In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The Muslim governments: Islam's basic problem
I hope that with the help of all Muslims we will be able to present Islam as it really is. This school has many valuable things to offer. I hope that those who have gone astray return to the path.
In my opinion, one of the problems is the case of the Muslim governments. If the Muslim governments act in accordance with their Islamic duties and eschewing their differences, rally- all of them- under the dictum of Islam, all the problems of these countries will be solved. Unfortunately, the unclean foreign hands at work among the nations do not allow any understanding to be created among the Muslim governments. In fact, they are creating misunderstanding among nations. If we wake up and act according to Islamic dictates, one of the important ones being," And hold fast, all of you together, to the cable of Allah, and do not separate," «1» if we just follow this one rule, the problems of all the countries will then be solved. But regrettably, many of our (Muslim) governments pay no heed at all to these matters.
We saw that the Ottoman government, though not completely Islamic, possessed power with which it confronted Japan and Russia and defeated them. They (the foreign powers) broke up the Ottoman Empire, forming small countries out of it and handling them over to their own lackeys. They, thereby, weakened the Muslims and the Muslim countries.
Unity and solidarity: they key to victory
The Muslims should learn a lesson as to what happened that they (the victorious powers) broke up a vast entity into pieces, following the war and their victory, and installed a government obedient to them in each of these smaller entities. This was because of their fear of Islam and the Muslims. They saw that if such a power existed and all the Muslims joined it, they would have no opportunity of exploiting the Muslim countries. It was for this reason that they split up a single country into many small ones. The Muslim governments should take a lesson from this. They ought to realize that the secret behind success of governments lies in unity of expression and the elimination of differences. I am hopeful that they will learn from Iran's experience in that a nation with no weapons, arrayed against all the weapons and the support of all the countries that the Shah had, nevertheless prevailed because of its unity of expression and reliance on Islam. The big powers, moreover, were not able to keep the deposed Shah in power. These are things that ought to be pondered and studied in other countries. The governments should pay attention to these matters. If they want to rid themselves of foreign yoke, they must change their present policies and adopt an Islamic system and establish an Islamic government. They could return their own governments but should be united with one another.
I pray to God, the Blessed and Exalted, to make all the Muslims alert, especially the Muslim governments so that they may think about their nations and all the destruction that has been done. And I also hope that, under the banner of Islam, they will set everything right, God willing.
and I pray that the hand of the foreigners be cut off from these countries and these you will find them everywhere now. They are the" mother of the foreigners". The nations ought to be cautious of them, and guide and tell them that they find in Islam the best of whatever they want. When you ponder deeply, you will see that the things in other countries that you think are part of civilization are not so. They are closer to savagery because all the modern weapons that they have are made for killing their own kind and for massacring human beings. This is the same utter savagery that animals have, but to a lesser extent than humans. It is Islam that invites everyone to peacefulness and wants all the people to live in comfort. True civilization is to be found in Islam just as true freedom is to be found in it.
They go among the people in the name of publicity and in various other names. Some of them have been deceived while others are foreign lackeys. I hope that they will be guided. The people should try to guide them, and if they cannot be guided, the people should turn their backs on them. May God guide all of us toward the straight path, God willing.
I hope that all the governments and the nations rally under the banner of Islam, God willing. In case they wish to attain prosperity, they should assemble under the banner of Islam so that other schools would not be able to influence them. These problems and difficulties will exist as long as there is deviation and as long as they do not rally under the banner of Islam.
Paying attention to Islam is important. What made Iran triumphant was that there was a transformation among the people in a way like that of the early period of Islam. And everybody had many aspirations and desires right up to aspiring to martyrdom. And they succeeded because of this.
God willing, all the people will achieve victory. I pray to God, the Blessed and Exalted, for the alertness and victory of the Muslims.
I hope that this movement of Iran's will spread everywhere and that all (Muslim countries) will succeed to the extent that Iran has.