Speech [God's assistance to the victory of the Islamic Revolution]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate the Merciful

Let me tell you in advance that this victory had no relations with me. I am a clergy. Do not link it to me. This victory had no relations with the nation either. This victory was an act of God. When I was in Paris, I was told about the uprising in the cities and villages, where a cleric led a group of people for demonstration. Even I heard about a small citadel in which 10-15 families lived on the outskirts of a mountain- as I remember its name was" Hasan Falak"- and I visited there, and I saw that the slogans which were chanted were the same as Tehran. I made up my mind there that the revolution was an act of God, beyond human boundaries. The scope of activities of the human being is limited with some differences. One can mobilize a district, the people in the mosque, even a city, or a province. But who can mobilize all 35 million people across Iran from the students of elementary school to the universities, from the young and old people, women and girls, all chanting unanimously believed slogans? They all chanted" Death to the regime" and they wanted the establishment of the Islamic Republic. That time, the Shah was still in power, but it came to my mind that we would come out victorious, because it was not in our control; it was an act of God. This, I have said many times in Paris, that it is impossible to revolutionize people in a short time.

The spiritual revolution happened first within the people. In the past, they dared not stand against a policeman who came to the bazaar and closed down the shops. But thanks to their internal revolution in a very short time they poured out on the streets and chanted," Down with Shah" and they wrote the same on the walls, the signs of which you can see today. The revolution changed their fears to courage and they resisted against artillery, machine guns, and tanks. People attacked this army barehanded and chanted, "No use in artillery, tanks and machine guns". They killed people but the nation was strong in spirit and they sought establishment of Islamic Republic and the fall of the Shah. It was the unity of expression, people's focus on this matter, and strong belief in Islam that granted us the victory. What victory? A sort of victory that nullified all anticipations, all materialistic anticipations; it is a proof of monotheism and belief in God; and it nullified the reasoning of the spy organizations such as the CIA. They all confessed that the course of revolution advanced quite contrary to their anticipations. They were the correct, because their anticipations were all based on materialism. On one hand, a satanic government with all its powerful patrons armed to the teeth, and on the other hand, barehanded people, men and women, who poured out on the streets to fight. It is impossible to compare and contrast these two, one armed to the teeth and another barehanded.

What happened? A revolution broke out in the military strata. They either lost their morale or revolutionized internally and joined the revolution. Lately, an unwise man, this unwise Bakhtiyar, I advised him but he rejected. If he had acted upon my advice, he would have been the prime minister now. When I was in Paris and when he had control of the country after the Shah, I asked him to say that he wanted to serve the nation. He did not; otherwise, he would have become a hero. He did not know what to do.

At any rate, public demonstration and their unity of expression coupled with their serious attention to Islam brought about the victory. This nullified all previous judgments and anticipations. They said the armed army of the Shah backed by the United States, Soviet Union and Britain- of course the Soviet Union did not express it clearly, but it was in the line of the supporters of Shah but the US and Britain explicitly expressed their support- would be the winner of the civil war. But the nation did not listen to this. And God empowered the nation such that all previous anticipations turned out wrong. Nothing gained victory over everything. Nothing in terms of materiality, because people had everything in terms of spirituality. Spirituality triumphed over materiality by the help of God. This was how we enjoyed victory.

The poems you recited were good as far as poetry is concerned, but they are not true about me. You worship God for His blessing. We are nothing. The world is nothing. The entire world, from beginning to the end, is a manifestation of the Almighty God. Everything is His manifestation. Praise be to Allah, due to the very attention to God, the small kids and bedridden old men sought the Islamic Republic. In voting for or against the Islamic Republic, they brought an old man in the wheelchair to vote for the Islamic Republic. Some voted and passed away. One of them passed away in my previous city, Khomein. The children who were ineligible to vote were sad and sorry. These are examples of God's attention to us. God created such an enthusiasm, such joyfulness in them. God revived self-sacrifice in them so that they asked me to pray for their martyrdom. Parents wished martyrdom of their children. This spiritual revolution- praise be to Allah- granted us the victory. We must safeguard this revolution. Protect this gift of God. If we lose this revolution, if we lose our unity of expression we will become weak, we are those same empty handed people. The guardians of revolution with a pair of guns are not enough for fighting the enemies with heavy artillery. The act of God thwarted the enemy and nullified their plots. Pray for this achievement, protect it and safeguard the revolution.

We will make more progress by safeguarding this revolution. We will publicize the authentic Islam, not the one prescribed by the foreigners and that was believed in the past. Islam should be realized throughout the society in the way it really is, and in the same way it was at the advent of Islam; for salvation for all people; health for all; welfare for all. There is no invasion of other rights in an Islamic government. No one fears an Islamic government, because the government has nothing to do with the people. People should fear doing crime themselves. When they do, the government will detain them. But there is no harsh treatment and torturing for any accusation. It is not like SAVAK agents who arrested people for no good reason and tortured them. There will be no such things, God willing, there will not be. Now, you are enjoying freedom, which is the best blessing. Today, the government will not detain you for gathering somewhere. In the past, SAVAK agents prevented any get-together. Today, praise be to Allah, there is nothing like that. Praise be to Allah, we have cut short the hands of the plunderers today. Therefore, we defeated the plunderers of the public treasury and gained freedom. Today, we are free and independent. We have reaped the anticipated results. Now, some corrupt agents are present, who are not serious hazards. We will overcome them. Their powerful patron fled and these minor agents are unimportant. They will be pushed out with a blow. However, the important thing to do is safeguarding the blessings. This is a gift of Almighty God and we will be successful and develop as far as we

protect this gift. Losing this gift means a return of poverty and ruling of the policemen. May God protect you all. And you prove to be useful for your country. Now, Iran is an Islamic country and all of us must serve it as we serve our homes.