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Dua Kumayl med danske undertekster.
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Even if we prostrated the entire life for thanking this blessing (i.e. Imam Khamenei), that...
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[19 Jan 14] Islamic Unity Conference - Full Speech by Leader Sayed Ali...
This video is the English audio transcription of the speech delivered on January 19, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic...
This video is the English audio transcription of the speech delivered on January 19, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with government officials and foreign participants of the 27th Conference on Islamic Unity. The meeting was held in Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah on the occasion of the birthday anniversaries of the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) and Imam Sadiq (a.s.).
Supreme Leader\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Speech in Meeting with Government Officials and Participants of Conference on Islam Print
19/01/2014
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on January 19, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with government officials and foreign participants of the 27th Conference on Islamic Unity. The meeting was held in Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah on the occasion of the birthday anniversaries of the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) and Imam Sadiq (a.s.).
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I would like to congratulate all of you dear audience who are present in this meeting, the dear guests of Unity Week, the ambassadors of Islamic countries and all the honorable officials who have accepted heavy responsibilities in the country, on the occasion of the auspicious birthday anniversaries of the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) and his outstanding grandson - Imam Sadiq (a.s.). I would like to extend my congratulations to all the people of Iran, all Muslims and all liberated people throughout the world.
This auspicious birthday is the source of many blessings which have been bestowed on the lives of human beings over the course of many centuries. It has helped nations, peoples and humanity in general to achieve the best human, intellectual and mental qualities. It has helped them to create a lofty civilization and to achieve bright prospects for a better life. On this birthday anniversary, what is important for the world of Islam and the Islamic community is to pay attention to the Holy Prophet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s (s.w.a.) expectations of the Islamic community and to try hard to meet these expectations.
The happiness of the world of Islam lies in this and nothing else. Islam emerged for the liberation of humanity- both liberation from the suppression and pressures of oppressive and dictatorial regimes which have ruled over all people and in order to form a just government for the entire humanity, and liberation from deceptive thoughts and illusions which dominate the lives of people and which make their lives deviate from the right path.
At a time when Islam was about to emerge, the Commander of the Faithful (peace and greetings be upon him) described the environment in which people were living as an environment of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"fitna\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\":
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"At that time, people had fallen into fitna, whereby the rope of religion had been broken\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [Nahjul Balaghah, Sermon 2]. Fitna means a dusty climate in which one cannot see anything. In such a climate, one cannot see the path and he does not know what to do. This was the conditions of the people who lived in that difficult area.
The same conditions dominated - in a different way - the lives of the people in great countries and civilizations which existed at that time. It is not the case that we can think the people who were living in the Arabian Peninsula at a time when Islamic was about to emerge had terrible conditions while other people living in other areas were happy. The domination of cruel and oppressive regimes, their indifference towards the position of human beings and human principles and the outbreak of disastrous wars which were waged by powers for the sake of power had destroyed the lives of people. History shows that the two well-known civilizations of those days - that is to say, the Persian Sassanid civilization and the Roman civilization - were in such terrible conditions that it makes one pity the masses of the people who were living in those societies. The living conditions of those people were terrible and they were living in captivity.
In such conditions, Islam came and freed people. This freedom first manifests itself in the hearts and souls of people. When one feels that he is free and when he feels the need to break chains, the forces inside him will be influenced by this feeling and then he can achieve social freedom if he shows determination and if he moves forward. Islam did this for people. The same message that Islam delivered at that time exists today in the world of Islam and in other parts of the world. The enemies of freedom kill the thought of freedom in people. When there is no thought of freedom, the movement towards freedom will either slow down or stop.
Today, what we Muslims should do is to try to achieve the kind of freedom that Islam wants. The independence of Muslim nations, the establishment of popular governments throughout the world of Islam, the participation of all people in making decisions and determining fates and their movement on the basis of Islamic sharia are things which liberate nations. Of course, Muslim nations feel that they need this movement today. This feeling exists throughout the world of Islam and without a doubt, it will finally achieve results.
If outstanding personalities - whether political, scientific and religious personalities - in Muslim countries carry out their responsibilities in the proper way, then the future of the world of Islam will be a bright one. Muslims are hopeful about this future. Today, the world of Islam feels that it is awake. It is exactly at this point that the enemies of Islam - those people who are opposed to Islamic Awakening, independence of nations and the domination of God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s religion in all countries - enter the arena. It is exactly at this point that all kinds of tricks are used for creating obstacles in the way of Islamic societies. And the most important trick that they use is creating discord.
It is 65 years now that the world of arrogance has been trying with all its power to impose the existence of the Zionist regime on Muslim nations and to make them accept this regime. But it has failed. We should not look at some countries and governments which are willing to act against their national interests in order to safeguard the interests of their foreign friends - who are the enemies of Islam - and to consign Islamic interests to oblivion. Peoples are opposed to the presence of the Zionists.
It is 65 years now that they have been trying to erase the memory of Palestine, but they have failed. During the 33-day war in Lebanon and during the 22-day war and - for the second time - the eight-day war in Gaza which were waged in recent years, Muslim nations and the Islamic Ummah showed that they are alive. The Islamic Ummah showed that despite the investment of America and other western powers, it has managed to preserve its identity, to slap the fake and imposed Zionist regime across the face and to frustrate the allies of oppressive Zionists who did their best during this time to preserve this imposed, oppressive and criminal regime. The Islamic Ummah showed that it has not forgotten about Palestine. This is a very important issue.
It is in such conditions that the enemy is focusing all its efforts on making the Islamic Ummah forget about Palestine. How do they want to do this? They want to do this by creating discord, waging domestic wars, promoting deviant extremism in the name of Islam, religion and Islamic sharia. They want a group of people to say takfiri things against Muslims. The existence of these takfiri orientations which have emerged in the world of Islam is good news for arrogance and the enemies of the world of Islam. It is these takfiri orientations that attract the attention of Muslims towards insignificant issues instead of letting them pay attention to the truth about the existence of the malevolent Zionist regime.
This is the exact opposite of what Islam wants. Islam has asked Muslims to be \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"strong against unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 48, 29]. Muslims should be strong against the enemies of religion. They should stand firm and they should not be influenced by the enemies. Being \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"strong against unbelievers\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" is the clear message of this ayah. Muslims should be compassionate towards one another, they should stay together and join hands and they should hold fast to the rope which Allah stretches out for them. This is the command of Islam.
Now what happens if an orientation emerges which divides Muslims into believers and unbelievers, which targets a group of people as unbelievers and which pits Muslims against one another? Who can doubt the role of arrogance and the security services of arrogant and malevolent governments in creating, supporting and enriching these orientations and in equipping them with weapons? These arrogant powers sit and plan for this. The world of Islam should attend to this issue because it is a grave danger.
Unfortunately, a number of Muslim governments unwittingly add fuel to the fire of this discord. They do not understand that fueling this discord will kindle a fire which will burn them as well. This is what arrogance wants: they want a group of Muslims to wage a war against another group of Muslims.
Those who give rise to this war are people who benefit from the money provided by puppet rulers. These puppet rulers give them money and weapons in order to pit people in such and such a country against one another. This move has been reinforced by arrogance in the past three, four years during which a wave of Islamic Awakening has emerged in a number of Islamic and Arabic countries. They want to do this in order to overshadow Islamic Awakening. By making this move, they are pitting Muslims against one another.
Moreover, the propaganda networks of the enemies are projecting an ugly image of Islam for public opinion throughout the world. They are doing this by magnifying events. What do people think of Islam when media networks show a person who is devouring the liver of another person in the name of Islam? The enemies of Islam have planned this.
These are not things that happen all of a sudden and out of the blue. These are things for which many plans have been devised over a long period of time. There are different policies and spy rings behind these moves. There is big money behind these moves. Muslims should confront any phenomenon which is against their unity. This is a great responsibility for all of us. Both Shia and Sunni Muslims, and different groups which exist among Shia and Sunni Muslims should shoulder this responsibility.
Unity means reliance on common points. We have many common points. Muslims\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' common points are more than their disagreements and therefore, they should rely on them. The main responsibility in this regard falls on the shoulders of outstanding personalities - whether political, scientific or religious personalities. Religious scholars in the world of Islam should prevent Muslims from creating sectarian and religious discord. Academic scholars should help students understand that today, unity is the most important issue in the world of Islam. The most important issue is unity for the sake of reaching goals. These goals are achieving political independence, establishing religious democracy and observing divine rules in Islamic societies.
Islam invites people to freedom, dignity and honor. This is an obligation and responsibility today. Political personalities too should know that their dignity and honor lies in their reliance on Muslim peoples, not on foreigners and those who are arch enemies of Islamic societies.
One day, arrogant powers dominated people everywhere in Islamic regions. One day, policies carried out by America and before that England and other countries, dominated the lives of people in Islamic regions. Nations gradually managed to liberate themselves from this direct domination. In the present time, the enemies want to replace this direct domination, which they imposed during the era of imperialism, with indirect domination - that is to say, political, economic and cultural domination. Of course, in some areas they are imposing this direct domination again. As you see, a number of European countries want to create the same situation which existed in the past in Africa.
The path is Islamic Awakening. The path is awareness about the position of Muslim nations. Muslim nations have many resources, they have sensitive geographical locations, they have a very valuable historical legacy and they have unique economic resources. If Muslims collect themselves, find their true identity, rely on themselves and extend the hand of friendship, then this region will be an outstanding and enlightened region and the world of Islam will witness dignity, greatness and honor.
By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, this is what will happen in the future. One can see the signs of this future such as the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the establishment and stability of the Islamic Republic in this sensitive region.
It is 35 years now that arrogant regimes - including America and other powers - have been doing their best to work against the Islamic Republic and the people of Iran. Despite this, the people of Iran and the Islamic Republic are becoming stronger, more rooted, more powerful and more influential on a daily basis. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, this strength, this stability and this power will increase in the future.
In the world of Islam too, one sees that the awareness of people and youth about Islam and the future of Islam has increased compared to the past. In some countries, people are much more aware than they were in the past. Of course, the enemy is making some efforts, but if we look carefully and vigilantly, we will see that - by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor - this wave of Islamic movement is going forward.
God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy be upon our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) who opened up this path for us. He taught us that we should rely on God, ask Him alone for help and be hopeful about the future. Then, we moved forward on this path and by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, we will continue to do this. I hope that Islam and Muslims achieve victory and I ask God to bestow His mercy and forgiveness on the martyrs of this bright path.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
Source: http://english.khamenei.ir//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1859
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[19 Jan 14] Islamic Unity Conference - Full Speech by Leader Sayed Ali...
امام خامنہ ای (حفظہ اللہ) کے خطاب کا متن:
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
ہدیۂ تبریک...
امام خامنہ ای (حفظہ اللہ) کے خطاب کا متن:
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
ہدیۂ تبریک و تہنیت عرض کرتا ہوں، پیامبر اعظم (صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ) کے میلاد مبارک اور آپ(ص) کے فرزند ارجمند امام صادق (علیہ الصلوۃ والسلام) کی پربرکت ولادت کے موقع پر اس اجتماع میں تشریف فرما، آپ حاضرین محترم، ہفتہ وحدت کے عزیز مہمانوں اور اسلامی ممالک کے سفراء اور تمام ذمہ داران اور بزرگوار سرکاری حکام ـ جنہوں نے ملک کی بھاری ذمہ داریاں سنبھالی ہوئی ہیں ـ کو؛ نیز مبارکباد عرض کرتا ہوں ملت ایران کو اور تمام مسلمانان عالم کو، بلکہ تمام عالمی حریت پسندوں کو۔
یہ مبارک میلاد ایسی برکتوں کا سرچشمہ ہے جو صدیوں کے دوران بنی نوع انسان کے ہر فرد پر نازل ہوتی رہی ہیں؛ اور ملتوں کو، انسانوں کو اور انسانیت کو اعلی ترین انسانی، فکری اور روحانی عوالم اور شاندار تہذیب اور شاندار زندگی کے لئے روشن پیش منظر پیش کرتی رہی ہیں۔ جو کچھ اس ولادت مبارکہ کی سالگرہ کے موقع پر عالم اسلام اور مسلم امہ کے لئے اہم ہے وہ یہ ہے کہ اسلامی معاشرے کی تشکیل کے سلسلے میں رسول خدا (صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ) کی توقعات کو مد نظر رکھیں، اور کوشش کریں اور مجاہدت و جدوجہد کریں تاکہ یہ توقات پوری ہوجائيں؛ دنیائے اسلام کی سعادت اسی میں ہے اور بس۔ اسلام بنی نوع انسان کی آزادی کے لئے آیا، استبدادی اور ظالم مشینریوں کی قید و بند اور دباؤ سے انسان کے مختلف طبقوں کی آزادی اور انسانوں کے لئے حکومت عدل کے قیام کے لئے بھی اور انسان کی زندگی پر مسلط اور انسانی زندگی کو اس کی مصلحتوں کے برعکس سمت کھولنے والے افکار، اوہام (و خرافات) اور تصورات سے آزادی کے لئے بھی۔
امیر المؤمنین علیہ الصلاۃ والسلام نے ظہور اسلام کے دور میں عوام کی زندگی کو \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"فتنے کا ماحول\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" قرار دیا ہے اور فرمایا ہے: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"فى فِتَنٍ داسَتهُم بِاَخفافِها وَ وَطِئَتهُم بِاَظلافِها\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" (1) فتنے سے مراد وہ غبار آلود ماحول ہے جس میں انسان کی آنکھیں کچھ دیکھنے سے عاجز ہیں؛ انسان راستہ نہيں دیکھتا، مصلحت کی تشخیص سے عاجز ہے، یہ ان لوگوں کی صورت حال تھی جو اس مصائب بھرے اور پرملال خطے میں زندگی بسر کررہے تھے۔
بڑے ممالک میں، اس زمانے کی تہذیبوں میں بھی ـ جن کے پاس حکومتیں تھیں ـ یہی صورت حال مختلف شکل میں پائی جاتی تھی۔ ایسا بھی نہیں ہے کہ ہم کہہ دیں کہ ظہور اسلام کے ایام میں جزیرۃالعرب کے عوام بدبخت اور بیچارے تھے اور دوسرے خوشبخت تھے؛ نہیں، ستمگر اور ظالم حکومتیں، انسان اور انسانیت کی شان و منزلت کو نظر انداز کرنے، طاقتوں کے درمیان طاقت کے حصول کے لئے تباہ کن جنگوں کی آگ بھڑکائے جانے، نے لوگوں کی زندگی تباہ کردی تھی۔
تاریخ کی ورق گردانی سے معلوم ہوتا ہے کہ اس دن کی دو معروف تہذیبیں ـ یعنی ساسانی ایران کی تہذیب اور سلطنت روم کی تہذیب ـ کی صورت حال کچھ اس طرح سے تھی کہ ان معاشروں میں زندگی بسر کرنے والے عوام اور مختلف طبقات کے حال پر انسان کا دل ترس جاتا ہے؛ ان کی زندگی کی صورت حال نہایت افسوسناک ہمدردی کے قابل تھی، وہ اسیری کی زندگی گذارنے پر مجبور تھے۔ اسلام نے آکر انسان کو آزاد کردیا؛ یہ آزادی، سب سے پہلے انسان کے دل اور اس کی روح کے اندر معرض وجود میں آتی ہے؛ اور جب انسان آزادی کو محسوس کرتا ہے، جب وہ غلامی کی زنجیریں توڑنے کی ضرورت محسوس کرتا ہے، اس کی قوتیں اس احساس کے زیر اثر آتی ہیں اور اگر وہ ہمت کرے اور اٹھ کر حرکت کرے، اس کے لئے آزادی کی عملی صورت معرض وجود میں آتی ہے؛ اسلام نے انسانوں کے لئے یہ کام سرانجام دیا؛ آج بھی وہی پیغام موجود ہے پوری دنیا میں اور عالم اسلام میں۔
بنی نوع انسان کی آزادی کے دشمن انسانوں کے اندر آزادی کی سوچ کو مار ڈالتے ہیں اور ختم کردیتے ہیں؛ جب آزادی کی فکر نہ ہوگی؛ آزادی کی طرف پیشرفت بھی سست ہوجائے گی یا مکمل طور پر ختم ہوجائے گی۔ آج ہم مسلمانوں کی ذمہ داری یہ ہے کہ اسلام کے مد نظر آزادی تک پہنچنے کی کوشش کریں؛ مسلم اقوام کا استقلال و خودمختاری، پوری اسلامی دنیا میں عوامی حکومتوں کا قیام، قومی و ملکی فیصلوں اور اپنی قسمت کے فیصلوں میں عوام کے فرد فرد کی شراکت داری اور اسلامی شریعت کی بنیاد پر آگے کی جانب حرکت، وہی چیز ہے جو ملتوں اور قوموں کو نجات دلائے گی۔
البتہ آج مسلم قومیں محسوس کرتی ہیں کہ انہیں اس اقدام کی ضرورت ہے اور پوری اسلامی دنیا میں یہ احساس پایا جاتا ہے اور بالآخر یہ احساس نتیجہ خيز ثابت ہوگا، بلا شک۔
اگر قوموں کے ممتاز افراد ـ خواہ وہ علمی و سائنسی شعبے سے تعلق رکھتے ہوں چاہے دینی شعبے سے تعلق رکھتے ہوں ـ اپنے فرائص کو بحسن و خوبی نبھائیں، تو عالم اسلام کا مستقبل مطلوبہ مستقبل ہوگا؛ اس مستقبل کے سلسلے میں امیدیں موجود ہیں۔ اسی مقام پر دشمنان اسلام ـ جو اسلامی بیداری کے دشمن ہیں، اقوام عالم کی آزادی و استقلال کے مخالف ہیں ـ میدان میں اتر آتے ہیں؛ اسلامی معاشروں کو معطل رکھنے کی قسماقسم کوششیں عمل میں لائی جاتی ہیں اور ان میں سب سے زيادہ اہم اختلاف و انتشار پھیلانا ہے۔ استکباری دنیا 65 برسوں سے ـ اپنی پوری قوت کو بروئے کار لاکر ـ صہیونی ریاست کی موجودگی کو مسلم اقوام پر ٹھونسنے اور انہیں اس واقعیت (Reality) کو تسلیم کرنے پر آمادہ کرنے کی کوشش کررہی ہے اور وہ ناکام رہی ہے۔ ہمیں (صرف) بعض ممالک اور حکومتوں کی طرف نہیں دیکھنا چاہئے جو اپنے اجنبی دوستوں کے مفاد کے لئے اپنے قومی مفادات کو پامال کرنے یا اسلامی مفادات کو بھلا دینے کے لئے بھی تیار ہیں جبکہ یہ اجنبی دوست اسلام کے دشمن ہیں؛ اقوام صہیونیوں کی (علاقے میں) موجودگی کے خلاف ہیں۔ 65 برسوں سے فلسطین کو یادوں سے نکالنے کی کوشش کررہے ہیں، مگر وہ ایسا کرنے میں ناکام رہے ہیں۔ حالیہ چند سالوں کے دوران ـ لبنان کی 33 روزہ جنگ میں اور غزہ کی 22 روزہ جنگ میں اور دوسری مرتبہ آٹھ روزہ جنگ میں ـ مسلم ملت اور اسلامی امہ نے ثابت کرکے دکھایا کہ وہ زندہ ہے، اور امریکہ اور دوسری مغربی قوتوں کی وسیع سرمایہ کاری کے باوجود اپنے وجود اور اپنے تشخص کو محفوظ رکھنے اور مسلط کردہ جعلی صہیونی نظام کو طمانچہ مارنے میں کامیاب ہوئی ہے؛ اور ظالم صہیونیوں کے آقاؤں، دوستوں اور حلیفوں کو ـ جو اس عرصے کے دوران اس مسلط کردہ ظالم اور جرائم پیشہ نظام کو تحفظ دینے کے لئے کوشاں رہے ہیں ـ ناکامی کا منہ دکھا چکی ہے؛ اسلامی امہ نے ثابت کرکے دکھایا کہ اس نے فلسطین کو نہیں بھلایا؛ یہ بہت اہم مسئلہ ہے؛ ان ہی حالات میں دشمن کی تمام تر توجہ اس مسئلے کی طرف مبذول کی جاتی ہے کہ اسلامی امت کو فلسطین کی یاد سے غافل کردے؛ لیکن وہ کیونکر؟ اختلاف و انتشار پھیلانے کے ذریعے، خانہ جنگیوں کے ذریعے، اسلام اور دین و شریعت کے نام پر منحرف انتہا پسندی کی ترویج کے ذریعے؛ وہ یوں کہ کچھ لوگ عام مسلمانوں اور مسلمانوں کی اکثریت کی تکفیر کا اہتمام کریں۔
ان تکفیری گروپوں کا وجود ـ جو عالم اسلام میں نمودار ہوئے ہیں ـ استکبار کے لئے اور عالم اسلام کے دشمنوں کے لئے ایک بشارت اور ایک خوشخبری ہے۔ یہی گروپ ہیں جو صہیونی ریاست کی خبیث واقعیت کو توجہ دینے کے بجائے، مسلمانوں کی توجہ کو دوسری سمت مبذول کرا دیتے ہیں۔ اور یہ وہی نقطہ ہے جو اسلام کے مطمع نظر کے بالکل برعکس ہے؛ اسلام نے مسلمانوں کو حکم دیا ہے کہ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"اَشِدّاءُ عَلَى الكُفّارِ رُحَماءُ بَينَهُم\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"(۲) [رہیں]؛ مسلمانوں کو دین کے دشمنوں کے مقابلے میں میں سخت ہونا چاہئے اور ان کے زیر تسلط نہیں آنا چاہئے؛ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"اَشِدّاءُ عَلَى الكُفّار\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" عینا قرآن کی آیت کریمہ ہے۔ آپس میں مہربان اور ترس والے ہوں، ایک دوسرے کے ہاتھ میں ہاتھ دیں، اللہ کی رسی کو مضبوطی سے تھامے رکھیں، یہ اسلام کا حکم ہے؛ اسی اثناء میں ایک تفکر اور ایک جماعت معرض وجود میں آئے جو مسلمانوں کو تقسیم کرے مسلم اور کافر میں! بعض مسلمانوں کو کافر کی حیثیت سے نشانہ بنائے، مسلمانوں کو ایک دوسرے سے لڑا دے! کون اس حقیقت میں شک کرسکتا ہے کہ ان گروپوں کو وجود میں لانے، ان کی حمایت و پشت پناہی، انہیں مالی امداد دینا اور ان کو ہتھیاروں سے لیس کرنا اسکبار کا کام ہے اور استکباری حکومتوں کی خبیث خفیہ ایجنسیوں کا کام ہے؟ وہ بیٹھ کر اسی کام کے لئے منصوبہ بندی کرتے ہیں۔ عالم اسلام کو اس مسئلے کی طرف توجہ دینی چاہئے؛ یہ ایک عظیم خطرہ ہے۔ افسوس ہے کہ بعض اسلامی حکومتیں، حقائق کو نظرانداز کرتے ہوئے ان اختلافات کو ہوا دیتی ہیں؛ وہ سمجھتے نہیں ہیں کہ ان اختلافات کو ہوا دینے کے نتیجے میں ایسی آگ بھڑک اٹھے گی جو سب کا دامن پکڑ لے گی؛ یہ استکبار کی خواہش ہے: مسلمانوں کے ایک گروپ کی جنگ دوسرے گروپ کے خلاف۔ اس جنگ کا سبب و عامل بھی وہی لوگ ہیں جو مستکبر قوتوں کے کٹھ پتلی حکمرانوں کی دولت سے فائدہ اٹھاتے ہیں؛ کہ آکر اس ملک میں اور اُس ملک میں لوگوں کے درمیان جھگڑا کھڑا کردیں؛ اور استکبار کی طرف سے اس اقدام میں حالیہ تین چار برسوں کے دوران ـ جب سے بعض اسلامی اور عرب ممالک یں اسلام بیداری کی لہریں اٹھی ہیں ـ بہت زیادہ شدت آئی ہے؛ تاکہ اسلامی بیداری کو دیوار سے لگادیں؛ اور ساتھ ہی دشمن کی تشہیری مشینریوں کے ذریعے تنکے کو پھاڑ بناتے ہوئے اسلام کو دنیا کی رائے عامہ کے سامنے بدصورت ظاہر کریں؛ جب ٹیلی ویژن چینل ایک شخص کو دکھاتے ہیں جو اسلام کے نام سے ایک انسان کا جگر چباتا ہے اور کھتا ہے؛ تو لوگ اسلام کے بارے میں کیا سوچیں گے؟ دشمنان اسلام نے منصوبہ بندی کی ہے؛ یہ ایسی چیزیں نہیں ہیں جو یکایک معرض وجود میں آئی ہوں بلکہ ایسی چیزیں ہیں جن کے لئے عرصے سے منصوبہ بندی ہوئی ہے۔ ان اقدامات کے پس پردہ پالیسی سازی ہے؛ ان کی پشت پر پیسہ ہے؛ ایسے اقدامات کے پس پردہ جاسوسی ادارے ہیں۔
مسلمانوں کو ہر اس عنصر کا ڈٹ کر مقابلہ کرنا چاہئے جو وحدت کا مخالف ہو اور وحدت کی خلاف ورزی کرتا ہے۔ یہ ہم سب کے لئے بہت بھاری فریضہ ہے؛ شیعہ کو بھی یہ فریضہ قبول کرنا پڑے گا اور مختلف شعبوں کو بھی یہ فریضہ سنبھالنا پڑے گا جو اہل تشیع اور اہل سنت کے اندر پائے جاتے ہیں۔
وحدت سے مراد مشترکات کا سہارا لینا ہے، ہمارے پاس بہت سے مشترکات ہیں۔ مسلمانوں کے درمیان اشتراکات اختلافی مسائل سے کہیں زیادہ ہیں؛ انہیں اشتراکات کا سہارا لینا چاہئے۔ اہم فریضہ اس حوالے سے ممتاز افراد و شخصیات پر عائد ہوتا ہے؛ خواہ وہ سیاسی شخصیات ہوں، خواہ علمی ہوں یا دینی ہوں۔ علمائے اسلام لوگوں کو فرقہ وارانہ اور مذہبی اختلافات کو ہوا دینے اور شدت بخشنے سے باز رکھیں۔ جامعات کے اساتذہ طلبہ کو آگاہ کریں اور انہیں سمجھا دیں کہ آج عالم اسلام کا اہم ترین مسئلہ وحدت کا مسئلہ ہے۔ اتجاد اہداف کے حصول کے لئے؛ سیاسی استقلال و خودمختاری کا ہدف، اسلامی جمہوریت کے قیام کا ہدف، اسلامی معاشروں میں اللہ کے احکام کے نفاذ کا ہدف؛ وہ اسلام جو آزادی اور حریت کا درس دیتا ہے، اسلام جو انسانوں کو عزت و شرف کی دعوت دیتا ہے؛ یہ آج فریضہ ہے۔
سیاسی شعبے کے ممتاز افراد بھی جان لیں کہ ان کی عزت اور ان کا شرف قوموں کے فرد فرد کے سہارے قابل حصول ہے، نہ کہ بیگانہ اور اجنبی قوتوں کے سہارے، نہ کہ ان افراد کے سہارے جو پوری طرح اسلام کے دشمن ہیں۔
کسی وقت ان علاقوں میں استکباری قوت حکومت کرتی تھی؛ امریکی پالیسی اور قبل ازاں برطانیہ یا بعض دوسرے یورپی ممالک کی پالیسیاں حکم فرما تھیں؛ اقوام نے رفتہ رفتہ اپنے آپ کو ان کی بلا واسطہ تسلط سے چھڑا لیا؛ وہ (استکباری طاقتیں) بالواسطہ تسلط کو ـ سیاسی تسلط کو، معاشی تسلط کو، ثقافتی تسلط کو ـ استعمار کے زمانے کے براہ راست تسلط کے متبادل کے طور پر، جمانا چاہتی ہیں؛ گوکہ وہ دنیا کے بعض خطوں میں براہ راست تسلط جمانے کے لئے بھی میدان میں آرہے ہیں؛ افریقہ میں آپ دیکھ رہے ہیں کہ بعض یورپی ممالک وہی پرانی بساط دوبارہ بچھانے کی کوشش کررہے ہیں؛ راہ حل، \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"اسلامی بیداری\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" ہے؛ راہ حل اسلامی ملتوں کی شان و منزلت کی پہچان ہے؛ اسلامی ملتوں کے پاس وسیع وسائل ہیں، حساس جغرافیایی محل وقع کی حامل ہیں، بہت زیادہ قابل قدر و وقعت اسلامی ورثے کی حامل ہیں، بےمثل معاشی وسائل سے سرشار ہیں؛ اگر ملتیں آگاہ ہوجائيں، اپنے آپ کو پا لیں، اپنے پیروں پر کھڑی ہوجائیں، ایک دوسرے کو دوستی کا ہاتھ دیں، یہ علاقہ ایک نمایاں اور درخشاں علاقہ بن جائے گا، اور عالم اسلام عزت و کرامت و آقائی کا دور دیکھے گا؛ یہ وہ چیزیں ہیں جو مسقبل میں انشاء اللہ واقع ہونگی؛ ان کی نشانیاں اس وقت بھی دیکھی جاسکتی ہیں: ایران میں اسلامی انقلاب کی کامیابی، اس حساس علاقے میں اسلامی جمہوری نظام کا قیام، اسلامی جمہوری نظام کا استحکام۔
امریکہ سمیت استکاری قوتوں نے گذشتہ 35 برسوں سے اسلامی جمہوری نظام اور ملت ایران کے خلاف ہر وہ حربہ آزما لیا ہے جو وہ آزما سکتی تھیں؛ ان کی سازشوں کے برعکس، ملت ایران اور اسلامی جمہوری نظام روز بروز زیادہ طاقتور، زیادہ مستحکم، پہلے سے کہیں زيادہ صاحب قوت ہوچکا ہے اور پہلے سے کہیں زیادہ اور رسوخ حاصل کرچکا ہے، اور انشاء اللہ اس استحکام، اس استقرار اور اس قوت میں اضافہ ہوگا؛ عالم اسلام میں بھی دیکھا جاسکتا ہے کہ آج نسلوں کی آگہی، اسلام اور اسلام کے مستقبل کے حوالے سے نوجوانوں کی آگہی پہلے کی نسبت کہیں زیادہ ہے اور بعض حوالوں سے ماضی کی نسبت ان کی آگہی بہت زیادہ ہے۔ البتہ دشمن اپنی کوششیں بروئے کر لاتا رہتا ہے لیکن ہم اگر زیادہ توجہ اور بصیرت سے کام لیں تو دیکھ لیں گے کہ اسلامی تحریک کی یہ لہر ان شاء اللہ رو بہ ترقی ہے۔
اللہ کی رحمت ہو ہمارے امام بزرگوار پر، جنہوں نے یہ راستہ ہمارے لئے کھول دیا؛ انھوں نے ہمیں سکھایا کہ خدا پر توکل کرنا چاہئے، خدا سے مدد مانگنی چاہئے، مستقبل کے بارے میں پرامید ہونا چاہئے اور ہم اسی راہ پر آگے بڑھے اور ان شاءاللہ اس کے بعد بھی یہی سلسلہ جاری رہے گا۔ اسلام اور مسلمانوں کی فتح و کامیابی کی امید کے ساتھ، اور اس روشن راستے میں شہید ہونے والوں کے لئے رحمت و مغفرت کے ساتھ۔
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Description : Discussing Tafriqa as a Strategy of the Enemies of Islam to divide the Muslim Ummah - The Ways to Achieve Wahdat (Unity) - The Manshoor (Charter) of Wahdat
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پروفیسر سید اظہر زیدی کی ٹارکٹ کلنگ کی...
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پروفیسر سید اظہر زیدی کی ٹارکٹ کلنگ کی مزمت کرتے ہیں ۔
شہر میں آپریشن کے باوجود شیعہ نسل کشی کی جارہی ہے ، ترجمان مجلس وحدت مسلمین
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[CLIP] Nasrallah: israel Knows Our Battle Experience Growing from Syria...
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Israel Knows Our Battle Experience Growing from Syria...
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Israel Knows Our Battle Experience Growing from Syria War\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
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[CLIP] Hassan Nasrallah: We Will Definitely Be Victorious over Takfiri...
Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'We Will Definitely Be Victorious over Takfiri Terrorists\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
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Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'We Will Definitely Be Victorious over Takfiri Terrorists\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
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[CLIP] Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah on Problem with Extremists in Syria,...
Hezbollah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on the Problem with Radical Extremists in Syria and the Middle East.
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Hezbollah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on the Problem with Radical Extremists in Syria and the Middle East.
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[CLIP] Hezbollah Leader: Militants in Syria Slaughter Everyone - Arabic...
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Militants in Syria Slaughter Everyone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
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Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Militants in Syria Slaughter Everyone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
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[CLIP] Nasrallah: Extremists Attribute Saying to Prophet Muhammad to...
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Extremists Attribute Saying to Prophet Muhammad to Justify...
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Extremists Attribute Saying to Prophet Muhammad to Justify Terror\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
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[CLIP] Why Hezbollah is Fighting in Syria - Arabic sub English
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on why Hezbollah is fighting in Syria.
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[CLIP] Hezbollah Leader to Christians: Where are your Churches, Crosses,...
Hezbollah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to the Christians of the Middle East: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Where are your Churches, Crosses,...
Hezbollah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to the Christians of the Middle East: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Where are your Churches, Crosses, & Nuns?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
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[CLIP] Hezbollah Secretary General: What Will Occur if Elections Were...
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'What Will Occur if Elections Were Held Today in Syria?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'...
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[CLIP] Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah: Stop the War on Syria, We will...
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Stop the War on Syria, We\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ll Withdraw...
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Stop the War on Syria, We\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ll Withdraw Thereafter\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
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Supreme Leader Speech in Meeting with Hajj Officials - Sayed Ali...
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
First of all, I would like to welcome all the dear brothers and sisters and the glorious...
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
First of all, I would like to welcome all the dear brothers and sisters and the glorious officials who render many services in one of the outstanding arenas of the Islamic community - that is to say, the arena of hajj and visiting the House of God and the enlightened city of Madina. I hope that you will benefit from this great achievement in the hereafter. I hope that your actions and efforts in this auspicious arena will be so sincere that your performance sheet in the hereafter shines, like the sun, with the light of purity and sincerity. I express my gratitude to the honorable gentlemen for the efforts that they have made in the arena of hajj. The things that they have done - whether in cultural, spiritual, moral and educational areas or in practical and organizational areas - should really be appreciated.
What is important is that we should know hajj is one of the strong points of the holy religion of Islam. Although there are not a few strong points in Islamic sharia, hajj plays an outstanding role because of the characteristics which it enjoys and which we are more or less familiar with. In fact, we can say that hajj is a source of power for the Islamic community and the Islamic Ummah. The day when we Muslims from different countries and with different denominations manage to achieve intellectual growth so much so that we can form the Islamic Ummah in the real sense of the word - unfortunately, we Muslims have not managed to achieve this moral, political and intellectual growth until today - and the day when we Muslims from eastern parts to western parts of the world of Islam manage to form one single ummah although we may have different governments, we understand how hajj can be a source of power, strength, transcendence and dignity for this Islamic Ummah.
Today, the Islamic Republic should adopt such an outlook towards hajj. It should regard hajj as a means of power. What kind of power? By power, do we mean materialistic, political, military power or soft power such as cultural or linguistic power? The answer is no. The power of hajj is far beyond this. As well as showing the political and cultural power of the Islamic government, hajj provides a source of spiritual power. That is to say, it builds human beings from the inside, prepares them to overcome difficult obstacles and opens their eyes to realities which cannot be seen and felt without being present in the arena of hajj. By performing hajj rituals, one can understand a number of spiritual and educational realities of Islam. Hajj plays such a role.
One of the requirements of hajj is that hajj pilgrims should behave in a brotherly - in the real sense of the word - way towards one another in the arena of hajj and this great Islamic obligation. They should not look at one another as outsiders and enemies. They should see themselves as people who are moving towards one goal, who pursue one thing, who revolve around one pivot.
Allah the Exalted says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Let there be no obscenity, no wickedness and no quarreling in the Hajj.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 2: 197] The meaning of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"no quarreling\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" is not that we should not quarrel with the enemy. On the contrary, hajj is the manifestation of quarreling with the enemy. Some narrow-minded and pessimistic people say, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"There should be ‘no quarreling\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' during hajj pilgrimage. Why do you hold a detestation ceremony during hajj pilgrimage?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" The enmity which is reflected in this ceremony means enmity towards polytheism and atheism. This is one of the most fundamental principles of Islamic life. The kind of enmity which should not exist in hajj pilgrimage is enmity between brothers and believers and enmity between people who believe in monotheism. This enmity should not exist. Not only should we Muslims express in words that we have no enmity towards one another, but also we should feel this from the bottom of our hearts.
This is the exact opposite of what the enemies of Islam are trying to do in the Islamic community. You should pay attention to this. The existence of differences between Islamic denominations and between Shia and Sunni Muslims will not create any problem as long as these differences are confined to ideological differences. One person may believe in something and another person may believe in something else. Problems arise when these ideological differences lead to behavioral differences, confrontation, hostility and enmity. The enemies of the world of Islam are after creating such a situation and hatching such a plot.
They have properly understood that the Zionist regime can breathe easily if Islamic denominations in the world of Islam start confronting and fighting with one another. They have understood this truth perfectly and properly. On the one hand, they form groups which engage in takfirism - not only do these groups anathematize and curse Shia Muslims, but they also anathematize Sunni denominations - and on the other hand, they hire a number of mercenaries to add fuel to the fire of discord. You know and have heard about this plot. They provide these groups and mercenaries with different means of mass communication. Where do they do this? They do this in America and London. The kind of Shia Islam which is promoted from London and America is useless for Shia Muslims.
Shia leaders - particularly the leaders who emerged after the victory of the Islamic Revolution - our Imam and other leaders placed great emphasis on preserving the unity of the Islamic Ummah and behaving in a brotherly way towards Muslims. This is while a number of people - who interfere in the affairs of Muslims for no reason - are after fueling the fire of discord. This is the thing which the enemy wants. This is the thing which the enemies of Islam - who are neither Shia nor Sunni - like to pursue. We should understand this condition properly and we should pay attention to it.
Another important point is that Muslims should share and exchange their original Islamic cultures and their Islamic experiences with one another. This is another strong point of hajj and another source of power for it. We may have heard different things about such and such an Islamic country. But, hearing is different from sitting and talking directly to an individual from an Islamic country. This individual can also compare what he has heard about our dear Islamic Iran with what he sees in you and hears from you. This way, he can discover the truth about Iran.
There are an enormous number of propaganda campaigns against the Islamic Republic. There are a large and surprising number of media networks who propagandize against the Islamic Republic with different methods. When a young individual from such and such an African, Asian, Arab or non-Arab country goes on the Internet, watches such and such an international channel or reads such and such an international newspaper, how can he or she understand that what such media networks say is false? Your presence in hajj and in this international arena gives you the opportunity to reveal the truth not only in words but also in action. It helps you to speak the truth about Shia Islam, the Islamic Revolution and the events which are happening today.
Another important and crucial point about hajj is the thing which I referred to earlier: strengthening spirituality in our hearts and souls. My dear ones, we can put up a resistance in the arenas of jihad for the sake of God only if our hearts are filled with faith in God and reliance on Allah the Exalted. It is not possible to move forward without spirituality. It is not possible to take difficult paths without a strong faith. Without reliance on Allah the Exalted, it is not possible to ignore the superficial power of powerful countries and see the real power. Reliance on God, faith and belief in God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s promises are necessary. These things can be achieved in hajj. When people go on hajj pilgrimage they \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Witness the benefits (provided) for them.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 22: 28] These benefits are not only material benefits. There are otherworldly, spiritual and psychological benefits as well as material benefits in hajj pilgrimage. This is the significance of hajj.
Well, today you can see that besides creating intellectual, psychological and ideological discord among Muslims throughout the world of Islam, the enemies fuel the fire of war as well. See how they fuel the fire of war in our neighboring countries with the pretext of Shia and Sunni differences. They do this in different ways in our neighboring countries such as Pakistan, Iraq, Syria and Bahrain. Even when the problem is not about Shia and Sunni, they say that it has occurred because of Shia and Sunni differences. I have given many examples in this regard. The enemies are prepared to set the region on fire for their own political interests. Superpowers are like this. They are not afraid that an explosion may take place in such and such a neighborhood of an Iraqi city and they are not afraid that 50 people may be killed in this explosion. They are not afraid that certain events may happen in Syria, Egypt or other countries which may turn them into a ruin. Superpowers - such as America and countries like America - do such things for their own illegitimate interests. We hope that the Americans are serious about their new outlook on Syria. We hope that it is not another political game.
It is several weeks that they have been threatening the region to wage a war and create a serious conflict for the sake of the interests which they have defined for themselves. And they consider it legitimate to defend these interests no matter if they jeopardize the interests of ten other countries and nations. They are such people. They do not care about justice and the interests of human beings. They refer to such interests as national interests, but these are not really their national interests. Rather, these are the interests of the Zionists and the enemies of humanity. These are the interests of capitalists who have proved during the last 70, 80 years that they are not committed to any human principle and value. But they call it national interests and they are prepared to fuel all kinds of wars and fitnas for the sake of these proclaimed national interests.
It is several weeks that they have been trying to cause great controversy by threatening the region with a war and bombardment. Well, if they are serious about their recent outlook, this means that they have turned back from the wrong path which they have been taking during the last few weeks. We hope that they are serious. This is the condition of the region and the world.
The Islamic Republic takes a look at all these issues with open eyes and with its full attention. What we have understood is that as a nation with a total population of 70, 80 million people and with a sensitive geographical location in the world, we should strengthen our position by adopting the right outlook and by benefiting from our Islamic power. We should let the entire humanity see our lofty and human goals which have originated from Islam and we should invite all human beings to cherish the gift which Islam has offered to human beings. This is our responsibility. I have repeatedly said that strengthening the country from the inside is possible primarily with firm faith, unity of the people, appropriate actions by the officials of the country, cooperation between the people and officials and reliance on Allah the Exalted. That is to say, we should benefit from rationality, spirituality, reliance on God and diligence. Undoubtedly, this will influence the conditions of the region as it has influenced the region so far.
I hope that what Islam wants for the Islamic Republic, people throughout the world, Muslims and non-Muslims will be achieved with your presence in different arenas - including your presence in the arena of hajj which manifests your rationality and your clear outlook. I hope that your presence in such arenas will bring about communal happiness.
I ask all of you to pray for us. I hope that this year you will experience a good hajj pilgrimage and I hope that you, all Iranian hajj pilgrims and all the pilgrims who visit the House of God from throughout the world will benefit from divine blessings and mercy. I hope that your hajj pilgrimage will be accepted by God.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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[05 Sep 13] Speech in Meeting with Members of Assembly of Experts -...
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on September 5, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in...
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on September 5, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with the chairman and members of the Assembly of Experts.The meeting was held on the occasion of the 14th Congress of the Assembly of Experts which was held on the 12th and 13th of Shahrivar.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I would like to welcome the honorable gentlemen and the ulama and seminary scholars who are outstanding personalities from throughout the country and who have thankfully gathered in this meeting. Although the responsibilities of the Assembly of Experts have been defined in the Constitution, the arrangement of this meeting has resulted in the generation of different discussions about different arenas of the country and the expression of different opinions by the gentlemen.
Well, executive officials are also present in this meeting. Fortunately, the esteemed President and a number of other honorable officials are also members of this assembly and this has boosted the hope that the opinions of the gentlemen in this meeting will receive more attention. I hope that this will be done and we too will help, within the scope of our capabilities and responsibilities, for the gentlemen to achieve the stated matters.
I deem it necessary to point out that your participation in the funeral procession of the [unknown war] martyrs - which was held in the beginning of this congress - was very valuable and constructive. When the people see that honorable and great personalities, such as the esteemed chairman of the Assembly of Experts and other personalities, pay their respects to the bodies and graves of martyrs - whom they do not know - and participate in their funeral procession because of the fact that they are the martyrs of the path of the Revolution and the path of righteousness, this will be a lesson for our society. And I will say that our country and our society will be in need of keeping the memory of the martyrs alive and preserving their path for a very long time.
The point that I would like to make is that on different levels of decision- making for the Islamic Republic, it is our responsibility to adopt a comprehensive outlook towards the issues of the country. It is obvious that different events - on regional, international and domestic levels - occur which are beyond our power to prevent. The Islamic Republic, the officials, the people and those who protect the foundations of the Islamic Republic have certain responsibilities. These responsibilities cannot be defined on the basis of the events which occur. That is to say, when something happens, we cannot make a certain move and adopt a certain position in an inactive way. This should not be done. This means that the Islamic Republic is being dragged into different events. It is necessary to preserve our comprehensive outlook towards the issues of the country and we should adopt positions and identify events with this comprehensive outlook. Thankfully, this comprehensive outlook has dominated the country until today. It is not the case that officials have ignored this issue since the beginning of the Revolution until today.
The Islamic Republic was formed amid a whirlwind of events. This has been repeatedly mentioned, but we should not forget that the heart of this statement is the preservation of God\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s religion in people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s lives, in society and in our country. The heart of this statement is the formation of our social lives on the basis of sharia, the divine religion and the divine values and rules. The formation of such a government in a world which was quickly moving towards materialism was like a miracle and this miracle happened.
When the Islamic Republic was formed, there was an opposition to the issue of reliance on Islam. We should not say that their opposition and enmity was because of our independence or because our policy of fighting against global arrogance. Of course, this is true and this is one reason for their enmity, but fighting against global arrogance grew out of the heart of Islam. Our democracy grew out of the heart of Islam as well. It has been said many times that when we speak about religious democracy, this does not mean an unusual combination between democracy and religion. This is not the case. Our democracy has originated from religion and Islam has shown us this path. We managed to form the Islamic Republic with the guidance of Islam. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, it will be the same in the future. As a result of this belief in Islam, the enemies have focused their attention on Islam. If they can take Islam away from the Islamic Republic, the products of Islam will naturally be destroyed and undermined. Issues should be analyzed by adopting this outlook.
There are certain deployments in the world and we are always one side of things in many of these deployments. We should see who and what our opposing side is. We should see why it shows hostility towards us and why we put up a resistance against it. We should take a look at these things with a comprehensive outlook. Allah the Exalted says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Is then one who walks headlong, with his face groveling, better guided- or one who walks evenly on a straight path?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 67: 22] The meaning of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"walks evenly on a straight path\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" is that we should see - with open eyes, with wisdom and foresight and by considering all aspects - what the goal is, how we should achieve it and what the existing realities are. We should make a decision and move forward by paying attention to these things.
Today, you can see that different events are happening in our region. For several years up until today, global arrogance has chosen West Asia as a place where it can launch its attacks. But despite the presence of arrogant powers in the region and despite their activities, Islamic Awakening has emerged. And I will tell you that Islamic Awakening has not come to an end. It is not the case that we can think Islamic Awakening has been destroyed by the events which have taken place in a number of countries. Islamic Awakening is not like a mere political event or a coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état. It is not like a process in which power is transferred from one individual to another.
Islamic Awakening means the emergence of a kind of awareness and self-confidence which is based on Islam. Under certain circumstances, this Islamic Awakening created certain events in North Africa, Egypt, Tunisia and, before these countries, in Sudan. In other countries too, there is an enormous potential for such events.
We should not think that Islamic Awakening has been destroyed. Islamic Awakening is a reality which is hidden beneath the outer layers of Islamic societies. This is why the people in any country which claims to be oriented towards Islam vote for an Islamic government. This is a sign of people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s orientation towards and attention to Islam. Therefore, Islamic Awakening is a very great event and despite the efforts of global arrogance, this event has taken place. It was not what global arrogance wanted. Therefore, it is natural for the opposing side to react to it. Today, we are witnessing the reactions of the camp of the enemies. These reactions and responses can be seen in East Asia - that is to say, in Pakistan and Afghanistan - and the farthest corners of West Asia such as Syria and Lebanon.
Arrogant powers - the government of the United States of America being the outstanding power among these arrogant powers - have defined certain interests for themselves based on their colonial outlook. This outlook is the same as the colonial outlook which they adopted in the 19th century, but it has a different form. And they are trying to solve all the regional issues by promoting the interests which they have defined for themselves. They are doing the same thing in Syria and Bahrain. The presence of global arrogance in the region is one which is based on transgression, oppression and greed and which wants to destroy every resistance which is put up against arrogant powers. Of course, thankfully, they have not managed and will not manage to do this.
This region has enormous wealth and it has a very important geographical and natural location. Therefore, it is natural for them to pay attention to this region. If one takes a look at what they say and what they have already done, he will see that their goal is to possess and establish their domination over the region by making the Zionist regime play a pivotal role. They are after achieving this goal. As you can see, on the issue of the latest events in Syria, the excuse which they have recently made for their interference is the use of chemical weapons in this country. Of course, with sophistry and clever use of reasons, they are trying to pretend that they want to interfere on humanitarian grounds. Who in the world does not know that this is a false claim?
Undoubtedly, what is not important at all for American politicians is humanitarian needs. These are the people who kept, for many years, thousands of prisoners in Guantanamo prisons and, before that, in Abu Ghraib in Iraq while there were not any trials for these prisoners. They were imprisoned just because of certain allegations. A number of them are still in prison. Well, is this humanitarian? These are the people who saw the heavy bombardment [with chemical weapons] of the region - whether what happened in Iraq\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Halabja or what happened in our cities such as Sardasht and other cities - which was conducted by Saddam, but who did not at all react. Not only did they not react, but they also helped Saddam.
Given that the Americans did not help Saddam by giving him chemical weapons - of course, westerners gave him chemical weapons and there is no doubt about this because we have the information which is related to this issue - they at least saw what happened. They became aware of this, but they did not express any opposition. This is the way they show their humanitarian support.
In Afghanistan and Pakistan, they fire a volley of bullets at wedding caravans and kill many people. In Iraq, they killed hundreds of thousands of people with oppressive measures. Today too, their agents are still doing the same things, but they behave in an indifferent way. No one in the world believes that the Americans care about humanitarian issues. Of course, they use sophistry and give clever reasons, but they say such things to justify their own moves. We believe that they are doing is a mistake. On this issue, they will receive a serious blow and they will feel it. They will definitely suffer a loss in this regard and there is no doubt about this. Well, this is the condition of the region.
The Islamic Republic was formed amid a whirlwind of events. At that time, it stood up against different hostile groups for many years. Not only was the Islamic Republic and its slogans not weakened and undermined, but it also became stronger, in the real sense of the word, on a daily basis. Today, the Islamic Republic is completely different - in terms of power, influence and domestic capabilities - from the Islamic Republic which existed 25, 30 years ago and today, its slogans are firm. Therefore, it should know what it wants to do by taking a look at its miraculous background and paying attention to the plots of the enemy in the region. Our responsibility, the responsibility of all the officials of the country and the responsibility of the Islamic Republic\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s government is to pay attention to three great criteria for all decisions and actions:
The first criterion is the ideals and goals of the Islamic Republic. These ideals and goals should never be ignored. We can refer to one of the most important ideals of the Islamic Republic in a short phrase: ‘Creating an Islamic civilization\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'. Islamic civilization means an environment in which we can achieve growth in spiritual and material areas and in which we can attain the ultimate goal for which Allah the Exalted has created us. It means living a good and dignified life. Islamic civilization means building a dignified, powerful, confident and innovative individual who can improve the natural world. This is the goal and ideal of the Islamic Republic.
The second criterion is the methods and guidelines which help us achieve these goals. These are general guidelines and they should be identified. These guidelines are relying on Islam and taking care not to become the oppressor or the oppressed in different interactions. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Be an enemy of tyrants and oppressors and be a friend and helper of those who are oppressed and tyrannized.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [Nahjul Balaghah, Letter 47] This is a responsibility. This is a general guideline. Reliance on the votes of the people and reliance on what helps us establish democracy and other such things constitute the main policies and the major guidelines of the Islamic Republic for achieving ideals. Other guidelines are communal work, communal effort, communal innovation, national unity and other such things.
And the third criterion is taking realities into consideration. We should see realities. In a meeting which was held in the auspicious month of Ramadan, I said to officials of the Islamic Republic that what we need is a kind of idealism which takes realities into consideration. We should gain a proper understanding of realities. We should take a look at realities and see what our weak and strong points are and we should know what prevents us from moving forward. We should gain a proper understanding of realities. In that meeting, I referred to a number of sweet realities which exist in our country. We should not always take a look at our weak points and shortcomings.
The emergence of outstanding ideas and thoughts, the existence of active and innovative elements, the promotion of religious teachings and spiritual concepts among many youth, the preservation of religious and Islamic slogans, and the increasing influence of the Islamic Republic in the region and in the entire world constitute a number of the existing realities. These realities should be seen. Of course, besides these sweet realities, there are a number of bitter realities. This is similar to our [personal] lives which is a combination of sweetness and bitterness. By relying on and strengthening sweet realities, we should try to decrease bitter realities or make them fade away.
These three elements should receive attention. Ideals and the guidelines which are necessary to achieve these ideals should not be ignored. Of course, realities should be taken into consideration as well. If we do not take realities into consideration, we will not tread our path in the right way. However, realities should not prevent us from treading our path. If the existence of a rock makes us turn back from our path, we have made a mistake. Also, if the existence of this rock is ignored and if we tread the path in a careless way, we have made another mistake. But if we take a look and see what ways we can find around this rock or how we can take the rock away from our path, make a hole in it or find an alternative path, then we have adopted the right outlook on realities.
This is what our magnanimous Imam did in the first chapter of the Revolution - that is to say during the first 10 years of the Revolution which were very fateful and sensitive years. Our magnanimous Imam did not close his eyes to realities, but he did not back down and did not forget about the guidelines either. You should take a look at Imam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s life and slogans. Our magnanimous Imam was a person who was not afraid of anyone on the issue of the Zionist regime. The idea that the Zionist regime is a cancer and should be destroyed was expressed by Imam. He was not afraid of anyone on the issue of the evil, arrogant and meddling moves of America. It was Imam who said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"America is the Great Satan.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" It was Imam who said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The attack of Muslim youth and Muslim students on the U.S. embassy and taking their documents and tools - which were used for spying - is like conducting a second revolution and is perhaps better and more important than the first revolution\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". These are the methods of Imam. One the issue of the war, he said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We fight until we end the fitna.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" This is what Imam said. Other people used to say, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We should continue fighting until we can achieve victory.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" But Imam said that \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We fight until we end the fitna.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" It was such resistance which strengthened the foundations of the Islamic Republic.
You can see what happened to those people who did not know this path, who acted in a different way in their own countries and who compromised their principles and forgot about their main slogans in order to please arrogant powers. If the slogan of fighting against Israel had been advocated in Egypt and if they had not accepted the false promises of America and its agents, the situation would definitely not have been like this. Today, the dictator of the Egyptian people, who destroyed their dignity for 30 years, has been released from prison and those who had been elected with the votes of the people may be sentenced to death.
If they had not done these things, such a situation would never have been brought about. If the elected officials had adopted proper positions, those who gathered around Tahrir Square and chanted slogans against the elected officials- half or more than half of them would have started to support these elected officials. That is to say, they were not the kind of people to confront and oppose the elected government, but when one stops adopting correct and appropriate positions, such things happen. These are things which should receive attention.
What we feel we should do to solve problems is that we should strengthen the Islamic Republic from inside the country. It is not only in this era that problems exist. Problems have always existed. Problems exist in all countries. If anyone thinks that there are no problems in such and such an advanced country, or in such and such a wealthy European or western country which is densely or sparsely populated, then they are wrong. Problems exist everywhere. Naturally, each nation faces certain problems when it wants to do something. The officials in such a country should solve the problems and move forward.
Now, some people may want to solve problems by asking for help, by relying on others, by bribing other people and by suffering humiliation. And a number of people may want to solve problems with their own power and with the capabilities which exist in their own country. We believe that we should strengthen the Islamic Republic from inside the country. This is the essence of our work. We should strengthen ourselves from the inside. It is possible to strengthen ourselves from inside the country by thinking rationally and adopting a wise outlook. It can be done by making scientific progress and by building economic infrastructures and managing economic issues in the right way. In my opinion, these are things which are possible.
Today, you can see that when they exert pressures on our oil industry, we will face certain problems. What is the reason for this? This is because since the war ended until today, we have not managed to reduce our dependence on oil. If we had reduced our dependence on oil, such pressures would not have brought about this situation. Therefore, we should take a look at ourselves and we should want to solve problems with our willpower.
Thankfully, there is a new administration in our country today. One of the advantages of the current condition is that a fresh administration has entered the arena. With new ideas and thoughts, with new innovations and with a competent group of people, it wants to carry out its responsibilities and move things forward. It wants to move towards the goals which it has highlighted. The honorable President is a cleric who is active and experienced in different revolutionary arenas. This is also one of the advantages which we enjoy today.
Naturally, all of us should help the administration. I think it is my responsibility to help. As we helped and supported all administrations, we will definitely help and support this administration as well. And officials will do this too. Of course, my support for different administrations does not mean that I agree with all the things that they do. In different eras, there were different administrations. We both supported and criticized all these administrations. But, such criticisms should not make us think that the administration is an outsider and it should not make us withdraw the support that we should provide to all administrations. It is necessary to provide such support and help. It is also necessary to pray for all administrations and offer our advice to them. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Advice is necessary for all believers\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [speaking in Arabic].
A friendly piece of advice may sometimes be offered in a harsh and severe way. I believe that if the officials who receive such a harsh and severe piece of advice think carefully, they will be happy to have received such advice. Even this harsh and severe piece of advice is to their advantage.
Anyway, when I take a look at the current conditions in the country, I see that the future is very promising despite the problems which were referred to by the friends in this meeting - of course, they did not refer to many of the existing problems. I see that we have a clear path ahead of us and we have clear and definite ideals. We know what we want to do. Also, the path to achieving these ideals is clear and well-defined and there is no ambiguity and confusion in our guidelines and it is clear what should be done.
During the recent years, it has become clear where alignments - on a regional and international level - lie. Of course, flexibility and clever maneuvers in all political arenas are good and acceptable, but such maneuvers should not make us cross certain red lines, stop pursuing the main guidelines and ignore ideals. These things should be observed. Of course, each administration and each individual uses specific methods and implements specific ideas and they move things forward with these ideas. I am completely optimistic and I believe that all the existing problems - including economic, political and security problems and cultural problems which are deeper and more important than economic problems although a number of economic problems have a higher priority - can be solved and the path to achieving this goal can be taken. I ask Allah the Exalted to help us do this.
There is a certain point that I have written down to discuss. You should pay attention to the fact that one of the main methods used by the enemies of Islam, particularly the enemies of the Islamic Republic in the region, is to create sectarian and denominational discord between Shia and Sunni Muslims. You should pay attention to this issue. There are two groups of people who have turned into the agents and mercenaries of the enemy. The first group is made up of a number of Sunni Muslims and the second group is made of a number of Shia Muslims. The first group engages in takfirism and has deviated from the essence of religion and the second group is made up of people who work for the enemy. In the name of Shia, these people provoke the feelings of other Muslims, justify their enmity and fuel the fire of fitna.
Each group, each institution and each government which is deceived by this great plot, which involves itself in this issue and which makes a mistake in this regard will certainly harm the Islamic movement and the Islamic government. Our country in particular will be harmed if this happens. I insist that outstanding ulama - whether Shia or Sunni ulama and whether those who live in Iran or those who live in other countries - should pay attention to the fact that differences between Islamic denominations should not make us create a new camp against ourselves. Such differences should not make us ignore the main enemy which is the enemy of the essence of Islam and the enemy of the independence and welfare of the people of the region.
I hope that Allah the Exalted will help all of us and I hope that all of you and us benefit from the blessings and prayers of the Imam of the Age (may our souls be sacrificed for his sake).
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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[09 Oct 13] Speech in Meeting with Participants of 7th Elite Youth...
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on October 9, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a...
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on October 9, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with participants of the 7th Elite Youth Conference. The meeting was held at Imam Khomeini (r.a.) Hussainiyah.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Well, as usual, meeting with you dear youth is very sweet and inspiring for me and it prepares the ground for taking action and implementing policies and plans. Most of the things that the friends mentioned in this meeting was informative and notable. Today, I did not write down what you said because I decided to take the prepared notes of each one of you.
By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, officials in our office - they have heard what I said in this regard now - will collect and categorize the suggestions that you put forward in this meeting. It is necessary for us to pay attention to these suggestions and, by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, they will receive attention. A number of these suggestions should be submitted to different organizations. A number of the points that the friends made in this meeting requires further explanation. That is to say, it was not clear to me what you meant. For example, one of the friends pointed out that a road map of knowledge should be prepared. I did not understand whether he meant that we should prepare something different from the comprehensive scientific plan on which extensive research has been carried out for a very long time and which has been prepared and implemented.
You dear outstanding personalities who have participated in this meeting and all other outstanding personalities who have not participated in this meeting for any reason should know that whatever your field of study of is and whatever area you work on - including the humanities, technological sciences, fundamental sciences, medical sciences, sciences related to health and all other fields of study on which you work - you are the engineers of the future progress of the country. It is you who are building the future of your dear country, Iran. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, if you pursue this goal with firm determinations, great efforts and constant follow-up, you will achieve results and you will build the future Iran.
The point that I would like to address to you is that you should know the strategy of scientific progress with rapid acceleration is a fundamental strategy for the Islamic Republic. The intellectuals of our country have reached the conclusion that if overcoming difficulties and taking difficult paths in Islamic Iran requires two, three prerequisites, one of them is scientific progress. This is a fundamental policy. This policy has been pursued for about 10-12 years now.
Different administrations and officials in charge of such things and outstanding youth have worked and made many efforts in these areas and thankfully today, when we see the results, we become hopeful. I have said many times to the youth, to officials and to you and I would like to say it now: the young individuals and outstanding personalities of our country and our manpower are able to help their country and their people to conquer peaks of progress in different arenas. This capability exists in you. We used to say this based on the experience of other people and the information that we had received from them. But later on, we ourselves experienced this.
I have said many times that Iranian youth and Iranian outstanding personalities can carry out all kinds of scientific and technological tasks provided that the necessary infrastructures exist in our country. There is nothing which Iranian talent and outstanding Iranian personalities cannot produce and build, unless the necessary infrastructure does not exist in the country and these infrastructures should be built. Our country enjoys such a high level of capability and talent. Real progress of the country is not possible except with scientific progress. This is the reason why we said our main discourse and policy is this. Real progress cannot be achieved except with scientific progress.
A number of countries may offer their natural resources and oil barrels to leading countries in terms of wealth and knowledge and they may buy their products in return. In such countries, a kind of superficial progress may be achieved, but this is not real progress. The real progress is inborn and it is made when a nation depends on its own domestic capabilities. The value of countries, governments and nations depends on this inborn power. If a country makes a leap on its own and if it achieves growth from the inside, this will make this country and this nation valuable, important and respected. But if such growth is not achieved from the inside and if it is achieved with the help of others, then this country will not earn respect.
Well, during the time of taghut, it was foreigners and westerners who were prepared to do part of the work related to the nuclear technology in our country and they used to sign certain contracts with Iran. The Bushehr nuclear power plant, which we built with great difficulty after the passage of many years, was supposed to be built by the Germans. Of course, the Germans took the money and did nothing in return and after the Revolution, they did not give us any answer. Now, imagine that such and such a western country builds and manages a nuclear power plant for us and then we benefit from the electricity that such a power plant can generate. This has no dignity and value for a nation. Respect and dignity are achieved when a nation shows its own capabilities. When you develop such a capability, then you can benefit - on an equal footing - from the capabilities of other people, as they benefit from your capabilities.
The point that one of the friends in this meeting made was correct. It is evident that a country cannot only rely on its own capabilities in scientific and technological areas. It should borrow from others as well, but this borrowing should not take place in the form of begging. It should take place on an equal footing. You should offer your scientific achievements to others and you should benefit from their scientific achievements. You should offer your technological achievements to other people and you should benefit from their technological achievements. In such circumstances, you will remain respectable in the world. This is what is necessary.
I will tell you dear youth - who are the children of the Revolution and the Islamic Republic - that the enmity of the camp which confronts Islamic Iran and shows hostility towards it, is focused on the power of Iran. They do not want Iran to become powerful. You should always pay attention to this fundamental point during all events including political, economic, international, regional and domestic events. You should not forget this point. Today, there is a political and powerful camp in the world which does not want Islamic Iran to turn into a powerful country and nation. Since the beginning of the Revolution, the situation has been like this.
I will tell you that in the year 1357, when the Islamic Revolution emerged in Iran and caused that great commotion in the world, a number of outstanding western personalities such as Kissinger, Huntington and Joseph Nye - who are outstanding political personalities in America and Europe - published a series of articles during the early years of the Revolution. These articles and writings warned the western political system and western governments that the Revolution which has been conducted in Iran does not only mean a transfer of power and a change of governments. It means the emergence of a new power in - as they say - the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Middle East\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" region. I do not at all like this term. They said that a new power is emerging in - as we say - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"West Asia\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\".
This new power may not be on a par with western powers in terms of technology and science, but in terms of political influence in areas surrounding this country, it is either better than or as good as western powers and it will challenge them. These outstanding personalities warned western powers about this. This means that, in their opinion, the emergence of this power would put an end to or at least weaken western influence in this sensitive, wealthy and very strategic region which connects three continents to one another and which is the center of oil, wealth and important and necessary minerals. The West has made many efforts to achieve political, economic and - naturally - cultural domination over this region.
At that time, these outstanding western personalities guessed that this would happen and of course, they guessed correctly. Today, after the passage of more than three decades, the nightmare which they have been suffering from is gradually coming true. That is to say, a great national and regional power has emerged which has not been defeated by different economic, security, political and psychological pressures. On the contrary, this power has managed to influence regional nations, to establish and promote communal Islamic culture and to help regional nations have a sense of identity.
The events which occurred two years ago in our region were very important events. You can see how westerners reacted to such events. The events in Egypt, North African and West Asian countries were very important events. The awakening of nations with empty hands and their resistance against the humiliation which the West and America in particular had imposed on these nations with the help of their agents were very great events. Of course, it has not come to an end. Westerners think that they have suppressed this Islamic Awakening but in our opinion, it has not been suppressed. This was a historical juncture and the region is passing through this historical juncture. The fate of this Awakening has not been sealed yet and westerners themselves know this. This can be seen in their analysis of Islamic Awakening and they are still concerned about it. They do not know what is happening in the region. This happened thanks to the uprising of the Iranian nation, the victory of the Revolution and the formation of the Islamic Republic which manifested the emergence of a national, deep-rooted, religious, steadfast, talented and developing power.
Now, on each branch of scientific, technological and research areas you outstanding personalities throughout the country work, you are valuable constituents of this great order which is fulfilling this historical mission. Today, you have shouldered this great responsibility. What is important is that your movement should not stop progressing. What is important is that your movement should continue without any interruption or pause in the middle of the way. The same is true of all important social, political and military movements. When a movement starts, when a great and long-term task begins, you should not let any pause and interruption take place in the middle of the way.
During the Sacred Defense Era, we saw this with our own eyes when we were engaged in battle. During the war, when a movement started, it would achieve victory if it was not stopped. But if our determination was undermined in the middle of the way, if there were doubts, if we showed laziness and if there was a pause or interruption in our work, it would lead to frustration and defeat. You should not let this rapid scientific movement stop progressing.
Of course, I am addressing all people involved in this issue, both you dear youth and different organizations including the Ministry of Science, the Ministry of Health and the Vice Presidency for Scientific and Technological Affairs. You dear youth work hard, acquire knowledge, carry out research and engage in self-edification and often, you carry out interesting and outstanding work. The statements that you made in this meeting is part of this work. Work is not only physical. Offering thoughts, ideas and opinions and making an effort in order to put forward excellent suggestions are among the best pieces of work.
The Vice Presidency for Scientific and Technological Affairs is a very important organization and what it does is very sensitive. A few years ago, this organization was formed at my insistence and later on, the National Elites Foundation was formed. There were certain people who rendered genuine services such as Mrs. Soltankhah and Mr. Vaezzadeh. And today, Mr. Sattari, who is the son of a martyr, is in charge of this vice presidency and this foundation. My advice to the officials in charge of Vice Presidency for Scientific and Technological Affairs and the National Elites Foundation is that they should pursue the matter. You should not start to do things all over again. Outstanding work has been carried out in this regard. You should move forward according to such work. You should try to find and remove shortcomings and weak points and you should not forget about your strong points.
In my opinion, the most important thing which these two organizations can do is that they should focus their efforts on preparing the ground for innovation. Innovation is very important. This process of innovation should not be stopped. Each step should bring about another step. Constant follow-up is necessary in order to preserve the process of innovation in the country. The honorable officials who are in charge of Vice Presidency for Scientific and Technological Affairs should constantly follow up this scientific process in the country. They should see where problems and hurdles lie and they should resolve them. The Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution - which, of course, deals with these issues within the remit of its responsibilities - is important. The Vice Presidency for Scientific and Technological Affairs, which is an organization for coordinating other organizations, other scientific organizations in the country - that is to say, these two ministries - research centers and different scientific and technological centers in charge of implementing these policies should all act in a coordinated and well-organized way. Any kind of disorder and disharmony should be removed.
Of course, our scientific growth is very good on a regional and international level. Our absolute growth rate is good and we enjoy a very fast rate of scientific growth, however this is not the sole standard. This rate of scientific growth should be preserved. This rate of scientific growth does not mean that we have achieved or are close to achieving our goal because we used to be very backward. And the world does not wait for us to move forward. It does not sit and watch. The world is constantly moving forward as well. Of course, the rate of our scientific growth is faster [than the global average] and we should preserve it. If this rate of scientific growth is preserved, there will be this hope that we can conquer peaks and reach front lines and, as I said many times, our country and our scientific centers can be reference points for the world.
This should happen and, by Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, it will happen. Of course, I do not think that this will happen in five, ten, fifteen years. No, this is not the case. A few years ago, I said that you can picture this future in 40, 50 years when everyone in the world has to learn Farsi if they want to have access to new scientific achievements. Your efforts should be focused on this. You should do something to make others need your knowledge and learn your language in order to acquire the knowledge that you have. This is possible.
The late Dr. Chamran was an outstanding scientific personality. In the present time, he is known for war tactics, martyrdom, military expertise and other such things, but he was also an outstanding scientific personality. He studied at an outstanding American university, but later on, he left this university and went to Lebanon and - after that - to his own country to engage in jihad. He used to tell me that in American universities - including the university that he was studying in - there were few outstanding students and the number of Iranians among them was larger than other nationalities. Iranians are more talented than the global average. We have repeatedly heard this from other people and, as I said, in the present time experience shows that this is true.
The point which I have stressed from the beginning and which has not been properly addressed yet is the issue of the connection between science and industry, between universities and industries and between research centers and industrial centers. Of course, it is several years that I see this issue has been addressed by students, outstanding personalities and officials. This is a very important point. We have a scientific community and an industrial community. Our industrial community is thirsty for having access to the scientific and research achievements of our universities and research centers. And our scientific organizations need a market to consume their scientific achievements so that their enthusiasm continues to flow like a bubbling spring.
In the present time, there is not a reasonable and complete relationship between these two communities. If we manage to establish a strong relationship between industries and universities, between industries and research centers or - in the general sense of the word - between industry and science, this will lead to the growth of industrial centers and the blossoming of our universities.
Our industrial centers can turn to universities in order to solve their problems. As well as solving their problems, they can utilize the scientific achievements of universities in their industries. Our universities too can begin to flow smoothly. This is like a dam which has been built, but which does not have an irrigation system. Well, this dam has no value. Half of the work that we should do is to build certain walls and gather water behind these walls. The other half is to build an irrigation system so that the water behind these walls can flow to areas and lands which in are in need of water. This should be done.
Of course, companies and factories should turn to scientific centers more than the past and scientific centers too should prepare themselves more than the past. Each year, we should witness hundreds of research projects - which are requested by industrial centers - in universities and scientific centers. Of course, these requested projects should address domestic needs. In my opinion, today one of our great weak points is that our scientific centers are after foreign projects. Even many youth, professors and other academic people sometimes acknowledge this. Such projects are not things that the country needs. I do not want to say that this is absolutely forbidden, but if you sit and work on certain scientific and research projects in order to meet the needs of such and such a scientific and technological organization in the world - which will buy these projects at a low price - this is not a major achievement. You should see what our domestic needs are, how your research - particularly the research that Ph.D. students and students at higher levels carry out - can help the country and what gaps it can fill.
Therefore, there should be a great and serious competition in the area of innovation. There should be a competition, in the real sense of the word, whether in scientific or in technological areas. In graduate theses, particularly doctoral theses, one of the points which should definitely receive attention is innovation. In these theses, it should be clear in which areas innovation occurs and this should be the standard for evaluation. The National Elites Foundation should work in a serious way to create an environment for scientific enthusiasm. If this happens, the Iranian specialists who live outside Iran will be excited to come to their country and the talented Iranian youth will find the enthusiasm to stay in their own homeland and render services to their own country.
There is a fundamental and important point in this regard which is piety and self-purification. The capabilities of outstanding personalities in our country - including young men and women and their professors - will increase in the shade of piety, self-purification and attention to God. Their capabilities will increase and they can easily make achievements. One of the greatest advantages that you have is youthful purity. This is not a permanent thing. During youth, there is a kind of purity and enlightenment which makes it easy for an individual to enjoy divine mercy. If Allah the Exalted opens up the path for individuals, if He smoothes the way for them and prepares the ground, they will achieve their goals more easily. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Bliss\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 92: 7].
You should appreciate the value of the piety, purity, faith and enlightenment which exist in you and which prepare the ground for spirituality. You should ask Allah the Exalted to help you and your country. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, we will be able to reach the desired point for our country and our nation. By Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s favor, I will always pray for you, as I have prayed for you so far.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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