Message of ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of The Islamic Republic of Iran

Message of ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of The Islamic Republic of Iran

 In the name of God, the Beneficent the Merciful

 To the Youth in Europe and North America,

The recent events in France and similar ones in some other Western countries have convinced me to directly talk to you about them. I am addressing you, [the youth], not because I overlook your parents, rather it is because the future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts.

I don’t address your politicians and statesmen either in this writing because I believe that they have consciously separated the route of politics from the path of righteousness and truth.

I would like to talk to you about Islam, particularly the image that is presented to you as Islam. Many attempts have been made over the past two decades, almost since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, to place this great religion in the seat of a horrifying enemy. The provocation of a feeling of horror and hatred and its utilization has unfortunately a long record in the political history of the West.

Here, I don’t want to deal with the different phobias with which the Western nations have thus far been indoctrinated. A cursory review of recent critical studies of history would bring home to you the fact that the Western governments’ insincere and hypocritical treatment of other nations and cultures has been censured in new historiographies.

The histories of the United States and Europe are ashamed of slavery, embarrassed by the colonial period and chagrined at the oppression of people of color and non-Christians. Your researchers and historians are deeply ashamed of the bloodsheds wrought in the name of religion between the Catholics and Protestants or in the name of nationality and ethnicity during the First and Second World Wars. This approach is admirable.

By mentioning a fraction of this long list, I don’t want to reproach history; rather I would like you to ask your intellectuals as to why the public conscience in the West awakens and comes to its senses after a delay of several decades or centuries. Why should the revision of collective conscience apply to the distant past and not to the current problems? Why is it that attempts are made to prevent public awareness regarding an important issue such as the treatment of Islamic culture and thought?

You know well that humiliation and spreading hatred and illusionary fear of the “other” have been the common base of all those oppressive profiteers. Now, I would like you to ask yourself why the old policy of spreading “phobia” and hatred has targeted Islam and Muslims with an unprecedented intensity. Why does the power structure in the world want Islamic thought to be marginalized and remain latent? What concepts and values in Islam disturb the programs of the super powers and what interests are safeguarded in the shadow of distorting the image of Islam? Hence, my first request is: Study and research the incentives behind this widespread tarnishing of the image of Islam.

My second request is that in reaction to the flood of prejudgments and disinformation campaigns, try to gain a direct and firsthand knowledge of this religion. The right logic requires that you understand the nature and essence of what they are frightening you about and want you to keep away from.

I don’t insist that you accept my reading or any other reading of Islam. What I want to say is: Don’t allow this dynamic and effective reality in today’s world to be introduced to you through resentments and prejudices. Don’t allow them to hypocritically introduce their own recruited terrorists as representatives of Islam.

Receive knowledge of Islam from its primary and original sources. Gain information about Islam through the Qur’an and the life of its great Prophet. I would like to ask you whether you have directly read the Qur’an of the Muslims. Have you studied the teachings of the Prophet of Islam and his humane, ethical doctrines? Have you ever received the message of Islam from any sources other than the media?

Have you ever asked yourself how and on the basis of which values has Islam established the greatest scientific and intellectual civilization of the world and raised the most distinguished scientists and intellectuals throughout several centuries?

I would like you not to allow the derogatory and offensive image-buildings to create an emotional gulf between you and the reality, taking away the possibility of an impartial judgment from you. Today, the communication media have removed the geographical borders. Hence, don’t allow them to besiege you within fabricated and mental borders.

 Although no one can individually fill the created gaps, each one of you can construct a bridge of thought and fairness over the gaps to illuminate yourself and your surrounding environment. While this preplanned challenge between Islam and you, the youth, is undesirable, it can raise new questions in your curious and inquiring minds. Attempts to find answers to these questions will provide you with an appropriate opportunity to discover new truths.

Therefore, don’t miss the opportunity to gain proper, correct and unbiased understanding of Islam so that hopefully, due to your sense of responsibility toward the truth, future generations would write the history of this current interaction between Islam and the West with a clearer conscience and lesser resentment.

Seyyed Ali Khamenei

21st Jan. 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Muhammad (PBUH), is the excellent example for the world

 

 Muhammad (PBUH), is the excellent example for the world,

Muhammad (PBUH), is the favorite of Adam’s family,

Muhammad (PBUH), is mercy upon the worlds,

He is celestial (Allah’s) messenger on the earth,

His heart is sea-like, and his moral is divine,

His bright look, is similar to the sun of the morning,

While axe was on his shoulder, came toward idol-house,

The beloved of Allah, (the Master of) delighted ones, Muhammad (PBUH),

Muhammad (PBUH),

 

He is the last (prophet), (and) Allah is his last goal, 

All the mercy, is in his salutation,

Secret of Asra, is hidden in his hair,

Passion of his call, has broken the cage,

He is the honest (man), who brought us revelation of the Lord of the worlds,

He is the chief and master of the Gabriel,

Orphan of Mecca, became master of the world,

Muhammad (PBUH), became master of the prophets,

Bravo! O’ full moon of the non-Arabs,

Labbayk!, O’ sun of the Arabs,

O’ whose pleasant moral, has no similar,

O’ the one whom the world is in wonder at, 

O’ whose pleasant moral, has no similar,

O’ the one whom the world is in wonder at,

O’ the one whom the world is in wonder at, 

Our Ta-Ha, our Ya-Sin, O’ the one whose verses are our religion,

We are reciters of your Quran, You are protector of our faith,

O’ whose pleasant moral, has no similar,

O’ the one whom the world is in wonder at, 

O’ whose pleasant moral, has no similar,

O’ the one whom the world is in wonder at, 

O’ the one whom the world is in wonder at, 

 

[O' the one who shines the paths] , (Certainly) i have taken refuge in you,

O' healer of hearts, Peace be upon you,

The favorite prophet, The light for the people of the world,

Master of Prophets, Master of Messengers.

 

Sometimes my heart, is extremely eager, 

By cry (= shedding tears), knocks at (the door of) friend’s house,

Rain of mercy, is raining on my head,

I’m indebted to prophet’s goodness and grace, 

Your blood flowed in our vessels and heart,

The sun of our path, is now indebted to you,

Your school of love, helped us,

The light of our Takbir, shone the alleys, 

My affection and heart, are left in your hand, 

I’m grateful (to you) for your grace, The merciful master,

 

The merciful master,

 

Peace of the worlds,

we will try,

to go on in your high path,

we will try,

to go on in your high path,

what you commenced,

is the light of our manner,

Peace of the worlds,

bring compassion,

for the seen and the unseen.

 

 

 My affection and heart,we [...] you

are left in your hand,we owe you,

(Allah) save you (for us),we praise you,

The merciful master,

(by) Following your path,we love you,

The rivers became a sea,we need you,

Your bright words,

we love you,

have already become comprehensible (for us).

we love all the world.

We did not send you(Muhammad) but as a mercy to all the nations

We did not send you (Muhammad) but as a mercy to all the nations.(Holy Quran.Sura 21.Verse 107)

Oneness of God in Shia Muslim's opinion

The Oneness and Unity of God is the first and the most important belief in Islam. It is the first part of the declaration of faith (Shahada), which people must recite to become Muslim. The Oneness and Unity of Allah (s.w.t) means that, there is no God but Allah (s.w.t), there is nothing like Allah (s.w.t), and that Allah (s.w.t) is not made up of parts. The belief that there is no God but Allah (s.w.t) and that there is nothing like Him is easy to understand. However, the belief that he is indivisible, and not made up of parts needs some explanation.

For example, if we were to look at a motorcar, we find that it is made up from different parts, and only when those parts come together, can we call it a car. So a wheel on its own is not a car, and the same goes for the doors and the mirrors. So we can understand that a car needs an engine, wheels, doors and other parts for it to be a car and for it to work.

However, when we think of God we understand that He is not in need of anything to complete Him, that He is not made up of parts. Understanding the Oneness of God is an important first step towards understanding God’s attributes such as knowledge, power and others. Therefore, the attributes of God, such as the power and knowledge of God, are not separate from his essence, but are part of his nature and are intrinsic qualities.

Congratulations on the Birthday of Prophet Mohammad

Prophet Muhammad was born on 17th Rabi" al-Awwal(Someones say it was 12th rabi"al-Awwal), 570 AD.