In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
When in difficulty, we have to resort to the nation, a nation that- praise be to God- has, and is, prepared to render assistance and face danger. We have passed the important stages, thanks to God, by means of the nation's devotedness, and have surmounted the obstacles. The traitors have departed, and if any of their remnants remain, they will also depart through the efforts of the nation. But there is a lot of rubble behind this big, satanic wall that was demolished. We will have to repair the damage with the support of the people. We are obliged to resort to the nation for the reconstruction, and to repair the destruction that occurred in our country during the oppressive Pahlavi rule. Thanks to God that our people announced their readiness for reconstructing the country. The dear students, specialists, engineers, businessmen, cultivators, and all the ranks of the nation have volunteered to reconstruct an Iran that has come into our hands in a ruined condition. For this reason, we can call it a crusade for reconstruction. We will call this crusade the" Reconstruction Jihad." All the ranks of the people- men and women, young and old, university professors and students, engineers and experts, urban and rural dwellers- should participate in endeavoring to rebuild this ruined country of Iran. And, of course, those places that have suffered most damage such as the villages, the tribal dwellings, remote hamlets, from each one of which groups of people come here complaining about their condition, they say that they do not have electricity, housing, water, asphalted roads and dispensaries. All of them are right. It had been so arranged to ruin Iran. Thanks to God that this barrier has been demolished. Now for the second stage, the stage of reconstruction, we stretch out our hand to the people and request them to take part in this campaign and, hand in brotherly hand, begin the reconstruction and the crusade for building the country anew. The people, of course should make joint efforts with the government officials wherever the officials are. The officials should carry out their tasks under the supervision of experts. The clergy that is in every region of the country should also contribute its efforts and supervise the matter.
After praying for the whole nation and for all the people that live in the villages and hamlets, and expressing my sincerity, I would like to give you a piece of advice. You must take care to see that nobody who is, God forbid, against the nation's policy and Islam, be among those people that come to the villages and hamlets for the purpose of construction and the reconstruction crusade. If you see such people, you must make them leave the village and not allow them to spread malicious propaganda among our youth and the people of the village.
May God grant success to the whole nation and all those who cooperate in this endeavor and fulfill their moral-cum-religious obligation. May everybody succeed in taking part in this crusade, in building the ruins anew and in helping their brothers. Perhaps there is no greater form of worship than this. I even request those of you who wish to go on a pilgrimage to Makkah al-Mu`azzamah «1» and Madinah al-Munawwarah «2» - for having their prayers answered- and who also wish to have the honor of visiting the Holy Shrines so as to acquire merit, to help your brethren and begin the reconstruction together so that your country of Iran is rebuild properly and your countrymen delivered. I would also like to tell you that the greatest merit lies in this. May God reward all of you. The reward that you want by understanding a pilgrimage will be given by Him for the sake of this crusade. May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.