[11 Nov 13] Speech to Members of the Soldiers of Islam Mourning...
A small portion of the Farsi is included, but the
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on November 11, 2013 by Ayatollah...
A small portion of the Farsi is included, but the
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on November 11, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with the members of the Soldiers of Islam Mourning Committee.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
The Soldiers of Islam Mourning Committee is an auspicious phenomenon. The idea that our soldiers form mourning committees is a very auspicious and important idea. The pivot of this committee is mourning for Ashura. The other tasks that you referred to are good and necessary subsets, but the pivot is reviving and understanding the depth of Ashura.
One point in this regard is that the connection between the words \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"committee\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"soldiers\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" has an important meaning. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Soldiers\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" means those people who engage in jihad in the face of the enemy. Jihad includes \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"moqatele\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Moqatele\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" means a military war. Jihad is a combination of different wars such as military wars, intellectual wars, psychological wars and social wars. A combination of these things is jihad and jihad includes all of these wars. One of the characteristics of jihad is the existence of an enemy. Not any effort is called jihad. It is possible that someone engages in scientific work, but this may not be jihadi work. Jihad is a movement which is launched in the face of a hostile act and a hostile enemy. Those people who engage in jihad in the way of God and who enjoy a jihadi characteristic and spirit will realize that this is a real blessing for their hearts and souls.
Jihad is necessary because human societies are not devoid of enemies. They may have few or many enemies. Sometimes, like our society, they have many enemies and sometimes they do not. But in any case, they have an enemy. Therefore, if a society has an internal force for confronting the enemy - this force is comprised of soldiers and mujahids - then it can have a feeling of security. But if it does not enjoy this force, then it will be like a body that suffers from lack of white blood-cells which are in charge of fighting against infection. In such circumstances, all kinds of diseases may afflict this society.
The effort of this group of people to revive and commemorate Ashura and to mourn for Hussein ibn Ali (a.s.) is very appropriate and necessary. Therefore, the essence of this connection - that is to say, the connection between mourning committees and soldiers - is very blessed and good. You should not abandon this and you should preserve it as much as you can.
Another point is that the word \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"heyat\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [committee] means lack of order in the conventional sense of the word. They say that such and such a person acts in a heyati way. This means that he acts in a disorganized way. Perhaps we can say that you are the first people to impose order on an organization which is disorderly by nature. This is a very good thing.
Well, why does the word \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"heyati\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" mean disorderly in the conventional sense of the word? This is because when someone enters an Imam Hussein (a.s.) heyat, no one tells them where to sit and where not to sit and when to come and when to go. All the movements and comings and goings are based on the will of the people and this originates in faith. This is a very good thing and you should preserve it. You should preserve the committee\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s relationship with what people love and believe in. You should preserve the interest that the hearts of people have in this committee. That is to say, it should not be the case that the committee acts in a formal way.
In my opinion, the centers that you should work in are Hussainiyahs. You do not need bureaucratic organizations. Hussainiyahs, heyats and mosques are the centers that you should engage in. If we affiliate this committee to an organization and if we specify a multi-storey building for that with bureaucratic equipment, this is not a committee anymore. I fear that it may face certain problems. I am not saying that it will not be a committee, but in my opinion, the nature of such committees requires the enthusiastic participation of the people in mourning ceremonies for Imam Hussein (a.s.). This is what exerts a powerful effect on them. This is what the Revolution originated from. At least, it can be good ground for growing revolutionary virtues and teachings.
The next point which is very important is the issue of nurturing panegyrists and protecting them against errors and mistakes. This is very important. One of our serious problems is really this. Panegyrists have acquired a bad name in this regard, but it is not particular to panegyrists. This issue is not particular to panegyrists and other people in charge of such affairs. It has been witnessed that those people who take the minbar and those who recite eulogies for Ashura - including panegyrists, those who have minbar and other such people - have said inappropriate things. Sometimes you and I have meeting and talk and I may say an inappropriate thing. This is not a problem because it is between you and me. This is not important. But sometimes, we have an audience of one thousand, 10 thousand or 50 thousand people and sometimes, this audience turns into millions of people. In such circumstances, we should see what effect an inappropriate and wrong statement may exert on our audience. A number of people may accept this wrong statement and they may learn a wrong concept. A number of people may reject this statement and they may take an instant dislike towards the essence of religion. Besides, there may be an angry argument between certain groups of people.
Notice that certain deviations may emerge as a result of this wrong statement. Since long ago, we have seen that sometimes panegyrists perform rowzas that are obviously wrong, but they continue to perform because in order to make a few people shed tears. This is not particular to the present time. Since I was a child, I have participated in mourning ceremonies and I have listened to people who took the minbar. Should we make people shed tears at any price?
You can narrate the event and you can do it in an artistic way in order to produce strong effects on people, but you should not say things which are false. I have heard that, addressing the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) a panegyrist said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Whatever you have is because of Imam Hussein (a.s.)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Notice how wrong this is. How can someone talk such nonsense about the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.)? Whatever Imam Hussein (a.s.) has is because of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.). Whatever he has is because of the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.). Why do they not understand such concepts? Besides, they claim that they are good panegyrists and they say whatever crosses their mind. In my opinion, we should attach great significance to such issues.
The next point is concerning the issue which was raised by Mr. Nejat as well. He is right. Such committees cannot be secular. We do not have secular Imam Hussein (a.s.) committees. Anyone who is interested in Imam Hussein (a.s.) is also interested in political and jihadi Islam and the kind of Islam which engages in fighting, offering blood and laying down one\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s life. This is the meaning of faith in Imam Hussein (a.s.). If a panegyrist takes care not to enter into political discussions, this is wrong. Of course, this does not mean that whatever political event takes place in the country, we should bring it up in rowzas and we should adopt specific orientations - whether revolutionary or anti-revolutionary - towards it. This is not what I mean, but revolutionary and Islamic thoughts and the auspicious guidelines which Imam (may God bestow paradise on him) formulated in our country should be brought up in such ceremonies.
This task is a great and important task. The best people who can perform rowzas for Imam Hussein (a.s.) are mujahids in the way of God and these young soldiers. You should appreciate the value of this and you should provide guidance. This can be a bright and shining spring for enlightening the minds of the people and the audience and it can improve them in terms of Islamic and religious teachings.
How good it is to pay attention to the issue of reading the Holy Quran in mourning ceremonies. How good it is to employ Islamic, revolutionary and Quranic concepts in mourning ceremonies. Sometimes, when they mourn, people say certain clichés such as \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Hussein vay\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Well, this has no value and one learns nothing from repeating \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Hussein vay\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". When the audience says such clichés, you can raise revolutionary, Islamic and Quranic issues and issues which are related to the present time. When the audience repeats it, this becomes internalized in their minds. This is very valuable. This is a task that cannot be carried out by anyone except you. No media network can inculcate religious teachings into the minds and the hearts and souls of people. Therefore, this is an important and great task. I hope that Allah the Exalted rewards and bestows success on you so that you can carry out this task in the best way possible.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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Robby, who has a proper curling stone, invites Pingu to have a game with him. Pingu doesn\'t have a curling stone, so he gets his hot water bottle...
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[AL-QUDS 2013] Br. Ahmed Reading the letter of Senior Jewish Rabbi from...
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Like their counterparts in 770 cities in 80 countries of the world, thousands of Torontonians took to the streets on the International Day of Al-Quds to denounce Zionism and express their complete solidarity with the brutally oppressed, indigenous population of Palestine. The rally in Toronto was led by Jewish rabbis, activists from Independent Jewish Voices and other Jews who want to reclaim the hijacked faith of Judaism from the Zionist extremists. The rally also featured representatives from 150 peace organizations, labor movements, churches, mosques and human rights groups.
The attendees, which comprised of men women and children of all ages and faiths, carried signs like \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We Love Jews, Not Zionists\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Yes to Islam, Christianity and Judaism, No to Zionism\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Yes to Torah, Bible and Quran, no to Zionism\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Yes to Moses, Jesus and Mohammad, No to Zionism\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Criticism of Israel is Not Anti-Semitism\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\".
Various organizations representing the interests of Israel and settlers in Canada had lobbied hard to stop the rally and tried to intimidate people from attending it, however, their efforts failed miserably and the Toronto city witnessed one of the largest and most organized Al-Quds rallies ever held in the western hemisphere. Some extremists from the radical Zionist organization, JDL, and their Islamophobic hatemongering friends from the Sun News Network tried to harass the attendees but were not successful. The JDL has been designated the terrorist status by the FBI and represents the true face of Zionism and the settler mentality of arrogance, racism and bullying. An anchor of Sun News Network has advocated dropping a nuclear bomb on the civilian population of a Muslim country and their so-called journalists are always shamelessly trying to propagate the Zionist narrative about the indigenous Christians and Muslims of Palestine. However, initiatives like the Al-Quds day have taken the mask off the ugly face of Zionism and today Israel is more isolated in the world than ever before. At the recent UN vote, 174 nations voted against the Israeli position (http://muslimperspectives.com/?p=823, http://muslimperspectives.com/?p=685)
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[158] Hadith Explanation by Imam Khamenei | Become Familiar with the...
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei narrates and explains an excerpt from the will of the Messenger of Allah, the holy Prophet Muhammad (S) where...
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei narrates and explains an excerpt from the will of the Messenger of Allah, the holy Prophet Muhammad (S) where he speaks to the Commander of the Believers, Amirul Mo\\\'mineen, Imam Ali ibne Abi Talib (A).
What is one of the things that the Messenger of Allah (S) said to Imam Ali (A) in his will?
What will happen to a society if a large part of the society becomes acquainted with and familiar with the holy Qur\\\'an?
And how does one become acquainted with and familiar with the holy Qur\\\'an?
Furthermore, in what situations must one recite the holy Qur\\\'an?
Also, what are some specific sets of Qur\\\'anic chapters that have been recommended by Islamic gnostics?
Finally, what are the etiquettes of reciting and reading the holy Qur\\\'an, which if not followed can have disastrous consequences?
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei expounds upon the will of the Messenger of Allah, holy Prophet Muhammad (S).
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[20 July 11] دیدار مسئولان كتابخانهها و...
دیدار مسئولان كتابخانههای بزرگ و عمومی و جمعی از كتابداران سراسر كشور با رهبر...
دیدار مسئولان كتابخانههای بزرگ و عمومی و جمعی از كتابداران سراسر كشور با رهبر انقلاب
http://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=16737
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی امروز در دیدار مسؤولان كتابخانه های بزرگ و عمومی و جمعی از كتابداران سراسر كشور با اشاره به سابقه كهن و تاریخی ملت مسلمان ایران در تولید كتاب و كتابخوانی، شرایط كنونی تولید و نشر كتاب و آمارهای مطالعه كتاب در كشور را راضی كننده ندانستند و همه مسئولان دستگاههای فرهنگی و مرتبط با موضوع كتاب و كتابخوانی را به بازنگری جدی و حركتی جدید و فراگیر برای ترویج كتابخوانی و مطالعه كتاب های مفید و سالم بویژه در میان نوجوانان و جوانان فراخواندند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای در این دیدار با تشكر و قدردانی از زحمات مسئولان كتابخانه ها و كتابداران، برگزاری چنین دیداری را اقدامی نمادین برای احترام به كتاب و كتابخوانی بیان كردند و افزودند: با وجود پیشرفتهای اخیر در وسایل ارتباط جمعی و ارتباطات جدید و نوظهور، كتاب هیچگاه منزوی نخواهد شد و هیچ ابزار پیشرفته ارتباطاتی و فرهنگی نمی تواند جایگزین كتاب شود.
كتابخوانی، یكی از موضوعاتی بود كه رهبر انقلاب اسلامی به تبیین ابعاد مختلف آن پرداختند و لازمه اهتمام به كتاب را ترویج كتابخوانیِ همراه با تدبر دانستند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای با تأكید بر اینكه همه دستگاههای آموزشی و فرهنگی برای ترویج كتابخوانیِ همراه با تدبر، وظیفه دارند افزودند: از آموزش و پرورش و مدارس ابتدایی تا دستگاههای ارتباط جمعی و تبلیغاتی اعم از مطبوعات و صدا و سیما در ترویج كتابخوانی مسئول هستند.
ایشان فراگیر شدن تبلیغات كتاب و كتابخوانی در دستگاههای ارتباط جمعی و تبلیغاتی را ضروری خواندند و خاطرنشان كردند: امروز برای برخی كالاها و محصولات كم اهمیت و حتی مضر تبلیغات گسترده ای در صدا و سیما و مطبوعات می شود اما برای كتاب كه محصولی با عظمت و با ارزش است، تبلیغ و تشویق مناسبی صورت نمی گیرد.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی تأكید كردند: كتابخوانی باید به یك عادت همیشگی در مردم بویژه جوانان تبدیل شود و در سبد كالاهای مصرفی خانواده سهمی قابل قبول پیدا كند.
حضرت آیتالله خامنهای در ادامه سخنان خود به موضوع كتابخانه ها و نقش مهم كتابداران برای راهنمایی كتابخوان ها اشاره كردند و افزودند: مهمترین و سنگین ترین وظیفه در كتابخانه ها، برعهده كتابداران است.
ایشان با تأكید بر اینكه كتابداران منبع و مرجعی برای راهنمایی مراجعین به كتاب هستند خاطر نشان كردند: یكی از نیازهای كنونی، نظم مطالعاتی در میان دوستدارن كتاب است كه كتابداران با راهنمایی صحیح می توانند این خلاء را برطرف كنند.
رهبر انقلاب اسلامی نقش كتابداران در جهت دهی به مراجعان برای كتابخوانی همراه با تأمل را یادآور شدند و با اشاره به اهمیت برنامه های مطالعاتی افزودند: یكی از نیازهای مهم جامعه بویژه نسل نوجوان و جوان طراحی سیر مطالعاتی در موضوعات مختلف و با تنوع مناسب است.
عرضه كتاب سالم و جلوگیری از ورود كتابهای مضر، یكی دیگر از محورهای سخنان حضرت آیتالله خامنهای بود.
ایشان درباره این موضوع خاطر نشان كردند: لزوماً هر كتابی مفید نیست و نمی توان بازار كتاب را آزاد گذاشت تا كتابهای مضر وارد جامعه شوند.
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Ayat Al Qurmezi poem complete reading in Bahrain 2011 الشاعرة...
Ayat Al Qurmezi poem complete reading in Bahrain 2011 الشاعرة آيات القرمزي
الشاعرة آيات القرمزي - ميدان...
Ayat Al Qurmezi poem complete reading in Bahrain 2011 الشاعرة آيات القرمزي
الشاعرة آيات القرمزي - ميدان الشهداء - إبليس و حمد
فیلم کامل شعر آیات القرمزی در سالگرد اشغال بحرین
Ayat Hassan Mohammed Al-Qurmezi (Arabic: آيات حسن محمد القرمزي; the surname is also transcribed Al-Qormezi, al-Ghermezi) (born c. 1991, Sadad, Bahrain) is a poet student at the at the University of Bahrain Teaching Institute in Bahrain & female activist against the Al Khalifah Dictator Clan.
Ayat Al-Qurmezi became famous in Bahrain and internationally after reading out a poem criticising Bahraini government policies to the Pearl Square Roundabout gathering of pro-democracy protesters. After the poem was widely circulated via social media she and her family were subjected to harassment and death threats.
She was arrested and detained in conditions of secrecy and rumours of her death in custody led to protests by Iranian activists. She was subjected to torture while in custody but was eventually tried on charges of inciting hatred of the Bahraini regime and insulting members of the royal family.
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[3] Short Tafsir by Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei | Trust in Allah |...
There are times when we read a verse from the Holy Quran or in the books of traditions; and that
reading produces a resulting faith in our...
There are times when we read a verse from the Holy Quran or in the books of traditions; and that
reading produces a resulting faith in our heart. But practicing that faith through our actions
is a whole different level.
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei provides us with a short interpretation of the following verse of
the Holy Quran.
Chapter 3 (Ale Imran), Verse 139:
“So do not lose heart and do not grieve, for you will be superior if you are Mo’mineen
(believers).”
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