.
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Kids Cartoon - TAYO - Hana and Gani - English
A new red bus called Gani joins the buses at the garage. Gani was made with the memory chip from Wondie, a veteran bus who was Hana\\\'s close friend. Tayo is glad to have a new friend and shows...
A new red bus called Gani joins the buses at the garage. Gani was made with the memory chip from Wondie, a veteran bus who was Hana\\\'s close friend. Tayo is glad to have a new friend and shows Gani around the garage. Although Tayo wanted to teach the newcomer all that he knows, Gani turns out to be better at everything than Tayo. He even teaches Tayo a downtown route that he wasn\\\'t aware of. After they return to the garage, Tayo tells Hana that there\\\'s something weird about Gani. Hana just laughs it away and says that Gani is no different from any other young bus.
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A new red bus called Gani joins the buses at the garage. Gani was made with the memory chip from Wondie, a veteran bus who was Hana\\\'s close friend. Tayo is glad to have a new friend and shows Gani around the garage. Although Tayo wanted to teach the newcomer all that he knows, Gani turns out to be better at everything than Tayo. He even teaches Tayo a downtown route that he wasn\\\'t aware of. After they return to the garage, Tayo tells Hana that there\\\'s something weird about Gani. Hana just laughs it away and says that Gani is no different from any other young bus.
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When City Cries- Funeral Video of Shamim Hyder Shah Piryaloi - Urdu Hindi Punjabi
\\\"Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company (Imam Ali)\\\" Funeral Video, When a whole city was...
\\\"Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company (Imam Ali)\\\" Funeral Video, When a whole city was crying on the passing away of their loved one \\\"Syed Shamim Hyder Shah Naqvi\\\" who stood up against Takfiri\\\'s for all his life to safeguard Azadar and Azadari. Organizer of 4th, 10th Moharram and 22nd Safar Processions in the midst of Piryaloi, Khairpur Mirus.
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\\\"Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company (Imam Ali)\\\" Funeral Video, When a whole city was crying on the passing away of their loved one \\\"Syed Shamim Hyder Shah Naqvi\\\" who stood up against Takfiri\\\'s for all his life to safeguard Azadar and Azadari. Organizer of 4th, 10th Moharram and 22nd Safar Processions in the midst of Piryaloi, Khairpur Mirus.
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Kids Cartoon - TAYO - Lets Be Friends - English
Shine, a luxury car, enjoys the attention he gets from all the young buses when he visits the repair shop in the garage. However, his pride is hurt when Tayo appears with bubbles and steals away...
Shine, a luxury car, enjoys the attention he gets from all the young buses when he visits the repair shop in the garage. However, his pride is hurt when Tayo appears with bubbles and steals away all the attention. Shine follows Tayo around acting all important, only to be humiliated in the end. He gets stuck on a road while trying to impress Tayo by driving on a road under construction. To make matters worse, Shine runs out of fuel and faints. Shine regains consciousness at the sound of Tayo calling him. It had seemed like Tayo had deserted him, but Tayo had actually gone to call Toto to rescue Shine. The two of them become good friends.
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Shine, a luxury car, enjoys the attention he gets from all the young buses when he visits the repair shop in the garage. However, his pride is hurt when Tayo appears with bubbles and steals away all the attention. Shine follows Tayo around acting all important, only to be humiliated in the end. He gets stuck on a road while trying to impress Tayo by driving on a road under construction. To make matters worse, Shine runs out of fuel and faints. Shine regains consciousness at the sound of Tayo calling him. It had seemed like Tayo had deserted him, but Tayo had actually gone to call Toto to rescue Shine. The two of them become good friends.
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Patisa - Soan Papdi - By Vahchef - English
It is made from sugar, gram flour, flour, ghee, milk, and cardamom.Some people are of the opinion that Patisa and Soan Papdi are different things. Patisa is more hard and dark in color, Soan papdi...
It is made from sugar, gram flour, flour, ghee, milk, and cardamom.Some people are of the opinion that Patisa and Soan Papdi are different things. Patisa is more hard and dark in color, Soan papdi is very soft like fibre or flakes.Soan papdi or soam papdi or sonpapri or sanpapdi or patisa is a popular South Asian ,India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal sweet. It is usually square in shape or served as flakes, and has a crisp and flaky texture.This sweet is commonly sold in streets which attracts kids a lot.
Ingredients
1 tsp cadodom powder
1 1/2 cup ghee or dalda
1 cup gram flour
1 cup Maida
2 cup sugar
Method:
First take a non stick pan add ghee , then gramflour, maida and cook till the raw flavour goes away in a slow flame and keep a side and it should be warm by the time you add sugar.
Now take a small steel container add sugar pour very little water and mix well till it is slight golden in colour or as shown in the video
once it is done mix the sugar in the ghee mixture and mix as show in the video till u get nice strings.
once it is done add almonds or any dry fruits, and put the mixture on a flat base and shape it,cut once it is little cold.
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It is made from sugar, gram flour, flour, ghee, milk, and cardamom.Some people are of the opinion that Patisa and Soan Papdi are different things. Patisa is more hard and dark in color, Soan papdi is very soft like fibre or flakes.Soan papdi or soam papdi or sonpapri or sanpapdi or patisa is a popular South Asian ,India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal sweet. It is usually square in shape or served as flakes, and has a crisp and flaky texture.This sweet is commonly sold in streets which attracts kids a lot.
Ingredients
1 tsp cadodom powder
1 1/2 cup ghee or dalda
1 cup gram flour
1 cup Maida
2 cup sugar
Method:
First take a non stick pan add ghee , then gramflour, maida and cook till the raw flavour goes away in a slow flame and keep a side and it should be warm by the time you add sugar.
Now take a small steel container add sugar pour very little water and mix well till it is slight golden in colour or as shown in the video
once it is done mix the sugar in the ghee mixture and mix as show in the video till u get nice strings.
once it is done add almonds or any dry fruits, and put the mixture on a flat base and shape it,cut once it is little cold.
Kerala Parotta - Malabar Paratha - By VahChef English
Malabar paratha, the very name itself makes the mouth water. Any dish from the Malabar region is a delicacy. The delectable gently cooked, mild flavored malabar recipes are a pride to South Indian...
Malabar paratha, the very name itself makes the mouth water. Any dish from the Malabar region is a delicacy. The delectable gently cooked, mild flavored malabar recipes are a pride to South Indian cooking. The malabar cuisine is famous for the non vegetarian recipes. When it comes to the vegetarian dishes the Malabar parathas takes the top position. These layered flakey flat bread just melts away in your mouth. This is one bread which demands ultimate patience and care while in process. This is made of maida and tastes excellent with Veg Korma or any gravy.
Ingredients
2 cup maida
as needed oil
pinch salt
as needed water
Directions
Take a bowl add maida salt mix well then add water and make into soft dough and rest for 5 min
take the rested dough knead well for 2min then rest it again for 5 min
Now take the rested dough divide into equal portions and make into balls by applying oil to hands and keep aside for 3-4min
Now take the rested balls and flat the dough by applying oil on the base and make into thin sheets and apply on top of the sheet and sprinkle flour and fold as shown in the video and rest for 2-3min
now take the rested folded dough and roll like chapati and cook on both the sides by applying oil.
remove the parata from tawa and with both the hands just push the paratha with both the hands so that the layers comes out.
kerala parota or malabar paratha,Porotta made easy with vahchef
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Malabar paratha, the very name itself makes the mouth water. Any dish from the Malabar region is a delicacy. The delectable gently cooked, mild flavored malabar recipes are a pride to South Indian cooking. The malabar cuisine is famous for the non vegetarian recipes. When it comes to the vegetarian dishes the Malabar parathas takes the top position. These layered flakey flat bread just melts away in your mouth. This is one bread which demands ultimate patience and care while in process. This is made of maida and tastes excellent with Veg Korma or any gravy.
Ingredients
2 cup maida
as needed oil
pinch salt
as needed water
Directions
Take a bowl add maida salt mix well then add water and make into soft dough and rest for 5 min
take the rested dough knead well for 2min then rest it again for 5 min
Now take the rested dough divide into equal portions and make into balls by applying oil to hands and keep aside for 3-4min
Now take the rested balls and flat the dough by applying oil on the base and make into thin sheets and apply on top of the sheet and sprinkle flour and fold as shown in the video and rest for 2-3min
now take the rested folded dough and roll like chapati and cook on both the sides by applying oil.
remove the parata from tawa and with both the hands just push the paratha with both the hands so that the layers comes out.
kerala parota or malabar paratha,Porotta made easy with vahchef
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[04 June 13] Speech on the 24th Demise of Imam Khomeini | Sayed Ali Khamenei - [English]
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on June 4, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on the occasion of the demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini...
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on June 4, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on the occasion of the demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini (r.a.). The speech was delivered at Imam Khomeini\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s shrine.
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, Ab-al-Qassem al-Mustafa Muhammad, upon his immaculate, pure, chosen, guided and infallible household, especially the one remaining with Allah on earth.
We are thankful to Allah the Exalted who gave us another opportunity to commemorate our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) on such a day and express our respect for him. Although the memory of Imam (r.a.) is alive among our people at all times, the 14th of Khordad is the manifestation of the Iranian nation\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s love for him. This year the demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini (r.a.) has coincided with the martyrdom anniversary of his great ancestor, Imam Musa ibn Ja\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'far (a.s.). Also, this occasion has coincided with the 50th anniversary of the determining and important event that took place on the 15th of Khordad in the year 1342. The 15th of Khordad was an important historical juncture. I would like to briefly discuss a few points in this regard and then I will discuss the pressing issues that are necessary to discuss.
The 15th of Khordad was not the beginning of the great movement by the people and the clergy. Before the 15th of Khordad, important events had taken place in the year 1341 as well as at the beginning of the year 1342. For example, the event in Feiziyeh School took place on the 2nd of Farvardin in 1342: it resulted in the injury of seminarians and the insult to the great marja taqlid, the late Ayatollah Golpaygani. Before that event, towards the end of the year 1341, there were demonstrations in Tehran\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s bazaar and the great marja taqlid, the late Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ahmad Khansari, was insulted. These things show that the movement by the clergy had reached such levels in 1341 and early 1342 that security forces of the oppressive regime had started to treat seminarians, religious scholars and even marja taqlids in a brutal way.
However, the 15th of Khordad of 1342 was a very important juncture. The reason is that the event which took place on the 15th of Khordad revealed that the bond between the people and the clergy had reached a so-called dangerous level. In that year, on the anniversary of Ashura - which fell on the 13th of Khordad - our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) delivered a historic speech in Feiziyeh School. Later on when they had arrested Imam (r.a.), on the 15th of Khordad there was a great movement in Tehran as well as in Qom and other cities and the taghuti regime decided to do everything in its power to suppress the movement by relying on its army, police and security organizations.
There was a popular uprising on the 15th of Khordad, which was indicative of the strong bond between the people of Iran and the clergy and marja taqlids, who were represented by Imam (r.a.). The point is that it was this bond that ensured the spread and victory of the movement. Wherever a movement is supported by the people, that movement will prevail. But if the people do not develop a bond with a protest movement, that movement will fail. For example, after the Constitutional Movement in Iran, there were certain events and certain activities by both leftist and nationalist groups, but all of them were destined to fail because they did not have the support of the people.
When the people step into the arena and support a movement with their hearts and minds and with their presence, it becomes possible for that movement to prevail and achieve victory. The event that took place on the 15th of Khordad proved this point. It proved that our people support the clergy. The arrest of our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) resulted in such an uprising in Tehran and certain other parts of the country that the regime had to step in to suppress the people in a brutal way. A large number of people were killed. The streets of Tehran were covered with the blood of pious people and youth. On the 15th of Khordad, the brutal and ruthless nature of the taghuti regime was fully revealed.
Another point regarding the event which happened on the 15th of Khordad - a point to which our youth and dear people should pay attention - is that no international community and none of the so-called human rights organizations protested against the brutal killings in Tehran and other parts of the country. All of them stayed silent. The people and the clergy remained in the arena. Marxists and leftist groups and governments even condemned the popular movement of the 15th of Khordad. They said that it was a feudalist movement. The nationalists - who were claiming to support anti-government activities - also condemned the movement. They said that the movement was a blind and aimless movement, that it was a radical movement.
Wherever lazy people fail to take risks and play a role in the arena, they accuse pious combatants of extremism. They said that the movement was an extremist movement. They rejected it as a radical movement. Imam (r.a.) remained in the arena, relying on the support of the people, and he managed to present the image of a truly decisive and determined spiritual leader to all people and to all history.
Our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) had three beliefs which made him decisive, courageous and steadfast: namely, faith in God, faith in the people and faith in himself. These three beliefs revealed themselves in the character, decisions and actions of Imam (r.a.) in the true sense of the word. Imam (r.a.) spoke to the people through his heart and the people accepted his call with their heart and soul. They stepped into the arena and resisted in a brave way. Their movement - which had no sympathizers in the world and received no assistance - gradually moved towards ultimate victory.
I would like to briefly explain the three beliefs of Imam Khomeini (r.a.). The points I will discuss in this regard are important points that can illuminate our path only if they find their way into our hearts.
Regarding faith in God, Imam (r.a.) was the manifestation of this holy ayah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Those to whom the people said: Surely men have gathered against you, therefore fear them, but this increased their faith, and they said: Allah is sufficient for us and most excellent is the Protector.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 3: 173] Imam (r.a.) was firmly committed to \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Allah is sufficient for us and most excellent is the Protector\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" with all his heart and soul. Imam (r.a.) had faith in Allah the Exalted. He had faith in divine promises. He acted, worked and spoke for the sake of God and he knew that \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"if you help (the cause of) Allah, He will help you\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 47: 7] is a divine promise and that it is definite and inviolable.
Regarding faith in the people, our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) knew the Iranian nation in the true sense of the word. Imam (r.a.) believed that our nation enjoys deep religious faith and is intelligent and courageous, a nation that has the capacity to shine like the sun in different areas only if it has competent leaders. One time an incompetent person like Shah Sultan Hussein caused the Iranian nation to retreat into a corner, but another time a courageous person like Nader Gholi - without those honorary titles - emerged among the people and became their leader by relying on his courage and as a result, our nation managed to expand the arena of its glory from Delhi to the Black Sea. Imam (r.a.) had noticed this truth about our history and he had witnessed the examples.
He believed in this truth. He knew our nation. He had faith in the Iranian nation. The people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s deep religious faith - which had been concealed by materialistic people - was revived by our magnanimous Imam (r.a.). He provoked the people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s religious pride and the Iranian nation became the role model of resistance and insight. In the eyes of our magnanimous Imam (r.a.), the people were the dearest and enemies of the people were the most hated. The fact that Imam (r.a.) did not stop his battle against the domineering powers even for one single moment, was mainly because the domineering powers were enemies of the people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s happiness, and Imam (r.a.) believed that enemies of the people were his enemies too.
As for self-confidence, Imam (r.a.) taught the people of Iran to be confident. Before instilling a sense of confidence into the people of Iran, Imam (r.a.) first revived this sense of self-confidence in himself. He exhibited his faith in his capabilities in the true sense of the word. On the anniversary of Ashura in the year 1342, while he was alone, Imam (r.a.) threatened the Shah that he would ask the people of Iran to force him out of the country if he continued acting like that. He said this among the people and seminarians of Qom in Feiziyeh School and he threatened Mohammadreza Shah, who was wielding unrestricted power in the country by relying on America and other foreign powers. This threat was made by a cleric in Qom who had no weapons, no equipment, no money and no international support. He managed to resist in this arena by relying on his faith in God and in himself.
The day when Imam (r.a.) returned from exile, he threatened the government of Bakhtiar at Behesht Zahra Cemetery and he announced in a resonating voice that he would punch Bakhtiar\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s government in the mouth and that he would establish another government. This was indicative of Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (r.a.) self-confidence. Imam (r.a.) had faith in himself and in his capabilities. It was this self-confidence that was transferred to the people of Iran through his words and actions.
My dear ones, for a hundred years, they had convinced us that we were incapable, incapable of managing the country, incapable of achieving dignity and glory, incapable of developing the country, incapable of moving forward in the arena of knowledge and other such things. And we had started to believe these things.
Instilling a sense of inability - with the purpose of making nations lose faith in their capabilities - is one of the effective ways in which domineering powers spread their domination over different nations. In this way, they managed to keep the Iranian nation backwards in politics, science and economic activities as well as in all other arenas of life. Imam (r.a.) reversed this situation and took this means of hegemony away from the superpowers. He told the Iranian nation, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"You can.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" He restored our courage. He restored our determination. He restored our self-confidence. We people of Iran felt that we were capable again. We moved forward and we took action. For this reason, the Iranian nation has achieved victory over the past thirty-something in all the areas that I will discuss later on in this meeting.
These three beliefs of Imam (r.a.) - namely faith in God, faith in the people and faith in himself - became the axis of all his decisions, actions and policies. At the beginning of the movement, these three beliefs were a source of energy for Imam (r.a.). The same is true of the time when he was in exile, the time when he left for Paris and the time when he returned to Iran. It was these three beliefs that gave Imam (r.a.) the power to enter Tehran in those conditions. These three beliefs were exhibited in the events that happened during Bahman of 1357, in the fitnas that happened in the country, in the establishment of the Islamic Republic, in his open resistance against the oppressive global order, in the slogan of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"neither the East, nor the West\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", in the imposed war and in all the events that took place in those eventful ten years of Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s life. These three beliefs were the basis of Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s decisions, actions and policies.
Even in the last few days of his life, nobody noticed any signs of despair, doubt, exhaustion, weakness or submission in the words and actions of our magnanimous Imam (r.a.). Many revolutionaries throughout the world start to have doubts and become conservative as they grow older. Sometimes they even take back their main statements. The statements that were issued by Imam (r.a.) during the last few years of his life were sometimes even more strongly worded and revolutionary than his statements in the year 1342. He was growing old, but he was young at heart and his soul was vibrant. This is the same steadfastness that has been described in the Holy Quran: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And that if they should keep to the (right) way, We would certainly give them to drink of abundant water.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 72: 16] In another ayah, Allah the Exalted says: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"(As for) those who say: Our Lord is Allah, then continue in the right way, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not, nor be grieved, and receive good news of the garden which you were promised.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 41: 30]
These three beliefs kept Imam (r.a.) young and vibrant. They consolidated Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s thought and path for our nation and then these three beliefs gradually spread among our people, our youth and individuals from different social backgrounds. These three beliefs created hope. They created self-confidence. They resulted in reliance on God. These things replaced despair and pessimism. The people of Iran changed their characteristics and Allah the Exalted changed their conditions. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Surely Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 13: 11] The people of Iran reformed their path, their movement and their motives and Allah the Exalted helped and supported them. What was the result? The result was that Iran became an independent country.
There are many lessons that our dear youth should learn from the dependence of the taghuti Pahlavi regime - which is was even worse than the reactionary and disgraced Qajar regime - on England and subsequently on America. Their dependence had reached a disgraceful level. After the Revolution, an outstanding American diplomat mentioned the same thing in his writings. He said that it was the Americans who used to tell the Shah what he needed and what he did not need. It was the Americans who used to tell him with whom to establish relations and with whom not to. They used to tell him how much oil he had to produce and sell. It was the Americans who used to tell him to whom he should sell oil and to whom he should not.
Our country used to be managed on the basis of America\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s policies and plans, and before that our country used to be run on the basis of the plans and policies of England. That dependent country transformed into an independent and proud country. Corrupt, treasonous and materialistic rulers, who were immersed in their carnal desires and human passions, were in charge of our country. They were replaced by representatives of the people. They were replaced by officials who had been elected by the people. In the past thirty-something years, the individuals who have assumed power in our country and taken control of our policies and economy, have been representatives of the people. They did not line their own pockets after assuming power, which is a very important point. Of course, some of them were more pious than others.
Those evil, dependent and greedy politicians who were submissive against the enemies and treated the people in an angry way, were replaced by representatives of the people. Our scientifically backward country transformed into a country that was advanced in terms of science. Before the Revolution, we had not made any scientific achievements in the country. Today international centers say that the rate of Iran\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s scientific progress is eleven times more than the global average. Is this an insignificant achievement? International scientific centers predict that in a few years - by the year 2017 - Iran will rank fourth in the world in terms of science. Is this an insignificant accomplishment? Our country, which had made no scientific achievements, has achieved this position.
There was a time we had to ask foreigners to send their engineers to our country to build dams, roads and factories for us whenever we needed a road, a highway, a dam or a factory. Today Iranian youth are building thousands of factories and hundreds of dams, bridges, roads and highways in the country without receiving the slightest help from foreigners. Today our scientific and technological growth and our capabilities to develop the country have reached this level. Would it be appropriate if we ignored these things?
In areas relating to health and medicine, Iranian patients who had the money had to travel to Europe for slightly complicated operations, and those who did not have the money had to die. Today the most complicated operations - liver transplants, lung transplants and important things in other medical areas - are being carried out in our country, not just in Tehran but in many distant cities across the country. These capabilities exist today in our country. The Iranian nation does not need foreigners in this area. Our nation has achieved independence and self-sufficiency in this vital area.
Many parts of this country had been ignored. Before the Revolution, I used to travel to different places across the country. Remote parts of the country used to be completelyignored. However, different services are being offered in different parts of the country, including remote towns and villages. Today nobody can say that a particular area does not have electricity or roads and other such things. Before the Revolution, it was surprising to see a remote place that enjoyed such facilities. Today the opposite is surprising. At that time, our population was 35 million and there were 150,000 university students in the country. Today our population has increased a hundred percent, but the number of our university students has increased by 20, even 30 times. This means that we have paid attention to science. The number of students, professors and universities in the country is remarkable. In every remote town, there are one, two, five and sometimes ten universities. At that time, there were certain provinces in which the number of high schools was less than ten. Today in every city of the same provinces, there are several universities. This is a great movement by the people of Iran which is the result of the Revolution and selfless efforts of Iranian youth and government officials over the past thirty-something years. These are important developments. Thanks to the Revolution, many infrastructure-related projects were carried out in the country. Thousands of factories were built. Many mother companies were built. The products which we had to beg for and buy in small amounts from foreigners are being mass produced in the country today. It is necessary to see these things. All of these things are the blessings of the three beliefs that Imam (r.a.) instilled into our nation: faith in God, faith in the people and faith in oneself.
I am not saying these things in order to create a false sense of pride and happiness. I am not saying these things to make you feel happy and thankful for the victory that has been achieved. No, there is still a long way to go. I would say that if we compare our conditions with the era of taghut, these achievements will look remarkable, but we will realize that we have a long way to go if we compare our conditions with the conditions of an ideal Islamic Iran - namely, a country which Islam wants us to have, a society that Islam wants us to have, a society in which there is worldly pride and welfare as well as religious faith, ethics and spirituality, all in abundance. I am saying these things so that our dear youth and our courageous nation realize that they can continue this path by relying on the three beliefs that I spoke about. You should know that there is a long way to go, but you have the capability. You have the power to continue this path. You have the necessary means. You can continue traversing this long path at a high speed until you reach the peaks in a powerful way. I am saying these things so that you realize that the enemies who want to create despair in our hearts are acting out of spite. All the signs show that we should remain hopeful.
The roadmap lies in front of our eyes. We have a roadmap. What is this roadmap? Our roadmap is the principles of our magnanimous Imam (r.a.), the same principles that transformed that backward and humiliated nation into this pioneering and proud nation. These principles will be useful for us along the path and they will be our roadmap. Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s principles are clear principles. Fortunately, his statements and writings have been made available to our people in the form of twenty-something volumes [of Imam Khomeini\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s speeches] and the main points have been presented in his testament. Everybody can refer to those documents and read them. I believe it is not advisable to keep mentioning the name of Imam (r.a.) but let his principles sink into oblivion. This is wrong. The name and memory of Imam (r.a.) is not sufficient in itself. Imam (r.a.) will remain a leader for our nation with his principles and his roadmap. Imam (r.a.) gave this roadmap to us. He had specific principles.
As for domestic policy, the principles of Imam (r.a.) require relying on the votes of the people, preserving unity of the people, choosing rulers who are populist and non-aristocratic [humble], having government officials who are committed to national interests and making comprehensive efforts in order to bring about progress for the country.
As far as foreign policy is concerned, the principles of Imam (r.a.) require that we put up a resistance against interventionist and domineering policies, that we establish brotherly relations with other Muslim nations, that we develop relations with all countries except the ones that have drawn their swords against the Iranian nation and are being hostile, that we fight Zionism, that we resist in order to liberate Palestine, that we help oppressed people throughout the world and that we put up a resistance against oppressors. Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s testament is available to us. His writings and statements have been recorded and are available in the form of books.
Regarding culture, the principles of Imam (r.a.) require rejection of the permissive Western culture, rejection of rigidity and reactionary attitudes, rejection of hypocrisy in religion, decisive defense of ethics and Islamic commands, and fighting the spread of immorality and corruption in society.
As for economic matters, the principles of Imam (r.a.) require relying on the national economy, relying on self-sufficiency, ensuring economic justice in production and distribution, defending underprivileged people and confronting the capitalist culture coupled with respect for ownership rights. Imam (r.a.) rejected the oppressive capitalist culture, but he also stressed the need for respecting ownership and property rights, capital and labor. Also, the principles of Imam (r.a.) require that we resist melting into the global economy and that we preserve independence of our national economy. These are Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s principles regarding economic matters. These things are obvious in Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s statements.
Imam (r.a.) always demanded government officials of the country to implement these principles in a powerful and wise way. This was the roadmap of our magnanimous Imam (r.a.). The Iranian nation can bridge the gap between current conditions and those ideal conditions by following this roadmap, by relying on their firm religious faith, by remembering their Imam (r.a.). The Iranian nation can move forward. Considering its capabilities and talent and the outstanding individuals who are thankfully present among our people, the Iranian nation can continue the revolutionary path that we have been following over the past thirty-something years with more power and firmer determination. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, our nation will be able to become a genuine role model for other Muslim nations.
Now let me speak about the elections, which is a sensitive and current issue these days. Dear brothers and sisters and dear people of Iran, elections are the manifestation of all the three beliefs of Imam Khomeini (r.a.) and we should have faith in the same things. Elections are the manifestation of faith in God, because taking part in elections is a religious obligation. It is our responsibility to play a role in the destiny of our country. Everybody in our country has this responsibility. Elections are the manifestation of faith in the people, because the will of the people manifests itself in the form of elections: it is the people who choose government officials through elections. Elections are the manifestation of having faith in oneself, because anybody who casts his vote into the ballot box feels that he is playing a role in the destiny of the country and that his role is determining in its own right. This is a very important point. Therefore, elections are the manifestation of faith in God, faith in the people and faith in oneself.
Giving rise to political valor through epic presence of the people at our polling stations is the most important point regarding the upcoming elections. What is the meaning of valor? Valor means that the attempt to achieve glory should be accompanied by excitement and enthusiasm. Every vote that you cast into the ballot box for any of the eight honorable candidates is a vote for the Islamic Republic. A vote for any of the candidates is a vote for the Islamic Republic: it is a vote of confidence for the [political] system and its electoral mechanism. When you enter the arena of elections - either as a voter or as a candidate - your mere presence in this arena means that you have confidence in the Islamic Republic and in our electoral mechanism. On a less important level, your presence results in a vote for the person whom you consider as more valuable for the future of the country than the other candidates.
Our helpless foreign enemies are thinking of a way to turn this election into a threat against the Islamic Republic. This is while an election is a great opportunity for the Islamic Republic. They are hoping for a cold and lifeless election so that they can say the people are not interested in the Islamic Republic or they can create a fitna after the election, just as they did in the year 1388 after that enthusiastic election. These are what the enemies of our nation are after. But they are making a mistake. They do not know our people.
The enemies of our nation have forgotten the 9th of Dey. Those who think that in our country there is a silent majority who are opposed to the Islamic Republic, have forgotten that over the past thirty-four years massive numbers of people have taken to the streets every year on the 22nd of Bahman in different cities of our country in order to support the Islamic Republic and shout \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"death to America\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". In order to make our elections lifeless, their think tanks constantly produce ideas and feed them to their media and their spokesmen. One day they say our elections have been engineered, another day they say our elections are not free, yet another day they say our elections are not legitimate in the eyes of the people. They do not know our people, neither do they know our elections and the Islamic Republic. And those who are aware of the facts, make unfair comments. They do not shrink from making such comments.
In which part of the world are different candidates - ranging from famous figures to unknown individuals - allowed to use national and state media equally? If somebody knows an exception, he should come forward and say it. In which part of the world does such a thing exist? Does it exist in America? Does it exist in capitalist countries? In capitalist countries, if candidates are members of the existing two or three parties and enjoy the support of capitalists, company owners, wealthy people and mafias of wealth and power, they can campaign and if not, they cannot even campaign.
Anybody who has followed American elections - which I have - will confirm this. There were certain individuals who did not enjoy the support of the Zionists and blood-thirsty international capitalist networks, and they could not enter the arena of election no matter how hard they tried. They neither had access to a media outlet, nor were any TV channels available to them. For every second of campaigning, they had to spend huge amounts of money. In our country, candidates are given equal opportunities to speak to the people for many hours through state media without having to spend one single rial. In which part of the world do such things exist?
The only thing that controls entry into our elections is the law. According to the law, some people can run in our elections and some others cannot. The law has specified what the conditions are, what the qualifications are and who are in charge of vetting. All of these things are being done on the basis of the law. Our foreign enemies close their eyes to these realities and say certain things, and as I have pointed out before, sadly there are impious people who repeat the same things. But by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor and with their presence, resistance and firm determination, our people will respond to all these machinations and their response will be crushing and decisive.
Now I would like to give a piece of advice to the honorable candidates. The honorable candidates speak critically in the televised programs. This is their right. They can criticize whatever they believe should be criticized. However, they should pay attention to the point that criticism should signify a determination to move towards a future that is full of hard work and glory. It should not signify an effort to paint a bleak picture and promote pessimism and unfair comments. They should pay attention to this point. I do not favor anybody. From this moment onwards, foreign media will say with ulterior motives that I favor a particular candidate. This is a lie. I do not favor anybody. I only lay out the facts.
I advise the brothers who want to win the people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s trust that their comments should be fair. They can make criticisms, but in doing so, they should not paint a bleak picture and deny the outstanding achievements that have been accomplished under the incumbent administration or previous administrations thanks to the constant efforts of individuals like themselves.
Criticism does not mean denying positive aspects. Criticism means that one should point out the positive thing that has been done and then point out the weaknesses and flaws as well. The next president will not have to start from zero: thousands of outstanding things have already been done. Over the course of many years, thousands of fundamental infrastructure-related projects have been carried out in the country under different administrations. There has been scientific progress. There has been industrial progress. There has been progress in areas relating to infrastructure. Very important things have been planned and implemented in different areas. They should not disregard these things. Whenever they want to do something, they should start from the achievements that have already been made. We cannot afford to deny all this work under the pretext that we have economic problems, that we have the problem of rising prices and inflation. After all, this is not the right thing to do. Yes, we have economic problems and inflation. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, the person who will be voted into office will be able to resolve these problems and remove these obstacles. This is the wish of the Iranian nation. However, this does not mean that we should deny everything that has been done in order to present a solution to the existing problems.
Also, the candidates should not make impossible promises. You should speak in a way that if your recorded statements are replayed to you next year in Khordad, you do not feel ashamed. Make such promises that you would not have to blame other people under the pretext that they did not let you do what you wanted to do. Only make promises that you will be able to fulfill.
In our country and according to our Constitution, the president has extraordinary powers. The Constitution has given vast powers to the president. The president has control over the national budget. He has control over all executive pillars of the country. He has control over the implementation of the laws and regulations in the country. He has the power to utilize the capacities of all experts throughout the country. The president has room for maneuver in the case of different issues. The only thing that restricts the president in our country is the law. His actions can only be restricted by the law, which is not in fact a restriction. The law provides guidance: it does not restrict. The law shows the path and tells us how to move forward.
Those who address the people today and say different things, should discuss what they are capable of doing and what the people need. They should promise that they will act in a wise and prudent way. If they have plans for different areas, they should present their plans to the people. They should promise that they will move forward on this path in a persistent and steadfast way. They should promise that they will make use of all the capacities of the Constitution in order to carry out their great responsibility.
They should promise that they will manage the conditions of the country. They should promise that they will focus their efforts on the economy - which is a challenge that has been imposed on the Iranian nation by foreigners. They should promise that they will not create controversy. They should promise that they will not give their friends and relative a free rein. They should promise that they will not prefer the interests of foreigners over the interests of the Iranian nation under different pretexts.
Some people argue that we should make concessions to the enemies in order to appease them and in this way they effectively prefer the interests of the enemies over the interests of the Iranian nation. This is wrong. They are angry because you exist, because the Islamic Republic exists, because Imam (r.a.) is alive in the minds of the people and in our national plans, because the people show their feelings for Imam (r.a.) every year on his demise anniversary. These are the causes of their anger. The enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s anger should be controlled and suppressed with our national power.
If our nation becomes powerful and capable, if it reduces its needs, if it eliminates its problems, if it manages to improve the economy which is our main issue today, the enemy will be defenseless against the Iranian nation. In any case, what is important is to have determination, faith in God, faith in the people and faith in ourselves, and this applies to both the presidential candidates and the people. My dear brothers, my dear ones, there will a great test in ten days, and by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor we hope that in this great test Allah the Exalted will cause an auspicious instance of valor with brilliant outcomes for our nation. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"There is no power except with the permission of Great Almighty Allah.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
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 June 4, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on the occasion of the demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini (r.a.). The speech was delivered at Imam Khomeini\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s shrine.
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, Ab-al-Qassem al-Mustafa Muhammad, upon his immaculate, pure, chosen, guided and infallible household, especially the one remaining with Allah on earth.
We are thankful to Allah the Exalted who gave us another opportunity to commemorate our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) on such a day and express our respect for him. Although the memory of Imam (r.a.) is alive among our people at all times, the 14th of Khordad is the manifestation of the Iranian nation\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s love for him. This year the demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini (r.a.) has coincided with the martyrdom anniversary of his great ancestor, Imam Musa ibn Ja\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'far (a.s.). Also, this occasion has coincided with the 50th anniversary of the determining and important event that took place on the 15th of Khordad in the year 1342. The 15th of Khordad was an important historical juncture. I would like to briefly discuss a few points in this regard and then I will discuss the pressing issues that are necessary to discuss.
The 15th of Khordad was not the beginning of the great movement by the people and the clergy. Before the 15th of Khordad, important events had taken place in the year 1341 as well as at the beginning of the year 1342. For example, the event in Feiziyeh School took place on the 2nd of Farvardin in 1342: it resulted in the injury of seminarians and the insult to the great marja taqlid, the late Ayatollah Golpaygani. Before that event, towards the end of the year 1341, there were demonstrations in Tehran\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s bazaar and the great marja taqlid, the late Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ahmad Khansari, was insulted. These things show that the movement by the clergy had reached such levels in 1341 and early 1342 that security forces of the oppressive regime had started to treat seminarians, religious scholars and even marja taqlids in a brutal way.
However, the 15th of Khordad of 1342 was a very important juncture. The reason is that the event which took place on the 15th of Khordad revealed that the bond between the people and the clergy had reached a so-called dangerous level. In that year, on the anniversary of Ashura - which fell on the 13th of Khordad - our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) delivered a historic speech in Feiziyeh School. Later on when they had arrested Imam (r.a.), on the 15th of Khordad there was a great movement in Tehran as well as in Qom and other cities and the taghuti regime decided to do everything in its power to suppress the movement by relying on its army, police and security organizations.
There was a popular uprising on the 15th of Khordad, which was indicative of the strong bond between the people of Iran and the clergy and marja taqlids, who were represented by Imam (r.a.). The point is that it was this bond that ensured the spread and victory of the movement. Wherever a movement is supported by the people, that movement will prevail. But if the people do not develop a bond with a protest movement, that movement will fail. For example, after the Constitutional Movement in Iran, there were certain events and certain activities by both leftist and nationalist groups, but all of them were destined to fail because they did not have the support of the people.
When the people step into the arena and support a movement with their hearts and minds and with their presence, it becomes possible for that movement to prevail and achieve victory. The event that took place on the 15th of Khordad proved this point. It proved that our people support the clergy. The arrest of our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) resulted in such an uprising in Tehran and certain other parts of the country that the regime had to step in to suppress the people in a brutal way. A large number of people were killed. The streets of Tehran were covered with the blood of pious people and youth. On the 15th of Khordad, the brutal and ruthless nature of the taghuti regime was fully revealed.
Another point regarding the event which happened on the 15th of Khordad - a point to which our youth and dear people should pay attention - is that no international community and none of the so-called human rights organizations protested against the brutal killings in Tehran and other parts of the country. All of them stayed silent. The people and the clergy remained in the arena. Marxists and leftist groups and governments even condemned the popular movement of the 15th of Khordad. They said that it was a feudalist movement. The nationalists - who were claiming to support anti-government activities - also condemned the movement. They said that the movement was a blind and aimless movement, that it was a radical movement.
Wherever lazy people fail to take risks and play a role in the arena, they accuse pious combatants of extremism. They said that the movement was an extremist movement. They rejected it as a radical movement. Imam (r.a.) remained in the arena, relying on the support of the people, and he managed to present the image of a truly decisive and determined spiritual leader to all people and to all history.
Our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) had three beliefs which made him decisive, courageous and steadfast: namely, faith in God, faith in the people and faith in himself. These three beliefs revealed themselves in the character, decisions and actions of Imam (r.a.) in the true sense of the word. Imam (r.a.) spoke to the people through his heart and the people accepted his call with their heart and soul. They stepped into the arena and resisted in a brave way. Their movement - which had no sympathizers in the world and received no assistance - gradually moved towards ultimate victory.
I would like to briefly explain the three beliefs of Imam Khomeini (r.a.). The points I will discuss in this regard are important points that can illuminate our path only if they find their way into our hearts.
Regarding faith in God, Imam (r.a.) was the manifestation of this holy ayah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Those to whom the people said: Surely men have gathered against you, therefore fear them, but this increased their faith, and they said: Allah is sufficient for us and most excellent is the Protector.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 3: 173] Imam (r.a.) was firmly committed to \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Allah is sufficient for us and most excellent is the Protector\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" with all his heart and soul. Imam (r.a.) had faith in Allah the Exalted. He had faith in divine promises. He acted, worked and spoke for the sake of God and he knew that \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"if you help (the cause of) Allah, He will help you\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 47: 7] is a divine promise and that it is definite and inviolable.
Regarding faith in the people, our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) knew the Iranian nation in the true sense of the word. Imam (r.a.) believed that our nation enjoys deep religious faith and is intelligent and courageous, a nation that has the capacity to shine like the sun in different areas only if it has competent leaders. One time an incompetent person like Shah Sultan Hussein caused the Iranian nation to retreat into a corner, but another time a courageous person like Nader Gholi - without those honorary titles - emerged among the people and became their leader by relying on his courage and as a result, our nation managed to expand the arena of its glory from Delhi to the Black Sea. Imam (r.a.) had noticed this truth about our history and he had witnessed the examples.
He believed in this truth. He knew our nation. He had faith in the Iranian nation. The people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s deep religious faith - which had been concealed by materialistic people - was revived by our magnanimous Imam (r.a.). He provoked the people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s religious pride and the Iranian nation became the role model of resistance and insight. In the eyes of our magnanimous Imam (r.a.), the people were the dearest and enemies of the people were the most hated. The fact that Imam (r.a.) did not stop his battle against the domineering powers even for one single moment, was mainly because the domineering powers were enemies of the people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s happiness, and Imam (r.a.) believed that enemies of the people were his enemies too.
As for self-confidence, Imam (r.a.) taught the people of Iran to be confident. Before instilling a sense of confidence into the people of Iran, Imam (r.a.) first revived this sense of self-confidence in himself. He exhibited his faith in his capabilities in the true sense of the word. On the anniversary of Ashura in the year 1342, while he was alone, Imam (r.a.) threatened the Shah that he would ask the people of Iran to force him out of the country if he continued acting like that. He said this among the people and seminarians of Qom in Feiziyeh School and he threatened Mohammadreza Shah, who was wielding unrestricted power in the country by relying on America and other foreign powers. This threat was made by a cleric in Qom who had no weapons, no equipment, no money and no international support. He managed to resist in this arena by relying on his faith in God and in himself.
The day when Imam (r.a.) returned from exile, he threatened the government of Bakhtiar at Behesht Zahra Cemetery and he announced in a resonating voice that he would punch Bakhtiar\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s government in the mouth and that he would establish another government. This was indicative of Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (r.a.) self-confidence. Imam (r.a.) had faith in himself and in his capabilities. It was this self-confidence that was transferred to the people of Iran through his words and actions.
My dear ones, for a hundred years, they had convinced us that we were incapable, incapable of managing the country, incapable of achieving dignity and glory, incapable of developing the country, incapable of moving forward in the arena of knowledge and other such things. And we had started to believe these things.
Instilling a sense of inability - with the purpose of making nations lose faith in their capabilities - is one of the effective ways in which domineering powers spread their domination over different nations. In this way, they managed to keep the Iranian nation backwards in politics, science and economic activities as well as in all other arenas of life. Imam (r.a.) reversed this situation and took this means of hegemony away from the superpowers. He told the Iranian nation, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"You can.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" He restored our courage. He restored our determination. He restored our self-confidence. We people of Iran felt that we were capable again. We moved forward and we took action. For this reason, the Iranian nation has achieved victory over the past thirty-something in all the areas that I will discuss later on in this meeting.
These three beliefs of Imam (r.a.) - namely faith in God, faith in the people and faith in himself - became the axis of all his decisions, actions and policies. At the beginning of the movement, these three beliefs were a source of energy for Imam (r.a.). The same is true of the time when he was in exile, the time when he left for Paris and the time when he returned to Iran. It was these three beliefs that gave Imam (r.a.) the power to enter Tehran in those conditions. These three beliefs were exhibited in the events that happened during Bahman of 1357, in the fitnas that happened in the country, in the establishment of the Islamic Republic, in his open resistance against the oppressive global order, in the slogan of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"neither the East, nor the West\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", in the imposed war and in all the events that took place in those eventful ten years of Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s life. These three beliefs were the basis of Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s decisions, actions and policies.
Even in the last few days of his life, nobody noticed any signs of despair, doubt, exhaustion, weakness or submission in the words and actions of our magnanimous Imam (r.a.). Many revolutionaries throughout the world start to have doubts and become conservative as they grow older. Sometimes they even take back their main statements. The statements that were issued by Imam (r.a.) during the last few years of his life were sometimes even more strongly worded and revolutionary than his statements in the year 1342. He was growing old, but he was young at heart and his soul was vibrant. This is the same steadfastness that has been described in the Holy Quran: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And that if they should keep to the (right) way, We would certainly give them to drink of abundant water.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 72: 16] In another ayah, Allah the Exalted says: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"(As for) those who say: Our Lord is Allah, then continue in the right way, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not, nor be grieved, and receive good news of the garden which you were promised.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 41: 30]
These three beliefs kept Imam (r.a.) young and vibrant. They consolidated Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s thought and path for our nation and then these three beliefs gradually spread among our people, our youth and individuals from different social backgrounds. These three beliefs created hope. They created self-confidence. They resulted in reliance on God. These things replaced despair and pessimism. The people of Iran changed their characteristics and Allah the Exalted changed their conditions. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Surely Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 13: 11] The people of Iran reformed their path, their movement and their motives and Allah the Exalted helped and supported them. What was the result? The result was that Iran became an independent country.
There are many lessons that our dear youth should learn from the dependence of the taghuti Pahlavi regime - which is was even worse than the reactionary and disgraced Qajar regime - on England and subsequently on America. Their dependence had reached a disgraceful level. After the Revolution, an outstanding American diplomat mentioned the same thing in his writings. He said that it was the Americans who used to tell the Shah what he needed and what he did not need. It was the Americans who used to tell him with whom to establish relations and with whom not to. They used to tell him how much oil he had to produce and sell. It was the Americans who used to tell him to whom he should sell oil and to whom he should not.
Our country used to be managed on the basis of America\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s policies and plans, and before that our country used to be run on the basis of the plans and policies of England. That dependent country transformed into an independent and proud country. Corrupt, treasonous and materialistic rulers, who were immersed in their carnal desires and human passions, were in charge of our country. They were replaced by representatives of the people. They were replaced by officials who had been elected by the people. In the past thirty-something years, the individuals who have assumed power in our country and taken control of our policies and economy, have been representatives of the people. They did not line their own pockets after assuming power, which is a very important point. Of course, some of them were more pious than others.
Those evil, dependent and greedy politicians who were submissive against the enemies and treated the people in an angry way, were replaced by representatives of the people. Our scientifically backward country transformed into a country that was advanced in terms of science. Before the Revolution, we had not made any scientific achievements in the country. Today international centers say that the rate of Iran\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s scientific progress is eleven times more than the global average. Is this an insignificant achievement? International scientific centers predict that in a few years - by the year 2017 - Iran will rank fourth in the world in terms of science. Is this an insignificant accomplishment? Our country, which had made no scientific achievements, has achieved this position.
There was a time we had to ask foreigners to send their engineers to our country to build dams, roads and factories for us whenever we needed a road, a highway, a dam or a factory. Today Iranian youth are building thousands of factories and hundreds of dams, bridges, roads and highways in the country without receiving the slightest help from foreigners. Today our scientific and technological growth and our capabilities to develop the country have reached this level. Would it be appropriate if we ignored these things?
In areas relating to health and medicine, Iranian patients who had the money had to travel to Europe for slightly complicated operations, and those who did not have the money had to die. Today the most complicated operations - liver transplants, lung transplants and important things in other medical areas - are being carried out in our country, not just in Tehran but in many distant cities across the country. These capabilities exist today in our country. The Iranian nation does not need foreigners in this area. Our nation has achieved independence and self-sufficiency in this vital area.
Many parts of this country had been ignored. Before the Revolution, I used to travel to different places across the country. Remote parts of the country used to be completelyignored. However, different services are being offered in different parts of the country, including remote towns and villages. Today nobody can say that a particular area does not have electricity or roads and other such things. Before the Revolution, it was surprising to see a remote place that enjoyed such facilities. Today the opposite is surprising. At that time, our population was 35 million and there were 150,000 university students in the country. Today our population has increased a hundred percent, but the number of our university students has increased by 20, even 30 times. This means that we have paid attention to science. The number of students, professors and universities in the country is remarkable. In every remote town, there are one, two, five and sometimes ten universities. At that time, there were certain provinces in which the number of high schools was less than ten. Today in every city of the same provinces, there are several universities. This is a great movement by the people of Iran which is the result of the Revolution and selfless efforts of Iranian youth and government officials over the past thirty-something years. These are important developments. Thanks to the Revolution, many infrastructure-related projects were carried out in the country. Thousands of factories were built. Many mother companies were built. The products which we had to beg for and buy in small amounts from foreigners are being mass produced in the country today. It is necessary to see these things. All of these things are the blessings of the three beliefs that Imam (r.a.) instilled into our nation: faith in God, faith in the people and faith in oneself.
I am not saying these things in order to create a false sense of pride and happiness. I am not saying these things to make you feel happy and thankful for the victory that has been achieved. No, there is still a long way to go. I would say that if we compare our conditions with the era of taghut, these achievements will look remarkable, but we will realize that we have a long way to go if we compare our conditions with the conditions of an ideal Islamic Iran - namely, a country which Islam wants us to have, a society that Islam wants us to have, a society in which there is worldly pride and welfare as well as religious faith, ethics and spirituality, all in abundance. I am saying these things so that our dear youth and our courageous nation realize that they can continue this path by relying on the three beliefs that I spoke about. You should know that there is a long way to go, but you have the capability. You have the power to continue this path. You have the necessary means. You can continue traversing this long path at a high speed until you reach the peaks in a powerful way. I am saying these things so that you realize that the enemies who want to create despair in our hearts are acting out of spite. All the signs show that we should remain hopeful.
The roadmap lies in front of our eyes. We have a roadmap. What is this roadmap? Our roadmap is the principles of our magnanimous Imam (r.a.), the same principles that transformed that backward and humiliated nation into this pioneering and proud nation. These principles will be useful for us along the path and they will be our roadmap. Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s principles are clear principles. Fortunately, his statements and writings have been made available to our people in the form of twenty-something volumes [of Imam Khomeini\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s speeches] and the main points have been presented in his testament. Everybody can refer to those documents and read them. I believe it is not advisable to keep mentioning the name of Imam (r.a.) but let his principles sink into oblivion. This is wrong. The name and memory of Imam (r.a.) is not sufficient in itself. Imam (r.a.) will remain a leader for our nation with his principles and his roadmap. Imam (r.a.) gave this roadmap to us. He had specific principles.
As for domestic policy, the principles of Imam (r.a.) require relying on the votes of the people, preserving unity of the people, choosing rulers who are populist and non-aristocratic [humble], having government officials who are committed to national interests and making comprehensive efforts in order to bring about progress for the country.
As far as foreign policy is concerned, the principles of Imam (r.a.) require that we put up a resistance against interventionist and domineering policies, that we establish brotherly relations with other Muslim nations, that we develop relations with all countries except the ones that have drawn their swords against the Iranian nation and are being hostile, that we fight Zionism, that we resist in order to liberate Palestine, that we help oppressed people throughout the world and that we put up a resistance against oppressors. Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s testament is available to us. His writings and statements have been recorded and are available in the form of books.
Regarding culture, the principles of Imam (r.a.) require rejection of the permissive Western culture, rejection of rigidity and reactionary attitudes, rejection of hypocrisy in religion, decisive defense of ethics and Islamic commands, and fighting the spread of immorality and corruption in society.
As for economic matters, the principles of Imam (r.a.) require relying on the national economy, relying on self-sufficiency, ensuring economic justice in production and distribution, defending underprivileged people and confronting the capitalist culture coupled with respect for ownership rights. Imam (r.a.) rejected the oppressive capitalist culture, but he also stressed the need for respecting ownership and property rights, capital and labor. Also, the principles of Imam (r.a.) require that we resist melting into the global economy and that we preserve independence of our national economy. These are Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s principles regarding economic matters. These things are obvious in Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s statements.
Imam (r.a.) always demanded government officials of the country to implement these principles in a powerful and wise way. This was the roadmap of our magnanimous Imam (r.a.). The Iranian nation can bridge the gap between current conditions and those ideal conditions by following this roadmap, by relying on their firm religious faith, by remembering their Imam (r.a.). The Iranian nation can move forward. Considering its capabilities and talent and the outstanding individuals who are thankfully present among our people, the Iranian nation can continue the revolutionary path that we have been following over the past thirty-something years with more power and firmer determination. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, our nation will be able to become a genuine role model for other Muslim nations.
Now let me speak about the elections, which is a sensitive and current issue these days. Dear brothers and sisters and dear people of Iran, elections are the manifestation of all the three beliefs of Imam Khomeini (r.a.) and we should have faith in the same things. Elections are the manifestation of faith in God, because taking part in elections is a religious obligation. It is our responsibility to play a role in the destiny of our country. Everybody in our country has this responsibility. Elections are the manifestation of faith in the people, because the will of the people manifests itself in the form of elections: it is the people who choose government officials through elections. Elections are the manifestation of having faith in oneself, because anybody who casts his vote into the ballot box feels that he is playing a role in the destiny of the country and that his role is determining in its own right. This is a very important point. Therefore, elections are the manifestation of faith in God, faith in the people and faith in oneself.
Giving rise to political valor through epic presence of the people at our polling stations is the most important point regarding the upcoming elections. What is the meaning of valor? Valor means that the attempt to achieve glory should be accompanied by excitement and enthusiasm. Every vote that you cast into the ballot box for any of the eight honorable candidates is a vote for the Islamic Republic. A vote for any of the candidates is a vote for the Islamic Republic: it is a vote of confidence for the [political] system and its electoral mechanism. When you enter the arena of elections - either as a voter or as a candidate - your mere presence in this arena means that you have confidence in the Islamic Republic and in our electoral mechanism. On a less important level, your presence results in a vote for the person whom you consider as more valuable for the future of the country than the other candidates.
Our helpless foreign enemies are thinking of a way to turn this election into a threat against the Islamic Republic. This is while an election is a great opportunity for the Islamic Republic. They are hoping for a cold and lifeless election so that they can say the people are not interested in the Islamic Republic or they can create a fitna after the election, just as they did in the year 1388 after that enthusiastic election. These are what the enemies of our nation are after. But they are making a mistake. They do not know our people.
The enemies of our nation have forgotten the 9th of Dey. Those who think that in our country there is a silent majority who are opposed to the Islamic Republic, have forgotten that over the past thirty-four years massive numbers of people have taken to the streets every year on the 22nd of Bahman in different cities of our country in order to support the Islamic Republic and shout \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"death to America\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". In order to make our elections lifeless, their think tanks constantly produce ideas and feed them to their media and their spokesmen. One day they say our elections have been engineered, another day they say our elections are not free, yet another day they say our elections are not legitimate in the eyes of the people. They do not know our people, neither do they know our elections and the Islamic Republic. And those who are aware of the facts, make unfair comments. They do not shrink from making such comments.
In which part of the world are different candidates - ranging from famous figures to unknown individuals - allowed to use national and state media equally? If somebody knows an exception, he should come forward and say it. In which part of the world does such a thing exist? Does it exist in America? Does it exist in capitalist countries? In capitalist countries, if candidates are members of the existing two or three parties and enjoy the support of capitalists, company owners, wealthy people and mafias of wealth and power, they can campaign and if not, they cannot even campaign.
Anybody who has followed American elections - which I have - will confirm this. There were certain individuals who did not enjoy the support of the Zionists and blood-thirsty international capitalist networks, and they could not enter the arena of election no matter how hard they tried. They neither had access to a media outlet, nor were any TV channels available to them. For every second of campaigning, they had to spend huge amounts of money. In our country, candidates are given equal opportunities to speak to the people for many hours through state media without having to spend one single rial. In which part of the world do such things exist?
The only thing that controls entry into our elections is the law. According to the law, some people can run in our elections and some others cannot. The law has specified what the conditions are, what the qualifications are and who are in charge of vetting. All of these things are being done on the basis of the law. Our foreign enemies close their eyes to these realities and say certain things, and as I have pointed out before, sadly there are impious people who repeat the same things. But by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor and with their presence, resistance and firm determination, our people will respond to all these machinations and their response will be crushing and decisive.
Now I would like to give a piece of advice to the honorable candidates. The honorable candidates speak critically in the televised programs. This is their right. They can criticize whatever they believe should be criticized. However, they should pay attention to the point that criticism should signify a determination to move towards a future that is full of hard work and glory. It should not signify an effort to paint a bleak picture and promote pessimism and unfair comments. They should pay attention to this point. I do not favor anybody. From this moment onwards, foreign media will say with ulterior motives that I favor a particular candidate. This is a lie. I do not favor anybody. I only lay out the facts.
I advise the brothers who want to win the people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s trust that their comments should be fair. They can make criticisms, but in doing so, they should not paint a bleak picture and deny the outstanding achievements that have been accomplished under the incumbent administration or previous administrations thanks to the constant efforts of individuals like themselves.
Criticism does not mean denying positive aspects. Criticism means that one should point out the positive thing that has been done and then point out the weaknesses and flaws as well. The next president will not have to start from zero: thousands of outstanding things have already been done. Over the course of many years, thousands of fundamental infrastructure-related projects have been carried out in the country under different administrations. There has been scientific progress. There has been industrial progress. There has been progress in areas relating to infrastructure. Very important things have been planned and implemented in different areas. They should not disregard these things. Whenever they want to do something, they should start from the achievements that have already been made. We cannot afford to deny all this work under the pretext that we have economic problems, that we have the problem of rising prices and inflation. After all, this is not the right thing to do. Yes, we have economic problems and inflation. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, the person who will be voted into office will be able to resolve these problems and remove these obstacles. This is the wish of the Iranian nation. However, this does not mean that we should deny everything that has been done in order to present a solution to the existing problems.
Also, the candidates should not make impossible promises. You should speak in a way that if your recorded statements are replayed to you next year in Khordad, you do not feel ashamed. Make such promises that you would not have to blame other people under the pretext that they did not let you do what you wanted to do. Only make promises that you will be able to fulfill.
In our country and according to our Constitution, the president has extraordinary powers. The Constitution has given vast powers to the president. The president has control over the national budget. He has control over all executive pillars of the country. He has control over the implementation of the laws and regulations in the country. He has the power to utilize the capacities of all experts throughout the country. The president has room for maneuver in the case of different issues. The only thing that restricts the president in our country is the law. His actions can only be restricted by the law, which is not in fact a restriction. The law provides guidance: it does not restrict. The law shows the path and tells us how to move forward.
Those who address the people today and say different things, should discuss what they are capable of doing and what the people need. They should promise that they will act in a wise and prudent way. If they have plans for different areas, they should present their plans to the people. They should promise that they will move forward on this path in a persistent and steadfast way. They should promise that they will make use of all the capacities of the Constitution in order to carry out their great responsibility.
They should promise that they will manage the conditions of the country. They should promise that they will focus their efforts on the economy - which is a challenge that has been imposed on the Iranian nation by foreigners. They should promise that they will not create controversy. They should promise that they will not give their friends and relative a free rein. They should promise that they will not prefer the interests of foreigners over the interests of the Iranian nation under different pretexts.
Some people argue that we should make concessions to the enemies in order to appease them and in this way they effectively prefer the interests of the enemies over the interests of the Iranian nation. This is wrong. They are angry because you exist, because the Islamic Republic exists, because Imam (r.a.) is alive in the minds of the people and in our national plans, because the people show their feelings for Imam (r.a.) every year on his demise anniversary. These are the causes of their anger. The enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s anger should be controlled and suppressed with our national power.
If our nation becomes powerful and capable, if it reduces its needs, if it eliminates its problems, if it manages to improve the economy which is our main issue today, the enemy will be defenseless against the Iranian nation. In any case, what is important is to have determination, faith in God, faith in the people and faith in ourselves, and this applies to both the presidential candidates and the people. My dear brothers, my dear ones, there will a great test in ten days, and by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor we hope that in this great test Allah the Exalted will cause an auspicious instance of valor with brilliant outcomes for our nation. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"There is no power except with the permission of Great Almighty Allah.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
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
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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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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
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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دیدار جمعی از بانوان برگزیدہ کشور - Aytaullah Khamenei | 19 Apr 2014 - Farsi
Ayatollah Khamenei\\\\\\\'s Speech in a meeting with outstanding women - April 19, 2014
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on April 19, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the...
Ayatollah Khamenei\\\\\\\'s Speech in a meeting with outstanding women - April 19, 2014
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on April 19, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with outstanding women. The meeting was held on the occasion of the auspicious birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her).
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
First of all, I would like to welcome the ladies in this meeting and I congratulate you on the occasion of the auspicious birthday anniversary of Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) and Women\\\\\\\'s Day and Mother\\\\\\\'s Day. As was pointed out in this meeting, the coincidence of this important social occasion of the country with the birthday anniversary of Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) - particularly this year when our people remembered that great personality and held ceremonies for her two times in the beginning and at the end of the year - is an opportunity for understanding and learning lessons from the life of that great person.
First, the spiritual positions of Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) are among the best spiritual positions which belong only to a few individuals. She was infallible. Infallibility is particular to a few individuals who are chosen by God and that great Hazrat - Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) - is one of these few individuals. We should consider the fact that that Muslim woman and that mujahide in the way of God lived only to the age of 20. Of course, different narrations say that her age was from 18 to 25 years at the time of her martyrdom.
She was a young woman who enjoyed such a lofty position of spirituality which was equal to saints, prophets and the like and she was called the mistress of all women by divine messengers. Besides this spiritual position, each outstanding characteristic and each important role in the personal life of this great lady is a lesson.
Her piety, her modesty and purity, her jihad, her care for her husband, her way of raising children, her understanding of politics and her presence in the most important arenas of the life of an individual of those times - whether during her childhood and teenage years or after her marriage - are each a lesson. They are a lesson not only for you ladies but also for the entire humanity.
Therefore, this coincidence is a lesson for us. We should pay careful attention to the life of Fatima Zahra (s.a.), we should understand her life with a new outlook and we should make it a model for ourselves in the real sense of the word.
As for the issue of women in the Islamic Republic and in our country and society, first I would tell you that whenever I meet with Muslim, religious and educated women on such occasions, I deeply thank God. The fact that there are so many knowledgeable, educated, broad-minded and outstanding women - in intellectual and practical areas - in our society is really one of the greatest glories of the Islamic Republic. This is a very great blessing and a source of honor.
Today, only one honorable lady delivered a speech, but we have had numerous meetings with ladies in which many of them delivered a speech. When each of them made certain statements, this opened the door in our minds to new outlooks and new thoughts. Building such a large number of lofty, outstanding and broad-minded individuals is one of the greatest glories of the Islamic Republic. Today, when we take a look, we see that the name of our women have been written on many books including scientific, research-based, historical, literature, political and artistic books. The writings of our women - whether articles or books - are among the best writings in the Islamic Republic today. This is really a source of honor and it is unprecedented in our history.
We have witnessed previous eras and we have been familiar with the cultural environment of the country. We had never had such a large number of outstanding individuals in different areas, whether in seminary or academic areas. Besides, the emergence of the completely outstanding identity and the independent character of Iranian women in the arena of jihadi activities - such as the Sacred Defense Era and its aftermath until today - makes everyone humble. We have had so many wives of martyrs and disabled war veterans, so many mothers of martyrs and so many relatives of those people who laid down their lives in the way of God.
The strong willpower, firm determination and patience of these women make everyone humble. I really have a sense of humility whenever I meet with these outstanding women. I have many meetings with the mothers and wives of martyrs and disabled war veterans. When a self-sacrificing lady spends her entire life managing and improving the life of a disabled war veteran for the sake of God, this is not a minor achievement.
It is easy to say this, but it is very difficult to do it. A mother who has offered two, three, four martyrs in the way of God and who has stood firm despite this, advises us to stand firm as well. One really feels humility in the face of such greatness. These are the realities about the women of our society which are very glorious and important realities. Well, this is thankfully the bright and shining part of the issue of women in our country.
As for the issue of women in today\\\\\\\'s world and in our country, this is one of the issues which requires follow-up, deliberation and deep thinking because of different reasons. First, women form half the population of countries. How can countries - including ours - benefit from this capacity and this great resource in a healthy way? Second, how can the issue of gender - which is one of the most sensitive and delicate issues in creation - be at the service of the transcendence of humanity, not at the service of its moral decadence? Third, considering the natural differences between women and men, how can we establish and institute an unchanging pattern of behavior - whether in social environments or inside the family - through which women cannot be oppressed? These are very important issues.
If we make these two, three issues the pivot of thought, discussion and research, this will bring about a set of research-based and practical efforts. No one should think that the issue of oppressing women is particular to backward or, say, savage societies. This is not the case. If today\\\\\\\'s so-called civilized societies do not oppress women more than other societies, they do not definitely oppress them less. Well, these are important issues which should be attended to and worked on.
There were good points in the statements of the lady who delivered a speech. She pointed out the main issues that exist in our minds about this matter. Quoting from what I said before, she said that the country needs a supreme supra-governmental center for discussing and working on this important issue. These issues are our main issues.
The issue of women and the issue of family are our main issues. Of course, the issue of women is not separable from the issue of family. I would like to add that if someone wants to discuss the issue of women by separating it from the issue of family, they will face certain problems in understanding and finding the cure. These two issues should be studied together although they are two single issues.
Well, such a center is necessary. Of course, it has not been formed until now although we brought it up. We do not have a center which can study, follow up and implement a proper and comprehensive plan about the issue of women - all those issues which were pointed out in this meeting and a number of other issues. This center should be formed. Of course, this has certain requirements.
What I would like to discuss with you today is two, three points. One is that if we want to think and act in the right way about the issue of women - whether in the center which was pointed out or in any other center and organization - and if we do not want to make a mistake in this regard, we should completely clear our minds of the clichés of western products.
Westerners misunderstood the issue of women. They acted in the wrong way and they promoted this misunderstanding and these wrong, deviant and deadly actions throughout the world like common currency in a country. Besides, their propaganda apparatus, which is very broad in scope, does not allow those individuals who have different opinions from theirs to express them. If you want to find a correct solution on the issue of women and accompany it with its major requirements and if you want to move forward and achieve results in the long run, you should clear your minds of western thoughts about the issue of women.
I am not saying that we should be uninformed about their ideas. This is not what I am saying. We are not advocates of ignorance. I myself am an advocate of knowledge and familiarity, but we should completely reject the authority of these thoughts and ideas. Western thoughts and opinions on the issue of women cannot be a source of happiness and guidance for human societies at all.
First, their thoughts are based on materialistic and non-divine epistemology. Well, this is wrong. Any knowledge-based and intellectual school of thought which is based on materialistic understanding and belief is naturally wrong. The outlook towards the truths of creation should be known, understood and followed up together with the outlook towards divine epistemology, belief in the existence and power of God and divine presence and authority. Therefore, because the basis and root of western thoughts are materialistic, they are wrong. This is the first reason.
The second reason is that a businesslike, profit-based and economic view has influenced the western outlook on the issue of women. This can clearly be seen in the history of the industrial revolution. In Europe, women did not have the right to own something. Women\\\\\\\'s property belonged to men and their husbands. They did not have the right to possess something in their name. And when democracy was promoted in the west, women did not have suffrage.
In such a world, investors suddenly thought of the issue of the industrial revolution, factories and the efficient presence of women in factories with low costs. Then, they granted women suffrage so that they could draw them to factories and give them lower wages. Naturally, the entrance of women to the arena of employment had its own requirements and results which have continued until today. Therefore, besides the fact that the western outlook towards women is a non-divine and materialistic outlook, the policies which have brought about the current conditions in the western world - particularly in Europe - have been accompanied by a businesslike, profit-based and economic outlook.
Another reason why we should avoid the western outlook on the issue of women is that in this outlook, women are a means for satisfying lust. This is undeniable. If someone makes this claim, some people may create uproar. They may say, \\\\\\\"No, this is not the case\\\\\\\". However, when one takes a look at their lives, one sees that this is the dominant outlook. In social environments, the more women appear in an immodest way, the more appropriate it will be.
They do not have the same opinion about men. In official meetings, men should dress up. They should wear ties and suits. They should dress formally on such occasions. But in these formal meetings, women should appear in a different way. This has no other philosophy and reason except that women should entertain men\\\\\\\'s lustful eyes. Today, the western world is like this. It is practically the greatest oppression which the western world shows towards women.
I am not after finding newspaper clippings. But it was yesterday or the day before yesterday that I found something in a newspaper. I found it to be a very important writing. I have brought it to this meeting to read it for you. A book written by Jimmy Carter - the former president of America - has been published which is named \\\\\\\"A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, And Power\\\\\\\". Jimmy Carter says in this book, \\\\\\\"Every year, 100,000 girls are sold as slaves in America where the owner of a brothel can buy girls - who are usually Latin American or African - at only 1000 dollars\\\\\\\".
He also refers to the rapes which occur in colleges where only one case out of 25 cases is reported. He goes on to say that only one percent of rapists are put to trial in the army. One cries when one reads such things. We can see many such writings in newspapers. I see such writings as well, but I never base my opinions on them. However, these are realities.
Jimmy Carter is a well-known personality after all and this is his book. What kind of situation is this? What kind of respect - towards women - is this? A well-known and famous western writer writes a novel for dignifying prostitution. This novel has been translated in Persian as well. This book points out how sex dealers go to Latin-American countries and take girls with them to sell them in such centers. They do this by giving the girls empty promises. Of course, this is related to Europe, not America. This book and this novel tries to pretend that prostitution is a dignified job. This is the western culture towards women. This is their respect towards women.
If we want our outlook towards the issue of women to be healthy, reasonable and precise, the first condition is that we should completely clear our minds of the statements that westerners make about women - about their employment, management and sexual equality.
One of the greatest mistakes of western thoughts about the issues of women is this sexual equality. Justice is a legitimate concept, but equality is sometimes legitimate and sometimes illegitimate. Why should we separate an individual who has been built for a particular domain - in terms of one\\\\\\\'s natural make up, whether physical or emotional - from that particular domain and drag her towards another domain which Allah the Exalted has built for another make-up? Why should we do this? What reason do we have for doing so? What kind of sympathy is this? Why should women be entrusted with carrying out male tasks? What kind of honor is to have women carry out male tasks?
I am sorry that sometimes women and ladies themselves show sensitivity over this issue. They ask, \\\\\\\"What is our difference with men?\\\\\\\" Well, there is no difference between men and women on many issues. Islam looks at men and women as human beings. There is no difference between men and women on the issue of humanity, spiritual positions and the many intellectual and scientific talents that they have. But they have two different molds. Each of these molds is shaped for a particular task. Of course, there are certain common tasks among them. Is it a service if we separate either of these two molds from their domain and put it in another domain? This is what westerners are doing. Many of their international conventions result from this outlook.
They have destroyed their own lives because of this wrong thought. They want to destroy other people\\\\\\\'s lives as well. Thankfully, you ladies are knowledgeable, well-informed and outstanding and I respect you. Whenever ladies deliver a speech in our meetings, I benefit from what they say. There was a meeting of strategic thoughts about the issue of women in this place. In that meeting, a number of ladies delivered a speech and I tell you honestly that I really benefitted from what they said.
In my opinion, if you want to think about the major issues and problems that the community of women everywhere in the world - including our country - is faced with, the first condition is that you should free yourselves and your minds of western thoughts which are a set of clichéd, wrong, fossilized and pseudo-progressive thoughts. On the face of it, these thoughts are new, but they are fossilized in actuality. On the face of it, they are helpful, but they are treacherous in actuality. You should think independently of western thoughts.
The second requirement is that you should refer to Islamic texts. You should derive the main principles and bases from the Holy Quran, the Sunnah, hadith, duas, Islamic texts and the words and behavior of the Imams (a.s.). This is revelation and revelation belongs to God. God is the Creator of you and me.
I am not saying that we should accept whatever people say in the name of religion. This is not what I want to say. Rather, we should benefit from proper religion. This can be done by employing proper methods of deduction and this is a task which can only be carried out by experts in this area. We should really benefit from God\\\\\\\'s book, the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) Sunnah and the infallible Imam\\\\\\\'s (a.s.) methods and words so that we can see what outlook we should adopt on the issue of women. We should derive the main guidelines from these sources.
In my opinion, these are the two main tasks. There is a third task as well which is: we should really attend to the main issues, not those issues which are of secondary importance, when working on the issues of women. Paying attention to the issue of family - particularly the issue of women\\\\\\\'s health, security, tranquility and respect in the family environment - is one of the main issues. We have a number of main issues. This is one of them.
You should see what factors take away women\\\\\\\'s tranquility and peace of mind inside the family. You should try to remove these factors with legal ways and with promotional and different other methods. This is the basis of the issue. Women are a source of tranquility at home. They are a source of tranquility for men and children including girls and boys. If women themselves do not enjoy psychological tranquility, they cannot share their tranquility with their family. A woman who is humiliated, insulted and pressured because of her job cannot be the lady of the house. She cannot be the manager of the family. This is while women are, in fact, managers of the family. This is the main issue. This is one of the main issues which has not received enough attention in our living environments - whether in the past or in the present time. This issue should receive enough attention.
The typical image of women at home is the image of a creature of secondary importance who is responsible for rendering services to others. This image is shared by many people. Some people openly express it and some people do not, although they believe it in their hearts. This is the exact opposite of what Islam has mentioned.
I have repeatedly quoted this well-known hadith: \\\\\\\"Women are like flowers. They are not servants\\\\\\\" [Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 31]. The Arabic word \\\\\\\"ghahraman\\\\\\\" means one\\\\\\\'s employee or servant. One example is: \\\\\\\"He said to his ghahraman to do such and such a task\\\\\\\" [Speaking in Arabic]. Another example is that a person who has many properties and lands orders his ghahraman to carry out such and such a task. This is the meaning of ghahraman. This hadith says that we should not think women are the servants of the house and that they should only do household chores. This is not the case.
Well, notice that this is one of the several chapters about women: the issue of respecting women\\\\\\\'s work at home. They are not obligated to do household chores and their work can be bought. That is to say, they can receive money for the work that they do at home. These are the things which exist in Islam and Islamic fiqh. As the lady who delivered a speech in this meeting pointed out, our fiqh is really advanced and outstanding. Some people highlight some aspects of it and forget about the rest. Besides, they completely distort certain aspects of it in order to make it compatible with western deceitful and fallacious thoughts. We have witnessed this as well.
Some people distort a number of Islamic obligations and truths so that westerners do not become annoyed. The Holy Quran says, \\\\\\\"And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead you astray from Allah\\\\\\\'s way. They follow nothing but conjecture. They do nothing but lie\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 6: 116]. We should not be the followers of common thoughts in the world of ignorance and superstition. Rather, we should find and follow Islamic thoughts although some people speak ill of us. This is another issue.
Therefore, we should find the main issue. In my opinion, the main issue - or let us say, one of the main issues - is the issue of home and family. The basis of the issue is women\\\\\\\'s security and opportunities in the family environment and their home-making is for cultivating their talents. Nothing should prevent them from studying, reading, learning and writing. Of course, this is related to those women who are interested in such things. The ground should be prepared for them to carry out these tasks.
The issue of women\\\\\\\'s employment is not among the main issues. Of course, we are not at all opposed to women\\\\\\\'s employment. I myself am not at all opposed to their employment and their management as long as it does not clash with these main issues. If there is a clash, then the main issues have a priority. Naturally, one of the tasks that should be carried out in this third area is that we should see what jobs are suitable for women\\\\\\\'s characteristics. There are some jobs which are not suitable for women\\\\\\\'s make-up. Therefore, women should not pursue such jobs.
One of the tasks is that we should not impose on women those fields of study which lead to these jobs. Some people want to create uproar by saying that there is discrimination against women over the issue of universities, education and other such issues. Well, such discrimination is not bad in some areas. Discrimination is bad when it is against justice. Imagine that in a football team, you tell one player to play in attack, you tell another to play in defense and another to keep goal. Well, this is discrimination. If the player whose duty is to defend plays in attack, the team will naturally lose. If the forward is entrusted with goalkeeping - which is a task he does not know how to carry out - then, the team will naturally lose.
This is discrimination, but it is justice-based. In such discrimination, you entrust different tasks to individuals. Therefore, we should see what fields of study are suitable for women by paying attention to the lofty goals that have been specified for them. We should prepare the ground for women to study such fields. We should not force them to study certain fields just because of their performance and their grade in the entrance exam. Such fields may neither be compatible with their womanly nature nor with their lofty goals. Besides, the job that is given to them with respect to their field of study may not be compatible with their make-up. In my opinion, these things should receive attention when it comes to the issue of women\\\\\\\'s employment.
In sum, the fact that women cannot do all the jobs which men do should not be considered to be a disgrace or a flaw because this is not the case. Only those things which are not compatible with the divine nature are bad. This was what I wanted to discuss. Of course, I have written down some other points as well, but I think that this is enough.
The issue of women is an important issue. The best people who can follow up and solve this issue are women themselves. We do not suffer from a lack of educated, broad-minded, talented, literary and artistic women. Thankfully today, there are many such women in our country. As I mentioned before, we had never had such a large number of educated, knowledgeable and outstanding women in the history of our country, neither in seminary nor in academic environments. We had never had so many woman writers, poets and researchers in different fields of study.
Fortunately today, we have such women thanks to the Islamic Republic. These things have been achieved in the shade of Islam, the Islamic Republic and Imam\\\\\\\'s (r.a.) enlightening outlook towards the issue of women. This was pointed out in the statements of the lady who delivered a speech as well. We had never enjoyed such a condition in our country.
We should thank God for His blessings and we should ask Him to increase these blessings. We should thank Him for these blessings and the way to thank Him is what I pointed out in this meeting. We should look at the divine guidance and forget about the materialistic views which are promoted today by westerners and the Americans. They are very vile and they make extravagant claims. Besides, they have a propagandist outlook. If someone speaks against them, they launch a propagandist attack. But you should not pay attention to their propaganda and, by Allah\\\\\\\'s favor, you should move forward.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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Ayatollah Khamenei\\\\\\\'s Speech in a meeting with outstanding women - April 19, 2014
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on April 19, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with outstanding women. The meeting was held on the occasion of the auspicious birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her).
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
First of all, I would like to welcome the ladies in this meeting and I congratulate you on the occasion of the auspicious birthday anniversary of Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) and Women\\\\\\\'s Day and Mother\\\\\\\'s Day. As was pointed out in this meeting, the coincidence of this important social occasion of the country with the birthday anniversary of Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) - particularly this year when our people remembered that great personality and held ceremonies for her two times in the beginning and at the end of the year - is an opportunity for understanding and learning lessons from the life of that great person.
First, the spiritual positions of Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) are among the best spiritual positions which belong only to a few individuals. She was infallible. Infallibility is particular to a few individuals who are chosen by God and that great Hazrat - Fatima Zahra (God\\\\\\\'s greetings be upon her) - is one of these few individuals. We should consider the fact that that Muslim woman and that mujahide in the way of God lived only to the age of 20. Of course, different narrations say that her age was from 18 to 25 years at the time of her martyrdom.
She was a young woman who enjoyed such a lofty position of spirituality which was equal to saints, prophets and the like and she was called the mistress of all women by divine messengers. Besides this spiritual position, each outstanding characteristic and each important role in the personal life of this great lady is a lesson.
Her piety, her modesty and purity, her jihad, her care for her husband, her way of raising children, her understanding of politics and her presence in the most important arenas of the life of an individual of those times - whether during her childhood and teenage years or after her marriage - are each a lesson. They are a lesson not only for you ladies but also for the entire humanity.
Therefore, this coincidence is a lesson for us. We should pay careful attention to the life of Fatima Zahra (s.a.), we should understand her life with a new outlook and we should make it a model for ourselves in the real sense of the word.
As for the issue of women in the Islamic Republic and in our country and society, first I would tell you that whenever I meet with Muslim, religious and educated women on such occasions, I deeply thank God. The fact that there are so many knowledgeable, educated, broad-minded and outstanding women - in intellectual and practical areas - in our society is really one of the greatest glories of the Islamic Republic. This is a very great blessing and a source of honor.
Today, only one honorable lady delivered a speech, but we have had numerous meetings with ladies in which many of them delivered a speech. When each of them made certain statements, this opened the door in our minds to new outlooks and new thoughts. Building such a large number of lofty, outstanding and broad-minded individuals is one of the greatest glories of the Islamic Republic. Today, when we take a look, we see that the name of our women have been written on many books including scientific, research-based, historical, literature, political and artistic books. The writings of our women - whether articles or books - are among the best writings in the Islamic Republic today. This is really a source of honor and it is unprecedented in our history.
We have witnessed previous eras and we have been familiar with the cultural environment of the country. We had never had such a large number of outstanding individuals in different areas, whether in seminary or academic areas. Besides, the emergence of the completely outstanding identity and the independent character of Iranian women in the arena of jihadi activities - such as the Sacred Defense Era and its aftermath until today - makes everyone humble. We have had so many wives of martyrs and disabled war veterans, so many mothers of martyrs and so many relatives of those people who laid down their lives in the way of God.
The strong willpower, firm determination and patience of these women make everyone humble. I really have a sense of humility whenever I meet with these outstanding women. I have many meetings with the mothers and wives of martyrs and disabled war veterans. When a self-sacrificing lady spends her entire life managing and improving the life of a disabled war veteran for the sake of God, this is not a minor achievement.
It is easy to say this, but it is very difficult to do it. A mother who has offered two, three, four martyrs in the way of God and who has stood firm despite this, advises us to stand firm as well. One really feels humility in the face of such greatness. These are the realities about the women of our society which are very glorious and important realities. Well, this is thankfully the bright and shining part of the issue of women in our country.
As for the issue of women in today\\\\\\\'s world and in our country, this is one of the issues which requires follow-up, deliberation and deep thinking because of different reasons. First, women form half the population of countries. How can countries - including ours - benefit from this capacity and this great resource in a healthy way? Second, how can the issue of gender - which is one of the most sensitive and delicate issues in creation - be at the service of the transcendence of humanity, not at the service of its moral decadence? Third, considering the natural differences between women and men, how can we establish and institute an unchanging pattern of behavior - whether in social environments or inside the family - through which women cannot be oppressed? These are very important issues.
If we make these two, three issues the pivot of thought, discussion and research, this will bring about a set of research-based and practical efforts. No one should think that the issue of oppressing women is particular to backward or, say, savage societies. This is not the case. If today\\\\\\\'s so-called civilized societies do not oppress women more than other societies, they do not definitely oppress them less. Well, these are important issues which should be attended to and worked on.
There were good points in the statements of the lady who delivered a speech. She pointed out the main issues that exist in our minds about this matter. Quoting from what I said before, she said that the country needs a supreme supra-governmental center for discussing and working on this important issue. These issues are our main issues.
The issue of women and the issue of family are our main issues. Of course, the issue of women is not separable from the issue of family. I would like to add that if someone wants to discuss the issue of women by separating it from the issue of family, they will face certain problems in understanding and finding the cure. These two issues should be studied together although they are two single issues.
Well, such a center is necessary. Of course, it has not been formed until now although we brought it up. We do not have a center which can study, follow up and implement a proper and comprehensive plan about the issue of women - all those issues which were pointed out in this meeting and a number of other issues. This center should be formed. Of course, this has certain requirements.
What I would like to discuss with you today is two, three points. One is that if we want to think and act in the right way about the issue of women - whether in the center which was pointed out or in any other center and organization - and if we do not want to make a mistake in this regard, we should completely clear our minds of the clichés of western products.
Westerners misunderstood the issue of women. They acted in the wrong way and they promoted this misunderstanding and these wrong, deviant and deadly actions throughout the world like common currency in a country. Besides, their propaganda apparatus, which is very broad in scope, does not allow those individuals who have different opinions from theirs to express them. If you want to find a correct solution on the issue of women and accompany it with its major requirements and if you want to move forward and achieve results in the long run, you should clear your minds of western thoughts about the issue of women.
I am not saying that we should be uninformed about their ideas. This is not what I am saying. We are not advocates of ignorance. I myself am an advocate of knowledge and familiarity, but we should completely reject the authority of these thoughts and ideas. Western thoughts and opinions on the issue of women cannot be a source of happiness and guidance for human societies at all.
First, their thoughts are based on materialistic and non-divine epistemology. Well, this is wrong. Any knowledge-based and intellectual school of thought which is based on materialistic understanding and belief is naturally wrong. The outlook towards the truths of creation should be known, understood and followed up together with the outlook towards divine epistemology, belief in the existence and power of God and divine presence and authority. Therefore, because the basis and root of western thoughts are materialistic, they are wrong. This is the first reason.
The second reason is that a businesslike, profit-based and economic view has influenced the western outlook on the issue of women. This can clearly be seen in the history of the industrial revolution. In Europe, women did not have the right to own something. Women\\\\\\\'s property belonged to men and their husbands. They did not have the right to possess something in their name. And when democracy was promoted in the west, women did not have suffrage.
In such a world, investors suddenly thought of the issue of the industrial revolution, factories and the efficient presence of women in factories with low costs. Then, they granted women suffrage so that they could draw them to factories and give them lower wages. Naturally, the entrance of women to the arena of employment had its own requirements and results which have continued until today. Therefore, besides the fact that the western outlook towards women is a non-divine and materialistic outlook, the policies which have brought about the current conditions in the western world - particularly in Europe - have been accompanied by a businesslike, profit-based and economic outlook.
Another reason why we should avoid the western outlook on the issue of women is that in this outlook, women are a means for satisfying lust. This is undeniable. If someone makes this claim, some people may create uproar. They may say, \\\\\\\"No, this is not the case\\\\\\\". However, when one takes a look at their lives, one sees that this is the dominant outlook. In social environments, the more women appear in an immodest way, the more appropriate it will be.
They do not have the same opinion about men. In official meetings, men should dress up. They should wear ties and suits. They should dress formally on such occasions. But in these formal meetings, women should appear in a different way. This has no other philosophy and reason except that women should entertain men\\\\\\\'s lustful eyes. Today, the western world is like this. It is practically the greatest oppression which the western world shows towards women.
I am not after finding newspaper clippings. But it was yesterday or the day before yesterday that I found something in a newspaper. I found it to be a very important writing. I have brought it to this meeting to read it for you. A book written by Jimmy Carter - the former president of America - has been published which is named \\\\\\\"A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, And Power\\\\\\\". Jimmy Carter says in this book, \\\\\\\"Every year, 100,000 girls are sold as slaves in America where the owner of a brothel can buy girls - who are usually Latin American or African - at only 1000 dollars\\\\\\\".
He also refers to the rapes which occur in colleges where only one case out of 25 cases is reported. He goes on to say that only one percent of rapists are put to trial in the army. One cries when one reads such things. We can see many such writings in newspapers. I see such writings as well, but I never base my opinions on them. However, these are realities.
Jimmy Carter is a well-known personality after all and this is his book. What kind of situation is this? What kind of respect - towards women - is this? A well-known and famous western writer writes a novel for dignifying prostitution. This novel has been translated in Persian as well. This book points out how sex dealers go to Latin-American countries and take girls with them to sell them in such centers. They do this by giving the girls empty promises. Of course, this is related to Europe, not America. This book and this novel tries to pretend that prostitution is a dignified job. This is the western culture towards women. This is their respect towards women.
If we want our outlook towards the issue of women to be healthy, reasonable and precise, the first condition is that we should completely clear our minds of the statements that westerners make about women - about their employment, management and sexual equality.
One of the greatest mistakes of western thoughts about the issues of women is this sexual equality. Justice is a legitimate concept, but equality is sometimes legitimate and sometimes illegitimate. Why should we separate an individual who has been built for a particular domain - in terms of one\\\\\\\'s natural make up, whether physical or emotional - from that particular domain and drag her towards another domain which Allah the Exalted has built for another make-up? Why should we do this? What reason do we have for doing so? What kind of sympathy is this? Why should women be entrusted with carrying out male tasks? What kind of honor is to have women carry out male tasks?
I am sorry that sometimes women and ladies themselves show sensitivity over this issue. They ask, \\\\\\\"What is our difference with men?\\\\\\\" Well, there is no difference between men and women on many issues. Islam looks at men and women as human beings. There is no difference between men and women on the issue of humanity, spiritual positions and the many intellectual and scientific talents that they have. But they have two different molds. Each of these molds is shaped for a particular task. Of course, there are certain common tasks among them. Is it a service if we separate either of these two molds from their domain and put it in another domain? This is what westerners are doing. Many of their international conventions result from this outlook.
They have destroyed their own lives because of this wrong thought. They want to destroy other people\\\\\\\'s lives as well. Thankfully, you ladies are knowledgeable, well-informed and outstanding and I respect you. Whenever ladies deliver a speech in our meetings, I benefit from what they say. There was a meeting of strategic thoughts about the issue of women in this place. In that meeting, a number of ladies delivered a speech and I tell you honestly that I really benefitted from what they said.
In my opinion, if you want to think about the major issues and problems that the community of women everywhere in the world - including our country - is faced with, the first condition is that you should free yourselves and your minds of western thoughts which are a set of clichéd, wrong, fossilized and pseudo-progressive thoughts. On the face of it, these thoughts are new, but they are fossilized in actuality. On the face of it, they are helpful, but they are treacherous in actuality. You should think independently of western thoughts.
The second requirement is that you should refer to Islamic texts. You should derive the main principles and bases from the Holy Quran, the Sunnah, hadith, duas, Islamic texts and the words and behavior of the Imams (a.s.). This is revelation and revelation belongs to God. God is the Creator of you and me.
I am not saying that we should accept whatever people say in the name of religion. This is not what I want to say. Rather, we should benefit from proper religion. This can be done by employing proper methods of deduction and this is a task which can only be carried out by experts in this area. We should really benefit from God\\\\\\\'s book, the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) Sunnah and the infallible Imam\\\\\\\'s (a.s.) methods and words so that we can see what outlook we should adopt on the issue of women. We should derive the main guidelines from these sources.
In my opinion, these are the two main tasks. There is a third task as well which is: we should really attend to the main issues, not those issues which are of secondary importance, when working on the issues of women. Paying attention to the issue of family - particularly the issue of women\\\\\\\'s health, security, tranquility and respect in the family environment - is one of the main issues. We have a number of main issues. This is one of them.
You should see what factors take away women\\\\\\\'s tranquility and peace of mind inside the family. You should try to remove these factors with legal ways and with promotional and different other methods. This is the basis of the issue. Women are a source of tranquility at home. They are a source of tranquility for men and children including girls and boys. If women themselves do not enjoy psychological tranquility, they cannot share their tranquility with their family. A woman who is humiliated, insulted and pressured because of her job cannot be the lady of the house. She cannot be the manager of the family. This is while women are, in fact, managers of the family. This is the main issue. This is one of the main issues which has not received enough attention in our living environments - whether in the past or in the present time. This issue should receive enough attention.
The typical image of women at home is the image of a creature of secondary importance who is responsible for rendering services to others. This image is shared by many people. Some people openly express it and some people do not, although they believe it in their hearts. This is the exact opposite of what Islam has mentioned.
I have repeatedly quoted this well-known hadith: \\\\\\\"Women are like flowers. They are not servants\\\\\\\" [Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 31]. The Arabic word \\\\\\\"ghahraman\\\\\\\" means one\\\\\\\'s employee or servant. One example is: \\\\\\\"He said to his ghahraman to do such and such a task\\\\\\\" [Speaking in Arabic]. Another example is that a person who has many properties and lands orders his ghahraman to carry out such and such a task. This is the meaning of ghahraman. This hadith says that we should not think women are the servants of the house and that they should only do household chores. This is not the case.
Well, notice that this is one of the several chapters about women: the issue of respecting women\\\\\\\'s work at home. They are not obligated to do household chores and their work can be bought. That is to say, they can receive money for the work that they do at home. These are the things which exist in Islam and Islamic fiqh. As the lady who delivered a speech in this meeting pointed out, our fiqh is really advanced and outstanding. Some people highlight some aspects of it and forget about the rest. Besides, they completely distort certain aspects of it in order to make it compatible with western deceitful and fallacious thoughts. We have witnessed this as well.
Some people distort a number of Islamic obligations and truths so that westerners do not become annoyed. The Holy Quran says, \\\\\\\"And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead you astray from Allah\\\\\\\'s way. They follow nothing but conjecture. They do nothing but lie\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 6: 116]. We should not be the followers of common thoughts in the world of ignorance and superstition. Rather, we should find and follow Islamic thoughts although some people speak ill of us. This is another issue.
Therefore, we should find the main issue. In my opinion, the main issue - or let us say, one of the main issues - is the issue of home and family. The basis of the issue is women\\\\\\\'s security and opportunities in the family environment and their home-making is for cultivating their talents. Nothing should prevent them from studying, reading, learning and writing. Of course, this is related to those women who are interested in such things. The ground should be prepared for them to carry out these tasks.
The issue of women\\\\\\\'s employment is not among the main issues. Of course, we are not at all opposed to women\\\\\\\'s employment. I myself am not at all opposed to their employment and their management as long as it does not clash with these main issues. If there is a clash, then the main issues have a priority. Naturally, one of the tasks that should be carried out in this third area is that we should see what jobs are suitable for women\\\\\\\'s characteristics. There are some jobs which are not suitable for women\\\\\\\'s make-up. Therefore, women should not pursue such jobs.
One of the tasks is that we should not impose on women those fields of study which lead to these jobs. Some people want to create uproar by saying that there is discrimination against women over the issue of universities, education and other such issues. Well, such discrimination is not bad in some areas. Discrimination is bad when it is against justice. Imagine that in a football team, you tell one player to play in attack, you tell another to play in defense and another to keep goal. Well, this is discrimination. If the player whose duty is to defend plays in attack, the team will naturally lose. If the forward is entrusted with goalkeeping - which is a task he does not know how to carry out - then, the team will naturally lose.
This is discrimination, but it is justice-based. In such discrimination, you entrust different tasks to individuals. Therefore, we should see what fields of study are suitable for women by paying attention to the lofty goals that have been specified for them. We should prepare the ground for women to study such fields. We should not force them to study certain fields just because of their performance and their grade in the entrance exam. Such fields may neither be compatible with their womanly nature nor with their lofty goals. Besides, the job that is given to them with respect to their field of study may not be compatible with their make-up. In my opinion, these things should receive attention when it comes to the issue of women\\\\\\\'s employment.
In sum, the fact that women cannot do all the jobs which men do should not be considered to be a disgrace or a flaw because this is not the case. Only those things which are not compatible with the divine nature are bad. This was what I wanted to discuss. Of course, I have written down some other points as well, but I think that this is enough.
The issue of women is an important issue. The best people who can follow up and solve this issue are women themselves. We do not suffer from a lack of educated, broad-minded, talented, literary and artistic women. Thankfully today, there are many such women in our country. As I mentioned before, we had never had such a large number of educated, knowledgeable and outstanding women in the history of our country, neither in seminary nor in academic environments. We had never had so many woman writers, poets and researchers in different fields of study.
Fortunately today, we have such women thanks to the Islamic Republic. These things have been achieved in the shade of Islam, the Islamic Republic and Imam\\\\\\\'s (r.a.) enlightening outlook towards the issue of women. This was pointed out in the statements of the lady who delivered a speech as well. We had never enjoyed such a condition in our country.
We should thank God for His blessings and we should ask Him to increase these blessings. We should thank Him for these blessings and the way to thank Him is what I pointed out in this meeting. We should look at the divine guidance and forget about the materialistic views which are promoted today by westerners and the Americans. They are very vile and they make extravagant claims. Besides, they have a propagandist outlook. If someone speaks against them, they launch a propagandist attack. But you should not pay attention to their propaganda and, by Allah\\\\\\\'s favor, you should move forward.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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دیدار کارگران در گروہ صنعتی مپنا - Aytaullah Khamenei | 30 April 2014 - Farsi
Ayatollah Khamenei Speech, in a meeting with the laborers on the occasion of Labor Day
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Ayatollah Khamenei Speech, in a meeting with the laborers on the occasion of Labor Day
دیدار کارگران در گروہ صنعتی مپنا
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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I thank Allah the Exalted for giving me the opportunity today to be present among this large and enthusiastic gathering of you dear ones in this very important business, economic and industrial center and to have a meeting with you dear ones on the occasion of Labor Day which has always been an important occasion for us. Today, I have more reasons to be happy. Let me put it this way: one of the programs which is usually interesting to me throughout the year is the program of meeting with laborers on the occasion of Labor Day.
Today, this occasion has been accompanied by paying a visit to this active and leading center - MAPNA Group - which thankfully enjoys many characteristics of positive work in the country. These two factors are a source of happiness and delight for us. Well, today\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s visit was a very valuable visit for me. Meeting with you dear workers and activists is another valuable opportunity.
We are very close to the month of Rajab. The month of Rajab is the month of serving God. It is the month of attention and vigilance. And we people of the country and lovers of the fate of the country and the people believe - almost everyone in the country believes this - that we can carry out many tasks and take giant steps with divine assistance, help and guidance.
Today, I would like to discuss two issues briefly. One is about the issues of labor and laborers. What we have always stressed and emphasized is respecting and appreciating the value of labor and laborers. This is what we firmly believe is a necessity for the general culture of the country. The word laborer has a general meaning. Imam (may God bestow paradise on him) used to say, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prophets were laborers as well\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". This is true.
In your group too, laborers range from your managers, your economic activists, your decision-makers and the entrepreneurs who prepare the ground for developing and improving the quality of work as well as all laborers including educated, skilled, experienced and simple laborers. The essence of labor is respectable. The essence of dynamism and effort in the right direction is respectable. This is the viewpoint of Islam.
Everything should be shaped on the basis of this respect and appreciation. If we define what is called the rights and positions of laborers, this should be based on this respect for labor and laborers. The truth of the issue is that human and material achievements in all eras and the spiritual, psychological and intrinsic progress of every individual are not possible except with labor. So, labor and diligence are necessary.
The holy ayah that our reciter recited with his beautiful voice - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 53: 39] - means that your achievements are made only in the shade of your effort, your diligence and your hard work. Wherever we are, we should think and work like this.
The outlook which is based on hostility between laborers and employers is a wrong interpretation of a truth. Everyone should cooperate with one another. The outlook which is based on hostility, opposition and harassment and which has dominated western thoughts is a rejected and unacceptable outlook from the viewpoint of Islam. Of course, this outlook is not particular to Marxists. Even before Marxists, this hostile outlook was common and prevalent in western thought. Islam invites to alliance, unity, cooperation, compassion and collaboration. This is the basis of Islamic thought in all activities.
Of course, cooperation has certain limits and regulations. Everyone has certain rights and they should be respected. But this is possible in the shade of the Islamic government. An outlook which is based on hostility is wrong and an outlook which is based on cooperation and interaction is correct from the viewpoint of Islam. This is a thought which should exist in all areas and on all issues related to life.
We have to defend ourselves in the face of those individuals who damage the psychological, spiritual, intellectual and existential reputation and dignity of the people and society, but the main essence is cooperation, interaction, collaboration and alliance. This is the main outlook of Islam.
We believe that our society of laborers should be respected and appreciated. We believe that anyone who works and anyone who does it in the right way benefits from divine mercy. There is a narration which says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy be upon those who carry out a task in a proper way\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". A person who does something in the right way benefits from God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy. This is the first issue and one of the two issues which I deemed necessary to discuss.
The second issue is about a reality, one of the beautiful aspects of which can be seen in this work group - MAPNA Group. This reality is the reality of competence - one that results from knowledge, intelligence, diligence, innovation and firm determination - which we can fortunately see in this group. This is our outlook towards the general movement of the country.
National determination and jihadi management is the slogan of the year 1393, but this is not something which is particular to the year 1393. This is our identity, our dignity and our future. This slogan illustrates our fate. If there is national determination and jihadi management, then economy and culture will make progress. A people who enjoy an advanced economy and culture will reach peaks and they will not be humiliated.
Before the Revolution, they humiliated us for tens of years. Despite their background, old civilization, deep cultural heritage and the many scholars and scientists who existed in different fields throughout the history of the country, the people of Iran reached a point where their rulers had to send some agents to American and English embassies in order to ask for their permission on fundamental issues. Is there a greater humiliation for a people? The day when there was no trace of knowledge in Europe and the day ignorance in the real sense of the word was dominant in these countries, Iran offered to the world Farabis, Ibn Sinas, Mohammad ibn Zakariya Razis, Sheikh Tusis and other such personalities.
This is our legacy. This is our past. We should not have been humiliated. We should not have allowed global plundering powers to take our economy in their hands, to take our oil, to have access to our resources and to humiliate our people in political and social areas. But this happened anyway.
If the people of Iran want to achieve a position which befits them, this position has been defined. I have repeatedly said that our people should reach a point where seekers of knowledge throughout the world have to learn Farsi in order to reach peaks of knowledge. This position has already been defined. We may reach this point in 50 years, but this is alright. If we want to reach this already defined position, the way to do this is to benefit from knowledge, intelligence, the power to be highly dynamic and to innovate, and firm determination in all areas.
The economy should improve and without cultural growth, improving the economy is neither possible nor valuable. Culture too should achieve transcendence and it should improve. Therefore, this year\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s slogan is the slogan of our life and it will be our slogan forever. Fortunately today, one can see this in different sectors of the active economic and industrial society of the country including MAPNA Group.
I have received certain reports in this regard. Today, I witnessed up close some of the things that I had read and seen in these reports. This shows that the slogan which was chanted by our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) - that is to say, the slogan of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"we can\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" - is a real slogan, not an empty one. This is really the case. The tasks which were considered by some of our outstanding personalities and managers to be impossible are easily and smoothly being carried out today in your group.
I do not forget that in the early years of 1360s, when I was the president, we had an unfinished gas power plant in an area of the country - I do not want to say where it was. We used to insist that we should finish this power plant on our own. A number of officials - some of them are alive and some of them have passed away [God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy be upon them] - came to me and said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"It is not possible to do this. Do not bother yourselves and do not try in vain\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". They had come to me to persuade me that we cannot do this. They insisted that we ask such and such a company to come and finish it for us. This happened amid the war which was an era of numerous pressures and difficult sanctions.
Today, you youth, activists and jihadi and valuable managers of the country have managed to achieve a high rank - sixth - in the area of building gas power plants. You are the sixth company after the American, German, French, Italian and Japanese companies. You are building gas power plants and this is very important. In those years, they used to say to us that this is not possible. But this happened with diligence, with hard work, with reliance on Allah the Exalted, with support of talented forces and with the firm determination that our managers showed.
I want to say to you my dear ones that you should improve your level by 10 times. This can happen as well and it will happen. The people who are weak and who adopt short-sighted outlooks cannot understand certain things because they do not know human nature, because they do not understand divine assistance, because they do not appreciate the value of firm determination and because they deny our innate talents.
This is one of the disasters that happened to our people. The many years of cultural, political and economic domination of foreigners over the country had instilled the idea in the minds of the people that Iranians do not have any talent. Notice what great treachery this is. The Iranians\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' intelligence is higher than the global average. Iranian youth and Iranian talents are among the most intelligent people in the world. This is while they used to pretend that there is no talent in the country. This is related to the pre-revolutionary era and unfortunately until the first years of the Revolution, there were some people into whose minds these thoughts had rooted themselves.
I would like to recount another memory for your dear brothers and sisters. Someone came to me to prove that we should not follow up the road and highway projects that we had. He used to say, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We do not have any managers for these projects\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and he used to give some examples. Well, these are the thoughts that keep a people backward.
Thankfully, your laborers, your managers, your officials, your designers and all of you have worked well in this group. Today, MAPNA Group is a glorious group. It is a source of pride for the country and for you yourselves who have managed to develop this capability and show it off to friends and enemies. You should be proud of this capability. Wherever you are, all of you laborers, managers, officials, designers and decision-makers in different areas should be proud that you have participated in developing this beautiful and glorious product.
Of course, the activities of this group and similar groups should be supported. One of the supports is that governmental organizations should consider themselves responsible to avoid preparing the ground for foreign rivals to compete with the products of such groups. This is one of the areas of the economy of resistance which we have promoted. Domestic production is the spinal cord of the economy of resistance. If we want domestic production to develop, then we should inject help into it. Besides, we should prevent the things which stunt its growth. We should do something to create a market for our products and to control - I do not want to use the word prevent - the importation of similar foreign products by making an exact calculation. The administration should provide help in the contracts that this group and similar groups have with foreign countries.
We said before that our economy grows from the inside and that it interacts with the outside world. We should grow, blossom and improve from the inside. But we should pay attention to the outside world as well. Global markets belong to us. So, we should be able to show our presence in these markets with our determination and innovation. And this presence is not possible without the administration\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s support. Different governmental sectors can participate in this area.
An important factor in jihadi management is self-assurance, self-confidence and trust in divine assistance. This is the reason why I mention the auspicious names of Imam Baqir (a.s.) and the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) and this is the reason why I expressed - in the beginning of my speech - my congratulations on the occasion of the month of Rajab. We should rely on Allah the Exalted and ask for His help in all tasks. We should trust divine assistance.
When you ask Allah the Exalted to help you, all paths will open to you: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And for those who fear Allah, He always prepares a way out. And He provides for him from sources he could never imagine\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 65: 2-3]. The provision which has been referred to in this ayah and in other ayahs becomes available to us in different forms. Sometimes, an idea flashes through your mind and as a result, a path will open. This is divine provision. And during difficult times, a great hope is suddenly engendered into your heart. This is divine provision as well.
Therefore, it is necessary to have trust in divine assistance and to utilize our intelligence and knowledge which is one of the bases of the economy of resistance and which was explained in this meeting. It is also necessary to pay attention to knowledge-based groups. Fortunately, your group is one of the outstanding examples of knowledge-based groups.
Another thing which is necessary is to work hard. The significance of work should not be underestimated. You should not be satisfied with the achievements that you have already made. Rather, you should be interested in making more achievements. Being satisfied with the level that we have reached will make us suffer from stagnation and inactivity. Therefore, it is necessary to innovate and to take unknown paths and shortcuts.
One of the things which I have written down to discuss is the issue of research and development. This issue is very important. Fortunately, when I was visiting this center today, I saw that this issue has received attention. Fortunately, I saw that an important area has been specified for research and development. Another issue is cooperation and connecting capacities to one another in different sectors so that they can be aware of the latest developments. Have other active economic and industrial sectors been informed of the resources which exist in MAPNA? Are they aware of these resources? Are the universities of the country completely aware of the capacities of MAPNA? And are you aware of the capacities of universities?
Of course, the report that our friends delivered to me shows that the officials of this group are active in this regard. However, I would like to stress this issue - the issue of cooperation and utilization of one another\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s capacities. This is like interlaced objects. Everyone should benefit from others because this overlap and cooperation will lead to more achievements.
The honorable manager - Mr. Aliabadi - raised a point in his speech which I agree with and which I have always paid attention to. He said that sanctions are lifted in any area where we gain a capability. He is right. Sanctions are imposed whenever your hands are tied. If you can show dynamism and progress in any area, the other side feels that imposing sanctions is wrong, absurd and foolish.
A clear example of this is the twenty-percent enriched uranium that we seriously needed for Tehran research reactor. The country was running out of its supplies. If we had not been able to provide the twenty-percent enriched uranium, this research reactor would have been closed and the people would not have had access to the radiopharmaceuticals that they needed and that were being produced in the country. Therefore, officials tried to provide the twenty-percent enriched uranium.
The story of the game that global powers - headed by America and some other powers - played on the issue of the twenty-percent enriched uranium is a long, sweet and interesting story. It is interesting to know what they did. We were ready to buy it, but they used all kinds of tricks to create obstacles. Finally, the Islamic Republic came to the conclusion that it should produce the twenty-percent enriched uranium on its own. However, they did not believe that this would happen. They did not believe that after producing it, it would be possible for us to produce fuel out of it. That is to say, they did not believe that we could produce fuel rods and fuel plates. But like you, the youth of the Islamic Republic and the young scientists of the country managed to carry out this task with their intelligence, innovation and good management.
Now that the entire world knows the Islamic Republic has achieved this technology and product and is able to use it, they say that we should buy it from them. Different countries ask us to buy it from them. They say, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We are prepared to sell it to you. So, do not produce it on your own\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Global pressures and the wrong behavior of small and big powers towards the Islamic Republic and towards any independent system correlate with their weakness and their power. In any area you show weakness, they behave in a worse way. In any area you show strength and manage to stand on your own feet, they will have to behave towards you in a more polite and reasonable way.
This is the key to solving all the problems of the country. The country should blossom from the inside. You should manufacture your products on your own and you should build your economy and your future from the inside. And the people of Iran are a talented people and they can do this. Our human resources are infinite and our natural resources are thankfully many.
I hope that Allah the Exalted bestows success on all of you. I hope that He bestows success on us, officials and all the people so that we can carry out our responsibilities.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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Ayatollah Khamenei Speech, in a meeting with the laborers on the occasion of Labor Day
دیدار کارگران در گروہ صنعتی مپنا
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source : english.khamenei.ir
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I thank Allah the Exalted for giving me the opportunity today to be present among this large and enthusiastic gathering of you dear ones in this very important business, economic and industrial center and to have a meeting with you dear ones on the occasion of Labor Day which has always been an important occasion for us. Today, I have more reasons to be happy. Let me put it this way: one of the programs which is usually interesting to me throughout the year is the program of meeting with laborers on the occasion of Labor Day.
Today, this occasion has been accompanied by paying a visit to this active and leading center - MAPNA Group - which thankfully enjoys many characteristics of positive work in the country. These two factors are a source of happiness and delight for us. Well, today\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s visit was a very valuable visit for me. Meeting with you dear workers and activists is another valuable opportunity.
We are very close to the month of Rajab. The month of Rajab is the month of serving God. It is the month of attention and vigilance. And we people of the country and lovers of the fate of the country and the people believe - almost everyone in the country believes this - that we can carry out many tasks and take giant steps with divine assistance, help and guidance.
Today, I would like to discuss two issues briefly. One is about the issues of labor and laborers. What we have always stressed and emphasized is respecting and appreciating the value of labor and laborers. This is what we firmly believe is a necessity for the general culture of the country. The word laborer has a general meaning. Imam (may God bestow paradise on him) used to say, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prophets were laborers as well\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". This is true.
In your group too, laborers range from your managers, your economic activists, your decision-makers and the entrepreneurs who prepare the ground for developing and improving the quality of work as well as all laborers including educated, skilled, experienced and simple laborers. The essence of labor is respectable. The essence of dynamism and effort in the right direction is respectable. This is the viewpoint of Islam.
Everything should be shaped on the basis of this respect and appreciation. If we define what is called the rights and positions of laborers, this should be based on this respect for labor and laborers. The truth of the issue is that human and material achievements in all eras and the spiritual, psychological and intrinsic progress of every individual are not possible except with labor. So, labor and diligence are necessary.
The holy ayah that our reciter recited with his beautiful voice - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 53: 39] - means that your achievements are made only in the shade of your effort, your diligence and your hard work. Wherever we are, we should think and work like this.
The outlook which is based on hostility between laborers and employers is a wrong interpretation of a truth. Everyone should cooperate with one another. The outlook which is based on hostility, opposition and harassment and which has dominated western thoughts is a rejected and unacceptable outlook from the viewpoint of Islam. Of course, this outlook is not particular to Marxists. Even before Marxists, this hostile outlook was common and prevalent in western thought. Islam invites to alliance, unity, cooperation, compassion and collaboration. This is the basis of Islamic thought in all activities.
Of course, cooperation has certain limits and regulations. Everyone has certain rights and they should be respected. But this is possible in the shade of the Islamic government. An outlook which is based on hostility is wrong and an outlook which is based on cooperation and interaction is correct from the viewpoint of Islam. This is a thought which should exist in all areas and on all issues related to life.
We have to defend ourselves in the face of those individuals who damage the psychological, spiritual, intellectual and existential reputation and dignity of the people and society, but the main essence is cooperation, interaction, collaboration and alliance. This is the main outlook of Islam.
We believe that our society of laborers should be respected and appreciated. We believe that anyone who works and anyone who does it in the right way benefits from divine mercy. There is a narration which says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy be upon those who carry out a task in a proper way\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". A person who does something in the right way benefits from God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy. This is the first issue and one of the two issues which I deemed necessary to discuss.
The second issue is about a reality, one of the beautiful aspects of which can be seen in this work group - MAPNA Group. This reality is the reality of competence - one that results from knowledge, intelligence, diligence, innovation and firm determination - which we can fortunately see in this group. This is our outlook towards the general movement of the country.
National determination and jihadi management is the slogan of the year 1393, but this is not something which is particular to the year 1393. This is our identity, our dignity and our future. This slogan illustrates our fate. If there is national determination and jihadi management, then economy and culture will make progress. A people who enjoy an advanced economy and culture will reach peaks and they will not be humiliated.
Before the Revolution, they humiliated us for tens of years. Despite their background, old civilization, deep cultural heritage and the many scholars and scientists who existed in different fields throughout the history of the country, the people of Iran reached a point where their rulers had to send some agents to American and English embassies in order to ask for their permission on fundamental issues. Is there a greater humiliation for a people? The day when there was no trace of knowledge in Europe and the day ignorance in the real sense of the word was dominant in these countries, Iran offered to the world Farabis, Ibn Sinas, Mohammad ibn Zakariya Razis, Sheikh Tusis and other such personalities.
This is our legacy. This is our past. We should not have been humiliated. We should not have allowed global plundering powers to take our economy in their hands, to take our oil, to have access to our resources and to humiliate our people in political and social areas. But this happened anyway.
If the people of Iran want to achieve a position which befits them, this position has been defined. I have repeatedly said that our people should reach a point where seekers of knowledge throughout the world have to learn Farsi in order to reach peaks of knowledge. This position has already been defined. We may reach this point in 50 years, but this is alright. If we want to reach this already defined position, the way to do this is to benefit from knowledge, intelligence, the power to be highly dynamic and to innovate, and firm determination in all areas.
The economy should improve and without cultural growth, improving the economy is neither possible nor valuable. Culture too should achieve transcendence and it should improve. Therefore, this year\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s slogan is the slogan of our life and it will be our slogan forever. Fortunately today, one can see this in different sectors of the active economic and industrial society of the country including MAPNA Group.
I have received certain reports in this regard. Today, I witnessed up close some of the things that I had read and seen in these reports. This shows that the slogan which was chanted by our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) - that is to say, the slogan of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"we can\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" - is a real slogan, not an empty one. This is really the case. The tasks which were considered by some of our outstanding personalities and managers to be impossible are easily and smoothly being carried out today in your group.
I do not forget that in the early years of 1360s, when I was the president, we had an unfinished gas power plant in an area of the country - I do not want to say where it was. We used to insist that we should finish this power plant on our own. A number of officials - some of them are alive and some of them have passed away [God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy be upon them] - came to me and said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"It is not possible to do this. Do not bother yourselves and do not try in vain\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". They had come to me to persuade me that we cannot do this. They insisted that we ask such and such a company to come and finish it for us. This happened amid the war which was an era of numerous pressures and difficult sanctions.
Today, you youth, activists and jihadi and valuable managers of the country have managed to achieve a high rank - sixth - in the area of building gas power plants. You are the sixth company after the American, German, French, Italian and Japanese companies. You are building gas power plants and this is very important. In those years, they used to say to us that this is not possible. But this happened with diligence, with hard work, with reliance on Allah the Exalted, with support of talented forces and with the firm determination that our managers showed.
I want to say to you my dear ones that you should improve your level by 10 times. This can happen as well and it will happen. The people who are weak and who adopt short-sighted outlooks cannot understand certain things because they do not know human nature, because they do not understand divine assistance, because they do not appreciate the value of firm determination and because they deny our innate talents.
This is one of the disasters that happened to our people. The many years of cultural, political and economic domination of foreigners over the country had instilled the idea in the minds of the people that Iranians do not have any talent. Notice what great treachery this is. The Iranians\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' intelligence is higher than the global average. Iranian youth and Iranian talents are among the most intelligent people in the world. This is while they used to pretend that there is no talent in the country. This is related to the pre-revolutionary era and unfortunately until the first years of the Revolution, there were some people into whose minds these thoughts had rooted themselves.
I would like to recount another memory for your dear brothers and sisters. Someone came to me to prove that we should not follow up the road and highway projects that we had. He used to say, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We do not have any managers for these projects\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and he used to give some examples. Well, these are the thoughts that keep a people backward.
Thankfully, your laborers, your managers, your officials, your designers and all of you have worked well in this group. Today, MAPNA Group is a glorious group. It is a source of pride for the country and for you yourselves who have managed to develop this capability and show it off to friends and enemies. You should be proud of this capability. Wherever you are, all of you laborers, managers, officials, designers and decision-makers in different areas should be proud that you have participated in developing this beautiful and glorious product.
Of course, the activities of this group and similar groups should be supported. One of the supports is that governmental organizations should consider themselves responsible to avoid preparing the ground for foreign rivals to compete with the products of such groups. This is one of the areas of the economy of resistance which we have promoted. Domestic production is the spinal cord of the economy of resistance. If we want domestic production to develop, then we should inject help into it. Besides, we should prevent the things which stunt its growth. We should do something to create a market for our products and to control - I do not want to use the word prevent - the importation of similar foreign products by making an exact calculation. The administration should provide help in the contracts that this group and similar groups have with foreign countries.
We said before that our economy grows from the inside and that it interacts with the outside world. We should grow, blossom and improve from the inside. But we should pay attention to the outside world as well. Global markets belong to us. So, we should be able to show our presence in these markets with our determination and innovation. And this presence is not possible without the administration\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s support. Different governmental sectors can participate in this area.
An important factor in jihadi management is self-assurance, self-confidence and trust in divine assistance. This is the reason why I mention the auspicious names of Imam Baqir (a.s.) and the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) and this is the reason why I expressed - in the beginning of my speech - my congratulations on the occasion of the month of Rajab. We should rely on Allah the Exalted and ask for His help in all tasks. We should trust divine assistance.
When you ask Allah the Exalted to help you, all paths will open to you: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And for those who fear Allah, He always prepares a way out. And He provides for him from sources he could never imagine\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 65: 2-3]. The provision which has been referred to in this ayah and in other ayahs becomes available to us in different forms. Sometimes, an idea flashes through your mind and as a result, a path will open. This is divine provision. And during difficult times, a great hope is suddenly engendered into your heart. This is divine provision as well.
Therefore, it is necessary to have trust in divine assistance and to utilize our intelligence and knowledge which is one of the bases of the economy of resistance and which was explained in this meeting. It is also necessary to pay attention to knowledge-based groups. Fortunately, your group is one of the outstanding examples of knowledge-based groups.
Another thing which is necessary is to work hard. The significance of work should not be underestimated. You should not be satisfied with the achievements that you have already made. Rather, you should be interested in making more achievements. Being satisfied with the level that we have reached will make us suffer from stagnation and inactivity. Therefore, it is necessary to innovate and to take unknown paths and shortcuts.
One of the things which I have written down to discuss is the issue of research and development. This issue is very important. Fortunately, when I was visiting this center today, I saw that this issue has received attention. Fortunately, I saw that an important area has been specified for research and development. Another issue is cooperation and connecting capacities to one another in different sectors so that they can be aware of the latest developments. Have other active economic and industrial sectors been informed of the resources which exist in MAPNA? Are they aware of these resources? Are the universities of the country completely aware of the capacities of MAPNA? And are you aware of the capacities of universities?
Of course, the report that our friends delivered to me shows that the officials of this group are active in this regard. However, I would like to stress this issue - the issue of cooperation and utilization of one another\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s capacities. This is like interlaced objects. Everyone should benefit from others because this overlap and cooperation will lead to more achievements.
The honorable manager - Mr. Aliabadi - raised a point in his speech which I agree with and which I have always paid attention to. He said that sanctions are lifted in any area where we gain a capability. He is right. Sanctions are imposed whenever your hands are tied. If you can show dynamism and progress in any area, the other side feels that imposing sanctions is wrong, absurd and foolish.
A clear example of this is the twenty-percent enriched uranium that we seriously needed for Tehran research reactor. The country was running out of its supplies. If we had not been able to provide the twenty-percent enriched uranium, this research reactor would have been closed and the people would not have had access to the radiopharmaceuticals that they needed and that were being produced in the country. Therefore, officials tried to provide the twenty-percent enriched uranium.
The story of the game that global powers - headed by America and some other powers - played on the issue of the twenty-percent enriched uranium is a long, sweet and interesting story. It is interesting to know what they did. We were ready to buy it, but they used all kinds of tricks to create obstacles. Finally, the Islamic Republic came to the conclusion that it should produce the twenty-percent enriched uranium on its own. However, they did not believe that this would happen. They did not believe that after producing it, it would be possible for us to produce fuel out of it. That is to say, they did not believe that we could produce fuel rods and fuel plates. But like you, the youth of the Islamic Republic and the young scientists of the country managed to carry out this task with their intelligence, innovation and good management.
Now that the entire world knows the Islamic Republic has achieved this technology and product and is able to use it, they say that we should buy it from them. Different countries ask us to buy it from them. They say, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We are prepared to sell it to you. So, do not produce it on your own\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Global pressures and the wrong behavior of small and big powers towards the Islamic Republic and towards any independent system correlate with their weakness and their power. In any area you show weakness, they behave in a worse way. In any area you show strength and manage to stand on your own feet, they will have to behave towards you in a more polite and reasonable way.
This is the key to solving all the problems of the country. The country should blossom from the inside. You should manufacture your products on your own and you should build your economy and your future from the inside. And the people of Iran are a talented people and they can do this. Our human resources are infinite and our natural resources are thankfully many.
I hope that Allah the Exalted bestows success on all of you. I hope that He bestows success on us, officials and all the people so that we can carry out our responsibilities.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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مراسم بیست و پنجمین سالگرد رحلت حضرت امام خمینی Farsi
بیانات در مراسم بیست و پنجمین سالروز رحلت حضرت امام خمینی
در حرم مطهر امام خمینی رحمهالله...
بیانات در مراسم بیست و پنجمین سالروز رحلت حضرت امام خمینی
در حرم مطهر امام خمینی رحمهالله
بسماللهالرّحمنالرّحیم
الحمدلله ربّ العالمین و الصّلاة و السّلام على سیّدنا محمّد و آله الطّاهرین سیّما بقیّةالله فى الارضین. رَبَّنا اغفِر لَنا وَ لِاِخوانِنَا الَّذینَ سَبَقونا بِالایمانِ وَ لا تَجعَل فى قُلوبِنا غِلًّا لِلَّذینَ ءامنوا رَبَّنآ اِنَّکَ رَءووفٌ رَحیم، (۱) رَبَّنآ اِنَّکَ ءاتَیتَ فِرعَونَ وَ مَلاءَهُ زینَةً وَ اَموَلًا... رَبَّنا لِیُضِلّوا عَن سَبیلِکَ رَبَّنا اطمِس عَلى اَموَلِهِم وَ اشدُد عَلى قُلوبِهِم فَلا یُؤمِنوا حَتّى یَرَوُا العَذابَ الاَلیمَ. (۲)
قال الله الحکیم فى کتابه: اَ لَم تَرَ کَیفَ ضَرَبَ اللهُ مَثَلًا کَلِمَةً طَیِّبَةً کَشَجَرَةٍ طَیِّبَةٍ اَصلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرعُها فِى السَّمآءِ. تُؤتى اُکُلَها کُلَّ حینٍ بِاِذنِ رِبِّها. (۳)
عرایض خودم را در این روز بهیادماندنى و مهم، براى شما برادران و خواهران عزیز در سه بخش عرض میکنم: در بخش اول، یک واقعیت مهمى دربارهى جمهورى اسلامى وجود دارد که توجه به آن واقعیت براى ما، امروز حائز اهمیت است. در بخش دوم، یک اشاره و شرح توصیفىِ کوتاهى از مکتب ماندگار امام بزرگوارمان عرض میکنم؛ اگرچه دربارهى مکتب امام راحل سخن بسیار گفتهاند و گفتهایم و شنیدهایم، ولى این توصیف کوتاه در این مقطع براى ما لازم است؛ تصویر کوتاهى از مجموعهى آنچه امام بزرگوار بهعنوان یک پدیدهى بىنظیر در دنیاى معاصر بهوجود آورد. بخش سوم، اشاره به دو چالش مهمى است که بر سر راه ملت ایران و نظام جمهورى اسلامى قرار دارد؛ توجه به این دو چالش، براى درست حرکت کردن ما و درست راه پیمودن ما مهم است.
در بخش اول، آن واقعیتى که به آن اشاره کردم این است که ۲۵ سال از رحلت امام عظیمالشأن میگذرد، ولى شور و اشتیاق براى شنیدن دربارهى او و دانستن از او کم نشده است؛ مخصوص کشور ما هم نیست، در دنیاى اسلام بلکه فراتر از دنیاى اسلام، این واقعیت وجود دارد. نهتنها در کشور ما - که نسل سوم انقلاب در آن درحال بالیدن است - بلکه در دنیاى اسلام، جوانان عصر ارتباطات و عصر اینترنت که با مسائلِ دور از محیط خود براحتى میتوانند ارتباط بگیرند، دنبال این هستند که دربارهى مسائل انقلاب اسلامى و جمهورى اسلامى و دربارهى معمار این بناى عظیم، مطالب بیشترى بدانند. پدیدهى مردمسالارى دینى، نظریهى ولایت فقیه، مسائلى است که براى محیطهاى فکرى دنیاى اسلام، حائز اهمیت و داراى جاذبه است.
دشمنان ما تلاش گستردهاى را از روزهاى اول آغاز کردند و هرچه جلو رفتیم، این تلاش بیشتر شده است؛ از صدها بلکه هزاران ایستگاه تلویزیونى و رادیویى و اینترنتى استفاده کردند براى دشنام دادن به جمهورىاسلامى و به بانى بزرگ آن و به طرفداران آن. خود این مطلب به ما کمک کرده است، یعنى حس کنجکاوى را در مستمعان و مخاطبان در سراسر دنیا برانگیخته است؛ میخواهند بدانند که علت اینهمه دشمنىکردن و سنگپرانى کردن و لجنپراکنى کردن چیست، و آن حقیقتى که آماج این دشمنىها است، چه ماهیتى دارد، چه حقیقتى دارد. بنابراین دشمنان ما به قصد دشمنى نام ما را بردند و دربارهى امام ما و نظام ما سخن گفتهاند، اما «اِنَّهُم یَکیدونَ کَیدًا. وَ اَکیدُ کَیدًا»؛ (۴) این را خداى متعال میفرماید؛ آنها با این نیت، این حرکت وسیع را آغاز کردند اما در نهایت براى ما یک فرصتى بهوجود آمد، چون حس کنجکاوى مستمعانِ این دستگاهها در سراسر جهان تحریک شد. در کشورهاى اسلامى و در منطقهى ما بیدارى اسلامى - که احساسات ضد استکبارى در آن بر هر پدیدهى دیگرى غلبه داشت - خود نشانهى همان کنجکاوى و پاسخگیرى و پاسخیابى است، و این همچنان ادامه دارد. ممکن است دستگاههاى اطلاعاتى غربى و آمریکایى اینجور به بزرگترهاى خودشان گزارش کنند که توانستهاند بیدارى اسلامى را در منطقهى ما سرکوب کنند. اگر اینجور خیال کنند، این هم یکى دیگر از خطاهاى راهبردى و غلطتحلیلکردنهاى دشمنان ما خواهد بود. بیدارى اسلامى ممکن است براى مدتى، در بخشى از دنیاى اسلام سرکوب بشود اما بلاشک ریشهکن نخواهد شد؛ گسترش خواهد یافت؛ و این فهم، این ادراک، این دریافت در کشورها و در نسل جوان مسلمان در این منطقه، چیزى نیست که به این آسانىها بتوانند آن را از بین ببرند؛ البته تلاش میکنند، تلاشهایشان ممکن است در بعضى از بخشها براى مدت کوتاهى موفقیتآمیز هم به نظر برسد، اما در نهایت ابتر است.
این کنجکاوى که در نسل جوان امروز، در دنیا - بخصوص در دنیاى اسلام - دربارهى پدیدهى مردمسالارى دینى وجود دارد، ناشى از این است که جمهورى اسلامى یک پدیدهاى بود که ۳۵ سال از آغاز ولادت آن گذشت، و در تمام این مدت ۳۵ سال، با واکنش خشن و خصمانهى قدرتهاى مسلط دنیا مواجه بود: هم واکنش نظامى نشان دادند، هم واکنش تبلیغاتى نشان دادند، هم واکنش خصمانهى اقتصادى نشان دادند - که از اول انقلاب تحریمها آغاز شد و روزبهروز تا امروز تشدید شده است - [هم] واکنش سیاسى نشان دادند؛ این جبههى پرقدرت غربى، در مقابل جمهورى اسلامى ۳۵ سال است که هر کارى از دستش برآمده، کرده است؛ تلاش نظامى کرده است، به مهاجمِ نظامىِ به کشور کمک کرده است، دشمنان را در هر نقطهاى علیه جمهورى اسلامى حمایت کرده است، تبلیغات پرحجم علیه آن بهکار برده است، تلاش تحریمى و محاصرهى اقتصادى را در اعلى درجهى ممکن و بدون سابقه بهکار برده است، اما در مقابلْ جمهورى اسلامى، دربرابر اینهمه هجمه و اینهمه مخالفت خشن و بىملاحظه، هم از بین نرفت، هم دچار محافظهکارى نشد، هم به غرب باج نداد، روزبهروز هم کشور پیشرفت کرد؛ این آن چیزى است که ماهیت این کنجکاوى را تشکیل میدهد. قدرتهاى درجهى یکِ نظامى و سیاسى و اقتصادى دنیا، دستبهدست هم بدهند علیه یک کشورى، علیه یک حکومتى، ۳۵ سال تلاش کنند، [ولى] آن حکومت علىرغم تلاش آنها، نه فقط از بین نرود، بلکه روزبهروز قوىتر بشود، به آنها باج هم ندهد، به آنها اعتنا هم نکند. در عرصههاى مختلف، جمهورى اسلامى اقتدار خود را و قابلیت بقاى خود را نشان داد. امروز وقتى به جمهورى اسلامى نگاه میکنند، [مىبینند] نسل دوم و سومِ انقلاب در این کشور داراى چند میلیون دانشجو، چندین هزار طلبهى علوم دینى فاضل، چندین هزار پژوهشگر و محقق، چند ده هزار استاد دانشگاه و حوزه، هزاران نخبهى علمى و فکرى که بعضى از آنها در عرصهى بینالمللى نامآور و شناخته شدهاند، هزاران فعال و نخبهى سیاسى و فرهنگى و تولیدى و اقتصادى؛ واقعیت جامعهى ما امروز این است. جمهورى اسلامى در میدان علم و فناورى، با وجود همهى این تحریمها، ماهواره به فضا میفرستد، موجود زنده به فضا میفرستد و برمیگرداند، انرژى هستهاى تولید میکند، در بسیارى از دانشهاى نوپدید جزو ده کشور اول دنیا قرار میگیرد، شتاب پیشرفت علم در جمهورى اسلامى از سوى مراکز مسئول این کار در دنیا سیزده برابر متوسط دنیا اعلام میشود، خدمات علمى و فنى به کشورهاى مختلف صادر میکند، با وجود تحریمهاى بىسابقه یک کشور ۷۵ میلیونى را اداره میکند، در سیاستهاى منطقه حرف اول را میزند، در مقابل رژیم غاصب و مورد حمایت زورگویان عالم یکتنه مىایستد، با ظالم نمیسازد و از مظلوم دفاع میکند؛ هر انسان آگاهى به کنجکاوى مىافتد که این موجود چیست، این پدیده چه پدیدهاى است با اینهمه دشمنى، و اینهمه توانایىهاى ذاتى و نشانههاى حیات و بقا؛ ماهیت این کنجکاوى این است. این حالا در زمینههاى مسائل علمى و فناورى و مانند اینها.
در زمینهى مسائل سیاسى و اجتماعى، جلوهى بالاى مردمسالارى در این کشور که ۳۵ سال است از انقلاب ما گذشته است، و در طول این ۳۵ سال، ۳۲ انتخابات داشتیم؛ ۳۲ انتخابات سراسرى در این کشور بهوجود آمده است؛ این شوخى است؟ یک نمونهى بىنظیر [است]؛ انتخاباتهاى جمهورى اسلامى با مشارکتهاى بالا - بالاتر از متوسط و میانگین جهانى و بعضاً بسیار بالاتر؛ شرکت ۷۰ درصدى، ۷۲ درصدى؛ انتخاباتهاى ما از این قبیل است - جلوهى مردمسالارى[است]. نمونهى بىنظیر دیگر دو پدیدهاى است که ما مردم، با آنها عادت کردهایم اما براى یک ناظر جهانى فوقالعاده جذاب و مهم است، و آن عبارت است از راهپیمایى بیستودوم بهمن و راهپیمایى روز قدس در ماه رمضان. جشن انقلاب را مردم بهطور مداوم، هرسال تا این ۳۵ سال گرفتهاند، با یک راهپیمایى عظیمِ پرشورِ پرشکوه در روزهاى سرد پایان بهمن. ما عادت کردهایم و اهمیت موضوع و عظمت موضوع به چشممان نمىآید اما ناظر جهانى، اینها را میبیند و براى او بسیار خیرهکننده است؛ اینها عوامل آن جذابیتى است که کنجکاوىها را تحریک میکند و راه نویى را به ذهنهاى علاقهمندان و افرادى که اهل سؤال و استفسار و تحقیقند، ارائه میدهد. این واقعیت مهم دوران ما است که عبارت است از توجه و کنجکاوى عمومى در دنیاى اسلام از سوى جوانها، روشنفکران، آگاهان و کسانى که اهل فهم مسائلند، نسبت به این پدیدهاى که در کشور ایران اسلامى، به توفیق الهى و به تأیید الهى تحقق یافته است و روزبهروز رشد کرده است. این مطلب اول.
این واقعیت، ساخته و پرداختهى دست معمار بزرگ است. دربارهى امام خیلى حرف زدهایم، شاید بعضىها خیال کردهاند ما با اغراق و مبالغه حرف میزنیم؛ ولى نه، آنچه دربارهى امام بزرگوارمان گفتهایم، نه اغراق است، نه مبالغه است؛ بخشى از واقعیت است؛ بیش از آنچه توصیف کردهایم و توانستهایم ارائه بدهیم، امام بزرگوار و عزیز ما داراى مضمون و معنا و مغز بود. آنچه در اختیار ملت ایران و در معرض دید و فکر ملتها در سراسر عالم است، ساخته و پرداختهى آن دست توانا است. ما براى اینکه راه را درست برویم، باید نقشهى معمار را بدانیم. اگر در یک بناى متعارف معمولى، نقشه در اختیار نباشد، نقشهى اصلى معلوم نباشد، سازندگان و بنایان هرچه هم چیرهدست باشند، ممکن است اشتباه کنند؛ باید نقشهى اصلى را دانست تا بتوان براساس آن نقشهى اصلى، اگر هنرى در سازندگى و در احیاء هست، آن را بهکار برد. نقشهى او نقشهاى نبود که فقط از ذهن انسان صادر بشود، قطعاً مؤیدمنعندالله بود؛ خود امام بزرگوار این را میدانست و به آن معترف بود؛ خود او میگفت آنچه پیش آمده است با دست قدرت الهى است و درست فهمیده بود و چشم بصیر و بیناى او درست دیده بود. ما مواظب باشیم؛ آن نقشه را بشناسیم تا بتوانیم راه را ادامه بدهیم. اگر نقشه را ندانستیم، زاویه پیدا میکنیم؛ وقتى زاویه پیدا شد، روزبهروز هرچه پیش برویم، از راه اصلى و صراط مستقیم دور میشویم؛ وقتى از صراط مستقیم دور شدیم، از هدفها دور میشویم، به هدفها نمیرسیم؛ براى اینکه به هدف برسیم، باید راه را گم نکنیم؛ براى اینکه راه را گم نکنیم، باید نقشهى اصلى و اساسى، جلوى چشم ما باشد، آن را بشناسیم و بدانیم. نقشهى امام، کار اصلى امام، بناى یک نظم مدنى - سیاسى براساس عقلانیت اسلامى بود؛ مقدمهى لازم این کار، این بود که نظام پادشاهى - که هم فاسد بود، هم وابسته بود، هم دیکتاتور بود؛ این سه خصوصیت در نظام پادشاهى وجود داشت: هم دچار فساد بود، فسادهاى گوناگون اخلاقى و مالى و غیره؛ هم وابستهى به قدرتها بود، یک روز وابستهى به انگلیس، یک روز وابستهى به آمریکا، حاضر بود منافع خود را و کشور را در مقابل منافع بیگانگان فراموش کند؛ و هم دیکتاتور بود، مستبد بود، رأى مردم، خواست مردم براى نظام پادشاهى مطرح نبود؛ هرکدام از اینها یک فصلِ بلند است، یک کتاب است -[ریشهکن شود]؛ مقدمهى آن کار بزرگى که امام میخواست انجام بدهد، ریشهکن کردن این نظام فاسدِ وابستهى دیکتاتور بود؛ همت را بر این گماشت و نظام ریشهکن شد. در کشور ما مسئله این نیست که نظام پادشاهى برود، به جاى او نظام پادشاهى یا شبهپادشاهىِ دیگرى بنشیند؛ مسئله این است که آن خصوصیاتى که نظام پادشاهى داشت باید ریشهکن میشد و امام بزرگوار ریشهکن کرد؛ سخنان امام، رهنمودهاى امام، رفتار امام همه در اینجهت است.
در بناى آن نظم مدنى و سیاسى دو نکتهى اساسى وجود دارد که این دو نکته به هم پیوند خورده است؛ به یک معنا دو روى یک حقیقت است: یکى عبارت است از سپردن کار کشور به مردم از طریق مردمسالارى و از طریق انتخابات، و دوم اینکه این حرکت - که خود از اسلام سرچشمه گرفته بود و هرآنچه ناشى از حرکت مردمسالارى و سپردن کار به مردم است - باید در چهارچوب شریعت اسلامى باشد. این، دو بخش است، یا با یک نگاه، دو بُعد از یک حقیقت است.
افرادى گمان نکنند که امام بزرگوار ما، انتخابات را از فرهنگ غربى گرفت و آن را قاطى کرد با تفکر اسلامى و شریعت اسلامى؛ نه، اگر انتخابات و مردمسالارى و تکیهى به آراء مردم، جزو دین نمیبود و از شریعت اسلامى استفاده نمیشد، امام هیچ تقیدى نداشت؛ آن آدم صریح و قاطع، مطلب را بیان میکرد. این جزو دین است، لذا شریعت اسلامى چهارچوب است؛ در همهى قانونگذارىها و اجراها و عزلونصبها و رفتارهاى عمومى که تابع این نظم سیاسى و مدنى است، باید شریعت اسلامى رعایت بشود. و گردش کار در این نظام بهوسیلهى مردمسالارى است؛ یعنى آحاد مردم نمایندهى مجلس را انتخاب میکنند، رئیسجمهور را انتخاب میکنند، وزرا را با واسطه انتخاب میکنند، خبرگان را انتخاب میکنند، رهبرى را با واسطه انتخاب میکنند؛ کار، دست مردم است؛ این، پایهى اصلى حرکت امام بزرگوار است. این بناى عظیمى که این بزرگوار گذاشت، متکى به این دو پایه است. التزام به شریعت اسلامى، روح و حقیقت نظام اسلامى است؛ این را توجه داشته باشند. شریعت اسلامى اگر در جامعه بهطور کامل اجرا بشود، هم آزادىهاى عمومى و مدنى را - آزادى افراد را، آزادى فردى را - تأمین میکند، هم آزادى ملت را که اسم آن استقلال است - استقلال یعنى آزادى در ابعاد یک ملت، که وابستهى به کسى و به جایى نباشد؛ یک ملت آزاد یعنى ملتى که بههرصورت تحت نفوذ و سیطرهى مخالفین خود یا دشمنان خود یا بیگانگان قرار ندارد - تضمین میکند، [هم] عدالت را در جامعه تضمین میکند، هم معنویت را تضمین میکند؛ این چهار عنصر اصلى است: آزادى، استقلال، عدالت، معنویت. اگر شریعت اسلامى بر جامعه حاکم شد، این پدیدههاى اساسى در نظم جامعهى اسلامى، خود را نشان میدهند. بنابراین امام بزرگوار ما شریعت اسلامى را که روح جمهورى اسلامى است، مورد تکیه قرار داده است؛ مردمسالارى دینى را هم که یک وسیله و ابزار است که آن هم متخَذ از شریعت است، مورد تکیه قرار داده.
هیچ قدرت و غلبهاى در مکتب امام که از تقلب و از اِعمال زور حاصل شده باشد، مورد قبول نیست. در نظام اسلامى قهر و غلبه معنا ندارد؛ قدرت معنا دارد، اقتدار معنا دارد، اما اقتدارِ برخاستهى از اختیار مردم و انتخاب مردم؛ آن اقتدارى که ناشى از زور و غلبه و سلاح باشد، در اسلام و در شریعتِ اسلامى و در مکتب امام معنا ندارد؛ آن قدرتى که از انتخاب مردم بهوجود آمد، محترم است؛ در مقابل آن، کسى نبایستى سینه سپر بکند، در مقابل او کسى نباید قهر و غلبهاى به کار ببرد که اگر یک چنین کارى کرد، اسم کار او فتنه است؛ این آن نسخهى جدیدى است که امام بزرگوار ما به دنیا عرضه کرد و به ادبیات سیاسى عالم این فصل مهم را افزود. در این نسخهى جدید، یکى از عناصر اصلى - همانطور که اشاره کردیم - به کمک مظلوم شتافتن و با ظالم مقابله کردن است؛ به کمک مظلوم باید رفت که در دورهى ما، در زمان ما، مصداق اتم مظلومیت ملت فلسطین بود که شما دیدید امام بزرگوار از روز اول تا آخر عمر، راجع به فلسطین تأکید کرد، تکیه کرد، حمایت کرد و وصیت کرد که این مسئله را ملت ایران و مسئولان کشور فراموش نکنند؛ کمک به مظلوم و ایستادگى در مقابل ظالم، نفى دستاندازىهاى ظالم، انکار صریح هیبت و ابهت ظالم و شکستن این ابهت؛ این هم یکى از بخشهاى این نظام و این نسخهى جدیدى است که امام بزرگوار ما عرضه کرد. این یک خلاصهاى و یک تصویر کوتاه و توصیف کوتاهى است از مجموعهى آن نظم سیاسى و مبنایىاى که امام بزرگوار ما پس از فروپاشى نظام پادشاهى به کشور آورد، عرضه کرد، مورد قبول قاطع مردم قرار گرفت، و تحقق پیداکرد؛ و این نسخه مثل خیلى از حرفهاى سیاسى، در کتابها نماند؛ آمد در واقعیت، تحقق پیداکرد، تبلور پیداکرد؛ ملت ایران هم همت کردند، وفادارى نشان دادند، فداکارى کردند، این را حفظ کردند، نگه داشتند، و روزبهروز قوىتر کردند تا به امروز رسیده است.
خب، پس امام موفق شد؛ امام در آن کارى که میخواست انجام بدهد، به توفیق کامل دست پیداکرد، [ اما] آیا اینکار بزرگ ادامه پیدا خواهد کرد؟ آیا بخشهاى خالى این جدول - که بهطور طبیعى بخشهاى خالىاى در این جدولهاى اجتماعى و تاریخى قرار دارند - پُر خواهد شد؟ این بستگى دارد به اینکه من و شما چقدر همت کنیم؛ ما چقدر آگاهى نشان بدهیم؛ ما چقدر آن خط روشن را مراعات کنیم و در آن خط روشن حرکت بکنیم. بله، کاملاً ممکن است؛ با این ملتى که ما داریم مشاهده میکنیم، با این تجربهاى و این حرکت موفق و سِیر مستمرى که در این ۳۵ سال - و بعد از رحلت امام در این ۲۵ سال - این ملت نشان داده است، بله، ادامهى این راه ممکن است؛ خانههاى خالى پُر خواهد شد، کارهاى بزرگ انجام خواهد گرفت، و این ملت به اذنالله و به حول و قوهى الهى به اوج قلهها خواهد رسید.
اما این راه، مثل همهى راههاى مهم که به سمت هدفهاى بزرگ کشیده شده است، چالشهایى هم دارد، موانعى هم دارد؛ این موانع را باید بشناسیم تا بتوانیم از آنها عبور کنیم. اگر مانع را نشناختیم، عبور از مانع یا دشوار خواهد شد، یا حتى غیر ممکن خواهد شد. بنده امروز دارم اینها را به شما حضار محترم این مجلس عظیم و باشکوه و در واقع به ملت ایران که این سخنان را خواهند شنید عرض میکنم، اما باید جوانان ما، فرزانگان ما، زبدگان فکرى ما، روى هرکدام از این سرفصلها و بخشها بنشینند فکر کنند، کار کنند، مطالعه کنند؛ نهفقط بحثهاى ذهنىِ شبهروشنفکرى، [بلکه] بحثهاى کاربردى، بحثهاى عملیاتى، بحثهاى ناظر به واقعیت. اینهایى که ما عرض میکنیم سرفصلهایى است براى کارهاى فکرى که انشاءالله بهوسیلهى جوانان ما - که از ما خیلى بهترند، خیلى آمادهترند - دنبال خواهد شد.
من دو چالش را عرض میکنم: یک چالش بیرونى، یک چالش درونى. چالش بیرونى ما مزاحمتهاى استکبار جهانى است؛ بىرودربایستى حرف بزنیم، مزاحمتهاى آمریکا است؛ سنگاندازى میکنند. درست است که شاید در تحلیلهاى بعضى از متفکران سیاسىِ خودشان هم این هست که میگویند فایدهاى ندارد، نمیشود با این حرکت عظیم مقابله کرد؛ لکن سنگاندازى میکنند. نقشهى کار آنها را باید دانست؛ این نقشهى لو رفتهى آمریکا است؛ این نقشهى کلان آمریکا است که امروز در خلال بحثها و گزارشها و اظهارنظرها و رفتارهاى آنها لو رفته است: آمریکا کشورهاى دنیا، جریانهاى دنیا، آدمهاى دنیا را به سه قِسم تقسیم میکند: یک قِسم گوشبهفرمانها، کشورهاى گوشبهفرمان، جریانهاى سیاسى و اجتماعى گوشبهفرمان یا آدمهاى گوشبهفرمان، یک عده اینها هستند؛ یک عده کشورهایى که گوشبهفرمان نیستند، اما باید با آنها مدارا کرد، بعضى از کشورها، بعضى از شخصیتها، بعضى از جریانها به نظر آمریکا اینجورى هستند که باید با آنها مدارا کرد، منافع مشترکى [با آنها] تعریف کرد، یکجورى با آنها فعلاً کنار آمد، که حالا بعد توضیح عرض میکنم؛ قِسم سوم کشورهاى نافرمان، آنهایى که زیر بار آمریکا نمیروند، باج به آمریکا نمیدهند، یک دسته هم اینها هستند. به نظر آمریکایىها همهى کشورهاى دنیا، همهى جریانهاى سیاسى و اجتماعى و مدنى و اقتصادى عالَم و همهى آدمها و شخصیتهاى برجسته و ممتاز و نشاندار عالَم از این سه قِسم خارج نیستند: یا سرسپردهاند و گوشبهفرمانند، یا مستقلى هستند که باید با آنها مدارا کرد، و یا اینکه نافرمانند و دلیرى نشان میدهند و گستاخى نشان میدهند که جورى دیگر باید با آنها رفتار کرد.
سیاست آمریکایىها با آن دستهى اول حمایت کامل است؛ البته حمایت مفت و مجانى نیست، حمایت میکنند و آنها را میدوشند؛ در واقع از توانایىهاى آنها و از امکانات آنها به نفع منافع خودشان، براى تأمین منافع خودشان استفاده میکنند؛ از آنها سوارى میگیرند، از آنها همهجور خدمت را میگیرند، همانطور که عرض کردیم آنها را میدوشند، اهمیتى هم نمیدهند. البته اگر چنانچه رفتارى از آنها سر زد که در عرف جهانى زشت بود، آن رفتار را هم محکوم نمیکنند، از آن دفاع هم میکنند، آنرا توجیه هم میکنند؛ مثلاً کشورهاى مستبدى وجود دارند که با نظامهاى ارتجاعىِ بشدت استبدادى اداره میشوند، با آمریکایىها خوبند، به آمریکایىها بار میدهند و در خدمت آمریکا حاضرند، سرسپردهاند، جزو گروه اولند؛ آمریکایىها وقتى میخواهند اینها را توصیف بکنند، نمیگویند کشورهاى دیکتاتور، میگویند اینها کشورهاى پدرسالارند! دیکتاتورى آنها را پنهان میکنند، میگویند اینها دیکتاتور نیستند، پدرسالارند. پدرسالار در نظام سیاسى یعنىچه؟ معناى آن چیست؟ کشورى که در آن نه مجلسى وجود دارد، نه انتخاباتى وجود دارد، نه قدرت حرفزدنى وجود دارد، نه قلم آزادى وجود دارد، نه بیان آزادى وجود دارد و اندک تخلفى از خواستههاى حاکم، با شدت و حِدت و خشونت سرکوب میشود؛ این کشور کشور پدرسالار است؟
صدامحسین در یک بخشى از زندگى، جزو این سرسپردهها و گوشبهفرمانها بود؛ در آن مدت همهى حمایتهاى لازم را از او کردند، در خدمت او قرار گرفتند، به او سلاح شیمیایى دادند، نقشههاى تحرکات نظامى ما را که با ماهوارهها کشف میشد در اختیار او گذاشتند، نقشهى جنگى دادند؛ چون در خدمت آنها بود، علیه نظام متمرد جمهورى اسلامى بود، که نظام جمهورى اسلامى جزو گروه سوم است. یک دسته اینها هستند.
دستهى دوم، گفتیم کشورهایى هستند که سیاست آمریکا و نقشهى آمریکا مداراى با آنها است. مدارا یعنىچه؟ یعنى فعلاً منافع مشترکى با آنها تعریف میکند، آنها را در کنار خود قرار میدهد، اما آنوقتى که فرصتى پیدا کرد، خنجر را از پشت به قلب آنها میکوبد و قلب آنها را میدرد؛ ملاحظهى آنها را هم نمیکند. مثل چه کشورهایى؟ مثل کشورهاى اروپایى؛ امروز وضع کشورهاى اروپایى اینجورى است. آمریکا با اینها مدارا میکند، نه به معناى اینکه منافع آنها را رعایت میکند؛ نه، آنجایى که بتواند لگد هم میزند؛ از شخص اول کشورِ همپیمان خود جاسوسى اینترنتى هم میکند، (۵) جاسوسى بهوسیلهى تلفن همراه هم میکند، از زندگى خصوصى او جاسوسى میکند، اِبایى هم ندارد؛ وقتى هم که کشف میشود، میگوید که بله، ببخشید، این کار شد دیگر، چارهاى نبود، انجام گرفت! حاضر نیستند عذرخواهى درست و حسابى هم بکنند. فهم بنده از مسائل سیاست این است که اروپایىها در یک خطاى بزرگ راهبردى قرار دارند که خودشان را در خدمت آمریکا قرار دادهاند. منافع آمریکا را رعایت میکنند، آمریکا منافع آنها را رعایت نمیکند و نخواهد کرد؛ تا آخر هم همینجور است. این هم دستهى دوم.
دستهى سوم کشورهایى هستند که زیر بار آمریکا نمیروند؛ سیاست آمریکا، دربارهى اینها این است که از هر وسیلهى ممکن باید علیه این کشورهاى نافرمان استفاده کرد؛ از هر وسیلهى ممکن؛ هیچ حدومرزى نمیشناسند. اگر شما دیدید کشورى در مقابل آمریکا نافرمان است و آمریکا مثلاً حملهى نظامى نمیکند یا تحریم نمیکند، بدانید یک اشکالى آنجا وجود دارد؛ یعنى مانعى بر سر راه وجود دارد؛ به زبان ساده، نمیتواند انجام بدهد که انجام نمیدهد؛ اگر بتواند، انجام میدهد. تنها جرم این کشور نافرمان هم این است که در مقابل آمریکا حاضر به تسلیم نیست، حاضر نیست باج بدهد، حاضر نیست منافع او را بر منافع خودش مقدم بدارد؛ این میشود کشور نافرمان. آمریکایىها براى اینکه این کشور را به زانو دربیاورند، از هیچ کارى فروگذار نمیکنند؛ هر کارى برایشان ممکن باشد انجام میدهند؛ اگر کارى انجام ندهند بهخاطر نتوانستن است.
خب، حالا این کارهایى که آمریکایىها انجام میدهند چیست؟ امروز حملهى نظامى از نظر آمریکایىها یک اولویت نیست؛ فهمیدند که در قضیهى عراق و در قضیهى افغانستان که تهاجم نظامى کردند، ضرر کردند؛ فهمیدند که تهاجم نظامى همان اندازهاى که براى کشور موردِ تهاجم موجب خطر است، گاهى همان اندازه و گاهى بیشتر براى کشور هجومکننده و حملهکننده ممکن است موجب خطر باشد؛ این را درست فهمیدند. لذا میتوان گفت از حملهى نظامى و حرکات نظامى منصرفند؛ راههاى دیگرى دارند. یکى از راهها این است که پیشبرد هدفهاى خودشان را در آن کشور مورد نظر - که آماج دشمنى آنها است - به عناصر داخلىِ همان کشور بسپرند. مسئله فقط مسئلهى ایران اسلامى و جمهورى اسلامى نیست؛ در همهجاى دنیا اینها این کارها را میکنند و ما نمونههاى آن را داریم مشاهده میکنیم. یا بهوسیلهى کودتا؛ کسانى را تقویت کنند که در کشور، کودتا راه بیندازند و آن نظامى را و دستگاه دولتى و سیاسىاى را که در مقابل آنها تسلیم نمیشود، با کودتا از سر راه بردارند؛ یکى از راهها این است. یکى از راهها کشاندن بخشى از مردم به خیابانها است که این انقلابهاى رنگى که در جاىجاى این منطقه در این چند سال اخیر بهوجود آمد، از این قبیل است. یک دولتى مىآید سرِ کار؛ بالاخره هر دولتى که سرِ کار مىآید ممکن است اگر با شصت درصد آراء مردم هم آمده باشد، چهل درصد به او رأى نداده باشند؛ آمریکایىها میروند سراغ آن چهل درصد، عناصر و لیدرهایى را در بین آنها انتخاب میکنند، با تطمیع، با پول، با تهدید، آنها را وادار میکنند که آن چهل درصد یا بخشى از آن چهل درصد را به خیابانها بکشانند. همین انقلابهاى رنگى، این انقلاب نارنجى، انقلاب کجا در کشورهاى مختلف که در این چند سال دیده شد، دست آمریکایىها پشت این کار بود. ما هیچ قضاوتى در مورد حوادثى که این روزها در منطقهاى(۶) از اروپا در جریان است نمیخواهیم بکنیم، اما انسان وقتى نگاه میکند، میبیند که سناتور آمریکایى، مسئول آمریکایى(۷) در تظاهرات یک اقلیتى علیه یک کشور، چه نقشى میتواند ایفا کند که در آنجا حضور پیدا میکند؟ حضور پیدا کردند. یکى از کارهایشان این است که با کشاندن گروهى از مردم به خیابانها و نافرمانى مدنى، آن دولتى را که مورد قبول آنها نیست و حاضر نیست به آنها باج بدهد، از کار بیندازند. یکى از کارها فعال کردن گروههاى ترور و راه انداختن گروههاى تروریست است؛ این را در عراق انجام دادند، در افغانستان انجام دادند، در برخى از کشورهاى عربى منطقه انجام دادند، در کشور خود ما هم انجام دادند؛ گروههاى تروریست را راه بیندازند، آدمهاى مشخص را [ ترور کنند]. در کشور ما دانشمندان را زدند، متخصصین انرژى هستهاى را زدند و به شهادت رساندند، قبل از آن هم کسان دیگرى، نخبگان سیاسى، نخبگان فرهنگى، شخصیتهاى علمى، شخصیتهاى روحانى را زدند؛ و اینها زیر دامن آمریکا رشد کردند، بعضى هم بهخاطر این خدماتى که به آمریکا کردند مورد قبول و پذیرش آمریکایىها قرار گرفتند. امروز منافقین در آغوش آمریکا قرار دارند؛ در جلسات گوناگون، در کمیسیونهاى کنگرهى آمریکا شرکت میکنند، همین عناصر منافق، همینهایى که در اینجا آحاد مردم را کشتند، بزرگان را کشتند، علما را کشتند، دانشمندان را کشتند، سیاسیون را کشتند و انفجارات بهوجود آوردند، امروز آنجا با آنها هستند. یکى از راهها هم این است. یکى از راهها ایجاد اختلاف در رأس حاکمیتها است؛ یکى از کارهایى که اینها میکنند این است: آن دستگاهى، آن نظامى که با آنها همراه نیست، سعى میکنند در رأس آن اختلاف و شکاف بهوجود بیاورند، حاکمیت دوگانه درست کنند؛ خیلىجاها موفق نمیشوند، بعضىجاها هم متأسفانه موفق میشوند؛ یکى از راهها این است. یکى از راهها این است که با تبلیغات خود دلهاى مردم را، افکار مردم را از مبانى اعتقادى و ایمانىشان منصرف بکنند؛ و راههاى گوناگونى از این قبیل. و رژیم ایالات متحدهى آمریکا در مورد ایران عزیز ما، و ایراناسلامى ما، همهى این کارها را انجام داده است و به فضلالهى در همهى این کارها هم شکست خورده است. کودتاى نظامى، حمایت از فتنهگران، کشاندن مردم به خیابانها، مقابلهى با انتخابات، ایجاد شکاف، از این کارها یا انجام دادند یا تلاش کردند که انجام بدهند، و بحمدالله در همهى اینها ناموفق ماندند. چرا؟ چون ملت بیدار بود، چون ملت مؤمن بود، و اینجا است که من میروم سراغ آن چالش دوم که چالش درونى است.
برادران و خواهران عزیز! چالش درونى براى ملت ما عبارت است از اینکه روحیه و جهت نهضت امام بزرگوار را از نظر دور بداریم و فراموش کنیم و آن را از دست بدهیم؛ این بزرگترین خطر است. در شناخت دشمنمان اشتباه کنیم؛ در شناخت دوستمان اشتباه کنیم؛ جبههى دشمن و دوست را با هم مخلوط کنیم، نفهمیم دشمن کیست؛ دوست کیست؛ یا در شناخت دشمن اصلى و فرعى اشتباه بکنیم، این هم خطر است. برادران عزیز، خواهران عزیز، عموم ملت ایران توجه داشته باشند که گاهى یکى با شما دشمنى میکند، اما اگر دقت کنید دشمنىِ او دشمنىِاصلى نیست، تابعى است از یک عامل دیگر، از یک کس دیگر؛ دشمن اصلى را پیدا کنید؛ والا [اگر] انسان با دشمن فرعى سینهبهسینه بشود، هم قواى او تحلیل میرود، هم نتیجهى کارْ نتیجهى مطلوبى نخواهد شد.
امروز یک عدهاى در بخشهاى مختلف دنیاى اسلام بهنام گروههاى تکفیرى و وهابى و سَلَفى، علیه ایران، علیه شیعه، علیه تشیع، دارند تلاش میکنند، کارهاى بدى میکنند، کارهاى زشتى میکنند؛ اما اینها دشمنهاى اصلى نیستند؛ این را همه بدانند. دشمنى میکنند، حماقت میکنند اما دشمن اصلى، آن کسى است که اینها را تحریک میکند، آن کسى است که پول در اختیارشان میگذارد، آن کسى است که وقتى انگیزهى آنها اندکى ضعیف شد، با وسایل گوناگون آنها را انگیزهدار میکند؛ دشمن اصلى، آن کسى است که تخم شکاف و اختلاف را بین آن گروه نادان و جاهل، و ملت مظلوم ایران مىافشاند؛ اینها آن دست پنهانِ سرویسهاى امنیتى و اطلاعاتى است. لذا ما مکرر گفتهایم این گروههاى بىعقلى را که به نام سَلَفىگرى، به نام تکفیر، به نام اسلام با نظام جمهورى اسلامى مقابله میکنند، دشمن اصلى نمیدانیم؛ ما شما را فریبخورده میدانیم؛ به اینها گفتهایم: لَئِن بَسَطتَ اِلَىَّ یَدَکَ لِتَقتُلَنى ما اَنا بِباسِطٍ یَدِىَ اِلَیکَ لِاَقتُلَکَ اِنّى اَخافُ اللهَ رَبَّ العَلَمین؛ (۸) تو اگر خطا میکنى، اشتباه میکنى، کمر به قتل برادر مسلمان خودت میبندى، ما تو [آدمِ] نادان و جاهل را کسى نمیدانیم که بایستى کمر به قتل او ببندیم؛ البته از خودمان دفاع میکنیم، هر کسى به ما حمله بکند، با مشت محکم ما مواجه خواهد شد، این طبیعى است؛ اما معتقدیم اینها دشمنان اصلى نیستند، فریبخورده هستند. دشمن اصلى آن دشمن پشت پرده است، آن دست نهچندان پنهانى است که از آستین سرویسهاى امنیتى بیرون مىآید و گریبان مسلمانان را میگیرد و آنها را به جان هم مىاندازد.
چالشهاى درونى ما اینها است: سرگرم شدن به اختلافات در داخل کشور؛ اختلافات فرعى و اختلافات سطحى، ما را سرگرم بکند، در مقابل هم قرار بدهد، تعارض بهوجود بیاورد، ما را از مسائل اصلى و از خطوط اصلى غافل بکند؛ این یکى از مصادیق آن چالش اصلى است که عرض شد. از دست دادن انسجام ملت از چالشهاى ما است. دچار شدن به تنبلى و بىروحیگى، دچار شدن به کمکارى، دچار شدن به یأس و ناامیدى، تصور اینکه ما نمیتوانیم، تصور اینکه تا حالا نتوانستیم؛ نخیر، همانطور که امام فرمودند ما میتوانیم، (۹) باید عزم داشته باشیم، عزم ملى و مدیریت جهادى میتواند همهى این گرهها را باز کند. اینها همه، آن چالشهاى درونى ما است که باید با اینها مقابله کنیم. همانطور که عرض کردیم جوانهاى عزیز ما، نخبگان ما، فضلاى ما باید بنشینند این مسائل را بررسى کنند؛ اینها سرفصلهایى است. نام مبارک امام بزرگوارمان و یاد آن بزرگمرد و نقشهى آن معمار بزرگ میتواند ما را در همهى این فصول یارى کند و به ما امید ببخشد و نشاط بدهد و روحیه بدهد؛ همچنان که تا امروز چنین بوده است و به توفیق الهى در آینده [هم] چنین خواهد بود.
پروردگارا! برکات خودت را بر این ملت عزیز نازل بفرما. پروردگارا! جوانان عزیز ما را در راه بناى آرمانى نظام اسلامى کمک فرما. پروردگارا! ما را از کجروىها و انحرافها محفوظ بدار. پروردگارا! دست ملت ایران را از دشمنانش قوىتر قرار بده؛ آنها را بر دشمنانشان پیروز فرما؛ قلب مقدس ولىعصر (ارواحنا فداه) را نسبت به ما مهربان بفرما؛ دعاى آن بزرگوار را شامل حال ما بگردان؛ روح مطهر امام و شهداى عزیز را با پیغمبر محشور فرما.
والسلام علیکم و رحمةالله و برکاته
۱) سورهى حشر، بخشى از آیهى ۱۰
۲) سورهى یونس، بخشى از آیهى ۸۸
۳) سورهى ابراهیم، آیهى ۲۴ و بخشى از آیهى ۲۵
۴) سورهى طارق، آیات ۱۵ و ۱۶
۵) کشور آلمان
۶) کشور اوکراین
۷) جان مککین
۸) سورهى مائده، آیهى ۲۸
۹) از جمله، صحیفهى امام، ج ۱۹، ص ۳۲۷
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در حرم مطهر امام خمینی رحمهالله
بسماللهالرّحمنالرّحیم
الحمدلله ربّ العالمین و الصّلاة و السّلام على سیّدنا محمّد و آله الطّاهرین سیّما بقیّةالله فى الارضین. رَبَّنا اغفِر لَنا وَ لِاِخوانِنَا الَّذینَ سَبَقونا بِالایمانِ وَ لا تَجعَل فى قُلوبِنا غِلًّا لِلَّذینَ ءامنوا رَبَّنآ اِنَّکَ رَءووفٌ رَحیم، (۱) رَبَّنآ اِنَّکَ ءاتَیتَ فِرعَونَ وَ مَلاءَهُ زینَةً وَ اَموَلًا... رَبَّنا لِیُضِلّوا عَن سَبیلِکَ رَبَّنا اطمِس عَلى اَموَلِهِم وَ اشدُد عَلى قُلوبِهِم فَلا یُؤمِنوا حَتّى یَرَوُا العَذابَ الاَلیمَ. (۲)
قال الله الحکیم فى کتابه: اَ لَم تَرَ کَیفَ ضَرَبَ اللهُ مَثَلًا کَلِمَةً طَیِّبَةً کَشَجَرَةٍ طَیِّبَةٍ اَصلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرعُها فِى السَّمآءِ. تُؤتى اُکُلَها کُلَّ حینٍ بِاِذنِ رِبِّها. (۳)
عرایض خودم را در این روز بهیادماندنى و مهم، براى شما برادران و خواهران عزیز در سه بخش عرض میکنم: در بخش اول، یک واقعیت مهمى دربارهى جمهورى اسلامى وجود دارد که توجه به آن واقعیت براى ما، امروز حائز اهمیت است. در بخش دوم، یک اشاره و شرح توصیفىِ کوتاهى از مکتب ماندگار امام بزرگوارمان عرض میکنم؛ اگرچه دربارهى مکتب امام راحل سخن بسیار گفتهاند و گفتهایم و شنیدهایم، ولى این توصیف کوتاه در این مقطع براى ما لازم است؛ تصویر کوتاهى از مجموعهى آنچه امام بزرگوار بهعنوان یک پدیدهى بىنظیر در دنیاى معاصر بهوجود آورد. بخش سوم، اشاره به دو چالش مهمى است که بر سر راه ملت ایران و نظام جمهورى اسلامى قرار دارد؛ توجه به این دو چالش، براى درست حرکت کردن ما و درست راه پیمودن ما مهم است.
در بخش اول، آن واقعیتى که به آن اشاره کردم این است که ۲۵ سال از رحلت امام عظیمالشأن میگذرد، ولى شور و اشتیاق براى شنیدن دربارهى او و دانستن از او کم نشده است؛ مخصوص کشور ما هم نیست، در دنیاى اسلام بلکه فراتر از دنیاى اسلام، این واقعیت وجود دارد. نهتنها در کشور ما - که نسل سوم انقلاب در آن درحال بالیدن است - بلکه در دنیاى اسلام، جوانان عصر ارتباطات و عصر اینترنت که با مسائلِ دور از محیط خود براحتى میتوانند ارتباط بگیرند، دنبال این هستند که دربارهى مسائل انقلاب اسلامى و جمهورى اسلامى و دربارهى معمار این بناى عظیم، مطالب بیشترى بدانند. پدیدهى مردمسالارى دینى، نظریهى ولایت فقیه، مسائلى است که براى محیطهاى فکرى دنیاى اسلام، حائز اهمیت و داراى جاذبه است.
دشمنان ما تلاش گستردهاى را از روزهاى اول آغاز کردند و هرچه جلو رفتیم، این تلاش بیشتر شده است؛ از صدها بلکه هزاران ایستگاه تلویزیونى و رادیویى و اینترنتى استفاده کردند براى دشنام دادن به جمهورىاسلامى و به بانى بزرگ آن و به طرفداران آن. خود این مطلب به ما کمک کرده است، یعنى حس کنجکاوى را در مستمعان و مخاطبان در سراسر دنیا برانگیخته است؛ میخواهند بدانند که علت اینهمه دشمنىکردن و سنگپرانى کردن و لجنپراکنى کردن چیست، و آن حقیقتى که آماج این دشمنىها است، چه ماهیتى دارد، چه حقیقتى دارد. بنابراین دشمنان ما به قصد دشمنى نام ما را بردند و دربارهى امام ما و نظام ما سخن گفتهاند، اما «اِنَّهُم یَکیدونَ کَیدًا. وَ اَکیدُ کَیدًا»؛ (۴) این را خداى متعال میفرماید؛ آنها با این نیت، این حرکت وسیع را آغاز کردند اما در نهایت براى ما یک فرصتى بهوجود آمد، چون حس کنجکاوى مستمعانِ این دستگاهها در سراسر جهان تحریک شد. در کشورهاى اسلامى و در منطقهى ما بیدارى اسلامى - که احساسات ضد استکبارى در آن بر هر پدیدهى دیگرى غلبه داشت - خود نشانهى همان کنجکاوى و پاسخگیرى و پاسخیابى است، و این همچنان ادامه دارد. ممکن است دستگاههاى اطلاعاتى غربى و آمریکایى اینجور به بزرگترهاى خودشان گزارش کنند که توانستهاند بیدارى اسلامى را در منطقهى ما سرکوب کنند. اگر اینجور خیال کنند، این هم یکى دیگر از خطاهاى راهبردى و غلطتحلیلکردنهاى دشمنان ما خواهد بود. بیدارى اسلامى ممکن است براى مدتى، در بخشى از دنیاى اسلام سرکوب بشود اما بلاشک ریشهکن نخواهد شد؛ گسترش خواهد یافت؛ و این فهم، این ادراک، این دریافت در کشورها و در نسل جوان مسلمان در این منطقه، چیزى نیست که به این آسانىها بتوانند آن را از بین ببرند؛ البته تلاش میکنند، تلاشهایشان ممکن است در بعضى از بخشها براى مدت کوتاهى موفقیتآمیز هم به نظر برسد، اما در نهایت ابتر است.
این کنجکاوى که در نسل جوان امروز، در دنیا - بخصوص در دنیاى اسلام - دربارهى پدیدهى مردمسالارى دینى وجود دارد، ناشى از این است که جمهورى اسلامى یک پدیدهاى بود که ۳۵ سال از آغاز ولادت آن گذشت، و در تمام این مدت ۳۵ سال، با واکنش خشن و خصمانهى قدرتهاى مسلط دنیا مواجه بود: هم واکنش نظامى نشان دادند، هم واکنش تبلیغاتى نشان دادند، هم واکنش خصمانهى اقتصادى نشان دادند - که از اول انقلاب تحریمها آغاز شد و روزبهروز تا امروز تشدید شده است - [هم] واکنش سیاسى نشان دادند؛ این جبههى پرقدرت غربى، در مقابل جمهورى اسلامى ۳۵ سال است که هر کارى از دستش برآمده، کرده است؛ تلاش نظامى کرده است، به مهاجمِ نظامىِ به کشور کمک کرده است، دشمنان را در هر نقطهاى علیه جمهورى اسلامى حمایت کرده است، تبلیغات پرحجم علیه آن بهکار برده است، تلاش تحریمى و محاصرهى اقتصادى را در اعلى درجهى ممکن و بدون سابقه بهکار برده است، اما در مقابلْ جمهورى اسلامى، دربرابر اینهمه هجمه و اینهمه مخالفت خشن و بىملاحظه، هم از بین نرفت، هم دچار محافظهکارى نشد، هم به غرب باج نداد، روزبهروز هم کشور پیشرفت کرد؛ این آن چیزى است که ماهیت این کنجکاوى را تشکیل میدهد. قدرتهاى درجهى یکِ نظامى و سیاسى و اقتصادى دنیا، دستبهدست هم بدهند علیه یک کشورى، علیه یک حکومتى، ۳۵ سال تلاش کنند، [ولى] آن حکومت علىرغم تلاش آنها، نه فقط از بین نرود، بلکه روزبهروز قوىتر بشود، به آنها باج هم ندهد، به آنها اعتنا هم نکند. در عرصههاى مختلف، جمهورى اسلامى اقتدار خود را و قابلیت بقاى خود را نشان داد. امروز وقتى به جمهورى اسلامى نگاه میکنند، [مىبینند] نسل دوم و سومِ انقلاب در این کشور داراى چند میلیون دانشجو، چندین هزار طلبهى علوم دینى فاضل، چندین هزار پژوهشگر و محقق، چند ده هزار استاد دانشگاه و حوزه، هزاران نخبهى علمى و فکرى که بعضى از آنها در عرصهى بینالمللى نامآور و شناخته شدهاند، هزاران فعال و نخبهى سیاسى و فرهنگى و تولیدى و اقتصادى؛ واقعیت جامعهى ما امروز این است. جمهورى اسلامى در میدان علم و فناورى، با وجود همهى این تحریمها، ماهواره به فضا میفرستد، موجود زنده به فضا میفرستد و برمیگرداند، انرژى هستهاى تولید میکند، در بسیارى از دانشهاى نوپدید جزو ده کشور اول دنیا قرار میگیرد، شتاب پیشرفت علم در جمهورى اسلامى از سوى مراکز مسئول این کار در دنیا سیزده برابر متوسط دنیا اعلام میشود، خدمات علمى و فنى به کشورهاى مختلف صادر میکند، با وجود تحریمهاى بىسابقه یک کشور ۷۵ میلیونى را اداره میکند، در سیاستهاى منطقه حرف اول را میزند، در مقابل رژیم غاصب و مورد حمایت زورگویان عالم یکتنه مىایستد، با ظالم نمیسازد و از مظلوم دفاع میکند؛ هر انسان آگاهى به کنجکاوى مىافتد که این موجود چیست، این پدیده چه پدیدهاى است با اینهمه دشمنى، و اینهمه توانایىهاى ذاتى و نشانههاى حیات و بقا؛ ماهیت این کنجکاوى این است. این حالا در زمینههاى مسائل علمى و فناورى و مانند اینها.
در زمینهى مسائل سیاسى و اجتماعى، جلوهى بالاى مردمسالارى در این کشور که ۳۵ سال است از انقلاب ما گذشته است، و در طول این ۳۵ سال، ۳۲ انتخابات داشتیم؛ ۳۲ انتخابات سراسرى در این کشور بهوجود آمده است؛ این شوخى است؟ یک نمونهى بىنظیر [است]؛ انتخاباتهاى جمهورى اسلامى با مشارکتهاى بالا - بالاتر از متوسط و میانگین جهانى و بعضاً بسیار بالاتر؛ شرکت ۷۰ درصدى، ۷۲ درصدى؛ انتخاباتهاى ما از این قبیل است - جلوهى مردمسالارى[است]. نمونهى بىنظیر دیگر دو پدیدهاى است که ما مردم، با آنها عادت کردهایم اما براى یک ناظر جهانى فوقالعاده جذاب و مهم است، و آن عبارت است از راهپیمایى بیستودوم بهمن و راهپیمایى روز قدس در ماه رمضان. جشن انقلاب را مردم بهطور مداوم، هرسال تا این ۳۵ سال گرفتهاند، با یک راهپیمایى عظیمِ پرشورِ پرشکوه در روزهاى سرد پایان بهمن. ما عادت کردهایم و اهمیت موضوع و عظمت موضوع به چشممان نمىآید اما ناظر جهانى، اینها را میبیند و براى او بسیار خیرهکننده است؛ اینها عوامل آن جذابیتى است که کنجکاوىها را تحریک میکند و راه نویى را به ذهنهاى علاقهمندان و افرادى که اهل سؤال و استفسار و تحقیقند، ارائه میدهد. این واقعیت مهم دوران ما است که عبارت است از توجه و کنجکاوى عمومى در دنیاى اسلام از سوى جوانها، روشنفکران، آگاهان و کسانى که اهل فهم مسائلند، نسبت به این پدیدهاى که در کشور ایران اسلامى، به توفیق الهى و به تأیید الهى تحقق یافته است و روزبهروز رشد کرده است. این مطلب اول.
این واقعیت، ساخته و پرداختهى دست معمار بزرگ است. دربارهى امام خیلى حرف زدهایم، شاید بعضىها خیال کردهاند ما با اغراق و مبالغه حرف میزنیم؛ ولى نه، آنچه دربارهى امام بزرگوارمان گفتهایم، نه اغراق است، نه مبالغه است؛ بخشى از واقعیت است؛ بیش از آنچه توصیف کردهایم و توانستهایم ارائه بدهیم، امام بزرگوار و عزیز ما داراى مضمون و معنا و مغز بود. آنچه در اختیار ملت ایران و در معرض دید و فکر ملتها در سراسر عالم است، ساخته و پرداختهى آن دست توانا است. ما براى اینکه راه را درست برویم، باید نقشهى معمار را بدانیم. اگر در یک بناى متعارف معمولى، نقشه در اختیار نباشد، نقشهى اصلى معلوم نباشد، سازندگان و بنایان هرچه هم چیرهدست باشند، ممکن است اشتباه کنند؛ باید نقشهى اصلى را دانست تا بتوان براساس آن نقشهى اصلى، اگر هنرى در سازندگى و در احیاء هست، آن را بهکار برد. نقشهى او نقشهاى نبود که فقط از ذهن انسان صادر بشود، قطعاً مؤیدمنعندالله بود؛ خود امام بزرگوار این را میدانست و به آن معترف بود؛ خود او میگفت آنچه پیش آمده است با دست قدرت الهى است و درست فهمیده بود و چشم بصیر و بیناى او درست دیده بود. ما مواظب باشیم؛ آن نقشه را بشناسیم تا بتوانیم راه را ادامه بدهیم. اگر نقشه را ندانستیم، زاویه پیدا میکنیم؛ وقتى زاویه پیدا شد، روزبهروز هرچه پیش برویم، از راه اصلى و صراط مستقیم دور میشویم؛ وقتى از صراط مستقیم دور شدیم، از هدفها دور میشویم، به هدفها نمیرسیم؛ براى اینکه به هدف برسیم، باید راه را گم نکنیم؛ براى اینکه راه را گم نکنیم، باید نقشهى اصلى و اساسى، جلوى چشم ما باشد، آن را بشناسیم و بدانیم. نقشهى امام، کار اصلى امام، بناى یک نظم مدنى - سیاسى براساس عقلانیت اسلامى بود؛ مقدمهى لازم این کار، این بود که نظام پادشاهى - که هم فاسد بود، هم وابسته بود، هم دیکتاتور بود؛ این سه خصوصیت در نظام پادشاهى وجود داشت: هم دچار فساد بود، فسادهاى گوناگون اخلاقى و مالى و غیره؛ هم وابستهى به قدرتها بود، یک روز وابستهى به انگلیس، یک روز وابستهى به آمریکا، حاضر بود منافع خود را و کشور را در مقابل منافع بیگانگان فراموش کند؛ و هم دیکتاتور بود، مستبد بود، رأى مردم، خواست مردم براى نظام پادشاهى مطرح نبود؛ هرکدام از اینها یک فصلِ بلند است، یک کتاب است -[ریشهکن شود]؛ مقدمهى آن کار بزرگى که امام میخواست انجام بدهد، ریشهکن کردن این نظام فاسدِ وابستهى دیکتاتور بود؛ همت را بر این گماشت و نظام ریشهکن شد. در کشور ما مسئله این نیست که نظام پادشاهى برود، به جاى او نظام پادشاهى یا شبهپادشاهىِ دیگرى بنشیند؛ مسئله این است که آن خصوصیاتى که نظام پادشاهى داشت باید ریشهکن میشد و امام بزرگوار ریشهکن کرد؛ سخنان امام، رهنمودهاى امام، رفتار امام همه در اینجهت است.
در بناى آن نظم مدنى و سیاسى دو نکتهى اساسى وجود دارد که این دو نکته به هم پیوند خورده است؛ به یک معنا دو روى یک حقیقت است: یکى عبارت است از سپردن کار کشور به مردم از طریق مردمسالارى و از طریق انتخابات، و دوم اینکه این حرکت - که خود از اسلام سرچشمه گرفته بود و هرآنچه ناشى از حرکت مردمسالارى و سپردن کار به مردم است - باید در چهارچوب شریعت اسلامى باشد. این، دو بخش است، یا با یک نگاه، دو بُعد از یک حقیقت است.
افرادى گمان نکنند که امام بزرگوار ما، انتخابات را از فرهنگ غربى گرفت و آن را قاطى کرد با تفکر اسلامى و شریعت اسلامى؛ نه، اگر انتخابات و مردمسالارى و تکیهى به آراء مردم، جزو دین نمیبود و از شریعت اسلامى استفاده نمیشد، امام هیچ تقیدى نداشت؛ آن آدم صریح و قاطع، مطلب را بیان میکرد. این جزو دین است، لذا شریعت اسلامى چهارچوب است؛ در همهى قانونگذارىها و اجراها و عزلونصبها و رفتارهاى عمومى که تابع این نظم سیاسى و مدنى است، باید شریعت اسلامى رعایت بشود. و گردش کار در این نظام بهوسیلهى مردمسالارى است؛ یعنى آحاد مردم نمایندهى مجلس را انتخاب میکنند، رئیسجمهور را انتخاب میکنند، وزرا را با واسطه انتخاب میکنند، خبرگان را انتخاب میکنند، رهبرى را با واسطه انتخاب میکنند؛ کار، دست مردم است؛ این، پایهى اصلى حرکت امام بزرگوار است. این بناى عظیمى که این بزرگوار گذاشت، متکى به این دو پایه است. التزام به شریعت اسلامى، روح و حقیقت نظام اسلامى است؛ این را توجه داشته باشند. شریعت اسلامى اگر در جامعه بهطور کامل اجرا بشود، هم آزادىهاى عمومى و مدنى را - آزادى افراد را، آزادى فردى را - تأمین میکند، هم آزادى ملت را که اسم آن استقلال است - استقلال یعنى آزادى در ابعاد یک ملت، که وابستهى به کسى و به جایى نباشد؛ یک ملت آزاد یعنى ملتى که بههرصورت تحت نفوذ و سیطرهى مخالفین خود یا دشمنان خود یا بیگانگان قرار ندارد - تضمین میکند، [هم] عدالت را در جامعه تضمین میکند، هم معنویت را تضمین میکند؛ این چهار عنصر اصلى است: آزادى، استقلال، عدالت، معنویت. اگر شریعت اسلامى بر جامعه حاکم شد، این پدیدههاى اساسى در نظم جامعهى اسلامى، خود را نشان میدهند. بنابراین امام بزرگوار ما شریعت اسلامى را که روح جمهورى اسلامى است، مورد تکیه قرار داده است؛ مردمسالارى دینى را هم که یک وسیله و ابزار است که آن هم متخَذ از شریعت است، مورد تکیه قرار داده.
هیچ قدرت و غلبهاى در مکتب امام که از تقلب و از اِعمال زور حاصل شده باشد، مورد قبول نیست. در نظام اسلامى قهر و غلبه معنا ندارد؛ قدرت معنا دارد، اقتدار معنا دارد، اما اقتدارِ برخاستهى از اختیار مردم و انتخاب مردم؛ آن اقتدارى که ناشى از زور و غلبه و سلاح باشد، در اسلام و در شریعتِ اسلامى و در مکتب امام معنا ندارد؛ آن قدرتى که از انتخاب مردم بهوجود آمد، محترم است؛ در مقابل آن، کسى نبایستى سینه سپر بکند، در مقابل او کسى نباید قهر و غلبهاى به کار ببرد که اگر یک چنین کارى کرد، اسم کار او فتنه است؛ این آن نسخهى جدیدى است که امام بزرگوار ما به دنیا عرضه کرد و به ادبیات سیاسى عالم این فصل مهم را افزود. در این نسخهى جدید، یکى از عناصر اصلى - همانطور که اشاره کردیم - به کمک مظلوم شتافتن و با ظالم مقابله کردن است؛ به کمک مظلوم باید رفت که در دورهى ما، در زمان ما، مصداق اتم مظلومیت ملت فلسطین بود که شما دیدید امام بزرگوار از روز اول تا آخر عمر، راجع به فلسطین تأکید کرد، تکیه کرد، حمایت کرد و وصیت کرد که این مسئله را ملت ایران و مسئولان کشور فراموش نکنند؛ کمک به مظلوم و ایستادگى در مقابل ظالم، نفى دستاندازىهاى ظالم، انکار صریح هیبت و ابهت ظالم و شکستن این ابهت؛ این هم یکى از بخشهاى این نظام و این نسخهى جدیدى است که امام بزرگوار ما عرضه کرد. این یک خلاصهاى و یک تصویر کوتاه و توصیف کوتاهى است از مجموعهى آن نظم سیاسى و مبنایىاى که امام بزرگوار ما پس از فروپاشى نظام پادشاهى به کشور آورد، عرضه کرد، مورد قبول قاطع مردم قرار گرفت، و تحقق پیداکرد؛ و این نسخه مثل خیلى از حرفهاى سیاسى، در کتابها نماند؛ آمد در واقعیت، تحقق پیداکرد، تبلور پیداکرد؛ ملت ایران هم همت کردند، وفادارى نشان دادند، فداکارى کردند، این را حفظ کردند، نگه داشتند، و روزبهروز قوىتر کردند تا به امروز رسیده است.
خب، پس امام موفق شد؛ امام در آن کارى که میخواست انجام بدهد، به توفیق کامل دست پیداکرد، [ اما] آیا اینکار بزرگ ادامه پیدا خواهد کرد؟ آیا بخشهاى خالى این جدول - که بهطور طبیعى بخشهاى خالىاى در این جدولهاى اجتماعى و تاریخى قرار دارند - پُر خواهد شد؟ این بستگى دارد به اینکه من و شما چقدر همت کنیم؛ ما چقدر آگاهى نشان بدهیم؛ ما چقدر آن خط روشن را مراعات کنیم و در آن خط روشن حرکت بکنیم. بله، کاملاً ممکن است؛ با این ملتى که ما داریم مشاهده میکنیم، با این تجربهاى و این حرکت موفق و سِیر مستمرى که در این ۳۵ سال - و بعد از رحلت امام در این ۲۵ سال - این ملت نشان داده است، بله، ادامهى این راه ممکن است؛ خانههاى خالى پُر خواهد شد، کارهاى بزرگ انجام خواهد گرفت، و این ملت به اذنالله و به حول و قوهى الهى به اوج قلهها خواهد رسید.
اما این راه، مثل همهى راههاى مهم که به سمت هدفهاى بزرگ کشیده شده است، چالشهایى هم دارد، موانعى هم دارد؛ این موانع را باید بشناسیم تا بتوانیم از آنها عبور کنیم. اگر مانع را نشناختیم، عبور از مانع یا دشوار خواهد شد، یا حتى غیر ممکن خواهد شد. بنده امروز دارم اینها را به شما حضار محترم این مجلس عظیم و باشکوه و در واقع به ملت ایران که این سخنان را خواهند شنید عرض میکنم، اما باید جوانان ما، فرزانگان ما، زبدگان فکرى ما، روى هرکدام از این سرفصلها و بخشها بنشینند فکر کنند، کار کنند، مطالعه کنند؛ نهفقط بحثهاى ذهنىِ شبهروشنفکرى، [بلکه] بحثهاى کاربردى، بحثهاى عملیاتى، بحثهاى ناظر به واقعیت. اینهایى که ما عرض میکنیم سرفصلهایى است براى کارهاى فکرى که انشاءالله بهوسیلهى جوانان ما - که از ما خیلى بهترند، خیلى آمادهترند - دنبال خواهد شد.
من دو چالش را عرض میکنم: یک چالش بیرونى، یک چالش درونى. چالش بیرونى ما مزاحمتهاى استکبار جهانى است؛ بىرودربایستى حرف بزنیم، مزاحمتهاى آمریکا است؛ سنگاندازى میکنند. درست است که شاید در تحلیلهاى بعضى از متفکران سیاسىِ خودشان هم این هست که میگویند فایدهاى ندارد، نمیشود با این حرکت عظیم مقابله کرد؛ لکن سنگاندازى میکنند. نقشهى کار آنها را باید دانست؛ این نقشهى لو رفتهى آمریکا است؛ این نقشهى کلان آمریکا است که امروز در خلال بحثها و گزارشها و اظهارنظرها و رفتارهاى آنها لو رفته است: آمریکا کشورهاى دنیا، جریانهاى دنیا، آدمهاى دنیا را به سه قِسم تقسیم میکند: یک قِسم گوشبهفرمانها، کشورهاى گوشبهفرمان، جریانهاى سیاسى و اجتماعى گوشبهفرمان یا آدمهاى گوشبهفرمان، یک عده اینها هستند؛ یک عده کشورهایى که گوشبهفرمان نیستند، اما باید با آنها مدارا کرد، بعضى از کشورها، بعضى از شخصیتها، بعضى از جریانها به نظر آمریکا اینجورى هستند که باید با آنها مدارا کرد، منافع مشترکى [با آنها] تعریف کرد، یکجورى با آنها فعلاً کنار آمد، که حالا بعد توضیح عرض میکنم؛ قِسم سوم کشورهاى نافرمان، آنهایى که زیر بار آمریکا نمیروند، باج به آمریکا نمیدهند، یک دسته هم اینها هستند. به نظر آمریکایىها همهى کشورهاى دنیا، همهى جریانهاى سیاسى و اجتماعى و مدنى و اقتصادى عالَم و همهى آدمها و شخصیتهاى برجسته و ممتاز و نشاندار عالَم از این سه قِسم خارج نیستند: یا سرسپردهاند و گوشبهفرمانند، یا مستقلى هستند که باید با آنها مدارا کرد، و یا اینکه نافرمانند و دلیرى نشان میدهند و گستاخى نشان میدهند که جورى دیگر باید با آنها رفتار کرد.
سیاست آمریکایىها با آن دستهى اول حمایت کامل است؛ البته حمایت مفت و مجانى نیست، حمایت میکنند و آنها را میدوشند؛ در واقع از توانایىهاى آنها و از امکانات آنها به نفع منافع خودشان، براى تأمین منافع خودشان استفاده میکنند؛ از آنها سوارى میگیرند، از آنها همهجور خدمت را میگیرند، همانطور که عرض کردیم آنها را میدوشند، اهمیتى هم نمیدهند. البته اگر چنانچه رفتارى از آنها سر زد که در عرف جهانى زشت بود، آن رفتار را هم محکوم نمیکنند، از آن دفاع هم میکنند، آنرا توجیه هم میکنند؛ مثلاً کشورهاى مستبدى وجود دارند که با نظامهاى ارتجاعىِ بشدت استبدادى اداره میشوند، با آمریکایىها خوبند، به آمریکایىها بار میدهند و در خدمت آمریکا حاضرند، سرسپردهاند، جزو گروه اولند؛ آمریکایىها وقتى میخواهند اینها را توصیف بکنند، نمیگویند کشورهاى دیکتاتور، میگویند اینها کشورهاى پدرسالارند! دیکتاتورى آنها را پنهان میکنند، میگویند اینها دیکتاتور نیستند، پدرسالارند. پدرسالار در نظام سیاسى یعنىچه؟ معناى آن چیست؟ کشورى که در آن نه مجلسى وجود دارد، نه انتخاباتى وجود دارد، نه قدرت حرفزدنى وجود دارد، نه قلم آزادى وجود دارد، نه بیان آزادى وجود دارد و اندک تخلفى از خواستههاى حاکم، با شدت و حِدت و خشونت سرکوب میشود؛ این کشور کشور پدرسالار است؟
صدامحسین در یک بخشى از زندگى، جزو این سرسپردهها و گوشبهفرمانها بود؛ در آن مدت همهى حمایتهاى لازم را از او کردند، در خدمت او قرار گرفتند، به او سلاح شیمیایى دادند، نقشههاى تحرکات نظامى ما را که با ماهوارهها کشف میشد در اختیار او گذاشتند، نقشهى جنگى دادند؛ چون در خدمت آنها بود، علیه نظام متمرد جمهورى اسلامى بود، که نظام جمهورى اسلامى جزو گروه سوم است. یک دسته اینها هستند.
دستهى دوم، گفتیم کشورهایى هستند که سیاست آمریکا و نقشهى آمریکا مداراى با آنها است. مدارا یعنىچه؟ یعنى فعلاً منافع مشترکى با آنها تعریف میکند، آنها را در کنار خود قرار میدهد، اما آنوقتى که فرصتى پیدا کرد، خنجر را از پشت به قلب آنها میکوبد و قلب آنها را میدرد؛ ملاحظهى آنها را هم نمیکند. مثل چه کشورهایى؟ مثل کشورهاى اروپایى؛ امروز وضع کشورهاى اروپایى اینجورى است. آمریکا با اینها مدارا میکند، نه به معناى اینکه منافع آنها را رعایت میکند؛ نه، آنجایى که بتواند لگد هم میزند؛ از شخص اول کشورِ همپیمان خود جاسوسى اینترنتى هم میکند، (۵) جاسوسى بهوسیلهى تلفن همراه هم میکند، از زندگى خصوصى او جاسوسى میکند، اِبایى هم ندارد؛ وقتى هم که کشف میشود، میگوید که بله، ببخشید، این کار شد دیگر، چارهاى نبود، انجام گرفت! حاضر نیستند عذرخواهى درست و حسابى هم بکنند. فهم بنده از مسائل سیاست این است که اروپایىها در یک خطاى بزرگ راهبردى قرار دارند که خودشان را در خدمت آمریکا قرار دادهاند. منافع آمریکا را رعایت میکنند، آمریکا منافع آنها را رعایت نمیکند و نخواهد کرد؛ تا آخر هم همینجور است. این هم دستهى دوم.
دستهى سوم کشورهایى هستند که زیر بار آمریکا نمیروند؛ سیاست آمریکا، دربارهى اینها این است که از هر وسیلهى ممکن باید علیه این کشورهاى نافرمان استفاده کرد؛ از هر وسیلهى ممکن؛ هیچ حدومرزى نمیشناسند. اگر شما دیدید کشورى در مقابل آمریکا نافرمان است و آمریکا مثلاً حملهى نظامى نمیکند یا تحریم نمیکند، بدانید یک اشکالى آنجا وجود دارد؛ یعنى مانعى بر سر راه وجود دارد؛ به زبان ساده، نمیتواند انجام بدهد که انجام نمیدهد؛ اگر بتواند، انجام میدهد. تنها جرم این کشور نافرمان هم این است که در مقابل آمریکا حاضر به تسلیم نیست، حاضر نیست باج بدهد، حاضر نیست منافع او را بر منافع خودش مقدم بدارد؛ این میشود کشور نافرمان. آمریکایىها براى اینکه این کشور را به زانو دربیاورند، از هیچ کارى فروگذار نمیکنند؛ هر کارى برایشان ممکن باشد انجام میدهند؛ اگر کارى انجام ندهند بهخاطر نتوانستن است.
خب، حالا این کارهایى که آمریکایىها انجام میدهند چیست؟ امروز حملهى نظامى از نظر آمریکایىها یک اولویت نیست؛ فهمیدند که در قضیهى عراق و در قضیهى افغانستان که تهاجم نظامى کردند، ضرر کردند؛ فهمیدند که تهاجم نظامى همان اندازهاى که براى کشور موردِ تهاجم موجب خطر است، گاهى همان اندازه و گاهى بیشتر براى کشور هجومکننده و حملهکننده ممکن است موجب خطر باشد؛ این را درست فهمیدند. لذا میتوان گفت از حملهى نظامى و حرکات نظامى منصرفند؛ راههاى دیگرى دارند. یکى از راهها این است که پیشبرد هدفهاى خودشان را در آن کشور مورد نظر - که آماج دشمنى آنها است - به عناصر داخلىِ همان کشور بسپرند. مسئله فقط مسئلهى ایران اسلامى و جمهورى اسلامى نیست؛ در همهجاى دنیا اینها این کارها را میکنند و ما نمونههاى آن را داریم مشاهده میکنیم. یا بهوسیلهى کودتا؛ کسانى را تقویت کنند که در کشور، کودتا راه بیندازند و آن نظامى را و دستگاه دولتى و سیاسىاى را که در مقابل آنها تسلیم نمیشود، با کودتا از سر راه بردارند؛ یکى از راهها این است. یکى از راهها کشاندن بخشى از مردم به خیابانها است که این انقلابهاى رنگى که در جاىجاى این منطقه در این چند سال اخیر بهوجود آمد، از این قبیل است. یک دولتى مىآید سرِ کار؛ بالاخره هر دولتى که سرِ کار مىآید ممکن است اگر با شصت درصد آراء مردم هم آمده باشد، چهل درصد به او رأى نداده باشند؛ آمریکایىها میروند سراغ آن چهل درصد، عناصر و لیدرهایى را در بین آنها انتخاب میکنند، با تطمیع، با پول، با تهدید، آنها را وادار میکنند که آن چهل درصد یا بخشى از آن چهل درصد را به خیابانها بکشانند. همین انقلابهاى رنگى، این انقلاب نارنجى، انقلاب کجا در کشورهاى مختلف که در این چند سال دیده شد، دست آمریکایىها پشت این کار بود. ما هیچ قضاوتى در مورد حوادثى که این روزها در منطقهاى(۶) از اروپا در جریان است نمیخواهیم بکنیم، اما انسان وقتى نگاه میکند، میبیند که سناتور آمریکایى، مسئول آمریکایى(۷) در تظاهرات یک اقلیتى علیه یک کشور، چه نقشى میتواند ایفا کند که در آنجا حضور پیدا میکند؟ حضور پیدا کردند. یکى از کارهایشان این است که با کشاندن گروهى از مردم به خیابانها و نافرمانى مدنى، آن دولتى را که مورد قبول آنها نیست و حاضر نیست به آنها باج بدهد، از کار بیندازند. یکى از کارها فعال کردن گروههاى ترور و راه انداختن گروههاى تروریست است؛ این را در عراق انجام دادند، در افغانستان انجام دادند، در برخى از کشورهاى عربى منطقه انجام دادند، در کشور خود ما هم انجام دادند؛ گروههاى تروریست را راه بیندازند، آدمهاى مشخص را [ ترور کنند]. در کشور ما دانشمندان را زدند، متخصصین انرژى هستهاى را زدند و به شهادت رساندند، قبل از آن هم کسان دیگرى، نخبگان سیاسى، نخبگان فرهنگى، شخصیتهاى علمى، شخصیتهاى روحانى را زدند؛ و اینها زیر دامن آمریکا رشد کردند، بعضى هم بهخاطر این خدماتى که به آمریکا کردند مورد قبول و پذیرش آمریکایىها قرار گرفتند. امروز منافقین در آغوش آمریکا قرار دارند؛ در جلسات گوناگون، در کمیسیونهاى کنگرهى آمریکا شرکت میکنند، همین عناصر منافق، همینهایى که در اینجا آحاد مردم را کشتند، بزرگان را کشتند، علما را کشتند، دانشمندان را کشتند، سیاسیون را کشتند و انفجارات بهوجود آوردند، امروز آنجا با آنها هستند. یکى از راهها هم این است. یکى از راهها ایجاد اختلاف در رأس حاکمیتها است؛ یکى از کارهایى که اینها میکنند این است: آن دستگاهى، آن نظامى که با آنها همراه نیست، سعى میکنند در رأس آن اختلاف و شکاف بهوجود بیاورند، حاکمیت دوگانه درست کنند؛ خیلىجاها موفق نمیشوند، بعضىجاها هم متأسفانه موفق میشوند؛ یکى از راهها این است. یکى از راهها این است که با تبلیغات خود دلهاى مردم را، افکار مردم را از مبانى اعتقادى و ایمانىشان منصرف بکنند؛ و راههاى گوناگونى از این قبیل. و رژیم ایالات متحدهى آمریکا در مورد ایران عزیز ما، و ایراناسلامى ما، همهى این کارها را انجام داده است و به فضلالهى در همهى این کارها هم شکست خورده است. کودتاى نظامى، حمایت از فتنهگران، کشاندن مردم به خیابانها، مقابلهى با انتخابات، ایجاد شکاف، از این کارها یا انجام دادند یا تلاش کردند که انجام بدهند، و بحمدالله در همهى اینها ناموفق ماندند. چرا؟ چون ملت بیدار بود، چون ملت مؤمن بود، و اینجا است که من میروم سراغ آن چالش دوم که چالش درونى است.
برادران و خواهران عزیز! چالش درونى براى ملت ما عبارت است از اینکه روحیه و جهت نهضت امام بزرگوار را از نظر دور بداریم و فراموش کنیم و آن را از دست بدهیم؛ این بزرگترین خطر است. در شناخت دشمنمان اشتباه کنیم؛ در شناخت دوستمان اشتباه کنیم؛ جبههى دشمن و دوست را با هم مخلوط کنیم، نفهمیم دشمن کیست؛ دوست کیست؛ یا در شناخت دشمن اصلى و فرعى اشتباه بکنیم، این هم خطر است. برادران عزیز، خواهران عزیز، عموم ملت ایران توجه داشته باشند که گاهى یکى با شما دشمنى میکند، اما اگر دقت کنید دشمنىِ او دشمنىِاصلى نیست، تابعى است از یک عامل دیگر، از یک کس دیگر؛ دشمن اصلى را پیدا کنید؛ والا [اگر] انسان با دشمن فرعى سینهبهسینه بشود، هم قواى او تحلیل میرود، هم نتیجهى کارْ نتیجهى مطلوبى نخواهد شد.
امروز یک عدهاى در بخشهاى مختلف دنیاى اسلام بهنام گروههاى تکفیرى و وهابى و سَلَفى، علیه ایران، علیه شیعه، علیه تشیع، دارند تلاش میکنند، کارهاى بدى میکنند، کارهاى زشتى میکنند؛ اما اینها دشمنهاى اصلى نیستند؛ این را همه بدانند. دشمنى میکنند، حماقت میکنند اما دشمن اصلى، آن کسى است که اینها را تحریک میکند، آن کسى است که پول در اختیارشان میگذارد، آن کسى است که وقتى انگیزهى آنها اندکى ضعیف شد، با وسایل گوناگون آنها را انگیزهدار میکند؛ دشمن اصلى، آن کسى است که تخم شکاف و اختلاف را بین آن گروه نادان و جاهل، و ملت مظلوم ایران مىافشاند؛ اینها آن دست پنهانِ سرویسهاى امنیتى و اطلاعاتى است. لذا ما مکرر گفتهایم این گروههاى بىعقلى را که به نام سَلَفىگرى، به نام تکفیر، به نام اسلام با نظام جمهورى اسلامى مقابله میکنند، دشمن اصلى نمیدانیم؛ ما شما را فریبخورده میدانیم؛ به اینها گفتهایم: لَئِن بَسَطتَ اِلَىَّ یَدَکَ لِتَقتُلَنى ما اَنا بِباسِطٍ یَدِىَ اِلَیکَ لِاَقتُلَکَ اِنّى اَخافُ اللهَ رَبَّ العَلَمین؛ (۸) تو اگر خطا میکنى، اشتباه میکنى، کمر به قتل برادر مسلمان خودت میبندى، ما تو [آدمِ] نادان و جاهل را کسى نمیدانیم که بایستى کمر به قتل او ببندیم؛ البته از خودمان دفاع میکنیم، هر کسى به ما حمله بکند، با مشت محکم ما مواجه خواهد شد، این طبیعى است؛ اما معتقدیم اینها دشمنان اصلى نیستند، فریبخورده هستند. دشمن اصلى آن دشمن پشت پرده است، آن دست نهچندان پنهانى است که از آستین سرویسهاى امنیتى بیرون مىآید و گریبان مسلمانان را میگیرد و آنها را به جان هم مىاندازد.
چالشهاى درونى ما اینها است: سرگرم شدن به اختلافات در داخل کشور؛ اختلافات فرعى و اختلافات سطحى، ما را سرگرم بکند، در مقابل هم قرار بدهد، تعارض بهوجود بیاورد، ما را از مسائل اصلى و از خطوط اصلى غافل بکند؛ این یکى از مصادیق آن چالش اصلى است که عرض شد. از دست دادن انسجام ملت از چالشهاى ما است. دچار شدن به تنبلى و بىروحیگى، دچار شدن به کمکارى، دچار شدن به یأس و ناامیدى، تصور اینکه ما نمیتوانیم، تصور اینکه تا حالا نتوانستیم؛ نخیر، همانطور که امام فرمودند ما میتوانیم، (۹) باید عزم داشته باشیم، عزم ملى و مدیریت جهادى میتواند همهى این گرهها را باز کند. اینها همه، آن چالشهاى درونى ما است که باید با اینها مقابله کنیم. همانطور که عرض کردیم جوانهاى عزیز ما، نخبگان ما، فضلاى ما باید بنشینند این مسائل را بررسى کنند؛ اینها سرفصلهایى است. نام مبارک امام بزرگوارمان و یاد آن بزرگمرد و نقشهى آن معمار بزرگ میتواند ما را در همهى این فصول یارى کند و به ما امید ببخشد و نشاط بدهد و روحیه بدهد؛ همچنان که تا امروز چنین بوده است و به توفیق الهى در آینده [هم] چنین خواهد بود.
پروردگارا! برکات خودت را بر این ملت عزیز نازل بفرما. پروردگارا! جوانان عزیز ما را در راه بناى آرمانى نظام اسلامى کمک فرما. پروردگارا! ما را از کجروىها و انحرافها محفوظ بدار. پروردگارا! دست ملت ایران را از دشمنانش قوىتر قرار بده؛ آنها را بر دشمنانشان پیروز فرما؛ قلب مقدس ولىعصر (ارواحنا فداه) را نسبت به ما مهربان بفرما؛ دعاى آن بزرگوار را شامل حال ما بگردان؛ روح مطهر امام و شهداى عزیز را با پیغمبر محشور فرما.
والسلام علیکم و رحمةالله و برکاته
۱) سورهى حشر، بخشى از آیهى ۱۰
۲) سورهى یونس، بخشى از آیهى ۸۸
۳) سورهى ابراهیم، آیهى ۲۴ و بخشى از آیهى ۲۵
۴) سورهى طارق، آیات ۱۵ و ۱۶
۵) کشور آلمان
۶) کشور اوکراین
۷) جان مککین
۸) سورهى مائده، آیهى ۲۸
۹) از جمله، صحیفهى امام، ج ۱۹، ص ۳۲۷