Speech [Divine advice the importance of women's role- sincerity in action]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

"Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that ye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly." «2» The Almighty God says to the holy Prophet to communicate to people," I exhort you unto one thing." The preacher is God, the intermediary the Prophet and the exhorted the people, all nations including us. This exhortation should be the most important of all other ones made by the Almighty God, prophets and Imams. In fact, it is as stated. This exhortation is to:" Rise up for the sake of God." Men of wisdom- since you are students of theology; I should speak in your language- say the first station for a spiritual wayfarer is" awakening". Khwajah `Abdullah Ansari resorts to this noble verse as an example in his book" Manazil as-Sa'irin," «3» citing the notion of awakening as the first step. His interpretation of the former verse is that you should wake up because awakening is a kind of" uprising". All the revolutions taking place in the world is a kind of uprising, uprising from negligence and uprising after awakening.

Rising up from sleep for us who are intoxicated by nature and in slumber, God's exhortation, as put by this spiritual wayfarer, «4» is an exhortation to waken up from negligence and deep slumber. Nature has overpowered us by making us sleep. The first step is for us to awaken and to understand what the world of nature is and where we are going in this world. We are all moving but to where are we going? For those who are moving "towards Allah", the first step is to awaken, to forget ignorance, and to pay attention to spirituality and metaphysics. This is a long way and we are at its beginning. We should traverse to reach the end. If we are moved in ignorance, not awakened until we leave the world of nature, we will not be prosperous.

Once we are awakened, finding and passing the direct path, to which the Almighty God has ordered us, i.e." the way towards Him", triggers us to avoid the deviations. We will pay attention to God and to His rules as much as it concerns our will. We will pass the way to which we are taken willingly. When we are transferred to the other world, we will see all happiness and light in contrast to this world, which is the world of darkness;" Darkness above all other Darkness." «5» If we know and perform our duties, as prescribed by the Almighty God if we are awakened, and rise up for" Allah" and if we go through the direct path, then we will be led to happiness. One of the uprisings is the one provided the masters of spiritual journey. In their views, the above-mentioned verse cites this spiritual journey or some of its contents.

One on the surface meaning of the verse is to try to rise up for" Allah", whether individually or collectively. Do not just rise up. All groups in the world-by the deviants or non-deviants make revolutions; but the one to which the Almighty God has preached mankind, is the revolution for" Allah"- one which is not spattered with carnal desires, satanic temptations, and the world.

You should express your gratitude to the ladies who took firm steps and who rendered great help to the nation. They took to the streets, shouting, attending funeral procession, encouraging the men and multiplying their strength. Therefore, in addition to strengthening yourselves, you strengthened others too. We sometimes see women who are working in Reconstruction Jihad. Of course, women are notable to work like a farmer or a skillful person; but by going among the farmers and working with them as much as they can, they multiply the farmers' strength. Seeing the honorable and educated women coming from cities into the village, working with their brothers in faith multiples this strength. This is a very valuable act on the part of women. Although the act may be insignificant in material terms, it is highly significant in spiritual light. The students joining the farmers and the different classes of the society supporting them will also give the farmers more strength.

What increases the volume of an action, although its material volume is very low, is the sincerity of the action and its performance" for the sake of Allah." An action may have a very low material volume, yet the highest spiritual volume." There is no God but God" is a phrase consists of a few words, but it carries the highest splendor and spiritual volume of all or most. When action is associated with sincerity it will gain spiritual volume. Sincerity is regarded as the spirit of an action. Human being is not regarded as such just because of this material aspect; if it is so the animals have his volume more than humans. The privilege the human beings have over animals is the spiritual aspect and the edified soul. The soul, which receives divine training, enjoys higher spiritual volume, which you should strive to increase.

Try to increase your spirituality, during your education and working. Try to edify your soul and to act according to which you have been invited by God. Improve your behavior, etiquette and spirituality in such a way that you would wish happiness for the entire world be a human being who treats as to kindly. The Holy Prophet, he felt deep sorrow as to why they didn't accept Islam and you're experiencing those punishments.

Try to treat your brother and sisters in faith the people kindly and to love them. Try to advance Islamic rules and the revolution. If the revolution is fulfilled- God willing- and if we can establish Islam in Iran and get the country rid of the difficulties, making an Islamic country in its full; sense, then it would be an example not only for Islamic countries but also for all countries in the world. Try to strengthen the revolution so that all Islamic rules might be revived.

May God protect you and make you healthy and prosperous and endow you with knowledge and piety! May peace and Mercy and Blessing of Allah be upon you!