Message [Reply to the congratulatory message for the auspicious `Id al-Qurban]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

His Excellency Mr. Ma'moun `Abdul-Qayyoum, President of the Republic of Maldives,

The receipt of your congratulatory telegram on the auspicious occasion of `Id al-Adha (feast of sacrifice) is acknowledged with gratitude. Reciprocally, I congratulate Your Excellency and the fraternal Muslim nation of your country for this great Islamic feast. I beseech God, the Exalted, for the wellbeing and dignity of the Muslims in the world. May peace be upon you.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini

Dhou'l-Hijjah 11,1408 AH