Speech [The reality of light; the Islamic Revolution and global equations; servitude to God]

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan

In the Name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful

" God is the supporter of the believers, and takes them out from darkness to light. And those unbelievers are supported by evil, who takes them from light to darkness." «1»

Those who are with God; those who focus on God and who believe in God, then God will bring them out from all darkness; from all gloom and make them reach the reality of light. Faith in God is a light; faith in God causes all the gloom to be removed from in front of the Muslims; faith in God causes the Muslims to be submerged in the light of God. The gloom of tyranny; the gloom of suppression, the gloom of dependency on others, the gloom of oppression- the Muslims are delivered from these glooms. Those who focus on God, and their objective is a divine objective will attain salvation from all sorts of gloom- be they material be they spiritual- and will be immersed in a sea of light.

You the people of Iran because you have turned to faith, heeded the call of God, have all together focused your attention on Islam and asked for Islam's tenets, God granted you salvation and now shall deliver you. He rescued you from this great barrier of tyranny; the barrier of tyranny has been destroyed, moved aside darkness, and entered the light of freedom. You smashed the barrier of dependence on others- by means of faith- and entered the light of independence; you crushed suppression and dependence and entered the truth of Islam. Islam is light, and other than Islam is darkness. You destroyed these barriers with your recourse to God; with your recourse to the infallible Imams of Islam and with your recourse to the Qur'an. Barriers, that everyone thought were impossible to break; powers that everyone thought were impossible to break. World calculations did not come true; materialistic calculations did not come true.

Those who had no faith in God, in their calculations it was unthinkable that a nation that had nothing, could overcome the powers that had everything at their disposal! It was unthinkable that the hands of foreigners, who were armed to the teeth with every kind of weapon, could be cut off from their resources! They made material calculations; and with materialistic calculations it would have been as they surmised; on materialistic principles and calculations we could not have attained victory, but they had not calculated spirituality. Islam has always moved a head with spirituality! At the advent of Islam, although the Muslims had not enough equipment- every few persons had a horse in the battles and every few of them had a sword whereas the Roman and Persian armies were armed to the teeth and their numbers were hundreds of times more than that of the Muslims, yet with few numbers and lesser equipment but with the power of faith they smashed the Roman empire and the Persian empire.

You the soldiers of Islam, you the pious young men, broke this great barrier with your faith; you destroyed this taghouti power; this satanic power. You advanced with your faith and the calculations of all the materialistic arithmeticians were invalidated. God granted you victory, and so long as you seek recourse to God, He will make you victorious.

My brothers! My dear ones! Do not give up this secret; the secret of recourse to God; the secret of recourse to Islam. Martyrdom is bliss for a Muslim, for a pious believer. Our youth regard martyrdom as the ultimate bliss; this is the key to victory. Those who are materialistic or inclined toward the material, never want martyrdom whereas our youth regard martyrdom as their own salvation, they regard it as the beginning of their ease. This was the key to victory. Those who thought they could create a rift among my youth, among our youth; among our beloved at this point of time are mistaken. Our youth are all turned towards Islam; all of them march forward with unshakable faith.

We still have many steps to take. We must all together- all strata of the people together- rebuild the ruins that they have left for us. These wretched people destroyed Iran. In the name of" great civilization", they moved away all the signs of civilization from Iran. In the name of" Land reform", they destroyed our agriculture; they destroyed our culture; they caused our army to become dependent; they weakened our nation; they plundered all our resources and built parks for themselves in foreign countries; and God willing we shall take them back from them.

These traitors left behind forces a country in turmoil, a ruined country. A country whose worker is poor, whose farmer is poor, whose trader is poor, a country where on the outskirts of its capital Tehran these are slum neighborhoods; that has wretchedly poor people- these are the things they left behind for us.

No one person, no one section can rebuild these ruins all alone. The government cannot; the clergy cannot; the bazaar businesspersons cannot; the farmer cannot; the worker and the employees cannot but all can, all together, we can." The Hands of God are with the congregation." «2» When congregations come together then work will be accomplished. You saw how with unity of expression, togetherness, and trust in God you broke this great barrier. Now too, with trust in God and unity of expression you must rebuild these ruins.

You who are at the borders, who are in the customs, must work to your capacity; and those who are in the centers must work as much as they can. Neither must you expect that a section- the government- will do the work and nor should the government expect that the people must perform. The nation and the government altogether, everyone together, God willing, Everyone together for Islam, for the republic of Islam; for the commandments of Islam, march forward.

May God's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.