Speech [Blessings of the Noble Messenger's (s)]

I do extend my felicitations to all the Muslims and downtrodden of the world on the occasion of this auspicious feast which must be said to be the greatest of Islamic feasts. The case of Bi`that is not an issue which we can talk about. As far as we know, with the Bi`that of the Noble Prophet a revolution occurred and some things came into being in this world which had been not existing earlier. The knowledge which through the blessing of the Noble Messenger's Bi`that was spread in the world- those who are aware what this knowledge is and to what extent we can comprehend it- is, in my world, beyond the grasp and comprehension of mankind. It is a miracle beyond the grasp of mankind from a person who had been born in the age of ignorance, had grown up in that age and had been raised in an environment where such issues were totally raised. The environment there had no familiarity at all with the issues of the world and the issues on mysticism, philosophy and others. Prophet Muhammad had been there throughout his life; he made short trip for a short time; for a few days, and then returned. At that time, at the time of revelation, man can see that some matters had come forth which are beyond mankind. This is a miracle for the people of reason and knowledge and a sound proof for the perophethood of the Prophet; otherwise, he could not have done such a thing by himself. He was never educated; he did know how to write. The issue is a serious one, about which we cannot talk and it has neither been discovered; it is for himself and those who are close to him. There are social issues in Islam as you know well. there are such issues, and it is of the highest order that a single person, who has lived in such an environment or in any other environment for that matter, could achieve all such things in the world which correspond to the present and future level of knowledge. This is a miraculous affair; it cannot be other than a miracle.

We have to take benefit also from the issue of Bi`that and the blessings that have emanated from it, although that which the Prophet wanted has not been realized and now and after it will not be realized. What he wanted people to achieve was not realized neither during his own lifetime nor after that. Although some court-clerics quote me as saying that the Prophet was not able, and I should say, yes, he was not able! If he really succeeded, you court clerics would be non-existing. We all know that at the time of the Prophet the situation was such that the Prophet used to dissimulate concerning the laws that he wanted to say; he used to be cautious concerning the issues that he wanted to say; he was not able to discuss the things that he wanted to. He said everything; there was no shortcoming in conveying the message, but making the people understand and familiarizing the people with the affairs were issues which nobody could undertake. Thus, you can see that there was corruption at that time and there is corruption at the present and there will be in the future. Yes, at the time of Hadrat Sahib (`a) the government will be one. The power to govern justice, social justice will be spread in the entire world but the human beings will not be transformed into another form. The human beings are the same humans some of which are good while others are bad. However, those who are bad could no longer do mischief. In any case, the issue of Mi`that is not an issue that we can talk about.

I have to thank you, gentlemen, who are present here, as well as those who are not, and all strata of the nation as you are a model nation. And it is hoped that this model nation would be a cause for the revolution in Iran to take place further in the world. I have to thank doctors and ask God, the Blessed and Exalted, to grant them the lofty station of the strugglers in His path. And the struggler in the path of God has many stages; one stage is that he treats those with ailments for the sake of God, especially at this time and moment that we are in; indeed, your works are that of the struggler in the path of God. But you must be aware and it must be struggle for Allah; it must be for His sake. Once it is for His sake, it will be external. Things that are for the sake of God are eternal; they are forever. Things that are for the nature and the world will perish as the nature and the world themselves are perishable. You, doctors, who can be said now to be among the strugglers in the path of God, should be aware that your motives should not be materialistic; they should be divine motives. If your motives are divine, the material rewards will also follow. But if you have materialistic motives, no matter how mulch you say they are for God's sake, nothing will change. The point is that all strata of the nation, the government and the Majlis should make their motives divine so as to make all the issues divine. Then, we found a portion of what the prophets wanted.

Now, you can see with which things in the world we are afflicted! You and I should not be surprised that everything has changed except in the palaces of these power-holders. The world has changed. They still imagine that the world is still the same as it was one hundred fifty years ago. Either they have not understood or are pretending not to know that the world has changed. Africa has changed. Europe has changed and the entire Asia has changed; all have changed; all have changed except these capitalists who either have not changed or are pretending that they have not changed. For example, they imagine that Iran is still the way it was during Qajar and Pahlavi periods when a foreign ambassador would do whatever he wished and the Iranians would not dare to utter a word of complaint. They think that just the disagreement of the ambassador of a certain powerful country is enough to put an end to everything. They do not understand that it is not the case now and the world is not so. Now, the world is no longer such that whatever you, who are sitting there, say will be done. You can easily keep your house in order, but do not attempt destroying the people's houses. If you have remained uninformed of what is happening in the world, it must be said that you are at the top of ignoramuses, and if you know and imagine that the other people do not know, this is again a blunder that you imagine that the people at present are the people a century ago; the people half a century ago; it is not so. They have changed; a transformation has taken place. The world has undergone a dramatic change; a revolution has taken place in the world and you have hidden your head underneath the snow and repeat the same old words:" Whatever we dictate is what would happen in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz." You also imagine that now it is like in the past when you said the final word in the Persian Gulf region. Now, it is no longer so. Come to the Persian Gulf and see what has happened here. So, one day they say they will do this and that; the next day they go back on their word; and once they may deny everything.

One of the issues at the White House is that one of them says," We will militarily intervene (in Iran)." The other one says," We will never do so." They are indeed in a dilemma. They do not understand what they are doing and they have not understood yet the people; they have not understood the world. The world has changed. It can never be like before in which by means of a dictator or propaganda, the condition could be disrupted. When you would say a word, you imagine that everybody has to say," Yes." They will no longer do so; the people are no longer like that. You have to change yourselves, too, and you have to give way to the people. Do not imagine that people would keep silent like captives in front of you.

Today, our Iran is such that if, let us assume, an American president would come here, the common people are no longer willing to see him! It is not what you imagine that if someone would come here, this and that would happen. It is not so; the people have changed. They have become something else; they do not pay attention to such issues. It is not only us; the Africans are also like that. The same is true elsewhere. It is only you, a bunch of few individuals who have power and imagine that you do not need to exercise power as only threatening to use it enough, but this is not enough, even with exercising power you cannot do much.

The Soviet Union realized that in Afghanistan they cannot do anything. This is in spite of the fact that in Afghanistan those who are at the helm of affairs are with the Soviet Union and the communists exist there. This group of Muslims over there who are committed to Islam have not given chance to the Soviet Union such that now it does know how to make an exit from this fuss. It is like Iran whose government and nation are all united. There are only a few individuals who are subservient to America; they do not understand what they are saying. There is only a limited number of individuals who are opposing. And I am of the opinion they would also come and join the people. They should not imagine that is it like in the past in which America could do whatever it likes as you are afraid of it.

I hope that God grant success to all the oppressed nations of the world in standing against the oppressors and not be afraid of them. The oppressed nations should not imagine that the oppressors will do whatever they have said. They only want to do things through propaganda and the war of words, and you should never be afraid of this propaganda. And Iran is not afraid; see that it stands in resistance; and Afghanistan in which they created that much corruption is standing firm/ against them and has frustrated them; and in Lebanon it is more serious than this. You can see what they have done! The world has changed. And the Muslims and oppressed people should pay

attention that they have to keep their unity and stand firm against the superpowers. May God grant success to all and by the blessings of this auspicious feast may God make you victorious. May our country, just as it is independent, can attain more independence.

May God's peace and mercy be upon you.