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In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

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الحمدلله ربّ العالمين و الصّلاة و السّلام علي سيّدنا و نبيّنا ابي‌القاسم المصطفي محمّد

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و علي آله الطّيّبين الطّاهرين و صحبه المنتجبين و من تبعهم باحسان الي يوم الدّين

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I congratulate all of youon the auspicious and blessed birth anniversary of the Honorable Prophet of Islam

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as well as the auspicious birth anniversary of that Honorable One’s scion, Hadhrat Ja’far ibn Mohammad as-Sadeq (Peace Be upon Him and His Forefathers).

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dear audience, dear guests, the ambassadors of Islamic countries who are present here, the esteemed guests of the Unity Week

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and the entire Iranian nation and the entire Islamic Ummah and all freedom-seekers of the world

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I hope that this day [and] this birth anniversary would cause all of us to become more aware

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of the duty and the path that is in front of us at the present time due to the blessed birth of the Prophet, and we must tread.

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The blessed being of the Prophet was a blessing; [he] was a blessing for the entire world.

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This blessing will extend to the followers of that Honorable One and [also to] those people who accept his path and his guidance;

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they become “blessed” as well, [and] are covered by the mercy of God. [As the Quran has] said,

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فَسَاَکتُبُها لِلَّذينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَ يُؤتُونَ الزَّکو'ةَ وَ الَّذينَ هُم بِـايٰتِنا يُؤمِنُونَ

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اَلَّذينَ‌ يَتَّبِعُونَ‌ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الاُمِّيَّ الَّذي يَجِدُونَهو مَکتُوبًا عِندَهُم فِي التَّوريٰةِ وَ الاِنجيلِ

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[Therefore,] those people who follow this Honorable One, move after him, [and] accept his guidance, are covered by the divine mercy;

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this is the divine promise and there is no doubt about it. The Islamic world and the Islamic Ummah have gone through many ups and downs,

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but they have availed themselves of the divine mercy in this world and the Hereafter only when they have followed [the Prophet’s example].

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[As the Quran says:] فَالَّذينَ ءامَنوا بِهٖ وَ عَزَّرُوهُ وَ نَصَرُوهُ‌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا النّورَ الَّذي اُنزِلَ مَعَهو اُولٰئِکَ هُمُ المُفلِحُون

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[Of course,] this is true about those who would follow suit with that Honorable One.

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The Revered Prophet brought clean things for the general public,

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[and] brought for the general public freedom from all forms of captivity. What the Prophet gave the humanity as a gift is not special to a certain group to the exclusion of other groups;

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it belongs to the entire humanity. Only those people avail themselves of it who follow him and comply with what he says.

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These chains that are put on human’s necks and hands and feet and prevent them from moving [freely and] from flying,

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take them away from spirituality, and make their lives [a] bitter [experience],

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the prophet of Islam removes these [various] forms of captivity from people’s hands and feet.

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What are these forms of captivity? These various forms of captivity include being captive to the oppression of [world] powers, [and] the arrogance of the arrogant ones,

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[in addition to] the existence of class divide, [as well as] oppressive and arrogant forms of aristocracy; these are [various forms of captivity for humans].

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The Prophet opposed these [forms of captivity], [and] fought against these.

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Nations can continue on this path if they stand fast [and] if they resist;

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[and you have no doubt that nations] can overcome [world] powers. Yes, at the present time, major plots are being hatched by the powerful of the world

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against the Islamic Ummah, but these plots can be resisted [and] these [plots] can be rendered ineffective.

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Prophet Moses (Peace Be upon Our Prophet and Him) told the Almighty God that

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“Our Lord, indeed You have given Pharaoh and his establishment splendor and wealth in the worldly life, our Lord, that they may lead [men] astray from Your way.

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Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment;"

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[in fact, Moses] cursed [Pharaoh]. In the face of Prophet Moses, Pharaoh was a superior power;

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decorations, properties, potentialities, arms, money [and] everything was in his control. Moses was empty-handed;

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[therefore,] he implored on the Almighty God, [and] beseeched [for His assistance]. In response, the Almighty God said,

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“Your supplication has been answered."

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[He said,] ‘I have answered the supplication of the two of you – Moses and [his brother] Aaron – [and] granted [your demand], but there are conditions:

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“So, remain on the right course and follow not the way of those who do not know."

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[God advised them to] stand fast [and] resist. Resistance is one way in the field of military war,

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one way in the field of political war, [and] another way in the field of battle of wills;

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resistance is necessary in all these [fields]. If nations and the elect and the elite

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do not forget about resistance, victory will certainly be theirs.

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Yes, at the present time, [enemies] have formed a front in the face of the Islamic Ummah.

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America, the [global] arrogance and their proxies, Zionism, the Zionist regime,

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reactionary [regimes], greedy persons of the world, [as well as] those among Muslims who are given to carnal pleasures and are dependent on those powers,

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all of these have formed a front against Islam [and] against the path of the Prophet.

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[As Moses said to God,] “You have given Pharaoh and his establishment splendor and wealth in the worldly life.”

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Yes, at the present time, these [powers] are [acting like] Pharaoh; today, America is Pharaoh;

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today, the Zionist regime is Pharaoh; the [real] Pharaoh is the same proxies of these [global powers] in the region

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who want to pit Muslims against one another in a gradual manner and wage war in the region, and this is America’s plan at the present time.

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Everybody must pay attention to this, [and] must know this.

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American politicians themselves have admitted willingly or unwillingly in their analyses [and] in their remarks

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that ‘we must start a war in the West Asia region, must create division, [and] pit these [regional countries] against one another’.

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[They are planning to do this] because [in this way] the Zionist regime would find a safe margin [and] be comfortable; because these [regional countries] would not be able to progress;

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[and] because the body of the Islamic Ummah would shed so much blood that it would become listless,

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become weak, [and] not be able to resist. What should be done in the face of this [plan]?

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[As the Quran says, we must] “remain on the right course and follow not the way of those who do not know;”

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we must not follow the path of ignorant people.

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At the present time, there are unfortunately rulers in this region and elites in this region,

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who dance to America’s tune! They do what they [Americans] want;

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[and] work for them against the Islamic Ummah and against Islam! These are detrimental to Islam!

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We have no motivation for antagonizing Muslim states; we believe in unity, [and] we are interested in unity.

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These days, [are] the days of the Unity Week. The Unity Week was announced by our honorable Imam [Khomeini]; [and its goal is to foster] unity among various Islamic sects.

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And we praise God that the Islamic Republic and the Iranian nation

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have been able to create unity and brotherhood in practice, [and] among themselves and their Muslim brethren from various Islamic sects.

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We have no problem with this. However, there are people who are opposed to this move, which seeks unity

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and this move, which is interested in unity and has made unity its goal, who have decided to create division and start war;

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this is their policy and they are following up on this goal.

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Well, what should we got to do against these [opponents]? What have we got to do against these people who follow America’s policy in this region?

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Our language is one of advice. Yes, ignorant people in some of these [regional] states

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say things about the Iranian nation and the Islamic Republic, which cannot be taken seriously.

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We are not going to answer their nonsensical remarks; we are bent on giving advice, [and] we give advice.

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These steps that some governments in the region are taking at the present time in service of America,

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this is to their detriment; [in fact,] they are destroying themselves.

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The enemy will do whatever it can. They launched these Takfiri groups in our region thinking that

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they would start a secterian war, but the Almighty God punched them in the mouth and no sectarian war was started and it will not start [in the future either].

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We resisted those who had been incited by the enemy, stood fast and, praise be to God, we succeeded as well,

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but their problem was that they served the enemy as mercenaries; there was no religious war, no tribal war, [and] no sectarian war [in this region].

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The enemy wanted this; the enemy wanted to start a war between Shias and Sunnis, however,

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[as a famous prayer says,] “praise be to God who has made silly people our enemies,”

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[and indeed] the Almighty God has made silly people our enemies.

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The number of Sunni Muslims who Daesh killed and annihilated in this region was more than the number of people whom they killed from Shias!

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They wanted to start a war between Sunnis and Shias. [However,] the Almighty God punched them in the mouth.

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Our confrontation with Takfiri forces was [in fact] confrontation with oppression; was confrontation with the distortion of Islam;

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[and] was a fight against a savage group distant from Islamic ethics and Islamic civil code and the truth of Islam,

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[whose members] set people on fire alive, skinned people alive,

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took Muslim families into captivity and were immersed in political corruption, sexual corruption, financial corruption,

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practical corruption, and all [other] kinds of corruption. These [Takfiri terrorists] were agents of America,

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were agents of Zionism, [and] their remnants, wherever they are, are agents of America and agents of Zionism.

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This is a reality, [and] we stood against them. If the Islamic world wants to achieve dignity,

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it must not lose unity and unification and unanimity. If the Islamic world wants to gain power and dignity, it must stand against Zionism.

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At the present time, the issue of Palestine tops the list of political issues of the Islamic world and the Islamic Ummah.

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Everybody is duty-bound to defend Palestine and liberation of Palestine and saving the Palestinian nation, and strive toward it and work for it.

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[Of course,] the enemy has been grounded in this area as well; you [must] know this. Now that they claim that they want to declare al-Quds

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as the capital of the Zionist regime, this is out of their hopelessness, [and] out of their helplessness.

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Their hands are tied in the case of Palestine, [and] by taking this step, without a doubt, they will be dealt an even bigger blow and the Islamic world will stand against them.

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Without a doubt, the enemy cannot achieve the success that it pursues in the case of Palestine and Palestine will be liberated;

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there is no doubt that Palestine will be liberated. Perhaps a little later, [or] a litter sooner, but there is no doubt that this will happen

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and the struggle of the Islamic Ummah for the liberation of Palestine, God willing, will bear fruit.

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Praise be to God, the Iranian nation has been able through its valor, through its faith, through its insight, [and] through its steadfastness to go through difficult ways

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and to pass through many hardships

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Everybody [must] know [this], both our friends across the world [must] know and our enemies [must] know as well.

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In these ways, which we have passed during these 38 years after victory of the revolution,

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there have been difficulties that could have disabled nations, [but] these problems have not been able to bring the Iranian nation to its knees;

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and whatever problems that they will cause us after this will certainly be less numerous and less significant than previous problems,

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and the ability and power of the Iranian nation for facing problems is much more than the past.

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We will defeat [all] problems through the divine assistance.

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The enemy cannot defeat the Iranian nation and make it backtrack [on its positions]

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and we will be able, God willing, to overcome all problems and show the Islamic dignity to all Muslim nations

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and make the flag of the Islamic dignity, God willing, fly higher and be more dignified [than ever before].

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May the Almighty God send down His mercy on the purified soul of the honorable Imam, who opened this path in front of us,

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and God willing, enrapture the purified souls of our dear martyrs, who laid down their lives on this path,

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and help all of us be able to fulfill in the best possible manner all that is our duty and all that is expected from us at this juncture.

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Peace be unto you and so may the mercy of Allah and His blessings