Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Oh pilgrims to the House of God, inform the people of the world about the plots of the left and right, especially those of the plunderer and aggressor America and the criminal Israel. Seek their help, count the crimes of these criminals and seek the help of God the Exalted to remedy the situation of the Muslims and sever the hands of the criminals. Then, by the will of God Almighty, I will be able to give you glad tidings of victory.

Imam's message dated 21 November 1979 (30 Aban 1358 AHS). Sahifa-yi Nur, Vol. 10, p. 222.

From the Saudi dynasty's point of view, presenting the Palestinian problem for consideration at hajj is tantamount to introducing a heretical doctrine into Islam

The Hijaz was at one time the centre of Islam and the centre for the mobilisation of Islamic forces. But now all we hear is 'what has it got to do with us what goes on in the world and what Israel is doing?' Mr. Musavi Khueeniha said that after a lot of pressure was brought to bear on the Friday Prayer leaders there to speak about Palestine, they contented themselves with a few words of prayer asking God to deliver the Muslims from the menace Israel. The motive behind all the beatings which our pilgrims received, the imprisonments and effrontery they were subjected to was to stop them mentioning Israel's name, for as the authorities put it, a pilgrimage of such a kind goes against the tradition of the messenger of God and is tantamount to introducing a heretical doctrine into Islam.

Imam's remarks dated 14 October 1982 (22 Mehr 1361 AHS). Sahifa-yi Nur, Vol. 17, p. 53.

 

Repudiation of polytheists is one of the sacraments of hajj

These visitors (the Iranian pilgrims to the holy House of God) have come there so that along with performing the hajj ceremonies they can obey the call of Abraham, the friend of God, and Muhammad, the messenger of God - may the peace and blessings of God be upon him and his descendants - for obeying them is the same as obeying God the Exalted. Treat those who have migrated towards God and His great messenger from all directions with kindness, pleasantness, affection, loyalty and as brothers in Islam. Do not torment the visitors of God and the Messenger. These people have come to perform the hajj ceremonies and to repudiate polytheists and unbelievers whom God and His messenger have also repudiated. Respect these committed visitors, use the power of a strong Islamic regime to crush the enemy of Islam and Muslims: the usurper Israel, and sever the hand of its overlord America, the leader of the enemies of Islam and the Islamic states, and with the help of the pilgrims from all over the world, change noble Mecca into a centre for shouts against tyrants, for this is one of the sacraments of hajj. And God has no need for man's obedience and acts of devotion.

Imam's message dated 3 September 1983 (12 Shahrivar 1362 AHS). Sahifa-yi Nur, Vol. 18, p. 94.

 

The call of repudiation

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

"When anyone leaves his home, migrating to God and His Messenger, and is then overtaken by death, it is incumbent on God to reward him."

Thanks be to God for all His blessings and may peace and blessings be upon all His prophets, especially the last and most excellent, and upon His Imams and chosen worshippers, especially the last and living one for whose advent the inhabitants of the world will devote their souls.

Pens, tongues, speeches and writings are unable to thank God for the endless blessings He has bestowed upon mankind. He is the Creator, who, with His own effulgent manifestation, has given the blessing of existence to the unseen and seen worlds, the secret and manifest worlds, and through the blessings of His chosen ones He has revealed them to us, for: "God is the light of the heavens and the earth," and by making visible these worlds He has unveiled His splendour for "He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward." (Qur'an 57:3)

Through His sacred books, which He revealed to His prophets from Adam to Abraham and from Abraham to Muhammad - upon whom be peace - He taught us the way to attain perfection and obliterate the self in absolute perfection. He pointed out the path we must follow to reach Him as in the Qur'anic verse: "When anyone leaves his home migrating to God" (Qur'an 4:100), and taught us how to treat our fellow believers, our friends, the unbelievers, the arrogant ones and our enemies in the verse: "Muhammad is the messenger of God and those with him are firm of heart against the unbelievers, compassionate among themselves." (Qur'an 48:29).

Boundless thanks that He made us of the nation (umma) of His last prophet Muhammad Mustafa - peace and blessings be upon him and his descendants - the best and most noblest of his creatures, and followers of the sacred Qur'an, the greatest and most illustrious of the holy books, the written expression of the visage of God, and the place where all perfections are collected together in a unified whole. God alone has guaranteed to safeguard it against meddling by devils, human beings and jinn: "We have without doubt sent down the message, and we will assuredly guard it from corruption." (Qur'an 15:9).

The Qur'an has neither a word added nor a word taken away. It is a great book which has showed us how the great divine prophets treated the oppressors of the world and the world-plunderers throughout history. It has informed us how the last Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him and his descendants - treated polytheists, tyrants, unbelievers and, at the head of them all, hypocrites. And this treatment serves as an eternal example, for all times and all lands.

In this eternal book we see that God says: "Say, if it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in which ye fear a decline; or the dwellings in which ye delight are dearer to you than God, or His Apostle, or the striving in His cause, then wait until God brings about His decision and God guides not the rebellious." (Qur'an 9:24). He is addressing the pragmatists, the compromisers and those who express sorrow when the young are martyred, when wealth and life are lost and other losses are incurred. It is interesting to note that after love for God the Exalted and the Most Noble messenger - peace and blessings be upon him and his descendants - striving for the cause of God (jihad) has been mentioned as one of the divine commands, and indeed it has been pointed out that jihad in the way of God is at the head of all the commands for it is the guardian of all principles. In addition, God has stated that if you refrain from jihad, then you must be prepared for the consequences which are degradation, bondage, having Islamic and human values scattered to the winds and the other things that you fear, from the massacre of your young and old to the captivity of your spouses and kinfolles. It is self-evident that such are the consequences of refusing to wage jihad, especially one waged in defence like that in which we are presently embroiled. The following verse from the Qur'an refers to this: "Therefore let those beware who go against His order lest a trial afflict them or there befall them a painful chastisement." (Qur'an 24:63). And which disaster or calamity is worse than that which the enemies of Islam, especially at this time, are doing to deracinate the foundations of Islam, establish governments like oppressive monarchies, return the predatory advisors and destroy the agriculture and progeny of the nation, and inflict upon the country and people of Iran that which they have brought upon the country of Iraq and its innocent people over these past few years.

Endless praise and thanks be to the divine being of godship who, through His spiritual teachings, has saved the Iranian nation from the tyrannical monarchy's whirlpool of corruption, and has showed them how to live independently in the shelter of the glorious banner of Islam. Today in the world there is no country apart from Iran which is free of interference from the superpowers, and which can reject foreigners and independently determine its own destiny based on the principles of Islam. God has indeed favoured us by allowing us to live in the shadow of these people.

Endless thanks be for the favours of the Glorious and Exalted God, who, as the respected Iranian pilgrims set out for the temple of love and the shrine of the beloved on their migration towards God the Exalted and His venerable messenger - peace and blessings be upon him and his descendants - made it possible for the voice of Islam to ring out in even the most remote areas of the world; for the spiritual flag of Islam to flutter throughout the regions of the world, and for the eyes of the world to be turned towards the country of the friend (Imam Mahdi) of God the Supreme, may our souls be sacrificed for his advent.

Contrary to the pipe dreams of those malicious people and those renegades - whose infamy is well known - which gave them and their overlords the promise of the downfall of the Islamic Republic within three months to a year, and much to their despair, today, many years on, our dear Islamic country of Iran is more stable than ever before. Its great nation is prouder, its armed forces more powerful, its young and old people more resolute, its sacred theological centres under the guidance of the august maraj'i and the learned `ulama (may God increase their number) more spirited, the ties between the theological centres and the universities stronger, its three forces more active, and its political, cultural and military spheres more developed. Its enemies too, who in reality are the enemies of Islam and the independence of the country, have become weaker and have been rendered powerless. The palaces of the arrogant rulers are shaky and the ignominy of the 'Black' House has been made more public than ever before. The confusion and apprehension of those in the House have increased, and the bewilderment of the world's media - which reflects the confusion of those in the House - is more conspicuous. The Muslims, along with the oppressed and weak of the earth, should take advantage of these current circumstances in an intelligent and perspicacious manner, and all Muslim sects and oppressed peoples should join hands together and free themselves from the shackles of bondage to the superpowers.

Now I would like to make a few points: Declaring one's repudiation of polytheists, which constitutes one of the fundaments of monotheism and is one of the political duties of the hajj pilgrimage, must take place during hajj in the form of demonstrations and marches held with the utmost firmness and dignity. The respected Iranian and non-Iranian pilgrims, while co-operating fully with the pilgrimage officials and my representative Hujjat al-Islam Karrubi, must take part in all the ceremonies and let their trenchant shouts repudiating the polytheists and atheists of global arrogance, at the head of who stands the criminal America, ring out beside the house of monotheism. They must not fail to express openly their hatred for the enemies of God and humanity. Is carrying religion into effect anything other than announcing one's devotion and loyalty to truth and expressing one's anger at and repudiation of falsehood? The sincerity of the monotheists' love may not possibly be expressed in any other way save a vehement expression of hatred for the unbelievers and the hypocrites. And which house is more suitable than the Ka'ba, the sacred sanctuary for the people, at which to repudiate both by word and by deed all manner of aggression, tyranny, exploitation, slavery, degradation and cowardliness, and in renewing the oath "Am I not your Lord who cherishes and sustains you? They said Yea! We do testify!" (Qur'an 7:172) break the idols and the different overlords and keep alive the memory of, indeed recreate the greatest and most important political movement of the Prophet: "And an announcement from God and His Apostle to the people (assembled) on the day of the great pilgrimage, that God and His Apostle dissolve (treaty) obligations with the pagans." (Qur'an 9:3). For the traditions of the Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him and his descendants - and the declaration of repudiation do not age. Indeed, one's repudiation of such things should not be limited to the time and ceremony of hajj. Rather, the Muslims should create a global atmosphere which overflows with devotion and love for God and a hatred for His enemies which is translated into action.

The Muslims must not listen to the devilish insinuations of the tempters nor the sophisms of the casuists, of the reactionaries and the apostates. They must not for one moment turn a deaf ear to this holy, monotheistic and global tune, for most certainly from here on the world plunderers and the enemies of the people will not sit by quietly but will resort to every trick in the book and all kinds of disguises to get what they want. They will turn to pseudo-clergymen and court-affiliated preachers, mercenaries hired by the court, nationalists and hypocrites, using them to deliver false and misleading philosophies, commentaries and interpretations of Islam. They will do anything to disarm the Muslims and deal a blow to the unyieldingness, pride and power of the nation of Muhammad - peace and blessings be upon him and his descendants.

And many indeed are the ignorant ones who claim piety yet say that the holiness of the venerated Ka'ba, the house of Truth, would be defiled by demonstrations, marches, the shouting of slogans and declaring one's repudiation (of pagans), therefore this should not happen. They assert that the hajj is a time for worship and contemplation not a theatre for battle or arraying troops. Equally dishonourable religious scholars may also intimate that struggle, disavowal of pagans, battle and contention are things in which the worldly people and the materialists become involved and that to concern oneself with political issues, especially at the time of hajj, would be beneath the dignity of clergymen and the religious scholars. Such suggestions can themselves be considered part of the secret political strategy and machinations employed by the world plunderers.

The Muslims must use everything they need to rise up in a serious defence of divine values and of their interests. They must stand firm and strong in the battle lines of such a sacred defence, not giving the unaware, spiritless followers of Satan the opportunity to attack further their ranks of belief and dignity. From every place and every country, especially from the Ka'ba of Truth, they must join the armies of God. The dear pilgrims must set out from the best and holiest domains of love, awareness and jihad to an even loftier Ka'ba. Like the Lord and Leader of the martyrs, Hazrat Abi `Abdullah al-Husayn (Imam Husayn), upon whom be peace, they must turn away from the sacred land of pilgrimage and head towards the sacred battlefield, they must leave the circumambulation of the Ka'ba and the sacred precinct to circumambulate the master of the house, and they must turn away from the ablution at the Zamzam well to bathe in martyrdom and blood, transforming themselves in the process into an unyielding nation exhibiting great cohesion such that neither the superpower of the East has the strength to confront nor that of the West. For most certainly the spirit and message of hajj is nothing other than to provide the Muslims with instructions for struggle against the appetitive soul and a programme for struggle against unbelief and polytheism.

Be that as it may, announcing one's repudiation of polytheists during hajj renews the promise of struggle and provides an exercise in organising the combatants for continuing the battle with unbelief, polytheism and the idol worshippers. It will not end with slogans, for these are only the beginning and make known the decree for battle and organise the armies of God against those of Satan and his people, this being considered one of the basic principles of monotheism (tauhid). And if the Muslims cannot declare repudiation of God's enemies in the house of the people and the House of God, then where can they do so? If the sanctuary, the Ka'ba, the mosque and the mihrab cannot serve as a fortress and buttress for the soldiers of God and the defenders of the sanctuary and sanctity of the prophets, then where is their place of safety and refuge?

In short, the declaration of repudiation constitutes the first stage of the struggle and is a continuation of those other stages which it is our duty to perform. In each period of history, the form this struggle takes and the strategies and programmes involved are determined by the conditions of that time. One must see what one must do in a period like today when the leaders of unbelief and polytheism have endangered the very essence of monotheism (tauhid) and have made all the national, cultural, religious and political aspects of the nations a plaything of their fantasies and carnal desires. Should one sit at home and through incorrect analyses, through affronting the position and rank of human beings and inspiring a spirit of helplessness and weakness in Muslims, in practice actually tolerate Satan and his offspring and prevent society from attaining purification which is the utmost degree of perfection and the ultimate aim? Should one give the impression that the struggle of the prophets against the idols and the idol-worshippers was limited to inanimate stones and wood, and that, God forbid, prophets such as Abraham, although the pioneer of idol-smashing, left the battle scene when it came to waging war against the tyrants? Whereas in fact the destruction of the idols, all the struggles and battles of Hazrat Abraham with the followers of Nimrod and the worshippers of the sun, moon and stars, were a prelude to a great migration. And all those migrations he undertook, the hardships he endured, such as settling in a barren valley, building the House (the Ka'ba) and the trauma of the sacrifice of Isma`il, were a prologue to a mission or message in which the words of the first and last builders and founders of the Ka'ba are repeated by the Seal of the Messengers and whose eternal message is conveyed with the eternal words: "And truly I am innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with Him." (Qur'an 6:19). For if we offer any other analysis or explanation, then in the contemporary period idols and idol-worshipping would not be seen to exist at all, whereas in truth which right-minded person has not recognised the new and modern type of idol-worshipping in all its bewitching and beguiling forms, and who is not aware of the domination such idol-temples as the 'Black' House have acquired over the Islamic countries and over the blood and dignity of the Muslims and the people of the third world.

Today our cries repudiating the polytheists and the unbelievers are cries against the oppression of oppressors. They are the cries of a people whose homes, countries and wealth have been plundered and who have now had enough of the aggressions of the East and West, at whose head stands America and its henchmen.

Our cries of repudiation are the cries of repudiation of the people of Lebanon and Palestine and all the other nations and countries to which the superpowers of the East and West, in particular America and Israel, have turned a covetous eye, whose wealth they have plundered, on whom they have imposed their servants and agents, into whose lands they have dug their claws from distances of thousands of kilometres and whose countries' borders, both on land and at sea, they have occupied.

Our cries of repudiation are the cries of repudiation of all the people who can no longer tolerate the haughtiness of America, and in particular its hegemonic nature; who don't want their anger and hatred to remain stifled and stuck in their throats for ever; and who have resolved to live in freedom and die in freedom and be the rescuers of future generations.

Our cries of repudiation are cries defending honour, dignity and a school of thought, they are cries defending resources and wealth, they are the painful cries of nations whose hearts have been lacerated by the dagger of unbelief and hypocrisy.

Our cries of repudiation are the cries of the indigence of the hungry, deprived and destitute who after working night and day have the product of their sweat and toil stolen by the international thieves. Greedily and in the name of capitalism, socialism and communism these thieves have sucked the blood of the poor nations, of the farmers, labourers and others who toil, have grafted the world's economic jugular vein onto their own, and have prevented the people of the world from attaining the least of their legitimate rights.

Our cries of repudiation are the cries of a nation for whom all the unbelief and arrogance (in the world) are waiting in ambush ready for the kill, all their bows, arrows and bayonets aimed at the Qur'an and the great family. How preposterous it is to imagine that the nation of Muhammad - peace and blessings be upon him and his descendants - those satiated with the waters of the Kauthar of `Ashura and those awaiting the inheritance of the virtuous ones would yield to a humiliating death and to servitude to the West and East. And how preposterous to imagine that Khomeini would remain quiet and calm in the face of attacks by the fiends, the polytheists and the unbelievers on the inviolability of the Most Noble Qur'an, on the family of the Messenger of God and the nation of Muhammad - peace and blessings be upon him and his descendants - and the followers of Abraham, the true believer, or that he would be simply an onlooker to the humiliation and degradation of the Muslims.

I am prepared to spill my valueless blood and sacrifice my unimportant life in order to carry out the obligatory duty and the precept of defending the Muslims. I am waiting to achieve the greatest accomplishment: martyrdom. The powers, superpowers and their servants can rest assured that even if Khomeini were to be left to stand alone, he would continue along the same path, which is that of struggle against unbelief, tyranny, polytheism and idol-worship, and with the help of God, alongside the crusaders of the Islamic world - these bare-footed people exposed to the wrath of dictators - he would still not let the world plunderers and their agents who persist in their oppression and tyranny rest peacefully.

Yes, our slogan 'neither East nor West' is the principal slogan of Islamic revolution in the world of the hungry and the oppressed. It is the designer of the true policy of non-alliance for the Islamic countries and those which in the near future, with the help of God, will accept Islam as the only school of thought capable of saving mankind.

This policy will not be deviated from in the slightest. The Islamic countries and the Muslim people of the world must not be dependent on the West, on Europe and America, neither must they depend on the East, on Russia. God willing, they (are not and instead) place their trust in God, His Messenger and the Imam of the Age. To turn one's back on this international policy of Islam would most surely and decisively mean turning one's back on the aspirations of the school of Islam and betraying the Messenger of God - peace and blessings be upon him and his descendants - and the guiding Imams - upon whom be peace; it would end in the death of our country and nation and that of all the Islamic countries.

No one should suppose that this slogan is a temporary one. For this is the eternal precept on which the actions of our people, our Islamic Republic, indeed all Muslims throughout the world are based. For the condition for entering the path which leads to God's blessings is that one repudiates idols and distances oneself from the path followed by those who have lost the way; and this should be put into practice in all areas of the Islamic world and in every Islamic community.

After participating in the marches to declare their repudiation of idols and announce their solidarity with the brave people of Iran, the Muslims must direct their thoughts to ridding their Islamic lands of imperialism and must strive to drive the armies of Satan out of their countries and extirpate the Western and Eastern military bases there. They must not allow the world-devourers to use their facilities for their own advantage and deliver a blow to the Islamic countries. For the greatest disgrace and shame for Islamic countries and their leaders is for foreigners to find their way into the Muslims' top secret and military centres. Let the Muslims not fear the hullabaloo and the tormenting but hollow announcements they make, for, like a spider's web, the palaces and military and political powers of world arrogance are fragile and are falling apart.

The Muslims of the world must direct their thoughts to educating and controlling those heads of state who have sold their souls to the devil and to making them reform themselves. They must awaken them, through either advice or threats, from the deep slumber which is destroying both themselves and the resources of the Islamic nations. They must warn these agents and servants. Indeed they themselves must also be alert to the danger posed by the hypocrites and the middlemen of world arrogance, they must be perspicacious and must not be heedless of this danger. They must not sit idly by, spectators to scenes of Islam's destruction and the plunder of the wealth, resources and dignity of the Muslims.

The Muslim nations must direct their thoughts to freeing Palestine and show the world the extent of their repugnance for the conciliatory and compromissorial policies adopted by the shameless, venal leaders who, using the name of Palestine, have dashed the hopes of the people in the occupied lands and the Muslims of this region. They must not allow these traitors to sully the reputation, esteem and honour of the heroic people of Palestine at the negotiating tables and in the various meetings, for these venal, pseudo-revolutionaries of little dignity have, in the name of freeing Quds, turned for recourse to America and Israel.

How strange it is that with each day which passes on the bloody tragedy of Palestine's usurpation, the silence and conciliation of the heads of the Islamic countries and the accommodating plans with the usurper Israel increase and nothing more is heard of the slogans about Beit ul-Moqaddas. And if a government or the people of a country such as Iran, which has itself presently been laid to siege and is fighting a war to defend itself against aggression, should rise up and shout in support of the Palestinian people, they (the heads of Islamic states) condemn them. Not only that but the very fact that a day should be called 'Quds Day' strikes fear into their hearts. Perhaps they think that the passing of time has changed the nature and form of Israel's and Zionism's crimes and the blood-drinking wolves of Zionism have stopped thinking about making inroads into and usurping the lands from the Nile to the Euphrates. The respected authorities of Iran, our people and the Islamic nations will not give up their struggle to deracinate this evil tree.

The dispersed groups of Islam's followers, the spiritual power of the nation of Muhammad - peace and blessings be upon him and his descendants - and the means which the Islamic countries have at their disposal must, with the help of Almighty God, be put to use, and, through forming Hizbullah centres of resistance throughout the world, Israel must be forced to repent its criminal past and the Muslims' usurped lands snatched back from its clutches.

As I have warned many times before over the years both before and after the revolution, I once more point out the danger of this filthy, cancerous tumour of Zionism enveloping the whole body of the Islamic countries. I declare my unsparing support, along with that of the nation, government and officials in Iran, for all the Islamic nations, the zealous youth and the Muslims in their struggles to free Quds. I thank the dear youth of Lebanon who have brought honour to the nation of Islam and abjectness and ignominy to the world plunderers. I pray for the success of all the beloved people in the occupied lands and those in areas neighbouring this occupied country who by relying on the weapon of faith and holy war deliver blows against Israel and its interests, and I assure them that the people of Iran will not abandon them. Rely on Almighty God, utilise the spiritual power of the Muslims and attack the enemy with the weapons of piety, holy war, steadfastness and resistance, for "If ye will aid the cause of God, He will aid you, and plant your feet firmly." (Qur'an 47:7).

The message for repudiation, dated 28 July 1987 (6 Murdad 1366 AHS). Sahifa-yi Nur, Vol. 20, p. 109.

 

Without the repudiation demonstrations, our pilgrimage would not be a true pilgrimage

This year, God willing, 150,000 people will leave Iran for the pilgrimage (hajj). There, these pilgrims will execute their duty which is to express their repudiation of polytheists, America and Israel. It is not possible for our pilgrims to go to hajj and not embark on demonstrations against world arrogance. Repudiation of polytheists is one of the fundamental political duties of hajj, without which our pilgrimage would not be a true pilgrimage. The Saudis should know that if they act against this, they will be standing against all the Muslims of the world, but if they act correctly, it will be to their advantage.

Imam's remarks dated 11 April 1988 (22 Farvardin 1367 AHS). Sahifa-yi Nur, Vol. 20, p. 202.

 

The Islamic epic: Palestine, is the result of the repudiation of polytheists demonstration in hajj

The beloved, brave nation of Iran can rest assured that the incident in Mecca will spark great changes in the Islamic world and will provide suitable grounds for the eradication of corrupt regimes in Islamic countries and for the removal of pseudo-clergymen. Even though not more than a year has passed since the epic repudiation of polytheists demonstration, the scent of the innocent blood of our dear martyrs has spread throughout the whole of the world and we are seeing its effects in the farthest reaches of the earth. The epic events which have occurred for the Palestinian people are not accidental. Could the world ever imagine who has composed this epic and at present what ideals the people of Palestine lean towards such that fearlessly, with bare hands, they resist the brutal attacks of the Zionists? Is the only cause that of nationalism which has made them so strong? Is it from the tree of those political players who have sold their souls that the fruits of perseverance and the olives of light and hope fall into the lap of the Palestinians? If this were the case then for years now they have been alongside the Palestinians and getting their daily bread in the name of the people! Without a doubt it is the call of 'Allahu Akbar' which has achieved this. It is the same call that rang out from our people and that brought the Shah in Iran and the usurpers in Beit ul-Moqaddas to despair. This call is the fulfilment of the slogans of repudiation shouted loudly by the Palestinian people, who shoulder to shoulder with their Iranian brothers and sisters took part in the demonstrations during hajj, slogans calling for the freedom of Quds and death to America, Russia and Israel. They too sacrificed their blood on the same land of martyrdom that the blood of our dear ones was spilt, and as martyrs lay down to rest.

Yes, the Palestinians found the path they had lost by going along our path of repudiation. And in this battle we witnessed how iron fortifications fell apart, how blood triumphed over swords, faith over unbelief, raised voices over bullets; how the dream of the Bani Israel (the Jews) to occupy the lands from the Nile to the Euphrates was shattered and once again the Palestinians' star of knowledge shines brightly (this time) from our blessed tree of neither East nor West. Today, in the same way that widespread activity is taking place throughout the world in an attempt to make us compromise with unbelief and polytheism, so too in the same manner efforts are continuing to dampen down the flames of anger of the Muslim people of Palestine. This serves as just one example of how the revolution has progressed.

Imam's message dated 20 July 1988 (29 Tir 1367 AHS). Sahifa-yi Nur, Vol. 20, p. 233.