Speech [Termination of excuses in serving Islam and the country]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

I would like to thank the sirs and the dear ones present in this gathering for coming here so we can witness your radiant faces from near. Today, that thank God, Iran is being managed by the Iranians and all the affairs of the country are in the hands of the Iranians themselves and are being led by the adherents of Islam. Today, is a day when all the strata that are in this country have a responsibility. None of the individuals of this country; whether the writer and the intellectual; whether the clergy and the university student and whether the army, the Guards Corps, the Basij and the tribes; whether the people of the bazaar and the people of the streets can find a pretext to say that we could not serve this Islamic country because of such and such excuse. The Blessed and Almighty God have closed the pathway to all excuses and have given the ultimatum to all of us. Today, Iran is the field of work; it is the field of battle with the devils and it is the field of building of the youth; and it is the field of serving Islam and service to the Muslims and of service to the downtrodden of the world. Every person, in whatever occupation that is offered to him, if he does not merit that job, it is not right for him to take up that job. If he has the merit for it, then it is not right that he should decline to accept it. Today, we are in need of all the various groups that are in the country; and the whole nation of Iran is in need of various groups; and the beloved Islam is in need of the activities of all of you. The Blessed and Almighty God have terminated all excuses from His side; He has paved the way; he has removed the obstacles; he has put aside the enemies and has opened the field for activity. We in this country, Islam in this country is in need of many things, which they have the capability to meet- and the merit. For them there is no excuse for not entering the arena.

Today, we need judges. You know that throughout the reign of the monarchy, the Judiciary was not in the hands of the clergy, which based on the tenets of Islam is exclusively their job. The Judiciary had taken an ugly face and the judge was a person, who like the majority was good for nothing, especially in matter of judgment. Today, judgment requires individuals from the theological schools wherever they are located; be they located in Qum, Mashhad, Azarbayjan- wherever there is a seminary- Isfahan. The theologians and teachers of the seminaries must rear judges and this is a mandatory duty so that if a person is able to perform it and this matter is neglected, he is liable. The excuse which" I don't have the disposition for it now; justice is a difficult task" is not acceptable. All individuals that regard themselves to be merited must come forward and lift up this great and neglected load from the ground. Wherever we have the orators throughout the country, whether they belong to the strata of the clergy and are sermonizing from the pulpit and whether they are from the rest of the strata. Writers wherever they are whether in the theological schools and whether in the universities and whether in the rest of the places, must serve this country with their speeches and writings. There is no justification for them that because they are not experts at a job, therefore they must not engage in writing. Today, to hold a job is mandatory for those individuals that are merited and Iran is need of their profession. A mandatory act is one, which is mandatory for all and if it is not undertaken, everyone are liable whereas if a group undertake that task the liability is removed from the others. The Judiciary is one of these affairs. To attend to the condition of the downtrodden; to attend to the condition of those that throughout the reign of the monarchy and especially this recent regime were deprived of each and every thing, this, too, is one of those affairs that those who have the abilities to serve them, are obligated to serve and must serve them. The question of propagation is one of the very important tasks in which you that are present in this gathering here are engaging in it.

A person becomes responsible for whatever job that he takes up. He is responsible to act with honesty and trustworthiness; he is responsible to perform diligently and sincerity and with devotion for the Blessed and Almighty God. You who are holding the position of the political organization of the military and the ideological organization of the military, are now educated. No person can claim that he does not need to be educated and to be trained. The Prophet of God also needed it until the end except that God fulfilled his need. We are all in need. The military is of those bodies that are in greater need of these matters and you that are responsible for this political matter and this matter of propagation and this matter of ideology must know that you have a great responsibility on your shoulders and it is also a worthy act. A military that throughout the reign of the monarchy was run by the foreign advisors or local commanders- who were not any better than them- and what was inconsequential there, was the political-Islamic issues and matters of Islamic ideology. Rather, in many places, they would move the people away from Islam; they would set aside the people; they would not allow the army to learn even its ordinary tasks. Today, thank God, that the military is Islamic and thank God, the armed forces have been transformed to an Islamic force and are in the service of the glorious Qur'an, today they are in need of training and education. They are in need of being told of the matters of the Islamic subjects, of the political-Islamic subjects and be educated in them. This requires that the sirs who are responsible for these affairs to remove them from the existing groups and existing parties and the military maintain its military identity. A powerful Islamic army except with Islamic teachings and educating them in what policy Islam pursues in the world and what it wants to accomplish- they must be taught these things so that they are trained and educated properly. To the extent that moral behavior is necessary in the military and the Guards Corps and the other armed forces, it is perhaps not that much necessary in other places. It is they that sometimes when they go to the frontlines; it is possible that they are confronted with a situation wherein if they do not have Islamic morals, they can pose a danger to themselves and to their army. Islamic behavior must be taught to them and thank God, they are now ready for it; and thank God, many of them have been educated and trained. When you see the frontlines, you can observe what sacrifices that these beloved youth of the Guards Corps and the army and the rest of the armed forces make and what supplications they recite to God. They are the products of Islam, but they still need to be trained and educated. Those that are responsible for industrial affairs- Defense Industries- should know that today Iran needs them and they are responsible vis-a-vis the Blessed and Almighty God. They must use all their strength so that God willing, we attain self-sufficiency in such an issue. The service that you are doing is a very great one and you have responsibility in relation to the service just as you have the reward in relation to the service- the reward of the hereafter.

One of the subjects, which is extremely important for every person, wherever he is, and wherever he is serving is that he must be trustworthy. If God forbid, in a group untrustworthy and deceitful individuals are present, then at some point we come to know that they have either brought disrepute or corrupted the whole group. Of the necessary aspects is the aspect of trust. For the inspectors, trustworthiness is of the crucial matters. Those who are working as inspectors must be reliable and they must not divulge subjects that they are handling to any person except where it is concerned. The honor of the people, the reputation of the people is a subject on which the Blessed and Almighty God have emphasized very much; and Islam has insisted on it very much. Respected judges of the courts of law and other places, those that are entrusted with the job of enforcing justice or inspection, wherever they are, they must be trustworthy and God willing, they are trustworthy. Those who are involved with the reputation of the people, are involved with the honor of the people; are involved with the lives of the people; with the decency of the people; they must maintain strict confidentiality. If they pursue a path other than the one God has determined; if they follow the wrong path and God forbid, they reveal the secrets of the people, even that of a sinful person- except in instances where the sinful act has been performed openly- in which case the wrongdoer shall no longer have any respect in Islam. The person who comes out openly on to the streets and commits a misdemeanor, he no longer has any respect in Islam. However, those who commit a wrong clandestinely, then even you come to know of it, you are not permitted to divulge it even to your brothers even to the members of your household. Therefore, of the important affairs for the judge, for those persons that is inspectors, for the Inspectorate Organization is the observance of trust in matters that are entrusted to them. It should be an organization for inspection while God forbid, it itself commits a wrong and reveals the secrets of people; and he should present his report where he must present it and under no circumstance transgress it.

I request the theological schools and the respected theologians of the land and the scholars of the seminaries, to help the country in this matter in the matter of the Judiciary and the justice affairs. At the same time, that those are seminaries and they must remain such, they can train judges and hand them over to the judge to the number that is required. This is an important task for Islam and for the Muslims. The reputation of the people is in the hand of the judges; they must both educate them and also train them so that they come forward and serve this country. All persons who are present and we and you- all of us are responsible. We must think on what best way to serve today especially in an era in which almost all the propaganda in the world is against us. Whichever radio station you tune into and whichever foreign newspaper you read, they are filled with attacks on Iran and then they also tell as much lies as they want. Of course, the nation of Iran, the government of Iran also has inflicted great blows to them; it has turned off the crude oil taps on America and Israel. There is no place for them here and the places that they want to have here in order to counter their enemies. There is no way they can come here. The people of Iran are no longer dependent on them in order to work for them. However, they are the enemies and they shall remain so to the end. However, you sirs must all be united; there should be no differences involved; there should be unity; you should be linked together. The propagation should be widespread for Islam and for the Islamic Republic. Wherever the embassies are, they must propagate Islam and the Islamic Republic. We all must serve the nation that has undergone great toil and trouble in the course of fifty years or more and especially these recent years it has given so many martyrs and so many disabled that, a person feels ashamed, so that we can repay some of what they have done for us.

Brothers, today is the day of work. Every person, wherever he is must work. We want to become self-sufficient. Self-sufficiency cannot be attained with sloganeering; it is attained with work. The landless peasants must work; the farmer must till the soil; the dairy farmer must engage in dairy farming and the fruit farmer must engage in fruit farming; the scientists must pass on their knowledge to the students. The university, which is at the head of the affairs and the destiny of a country, depends on their existence, must sincerely endeavor to turn its face away from the East and the West and face the straight path. It must turn towards the House of God; it must move towards the Blessed and Almighty God and build the youth for the future of the country. I am optimistic that all of us shall succeed to serve. You who are in the industries must strengthen the industry. The men who are in other places should strengthen the job that is entrusted to them. The propagators should increase their publicity and the scientists should increase their knowledge, pass them on, not sit, gossip behind one another, and say that since they are not involved, they must sabotage and create obstacles. In the course of these past four years, they have understood that their actions no longer have any effect on Iran. The Iranians are pursuing the path, which they have discovered and chosen. They no longer have the power to cause them to return from this chosen path. Therefore, those that are living abroad should go and make a living for themselves and not waste away their lives and themselves and level abuses. Those who are inside and are a bit interfering should also desist from interference. The time for your interferences or your propaganda is past and they have no effect on this country. Thank God, this country has reached by the grace of the Sublime Truth and under the patronage of the Master of Age- may God's peace be upon him- to the position where it can traverse the path on its own. I hope that we are not overtaken by pride, also be devoted to God, and believe that it is the Invisible that is at work and performing the tasks; and you beseech that He performs them with your hands. God grant good health to all of you as well as honor and success; and deliver all the Muslim countries from the evil of aliens and plunderers.

May God's peace and mercy be upon you.