Speech [Islam, the main objective]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Considering that you have lost these young men and been afflicted with this sorrow, I feel saddened; but it is worthy that we all die for Islam and for the Glorious Qur'an. We are all alive for the revival of the traditions of the Prophet of Islam and the reinstallation of the Glorious Qur'an; and we must repay our debt to Islam. When I see you the youth- by the grace of God, who are strong and vital, I feel very pleased and feel proud of the fact that in addition to physical vigor, you young men are taking a keen interest in religion and Islam; and in the same manner that you engage in sports for strengthening the body, God willing you also engage in exercise for strengthening the soul. When these two powers combine- the physical strength and the spiritual strength- it becomes of great value, the physical power for service, and the spiritual power for guidance. With the spiritual power, a human being can guide himself and with physical power, he can serve. When these two powers come together, a human being becomes a human being in the complete sense. Just as a society requires an active force and a guiding force," a leader" to guide the society is essential, and the society must act on the guidance. When the guidance is a proper guidance and the action is a proper one, it will get a society to move and make it a balanced society; it will be brought up correctly. It is the same with an individual. The individual is also like a society; he needs a guiding force to guide him and an active force to act; he needs an active mind, he needs a subjective mind and he needs a practical mind to make him understand an opinion or an issue and to guide this same human being so that he acts towards the objective that he has in mind. In the same manner that a society is reformed by these two powers, a human being also is reformed by these two powers. And I hope that just as your physical power, by the grace of God is healthy and good, your spiritual power will also be the same, and that you serve Islam by means of these two powers.

Now is the time when we want to save this country from this chaotic situation. We must all focus our sight on Islam; the whole objective should be Islam. Islam can enable us to attain happiness in this world and the hereafter. It is Islam that secures for us freedom- a healthy freedom; a correct freedom. Islam can make us independent. Islam can fortify our soul and consequently enable our body to become strong. We all now need to co-operate to bring order to the chaos. Of course, after every revolution there is chaos. Of course, after every revolution there is chaos and anarchy; but by the grace of God, the Revolution of Iran had lesser casualties than in other revolutions. No doubt there is turmoil but not as much as there was in other places and other revolutions. The casualties of the revolutions of Russia of the French Revolution were very high.

By the Grace of God, this too is a blessing from Islam; because the people who engineered the Revolution were Islamic. They were not people of the sort who wish to indulge in needless arson and destruction. They indulged in them to the extent that was required; to the amount that was useful, to the amount that was permissible. Consequently, after the Revolution, there was no such turmoil that was there in other places. However, there are still some figures from that regime remaining and foreign stooges also are to be seen among the people. But, these disorders also must, with the courage of the people, with the efforts of everyone- together, God willing be resolved and after that rebuilding should begin; and with the efforts of all, Islam be established in the manner that the Sublime and Glorious God has commanded.

Now, it is just words; again, we have not stepped beyond words. Although we voted for an Islamic Republic, but those objective and those features that needed to be established have again not been realized. Now there is every kind of turmoil. It requires a complete overhaul of its every thing; of the legacies of the taghouti regime that are present everywhere- now too it is present everywhere all of these must be transformed so that Islam is established in the manner of its beautiful appearance, and the country should become divine versus a taghouti country. Now that you have destroyed a taghouti regime, in its place an Islamic country and a divine country should be created. Opposite the devil is God. With the exit of the `devil' a country of `God' must be founded- a divine country should be founded. And that also is possible with the efforts of all. Neither the clergymen can perform the job alone, and nor the government can accomplish it alone and nor a particular strata of the nation. In the same way that you all carried it forward, you carried the issue forward together; you achieved victory to this extent together; once again, you must take this caravan to its destination together. If you are not together; if these forces do not all come together, they will not be able to do the job.

The statements that are made here and there, the conflicts that are being continually fueled- all of these are against the direction of the nation. Our nation, all of us together, wanted Islam. The whole nation with their cries of" God is the greatest" demanded Islam, wanted an Islamic government, and wanted an Islamic Republic. The objective of the nation is Islam. These have passed; these were the preliminaries; because they were proving to be impediments in the path to establishment of Islam, the people overcome these obstacles. They pushed aside the tyrants, they pushed aside those who were plundering; however, the main aim is to establish an Islamic rule; that the regime should become a humanistic- Islamic one and the country an Islamic- humanistic one so that Islam be present throughout the country, among all the strata of the country, everywhere. And that wherever you go, you see the color of Islam there.

And I hope that with the brave efforts of all of you gentlemen and with the brave efforts of all sections of the people, this aspiration that we hold will be realized. May God grant His favors to all of you.

I hope that God will grant all of you His favors, and conflict which is the root of all evil will be put aside. All of us together are brothers; all of us are equal and friends. That which is most striking among you all is the affection that you have. You are all affectionate people and affection demands that you set aside your disputes. Two persons who are fond of each other do not quarrel with each other; and among you love and humanness are present. And I am optimistic that these great traits- both of which are blessings from the Blessed and Almighty God- will result in the removal of all quarrels. Everyone must be together; all of us must be together.