Ayatollah Qassim’s speech on the 43rd anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Iranian Revolution, on , February 10, 2022
I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the accursed Satan. In the name of of Allah the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon our beloved master the Noble Prophet and his pure progeny
Peace be upon you visitors of Imam Reza, peace be upon him, in these blessed days in which the auspicious Islamic Revolution emerged victorious at the hands of the great Imam Khomeini
Peace be upon Imam Reza and his lovers, those who have taken refuge in the shade of his shrine; who have been blessed by his lights; who have benefited from the floods of his guidance, who believe in his mandate, who are sincerely prepared, God willing, to support him, and who consciously follow his approach
If you, and the rest of the believers, know the approach of Imam al-Ridha, peace be upon him, and realize the duty to support him; and if you know what the path of the revolution of Imam Khomeini (may God be pleased with him) and of Iran mean to Imam Reza (peace be upon him), then you will know their great status and the great responsibility upon the you to protect this path, to fend off it, and to continuously resist for its goals, central achievements, dimensions, victories and its mighty
The mighty of this revolution is nothing but a strength of truth, justice, honesty, guidance, righteousness, prosperity, security, victory, goodness and oversight. Unequivocally, it is the perpetuation of Imam Hussain’s revolution until the advent of the awaited Imam (may God hasten his reappearance), because its banner is a replica of the banner of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him); the banner of Karbala; the banner of the Day of Taff
Verily, the revolution of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) is a banner of guidance, and the banner of Imam Hussein is a banner of insight
O follower of the glorious Islamic nation, build yourselves on the path of God, in a manner by which you overcome both your inner selves and your enemy. Only, God’s path, method and commitment to His pure servitude lead us to the righteous mighty, the solid and lofty will, the rational spirituality and correct thinking, the strong and conscious impulse in the field of goodness, and the effectiveness of noble production
It is one path, the path of salvation, victory and success. No nation will find other than this path a method to its prosperity and success; the path of God, Blessed and Exalted be He
Seek every means of righteous mighty, to be strong and righteous soldiers and protect the gains of the revolution, which is the revolution of all believers and Muslims. Spread the values of Iran, which has achieved a high leap in the nation’s history after decades of stagnation, high vigilance after decades of hibernation, high global presence after decades of absence
Your advocacy of the path of the revolution and the great state is an advocacy of your religion, of which you are responsible to defend, protect, patronize, plan for and defend
Just as the enemies of Islam are severe against this revolution and Iran; against Islam and Muslims, the faithful and sincere Islamic nation must be more severe in protecting Islam and preserving its gains from which the revolution and Iran’s path does not separate
Your severity must be stronger than the enemies’ severity; your strength must be greater than theirs, your fervour musy sweep away their arrogance for the sake of God, the Blessed and Exalted
O believers everywhere, we must know that we will not be able to protect ourselves, our Islam, our homelands and our position, and to advance unless we have sufficient strength. Nevertheless, there is no way to do that without preparation, jihad, and patience upon the requirements of this path
None of us is pardoned in abandoning a duty that God has destined to us, nor in not preparing to assume our responsibility and build the capacities that empower us
God has endowed the faithful of this nation, as the rest nations, with what enables them to build a strong self and acquire the means of strength that are necessary to recreate reality, and move them to prosperous and advanced positions
The development of reality will be very malleable when we are the most knowledgeable, the strongest and the hardest for the sake of God
The Muslim Ummah must seek reasons of strength, honor, dignity and freedom, in every highland and valley, and in every near and far places, and to upbring its younger generations to well-perceive, love, melt in Islam, and adhere to its teachings and sacrifice in its cause, as an advocacy of this religion, a loyalty to its upcoming generations and as a request to God Almighty’s satisfaction
Let the believers’ demand for mighty be no less than their request for the sustenance on which they survive, and let all their mighty be for the sake of Islam’s strength, pride and victory
O believers, O Muslims, be impregnable fortresses of Islam, and fortify them with it. It is the best thing with which a nation is fortified. There is no elevation, no profit, and no humanity for a nation that is not fortified by Islam
It is extreme stupidity, obscene negligence, misbehavior, and a loss of scales for the nation that it underestimate the significance of what has been achieved by the grace of God, and to neglect the blessings of this revolution that Imam Khomeini, may God reward him with the best reward on behalf of Islam and Muslims, and the bounties of this noble revolution, and the importance of the state that emerged from it
This state has brought honour for the entire nation. Thanks to this revolution, Iran has embarked on the path of a majestic and irreversible renaissance up to the great and glorious victory, the day of the appearance of Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, and the establishment of his blessed global state, through which the believers will be pleased, the earth will be secured, evil and corruption will be eradicated, and nations will follow their way to God and to the paradise of eternity
!Peace, mercy and blessings of God upon you
