Addressees: The students abroad and the Muslims of Iran and the world
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
To all the respected students abroad and all the other worthy people and groups in Europe, America and India and the other countries, who are spending their time and lives in the pursuit of the sublime goals of Islam in order to attain the perfect state of humanity, and to rescue mankind from the clutches of people who are outwardly human, and from the savage beasts in human garb.
I thank all the esteemed gentlemen who have been kind enough to commiserate with me on this tragedy, which is but a paltry part of the calamities besetting the children of Islam. I also pray beside the grave of the Master of the Pious( Imam `Ali ), may peace and salutations be upon him, for all those people or groups who have emigrated from their beloved country because of the chaos and police repression. I beseech God, the Exalted, to give all of them maximum success in serving Islam, the guarantor of mankind's deliverance from all the aspects of backwardness.
I would like to give the hope of triumph and victory to you and all the other brothers within the country who are living under police heavy-handedness, and in prisons and torture chambers, grappling with enervating privations and hardships. Also, to the families of those who, under the Shah's torture, have sacrificed their lives in the way of God, on condition that the efforts continue for the sake of righteousness and the triumph of the creed of Truth, by adhering to which you will be blessed with God-given victory. Also, on condition that you strive for unanimity and solidarity in the way of God, and for the salvation of your country, as well as all the other Islamic countries under the pressure of aliens. I am hopeful about this widespread movement and vigilance that has emerged in Islamic countries in general and Iran in particular, and about the general disgust and abhorrence felt for the organs of oppression and brutality, as well as of expansionism and expansionists. This public vigilance and disgust is not temporary or fleeting; it will continue until the despotic establishment is put to an end and the tyranny of the oppressors terminated. Following the ruthless establishment's boundless oppression and the ever-increasing privations of the oppressed nations, there will be an upheaval that will swallow the puppet governments set up to subjugate the nations as well as to plunder their resources, and divine vengeance will be wreaked upon the oppressors.
You and we, wherever we are and with whatever situation we are confronted, should consider ourselves as brothers and form a lasting bond, giving the hand of brotherhood to our brethren within the country, whatever their garb may be. We must strive to eliminate the differences that the foreigners have occasioned and the despotic establishment and its mercenaries are exacerbating. We should bear in mind that until differences exist among the various strata of the people, especially between intellectuals of the clergy and the students, we should despair of victory.
Now that a temporary opportunity has arisen, the groups that are a hundred per cent committed to Islam and are concerned about the Muslims should, with alertness, foresightedness and unanimity, avail themselves of it. They should not allow the opportunists, who have not taken a single step or written a single world for Islam and the noble nation of Iran, to now use this opportunity to infiltrate the ranks of the suffering people by passing themselves off as patriots and freedom-lovers in order to attain ministerial and parliamentary positions. They should not be allowed to find a place for themselves among the people by writing some articles in which neither Islam nor the nucleus of mischief is mentioned. If, God forbid, they do attain positions of authority, a repetition of the same treacheries and allegiance to foreigners, the same woes and misery should not be permitted. Such articles and announcements from some of the known elements- even if they have not been written by the security apparatus, or for the purpose of preserving the Shah, the source of all the misfortunes of the country and nation- are, undoubtedly, not for the good of the nation; nor for safeguarding the basis of Islam which is the protector and guardian of the country's independence and integrity, and the guarantor of social justice and freedoms.
Those days when the various categories of the Muslims: the clergy, the university fraternity, engineers, doctors, traders, workers and farmers were
being crushed under the boots of the foreign mercenaries; that day when the massacre of Khordad 15 and the destruction of the religious schools and others took place; those days when the prisons were crammed with the defenders of Islam and freedom-lovers; that day when the much-honored calendar of Islam- the origin of justice, freedom, and individual, social and political development- was changed to that of the reactionary monarchy and Magianism; «1» that day when they announced the formation of the disgraced Rastakhiz Party for suppressing the nation and making embezzlement and oppression all the more prevalent; those days when, in the name of the White Revolution, the bloodiest of the revolutions, they created a market for their masters; when the nation's agriculture was destroyed, the days when they perpetrated all the atrocities against the religion and nation, not one of these people uttered a word, whereas the youthful clergy and university students defended their rights with their lives, with the support of the nation, including the farmers, workers and merchants.
Now that there is the probability of gaining benefits, either as a reward from the Shah for diverting public opinion from himself and attributing the atrocities to the government, or from the nation on the likelihood of a change of regime, they have picked up their pens and have written certain matters in a restrained, hypocritical manner. The Iranians of every hue, the clergy and others must disappoint these few opportunists by taking the initiative with the greatest of caution and discernment. The Shah and his pack of relations and followers should understand that, in his meeting with the President of the United States, whether or not he agrees to renew his servility and stabilize his illegal position, the Iranian nation does not want him and will not abandon their campaign until they have avenged their blood-soaked youth and delivered Islam and its tenets from this dynasty. I entreat the Exalted Lord to ameliorate the condition of the Muslims and to rescue the Islamic states from the clutches of the alien powers, whether rightist or leftist. May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Dhou'l-Hijjah al-Haram 4, 1397 AH
پاورقی:
["( 1 )In Sahifeh-ye Nour( 22- volume edition ), vol. 1, p. 252, the date given is 9/ 24/ 56 AHS but the date mentioned under the handwritten manuscript is Dhou'l-Hijjah 4, 1397 AH.", '( 1 )Magianism: the philosophy or doctrines of the Magi, a priestly caste in ancient Media and Persia supposedly having occult powers.']