Speech [Divine miracle- the nation's martyrdom-seeking spirit]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

I do not know in what words to thank the youth who have made sacrifices in this period of time. All I can say is that this struggle is for God and that we are from Him. Verily, to Him shall we return. Sooner or later we will return. So much the better we take a provision for the journey we are making naturally. This provision is that of monotheism: the provision to serve Islam.

I cannot set a value for the struggles and service of a youth who keeps vigil all nights at the risk of his life. How much is the remuneration for this practice? Can anyone reward these deeds other than God? Are nature and its boons reward of one who has risen for God or put his life at risk for God? What comforts us is that the Almighty God reckons you with. Foregoing this, we cannot appreciate you or, God forbid, reward you. We do not have such power. All that matters is that you are from God and worked for God; He will reward you. The reward given by God is valuable. The value of your deed is what God offers you." Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden." «1» Paradise, the bliss of meeting visage of Allah and His friends, is enough for you. Apart from this, no one can set a value in worldly sense for deeds done for God. What is related to the world of nature is inferior to what is done for God.

You rose up and struggled for God. God willing, you will continue the struggle to the end and lead this revolution to victory for God. Working for God brings you victory. You stood against such a devilish power and its corollaries that intimidated, bullied and threatened us. This was the power of faith, which advanced you forward, not material power. In material terms, they were in no way proportional to us. What astonished the world and frustrated all their plans was how people with no sophisticated weapons and regular army could accomplish this order. There was no system. There was no idea of preparing a military force. We had no regular army and equipment to stand against them. Do you think if it was not for God's will, which dissuaded them from confronting us and filled their hearts with fear, any progress could be made? They could destroy Tehran overnight. Everything was available for them. They could wield destruction on every place that there was a living being. They did not cancel their plans" for God". God changed their minds of committing what they wished and filled their hearts with fear so that they would not deploy the weapons they should. This was one of the miracles, which occurred in this regard.

that people should not turn out in the streets. Then, law enforcement forces would control the streets and deploy tanks. They wanted to kill everyone whom they considered likely to have a role in this revolution. We were totally unaware of this plan. Everything occurred" from where he thinks not." «2» As an instance, it was said to break the strike and the martial law. Well, people did it and they could not stop people or destroy them. Thereafter, those clashes erupted. The late Qarani, «3» May his soul live in peace, was here. He told me at that night the clashes between people and the state forces lasted for three hours and a half. In three hours and a half, empty hands overpowered the tanks, cannons and machine guns. This was God's victory. This defeat was God's favor. Try to keep this favor.

Link yourself to the unfathomable ocean of divinity. Connect your hearts to the origin of goodness. Everything is from Him. God is the One to sustain all. All victories come from Him. All that is good is derived from Him. Whatever evil acts are from us and whatever good emanates from Him. Join Him. We are faint drops and indeed non-entities, yet if we join the ocean of divinely compassion, we will become everything. We will find power.

In early days of Islam, a small number of `Arabs who had not undergone any military training and who had no equipment brought about those victories. They were more empty-handed than you are at present. Every several of them had one sword, date baskets and date strings. Every several of them had one horse or camel. This was the situation. Their number was insignificant. The entire Islamic army numbered around 30,000. When the Romans lined up before Muslims, their vanguard consisted of 60,000 soldiers. As history relates, the army of Islam numbered 30,000 while their vanguard numbered 60,000 backed by 70,000 or 80,000 more. One of the generals on the Muslim side remarked," If we fight them as usual, their vanguards only are twice as many as ours, hence we should do something to scare them. Thirty soldiers should follow me. We will fight them all." Fighting the 60,000 troops! He was told that it was impossible. They made noise until he agreed to be accompanied by sixty soldiers. These 60 combatants launched a night assault and defeated the enemy. Sixty faithful soldiers, who were fighting for God, defeated those 60,000 vanguards. This motivated the Islamic forces to conquer both the Romans and the Iranians, who commanded all sorts of equipment. History has it that even their horses had golden trappings, but they did not have faith. They were empty from within. All they had was form and weapons. They were however hollow fighters with no such spirit as treasured Muslim fighters who believe whether we kill or are killed, we will go to heaven. They did not have this spirit but Muslims did. It was this spirit that conquered.

I am assured that God willing you are victorious, because I see such morale in our nation. It has not found expression once or twice. From Najaf to here, I came across handsome adults who were at the prime of their youth, one of whom came to me in Najaf, sat down and pleaded with me to pray for him to be martyred. When I came here, men and women had the same demand. A woman who had already lost some of her children said," I have one or two sons and am ready to offer them too." It is this spirit that lends us confidence. This is superior to all tanks in the world. This is the spirit the Almighty God has bestowed upon us; we should keep it. This is a trust. Try to keep it. Do not be afraid of anything nor be concerned any time as long as you keep this divine spirit. Do not think why you were not praised, why you were not rewarded or why no one joined us. God is with you. The Imam of the Time (May God's peace be upon him) prays for you. What is there to be afraid of and why? Why should we, who are traversing on the path of God and who rose against this devilish power that ruined our youths, Islam and everything, be afraid? Should we fear of being killed? Well, let us get killed. All our youths were already killed. Are we scared of being overpowered by them? Even if they do so, we are not afraid, because we are right. When we are right, if we are victor we are right and if we are the loser we are victorious. Rest assured of this. Connect your hearts to this source of good. Pray to God. Turn your hearts to this source these nights when you are patrolling in the dark with gun over your shoulders. Join the vast sea of bounty and be afraid of nothing. Do not expect anything from anyone. Do not turn to anyone. Do not recognize any power other than that Omnipotent power. He is all; everything is from Him.

May God bestow confidence and full faith upon you and rank you alongside the martyrs of Karbala. May God succeed us in efficient fulfillment of the responsibilities we are now shouldering?