Speech [Divine assistance in our victory - city council elections- special significance of wilayat-e faqih]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

When I meet such Islamic, human and brilliant faces, I feel a sense of pride. I see you as people present everywhere to help Islam. The verse recited by this gentleman:" If ye help Allah, He will help you and will make your foothold firm." «1» Assisting Him signifies assisting His rules, the holy Qur'an and the Islamic Republic of Iran. In return, He will assist you. And you watch it exactly that you assisted Islam, the Islamic rules, Islamic revolution and Islamic Republic of Iran and he assisted you, in return. If it were not by the Almighty God's assistance, how could you defeat those who commanded all power without any gun, military equipment and organization? You defeated those who themselves had everything with full power in their hands and the foreign evil powers backing them, but God assisted you. Those neglecting the fact that there is a supreme will in the universe, existing control over everything see this event as an unsolved puzzle. How could a nation, without any military equipment conquer such great powers expelling them out? They ignore that there is a will above all other wills. The Almighty God has promised the people to assist them if they assist Him. For those who do not believe the metaphysics, these things are a puzzle, but for us who believe such a power- having proven it with a convincing proof- this is not a puzzle at all. God assisted you and his assistance is enough.

If it were not by God's assistance, how could a nation with every person having a specific dream and every class of the society having a different ideal, wish and plan unite at once and in a short time on a single matter? And how could a nation who was fearful of a police man- if a policeman would come to bazaar, people did not dare say they did not hoist flag on top of the shops. They imagined it not and allowed themselves not to do so at all- coming out of their homes suddenly, shouting we want not the monarchy system basically. This is God's assistance; you may ignore it sometimes.

If it were not by God's assistance, how did they overlook fighting with the people? If they fought with the entire pore they commanded just as it happened to our Afghan brethren what would happen? They backed down as God instilled fear in them. They dispensed with standing against our people and if they did so, they did not do very seriously. God put in their hearts indecision; great evil power feared from a nation who were without military equipment and could not resist. In the view of a person pondering on these events, all this progress is made obviously by God's assistance.

As to the second sentence," be steadfast" be careful that up to now you have moved forward by the force and the power of faith and have assisted God. If God assisted you to move forward and you assisted him in return, there comes another thing; that is, he makes you steadfast. If, God forbid, you forget assisting Him and imagine that everything is finished, and if every one of you goes after his/ her personal engagements, neglecting to assist God, Islam and its rules- when you assisted God before he assisted you in return- and if your assistance, stops, then you will not take steps firmly any more. If you want to remain firm on your steps, pursue the plan you were up to now. We are in the middle of the way.

There is a difficult problem before us, of which you should become aware and the religious authorities and you should inform other people. This is the problem of city councils. Do not consider the problem of city councils as a superficial and unimportant matter. The councils have powers based on which they can ruin or enhance our Islamic affairs. Be aware that following the announcement about establishing the city councils, these groups which are against the Islamic Revolution and which are fearful of Islam and Islamic rules, are planning out a plot to impose some people on the nation. They know they are not many, and that their number is not legion to win the election, but they want to let people in who are of their number and of their party and delude people to vote for them.

Today is a day when all religious authorities, thoughtful people and all classes of the society should open their eyes and should select persons whom they have identified before. Every person in every city knows some people from the past and in the former regime; one knows that he/she had nothing to do with the plot and was not treacherous to the country, leftist or rightist, but a religious person, who was aware of Islamic affairs and on the straight path. You should know clearly what kind of a person he is now; a businessman, civil servant or a clergyman; it does not make sense, and that what a position he had in Taghouti regime. If you know him and if every person recognizes well some people around him, then the religious authorities living there and in the cities may introduce trustees of bazaar, academic staff, students and others to the people. Individuals should first be Muslim and second faithful to the Islamic revolution, trustworthy, duty-bound to Islamic rules, with a true faith and clean record. They should be determined both from among businessmen, clergymen; as well as other businesses. All should be united in being a Muslim. Of course, non-Muslims may determine their own councils; but with members who are Muslims and faithful to Islam and to the revolution, and who are against taghout, with no diversion to left or right wings, and on a straight path, Islamic and sympathetic to the nation. If a person is duty-bound, he will be sympathetic to the nation, not treacherous to the country; and what he does is in confidence. Whatever he wants to do for his city, he will do to the interests of the people, of the town and of Islam.

If God forbid! You neglect this point, or if clergymen, preachers, religious scholars, duty-bound academicians, traders, farmers and workers neglect this, and then some people, who are against the nation and Islam turn up on the scene, they may spoil a city and subsequently the country. You should do your best not to ignore this and religious authorities in the cities, preachers, religious scholars, people of knowledge, faculty staff and students, should not ignore this here and there either. A person who is going to decide over the fate of all affairs in a city should be aware of those affairs, trustworthy and believe in the revolution. This is one of the greatest problems we are facing now, after which the problems may arise. Take into consideration that we are in the middle of the way, having problems before us one by one should be solved; and unless we resolve them, we will foil to achieve the goal that is the Islamic Republic.

Consider now the assembly of experts represented by people of knowledge, religious authorities and others, some thoughts of whom are not Islamic or they are Islamic, they do not have a true knowledge of Islam, that disturb some affairs, although most people are against them. And though they know the meaning of majority of Muslims, followers of Islam and Islam', when there is one of two of them in a place among Muslims, they make troubles and put a spoke in their wheels. I must say to you in the assembly of experts to be careful not to be influenced by their pens and steps taken against Islam. As you realized, this is for Islam, so give it strength if you assist Him, God will assist you.

Do not pay attention to the words of those who are against Islam and who consider themselves as open-minded and who do not approve of wilayat-e faqih. If there is no jurist and no Wilayat-e faqih, then it will be a Taghouti government. There is either God or taghout. If it is not God's command and if Wilayat-e faqih does not appoint the president, then he will be unlawful, obeying him will be obeying taghout, and entering his realm will be entering taghout's. Taghout will be removed when there is one who is appointed by God's command. Do not be afraid of those who do not understand the meaning of Islam, jurist and Wilayat-e faqih. They think it is a catastrophe for the society! They consider Islam as a catastrophe but not Wilayat-e faqih, which is a continuity of Islam.

Open your eyes! Experts should open their eyes. Those opposing wilayat-e faqih acting against whatever the nation has determined for them are not represented. At the beginning of establishment of Majlis, I predicted this and announced that the people want an Islamic Republic government but not a western or communist one. People elected you as mps to establish an Islamic republic government. Those opposing Islamic rules are against Islamic Republic of Iran and against the votes of their voters who did not vote for you for this reason. If all of you to say something against the interests of Islam, you are not mps and your words are not approved. We throw to the brick wall a word, which is against the interests of Islam. Your power is as much as you can establish an Islamic Republic government based on Islamic laws. There is no objection to giving your opinion about office affairs and so on, but not to putting a spoke in the nation's wheels and inducing them that if there comes; jurisprudence, jurist and wilayat-e faqih, something will necessarily happen.

Gentlemen, you know that we were for a long time under the yoke of Taghout. Enough is enough! Our nation was for a long time- fifty years or rather two thousand and fifty years under the pressure of Taghout. Enough is enough! Let the people become religious for a time or at least understand this by experiencing it. Let the nation that tasted the bitterness of Taghout until now be from now on controlled by Allah. Experience it! If you have seen a wrong thing with Islam, say what it was. Until now the enemies did not allow Islam to be observed in our country and now some friends- some of whom may be enemies- who are unaware of these things do not allow this to happen. No Islam had been in effect up to now. Why should you fear of a person who is for example sitting in his room, writing something down and publishing it in newspapers? They do not know the meaning of Islam whatsoever and are anti-Islamic Revolution. If they are against the Shah's regime, they are against Islam too. They want another thing, a democratic republic government. Democratic meaning what the western countries have brought here, but not what is in their own countries.

The republic in which there is democracy there has not come here, that is imported. The democracy, liberty and the notorious independence and all things which have come into our country up to now are those things which" his majesty" was boasted," The great civilization", and you all saw that this" Great Civilization" gave the nation hell! Stop it! It is enough! It is enough for us till the resurrection day! Do not follow this regime, the western or eastern countries so much! So much of it has had to date, is enough! Should we go under the cruelty again? They want to rid of Islam? A formality! Yes! Some gentlemen suggest that the issue of wilayat-e faqih be a" formality", we do not withhold them. But, wilayat-e faqih wants to intervene in the affairs. We do not accept it. Is it necessary that some one comes from the west and intervenes in the affairs? We do not agree with the intervention of a person whom Islam has determined. If the necessary sense is received, they are atheist; but they do not understand.

We are in the middle of the way and are facing these difficulties. We will also get, from now on, into such difficulties for the president. One says that the president should not necessarily be a Muslim; another says he should not be an Shi'ah; others say he should not necessarily be an adherent to Islam, such and such.

Gentlemen, we will get from now on into difficulty with these ignorant friends, informed and wise enemies. We still have difficulties and are in the middle of the way. Gentlemen should be careful! May not our nation be weak and flexible! If their candidates want to act against Islam' the people have the power to dismiss them and to let them away. They think it is against freedom; but it is you who are acting as a dictator! You are standing against the nation that wants Islam and the wilayat-e faqih ordained by God, but you say it is not necessary. You want to impose several people on others. This is dictatorship, but not imposing on them who know about Islam and follow it. You are just a few who are standing against Islam.

I pray to the blessed and Almighty God to rid us of ignorant friends and evil enemies, and I hope the members of the consultative assembly and the city councils, to whom I gave my advice- and I will give again if necessary God willing- to step towards the next stages we have before us strongly, powerfully and with full insight. And they will do so. It is the nation who wants this, what can we do? Imagine that it is a catastrophe and we do too, but it is the nation's will.

What do you say? The nation wants wilayat-e faqih that you call" catastrophe"! Let us ask them and hold a referendum on wilayat-e faqih that you call" catastrophe" to examine the pros and cons and to determine whether you want it or not. May God bless and assist you all.