In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
To the distinguished `ulama', Hujjat al-Islams and the honorable nation of Pakistan:
The receipt of your messages and telegrams of congratulations and condolences in relation to the martyrdom of His Eminence Hujjat al-Islam Sayyid `Arif Husayn Husayni- this devoted aide of Islam, defender of the deprived and the downtrodden and righteous son of the Doyen of the Martyrs, Hadrat Abi `Abdillah al-Husayn (`a) - is acknowledged. Although this great event wounded the hearts of the Muslims, especially the committed clerics of Islam, it is an issue, which was not far from our expectation and that of the oppressed nations of the world, particularly the honorable nation of Pakistan, which has experienced the bitter taste of colonialism and which has attained its independence through resistance, jihad (holy struggle) and martyrdom.
The afflicted ones of the Muslim societies, those who have made blood compact with the deprived and the barefooted, should pay attention to the fact that they are the beginning of the path of resistance, and in order to overcome the hurdles of colonialism and exploitation as well as the attainment of the pure Muhammadan Islam, a long way is ahead of them. As an instance, `Allamah `Arif Husayn Husayni has not been a glad tidings that is higher than the fact that he would witness the bloody ascension of" Return unto thy Lord" «1» from the altar of worship to God, drink the cup of union with the Friend (God) through the nectar of martyrdom, and witness the arrival of thousands of thirsty for justice at the fountain of light. The greatest distinction of the committed clergy and `ulama' (distinguished religious scholars) of Islam with the pseudo-clergy is the very fact that the combatant `ulama' of Islam have been always the target of the fatal bullets of the world - devourers and the initial bullets of the event have pointed to their hearts. Yet, under the protective shelter of the gold-worshipping materialists, the pseudo-clergy have always been the promoters of falsehood or the eulogists and confirmers of their oppression.
So far, I have not seen a court-mullah or a Wahhabi cleric who might have stood against oppression, shirk (polytheism) and kufr (disbelief), particularly against the aggressor Soviet Union and the world-devouring America. In the same manner, I have not seen a single upright cleric who loves to serve God and His creatures to have peace of mind for just a moment without having extended help to the barefooted on earth and not to have resisted against polytheism and disbelief even at the cost of his life. `Arif Husayni was like that. And the Muslim nations definitely have realized the reason behind this incident, why in Iran" Mutahharis"," Beheshtis", martyrs of the altar, and other dear clerics, and in Iraq" Sadrs" and" Hakims", and in Lebanon `Raghibharbs" and" Kurims", and in Pakistan" `Arif-Husaynis", and in all countries the clerics who are well-acquainted with the pure Muhammadan (s) Islam are the subject of conspiracy and assassination.
The noble Muslim nation of Pakistan, who has been indeed a revolutionary nation devoted to Islamic values with a long warm revolutionary, religious and cultural relationship with us, must preserve the thought of the martyred figure and not allow the army of Satan to prevent the growth of the pure Muhammadan (s) Islam. Today, since it is still incapable of directly confronting the Muslim world, the Eastern and Western arrogance has experimented the way of intimidation and elimination of religious and political figures on one hand, and infusing and spreading the culture of the American Islam on the other. How I wish that all the aggressions of the world-devourers were as evident and face to face as the Soviet aggression against the Muslim and hero-nurturing country of Afghanistan in that the Muslims could have tarnished the false magnificence and might of the usurpers. However, the path of resistance with the American Islam has its own peculiar intricacy. All its angles should be cleared for Muslims. It is unfortunate, nevertheless, for most of the Muslim nations, the boundary between the American Islam and the pure Muhammadan Islam, and between the Islam of the barefooted and the deprived and the Islam of the sanctimonious reactionaries, God-ignorant capitalists and indolent affluent is not yet totally distinguished. Making clear this truth- which is not possible in a school and belief-system of two contradictory and opposite thoughts- is among the very important political obligations. If this task was only undertaken by the religious seminaries, most probably our beloved Sayyid, `Arif Husayni, was still with us. It is the duty of all the `ulama' to save the dear Islam from the hands of the East and the West by means of making clear these two ideas. Of course, the blood of these beloved martyrs will uproot all the dirt and straws by means of exalting the spiritual values and throw to the sea all the false propagators. We should not however be negligent of the fact that today is the day of red alert for all the enemies of Islam, the day of awakening for all the world-devourers. On that day when the Eastern and Western colonialism had been lulling the Muslims to sleep and mounting on the horse of desire, it was taking about the great and powerful menace in the name of Islam and the Qur'an. Yet, today when the Soviet Union and America have received hundreds of political, military and cultural blows subsequent to the sacred Islamic Revolution of Iran, and the bell of the danger posed by Islam toward their vital interests have rung in all parts of the world, all the tricks and ruses of the Eastern and Western arrogance must be carefully recognized and thwarted.
The Muslim nation should open with the superpowers' enmity towards them and foil their deceptions. Unless they witness, feel and believe its opposite. We have clung on the rope of the guardianship of God, the Prophet and the Infallible Imams (`a). We must sternly abhor and keep aloof from any thing except their gratification.
For the martyrdom of His Eminence Hujjat al-Islam Sayyid `Arif Husayn Husayni, I do extend my congratulations and condolences to the committed clerics of Islam, the respectable family of the martyr and the Muslim nation of Pakistan. I give assurance to all my Muslim brothers and sisters in that country that the Islamic Iran is beside you and as a trustworthy friend and formidable stronghold, it will defend your Islamic nobility, independence, dignity and credibility.
I have lost a beloved son. May God grant us the opportunity to endure all afflictions and give us the capability to continue ever more traversing the luminous path of martyrs. May God help Muslims to recoil the tyrants conspiracies and deceit on them, making and the grand nation of Islam firm along the path of jihad and martyrdom. May peace be upon the righteous servants of God.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini Muharram al-Haram 23,1409 AH