In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
We are nothing; everything is God
Let us thank God Almighty, for notwithstanding all the problems they created and will create for the Islamic Republic, we have no refuge but His Sacred Essence. Everything is from Him and whatever will happen is from Him. We are nothing but servants whose opportunity comes from Him; we are nothing. We must pay heed to the fact that we are nothing and that everything comes from Him. Without His help we were nothing. Just as we were nothing from the beginning. We are nothing by ourselves. We have many mistakes; we imagine that we are also" something" and this is a veil. We hope God Almighty would remove this veil and we understand who we are." O God! Show me the things as they are."" Showing the things as they are." Probably means seeing the things as completely coming from and depending on God. Once He show us this, the gnosis of God will be obtained. If the thing, i. e. the veil which we have, is lifted, we would realize that there is nobody and nothing except Him and that all the problems are in the veil which we have. We only imagine that we are something. I hope God Almighty would grant us the opportunity to have gnosis and be of service to the people.
Problems of the Muslim governments
Of course, I am aware of the problems of the government, the problems of the government employees and the problems of all the echelons working within the governments. You are better aware of the problems. I know that this government and the echelons related to the government, though they are the most deprived strata, are the most sincere strata and have the most humble way of living. Thank God, they have the spiritual power. Thomore we pay attention to the worldly gains, the weaker our inner power will become.
No doubt, as one pays more attention to the world, he will move backward. Those who are living so lavishly in the palaces have more anxiety compared to those who are dervishes and are living in the quarters. Thus, from this aspect, we have to be grateful for being in the dervish garb, not the so-called dervishes but the true one. We regard service to God and service to the servants of God as our duty. We will overcome these problems just as we have withstood so far. All have withstood the problems and from then on they will withstand all the problems. I pray to God to grant you success.
Those who have been abroad criticizing are doing so since they are involved in themselves. Criticism is easy. But solving the problem is difficult. Well, of course, those who have been abroad are saying:" Why did it happen? Why did it not happen? Why must it be so? Why is a certain thing is to be done? They have to do so." But they are not versed in observing what the problems are. In such a time when the government and the nation of Iran are afflicted with all the problems you can see, and the governments and the entire world, with the exception of their nations, are bent on wiping out the Islamic Republic and Islam; nevertheless, God Almighty sanctioned us and we resisted. We will do so later.
Sa`oudi regime's attack on the Iranian pilgrims in Mecca
The thing I wanted to touch on today is the deplorable event that took place in Mecca. From the beginning of the revolution, we have offered so many martyrs for the sake of God and for the salvation of the nation. We offered great martyrs whether before the revolution- during the time of the monarchy- or after it. You can see that we have so many outstanding martyrs. But the issue of Hijaz is something else, different from other issues. Whatever was there at that time was that we received a blow and occasionally striked one. We had offered so many martyrs and we have martyrs in all places. During the time of Rida Khan we had endured all those sufferings! Anyone who can remembers it knows what happened. Also, all of you know what befell the nation during the time of Muhammad Rida. How many martyrs we offered at that time, and how many martyrs have suffered since then. However, all these were an event of martyrdom; it was a great event. Yet, it was not the same as the event in Hijaz. The issue of Quds is a great issue. You also saw what happened on Quds Day. But Quds Day is an issue while the bloody Friday in Mecca is a different one. We declared the Quds Day in a bid to liberate Quds from the clutches of the usurpers. Yet, they do not want to desecrate or destroy it. They claimed that Quds belonged to them. Of course, Quds should not be given to them The Quds Day was declared because Islam has experienced such hardship; because Quds, which is supposed to be in the hand of its owner, has been taken by the usurper.
In those explosions and assassinations, we lost so many of our distinguished beloved ones whose dust of feet was more valuable than these palace-dwellers- if they are worth anything. In these circumstances we struck and received blows. In the imposed war against Saddam, we lost so many of our beloved ones; we offered martyrs; we had enormous losses. Though we have enormous losses, the issue is not the same with that of Hijaz.
The issue of Hijaz is one for which we are still in slumber; the world is still in slumber as to what transpired. The issue of Hijaz is the issue of the greatest Islamic and global sacred precincts that were desecrated. The Ka`bah is respected not only by us and all Muslims, but also by all nations, all nations that follow a divine religion. Ka`bah has been there since the time of creation, and all the prophets had been at its service. Desecration of the Ka`bah is not an issue that should be ignored like that. If we forget the issue of Quds; if we forgive Saddam and all those who did us wrong, we cannot forget the issue of Hijaz. The issue of Hijaz is another story; it is different from others.
It is necessary to keep alive the memory of this day; a day when treachery was committed against Islam. And now, the month of Muharram is approaching. The month of Muharram is so sorrowful for us; the Doyen of Martyrs (`a) was also sacrificed in this month because he did not want the holy precincts to be desecrated. All are sacrificed for Mecca. Mecca is a place where all prophets have serviced. Now Mecca is at the hand of a bunch of apostates who do not know what they are supposed to do; they do not understand no do they know what was imposed on them. It is now an ignominy for all Muslims of the world that Mecca, a divine sacred precinct, which is the most sacred divine stations, was thus desecrated while the Muslims were sitting idle and watching. Muslims know their own duty. The issue must be kept alive. During the month of Muharram, all of those who mount the pulpit, the preachers, the elegists and all the groups must take this issue at the top of their affairs. The martyrdom of the Doyen of Martyrs was meant for the establishment of the divine justice. The House of God must be established; the House of God must be preserved. We are sitting and watching. What are we watching? What shall we do?
Of course, I should notify that dealing with the issue does not mean that we should deal with the Sa`oudis or others, Kuwaitis or other who are now in Iran. They are under our protection; they must be protected. And among our youth, they have, of course, good intention. But I am saying to them that there are possibly some elements infiltrating you with no good intention. They want to blemish Iran and the government of Iran. You must be aware that they are not the ones to be dealt with. The issue goes beyond these events. With all power, we and Muslims and those who believe in God should confront this issue in whatever manner they deemed appropriate. We should not die with the disgrace that we were present and witnessed the greatest crime being committed.
Massacre of the pilgrims as a premeditated conspiracy
This well-executed conspiracy was a premeditated one. There is no doubt that it was a premeditated conspiracy. They were supposed to perpetrate it. They had imposed on the foolish House of Sa`oud the plan to commit such a foolish act and make itself abhorred throughout the world. Though it is abhorred and will be abhorred, we are indeed astounded as to what we should do. God Almighty will protect His House:" Verily, it is Allah Who protects the House," and this will receive a blow from the Muslims, the" believers" and the Hijazis. The Hijazis themselves had no role in it and his crime was committed by some groups linked with this party of falsehood and this illegitimate government. This conspiracy has been designed in the past. In an unprecedented move, the Sa`oudi King send me a message this year, before pilgrims had gone to Mecca, thanking me for what I had told the pilgrims concerning holding peaceful rallies and cooperating with the Sa`oudi security people. Why? Why did he send me a message? Did he mean that he wanted to feign good intention, etc. Or was it just a show? The best proof that this event was a conspiracy was the very quality of their knowledge. They themselves acknowledged this fact. They are saying that the Iranians wanted to come and set the Ka`bah on fire and to set Qum as the Ka`bah- such similar silly words. Well, it was obvious from the beginning that they were supposed to do it. They claim that they wanted to teach Iranians a good lesson because they intended to destroy the Ka`bah. The issue is not killing; it is the issue of desecrating. The issue of Hijaz has diverse dimensions but the most important one is that a holy place was desecrated. The Muslims will not remain silent. Later, Fahd and the like will realize. He will realize what kind of thing they have imposed on him and what event has taken place. The Muslims will know their duty; the Hijazis also know it. If this massacre that took place in the holy precinct only happened in Ha'if, well, it would be tolerable for it was Ha'if; it was only massacre. We have so many slain ones. We have slain ones in the wars; we had also before; we will also have later.
Had it only happened in Ha'if, it would be just an issue; we would say that they killed a number of people. But it happened in the holy precinct; it is a holy precinct that God has set a place of security and now it is seized by a bunch of them. It was also like that from the beginning; for they have come and become the custodians of the Two Holy Places, in fact, betrayers of the Two Holy Places. Who have appointed them as the custodian of the two Holy Places? On what basis have they changed the name of the Islamic land. They changed" Hijaz" into" Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"? These are issues all of which are complicated and we do not know how to rid of this disgrace. I have indeed endured the issues; I have tolerated the war; I have endured all of them. But I cannot bear this one. The issue is different from the rest. What we are hoping is that God Almighty by His power would solve the problems. And we hope that God would grant us success not to be indifferent in this regard. We should not be indifferent in this month of Muharram; the Muslims of the world should not be indifferent.
May God grant success to all of you. I hope that you serve the servants of God who were and are oppressed. Keep on serving them. Thank God, you yourselves belong to that class; you do not belong to the high class. You are from the low class. You belong to the excellent class. Those who were taking charge of the government during those times belonged to the class that was in minority. May God grant you the opportunity to serve people forever.
May God's peace and mercy be upon you.