In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Secrets of birth and appointment of Muhammad as prophet
Reciprocally, I congratulate the audience, the entire world Muslims and oppressed people of the world on the great feast, the blessed feast of the birth anniversary of the holy prophet of Islam and his grand son Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him).
I should say that the dimensions of this birthday, which was followed by blessings and culminated in appointment of Muhammad as prophet and the descent of the divine revelation on the blessed heart of that master, have not yet become clear for humankind.
The one whom the holy Qur'an sought has not been discovered, as it should by the far-sighted people of the end of time. When one notices the amount that has been discovered and compares itwith the pre-Islam sciences, philosophy and social justices, he will realizes that this same amount has brought about developments which which are unprecedented in the world, and is unrivalled. In mystical journey, you notice what has prevailed in pre-Islam period and post-Islam period and what changes have been introduced by the teachings of the sacred Islam and the holy Qur'an.
While in pre-Islam period, there were great men such as Aristotle and his likes, but when one deliberates on their works, it becomes clear that they never smack of what is there in the Qur'an. Take the verses quoted in narrations handed down to us regarding the far-sighted people of the end of time such as the Chapter Hamd and six verses of Chapter Hadid for instance. I cannot imagine that the truth of these verses can be discovered by man, neither present day man nor the future ones the way it should be. Of course, many interpretations have so far been made thereof and many valuable research works have been conducted, but the horizon of the Qura'n goes beyond these attempts. Take the holy verse" He is the First and the Last, and the Outward and the Inward." «2» One might imagine that the beginning of creation is Allah and end of it is Allah, that He is the outward according to His signs and inward in accordance to His Names. However, this is not basically the case in point as others and we have understood. The question is beyond these ones." He is the outward" negates the original appearance for other than Him. Appearance belongs to Him only. This is the fact of the matter. However, it is difficult to understand that appearance belongs to Him and that the universe and the entire existence are His manifastations. The term" with you" in the phrase" He is along with you" as cited in narrations signifies that He is with us. He is here and we are here. Philosophers interpret this as the company of guidance but does this guardianship solve the dilemma? Is it like the association in cause and effect? Is it like the association of manifestation and the possessor of manifestation? This is not the case. The far-sighted men at the end of time have understood the question better than others as far as the depth of their understanding is concerned.
Baqer (peace be upon him) has been quoted as saying that" I deduce all laws, rules and truths from" samad" (free from want). «3» This expression is noteworthy. Obviously, we can also understand the principles of knowledge, but his point goes beyond these definitions. Anyhow, it is of utmost regret for human beings who do not want to know, who fail to proceed with the track of knowledge and who have not taken steps towards knowledge of the book of God. They have not established relationship with the source of revelation to receive the interpretation from the source of revelation. That relationship only existed between the messenger of God and God and by the same token between prophet and a select few. Such is the case with regard to the philosophical questions. When you study the philosophy of Aristotle, which is perhaps the best kind of philosophy in pre-Islam era, you easily notice that it is very different for Islamic philosophy. Although his philosophy is very valuable and Avecinna has described Aristotle logic as impregnable, when comparing it with the Islamic philosophy we understand that they are worlds apart.
The Qur'an deals with all aspects of human life such as moral, educational and other issues. It attends to all needs and aspects of himan beings, which are limitless, and all can avail of this great table in proportion to their capacity. Unfortunately, people do not make great use of this table, and all prophets from Adam to the last prophet did not accomplish the purpose they had. Although every from of perfection in the world stems from them, they could not achieve the purpose.
Those falsely claim to be follower of Moses and Jesus Christ
The point that I want to mention is that there are some famous religions namely Judaism, Christianity and Islam among human beings. If we look at the person who brought the religion-Moses, and his living conditions The quality of his invitation and his fight against tyrants and then go to the followers of Moses who claim to be his ummah we understand that Moses faught against tyranny but tose people are very tyrants themselves and at the same time proclaim to be followers of Moses. The voice of Israel quotes the admonitions of Moses, but what is Israel like? How is its situation? Those who attribute themselves to Moses know about the living condition of Moses who was a shepherd with stick. History has recorded his status as a shepherd. In that position, he set out to combat the biggest power of the time. He displayed no interest in temporal matters. Now we see how those who consider themselves to descend from Moses are attached to the world. Most of the US wealth is in their hands; the material power of the US is in their hands; they say they believe in the religius of Moses. Worse than them are the followers of Jesus Christ. Everyone has said indeed truly that Jesus Christ was a spiritual, divine person with no interest in material things. Quoting those who consider themselves his followers, Jesus Christ paid no attention to material issues; he was a spiritual person in all sense of the word and Spirit of God in the full sense of the term. Now let us focus on his adherents. Who are his followers now? All the corruptions, in fact half of the corruption now prevailing in the world, are being spread by the followers of Jesus Christ (peace be upon him). I mean those who claim to be his followers. Now they are preparing themselves for birth anniversary of Jesus Christ. Who are they? They are the ones who are opposed to Jesus Christ and to God of Jesus Christ. They do not believe in Jesus Christ but cling themselves to him. The other half of the world belongs to those who claim that they are struggling for the masses of people and the oppressed ones. They claim they want to put an end to bullying in the world, and want people to enjoy equal facilities. When one studies these people, one finds that Kremlin is worth than the White House. Lenin treated people in that manner, and Stalin treated people that way. They are also going the same way. Their claim fails to match their deeds.
When we look at ourselves, we are the same. While Muslims and the heads of Islamic states claim to be Muslim and follower of the prophet of Islam, we see there is no similarity and no relationship between these heads of states and Islam. Claims are numerous. Claims are there. The manners and deeds of the prophet should be emulated. What the life style of prophet was like and what your lifestyles are like. How do you live among people? How did the prophet treat the oppressed people? How do you deal with the oppressed people? How did the prophet treat the arrogant powers? How do you who are petty arrogant powers deal with the arrogant powers? How was the superficial situation of the prophet's life? What about you? Merely claiming to be follower is not sufficient. Heads of Islamic states are all like this. Prophet advised Muslims to be united. You disperse them. The holy Qur'an says" And hold fast, all of you together, to the cable of Allah, and do not separate." «4» You have clung to the cable of the US and Soviet Union. Claims are many. I do not say that we, in Iran, are followers in the true sense of the word. We claim that we are interested in emulating the prophet. We intend on following him. You who claim to be followers remember God says in Qur'an that you should not treat them in the same way." As for those who disbelieve, their patrons are false deities." «5» Right, who are your patrons now? Whom do you have relationship with now? Well, one group is associated with that side and the other group with this side. Iran which wants to side with any of them comes under a lot of pressure from you. You exert pressure on us so that we be in this camp or that one.
Supporting the aggressor in the name of peace and human rights!
The day when, God forbid, Iran sides with one camp, problems will be settled. What is Iran's sin for which Saddam attacks in that brutal way and commit those crimes against us but suffered slap on the face? He later wants to find another way. By the time, he was launching attack and claimed that he wanted to destroy the Magi he acted that way. We are all Magi. The entire Iran is Magi. All Persian-speaking people are Magi. By the time he had power, he was like this. The day when he suffered a slap from Muslims, he began asserting that" we are all Muslims, why are we at war with each other?" Let us compare his statements in these two situations. At first, he said all Iranians were Magi, which he wanted to invade Iran and do such and such, that part of Iran was the land of `Arabs that he wanted to annex the `Arab parts of Iran. He also changed the spelling of Ahwaz. When they were attacking, they told those things. Today when they have suffered defeat, they claim to be peace lovers in an attempt to find an opportunity to attack again. They constantly call for peace, peace and peace. These international bodies do not sit and ask him why he did so if he was peace loving. Why did he attack so that he would now call for peace? When there is an explosion, somewhere Saddam tries to retaliate by boms a city like Ilam or other places. These making big claims- whom all the oppressed people of the world hate- and the human rights organizations say that Saddam should hold the right to retaliate. What situation the world is undergoing?
The Muslims who claim to be follower of the holy prophet and the Qur'an should know what the Qur'an says and what they do. They see all these troubles are brought against us for the sake of the US and still claim to be Muslim. Is it enough just to profess Islam and then do everything to endear them to the US? They are offering their oil and everything belonging to their people to the US. Their apathetic poor people are being trampled under the oppression of governments, which claim to be Muslim. Does anyone become a Muslim just by claiming? They say they are Muslim and seek unity. Iran has declared Unity Week and they say Iran is creating discord. Some of their radios said Iran was creating discord. Iran has designated unity week and say Iran is creating discord. Iran calls on one billion Muslims to get together and not let these big powers transgress on the rights of people. At every corner, they press Iran so as not to make this argument known to the world. Finally, neither those who claim to be followers of Moses are correct in their claims nor those who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ. In addition, those claiming to follow the prophet of Islam are not sincere. These are merely claims. One should see their action. Those who claim to be followers of Moses should see how Moses acted. They have been recorded in history; the Qur'an has proofs; the history helps; and the Torah has recorded many facts. Now you should see how your deeds compare. Your deeds provide good evidence. Those who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ know that history has recorded his deeds and with some deviation, al people know about his deeds. Those who claims to be atheistic definitely know nothing. Those who claim to support the nations and masses, hit, destroy and kill whenever they find the opportunity. They have done what you see in Afghanistan. Those who claim to be Muslim act similarly. They have access to the history of Islam, the life-style of our prophet, the holy Qur'an and everything they need but their deeds are against Islam. Their deeds are not like those of ordinary people. The heads of Muslim states and Islamic governments are opposed to Islam. This differs from the deeds done by some people in contrast to what Islam has prescribed. The governments are at the helm and their acts are against the Islamic rules, the life-style of prophet of Islam and deeds of the household of Islam. Our world today is like this. There are many claimants but the truth is what we see and you see. It is not clear when a universal revolution will occur. Of course, the universal revolution will be launched by the Imam of the Age (peace be upon him). Yet we are responsible. It is true that he will come to put the world in order, but we are obliged to struggle to muster all our forces to prevent such problems.
Advice to the Islamic governments
The Iranian people, all speakers and we have advice always advised the Islamic governments to come together and be united. We do not want to invade or occupy any country's territory. We just want to safeguard our rights and have always been true to our word. From the very begining, our word has been the same. Neither at that time did we talk of `Arabs against Iranians or leveled other accusations like some `Arab leaders, nor do we say such things today and not even in the future. Our word is the same: Muslims should be united to get rid and curtail the hands of wives lurking to rip them apart. They say it is not possible, but Iran did it. Iran with a small population and lacking in any organized force took to the streets, removed the arrogant powers, and curtailed the influence of the US, Soviet Union and all others.
Why do they say it is impossible? When nations want, it will not be impossible. We believe that before any social uprising the governments should set aside their differences, make friends with each other and in the summit of presidents settle their own problems. Every country can hold its own positions, but in issues affecting the general interests of Islam in areas where all have attacked Islam we have to present a united front to keep them at bay. This is easy. It is not something impossible. If all get united, they will go aside and no longer interfere. They make use of your weakness, your lack of knowledge and your ignorance. In time of Muhammad-Rida they exploited the weakness of this poor man. They uttered one word and he was humble. They did not mean to come and deploy forces. They had so frightened him that he believed if he said on word against the US, it would do such and such. Iran said and nothing happened.
I do not say we did not suffer loss. However, is not safeguarding the human and Islamic values worth everyting even one's life? Our prophet preserved Islam with martyrs. This is true of other prophet. Life-style of prophets and prominent men has been like this. They fought against arrogant powers even though they were killed or offered martyrs. It is valuable for man to stand against oppression and oppressor, clenches his fist and strikes on their mouth, and prevents oppression from being spread. This is valuable. We are duty bound gentlemen! It is not such that when we wait for reappearance of the Imam of the Time (peace be upon him), we should sit at home, twiddle our thumbs or pray for his reappearance. His reappearance should be hastened through your struggle. You should provide the groundwork for his reappearance. To prepare the ground is achieved by bringing Muslims together and get them united. God willing, he will reappear. I hope God almighty draws our hearts towards Him and favors us with a breeze of the knowledge of the Qur'an, acquaints Muslims with their duty and leaders of Muslims with their divine duty and destroythose who are against Islam and Muslims.
May God's peace and mercy be upon you!