THE STREET MIMBAR Khutbah (20 January 2006)

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IRA#- A #A*I+# R,B+R#-PAR* "n the #o y Quran$ A ah says It is .e ho has sent .is Apostle ith guidance and the religion of truth so that .e may make it pre/ail o/er all religions e/en though those ho orship false 0ods may detest it (1urah At*aubah /erse 22!. - e%en though the United States$ Russia an& a the superpowers may &etest it. A ah's promise is not con&itiona on the strength o( the superpowers. In its widest sense the Islamic m !ement s"ans the entire 3mmah# in its narr west# it re"resents that "art $ the 3mmah whi%h is m st ad!an%ed in its stru&&'e t wards estab'ishin& Islam as a t ta' way $ 'i$e( A (ew years ago$ one cou & not recogni)e a sing e ea&ing e&ge in the Islamic mo%ement- this was the b eak out ook which (ace& the Ummah as history mo%e& into the (ina &eca&e o( the *+th century Hijra. ,ut the wor & was unaware o( the Islamic mo%ement in Iran. Iran, un&er the e-Shah was beyon& the pa e o( Islam; Iran was a b in& spot. )e were 1unni and ur a&e 'd i&n ran%e was dee" and t ta'# and thus when the Islamic re! 'uti n in Iran be&an t ma*e head'ines in ear'y +,-.# the bu'* $ Mus'ims# wh %a''ed themse'!es 1unni# were %au&ht unaware( .he Shah's propagan&a ha& then b ame& the Islamic masters. .he western me&ia$ an& the /us im me&ia manipu ate& by the West$ an& the a ienate& regimes o( /us im countries ha& then &ismisse& the e%ents in Iran as insigni(icant. A o( us were s ow in recogni)ing the new rea ity in Iran. .here has been a systematic attempt at smearing Islamic Iran, an& the western me&ia &e iberate y promote& (a se accounts o( the e%ents o( the Islamic re%o ution e& by Ayatollah Khomeini who was in&ee& the (oun&er o( the re%o ution$ an& the ea&er o( the Islamic repub ic o( Iran. .his campaign against Iran is nothing new. 0ight (rom the beginning$ %este& interests ha%e carrie& on an unen&ing campaign against the Islamic re%o ution in Iran. 1ur guest speaker$ /r. Ahmad eedat, a &istinguishe& scho ar o( Islam$ who har& y nee&s any intro&uction to the pub ic an& who has 2ust returne& (rom his trip to Iran$ wi present to us his (irst han&

account on Iran. " now ca upon Ahmad eedat to speak to you3 I seek refuge from the accursed 1atan" In the name of 0od the Beneficent the Merciful. .he #o y Quran says: And if you turn a ay (from Islam and the obedience of Allah!" .e ill substitute you for some other people" and they ill not be like you. (1urah Muhammed /erse 24! ,rothers$ whi e we are ooking skeptica y at the mirac e o( a nation reborn$ A ah's ine-orab e &ecree is (in&ing its (u (i ment in the rise an& (a o( nations which is mentione& in the %erse " ha%e 2ust rea& to you (rom Surah !uhammad. "n the ast section o( the ast %erse A ah remin&s us$ an& warns us that if you turn back from your duties and responsibilities" if you do not fulfill your obligations then .e ill replace you ith another nation. 1ur urdu speaking brethren use these wor&s so beauti(u y when they &escribe some mishap that occurs in the community in ta king about that other nation that can rep ace them$ 4but5 it is actua y Quranic$ an& this rea y has been happening throughout history again an& again. A ah * st chose the "ews$ #ani Israeel as he te s it in the #o y Quran + children of Israel5 call to mind My fa/or hich I besto ed on you and that I preferred you to all other nations (1urah Al-Ba6arah /erse 78!. .hat (a%or was that they shou & become the torchbearers o( the know e&ge o( 6o& to the wor &7 this was the honor an& pri%i ege that was at *st gi%en to the "ews, but because they &i& not (u (i their en& o( the ob igation- a "ew amongst the "ews, Hadhrat Isa 4a aih sa aam5 4as recor&e& in the $hristian gospe s5 to & them *hat the kingdom of 0od shall be taken a ay from you and gi/en to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.9(*he Bible" Matthe :-(72!. .hat nation- we wi happi y own up is the Islamic Ummah. "t was taken away (rom the "ews an& gi%en to the /us ims. .he /us ims then$ 4among them who were the Ara%s at *st5$ were gi%en by A ah the pri%i ege that they became the torchbearers o( ight an& earning to the wor & $ but when they re a-e& an& (ai e& to bring (orth the (ruits$ A ah rep ace& them with another nation. "n history$ we remember- the &ur's an& !on(ols &estroye& the /us im empire an& when they accepte& Islam, they became the torchbearers o( ight an& earning to the wor &. As I)%al beauti(u y &escribes this situation$ +; you Muslims" you ill not perish if Iran or the Arabs perish" that the spirit of the ine is not dependent on the nature of its container. .he container is our nations$ our boun&aries an& the spirit o( Islam is not &epen&ent on our geographica boun&aries or nationa imitations. .his is what A ah &oes again an& again7 he chose the "ews then the Arabs7 then$ when they became a- he chose the &ur's an& when they became a- another peop e an& so on an& this is a continuous process. "( you &on't &o the 2ob$ A ah wi choose another peop e who wi . "n the wor & to&ay$ there are *$888 mi ion /us ims$ i.e. * bi ion- we boast9 :8; o( this * bi ion happens to be the Sunni branch. <e ha%e stoppe& &e i%ering the goo&s so A ah chooses a nation that we ha%e a been ooking &own upon. .he Iranians9 .he Shias9 #istory has been %ery unkin& to our brethren in Iran; that the Shah happene& to be the ru er$ an& his name happene& to be !uhammad. "magine$ that this mans name happene& to be !uhammad an& he rea y wasn't a be ie%er. "t's har& (or us to imagine to&ay$ 4but once you go to that country an& into the &etai s an& (in& out what was going on5$ that this Iranian, the Shah, it seems to be$ that he was a (oreigner. "( Hitler con=uere& this an& an& oppresse& them$ then we cou & un&erstan&. "( the Russians con=uere& the peop e$ we can un&erstan&. ,ut here is a man who is an Iranian$ speaking *ersian$ whose name was !uhammad$ an& ook at what he was stooping to> ?or *@ years$ he ha&

(orbi&&en "umah prayers- *@ years. <e ha& been e=uating Iran with the Shah an& the Shah with Iran. .o us they were synonymous terms. ,ut when you go into &etai s we earn that the Shah an& the Iranian peop e were both apart. .hey were in rea ity (oreigners to one another. Aow$ about this %isit o( mine to Iran an& my impression. Let me begin with the p ace where " ha& the *st (ragrance o( this Iranian brotherhoo& o( ours. "t happene& to be in Rome. *st " sme e& it$ an& then some o( my companions ha& sme e& it in the Rome airport. <e were waiting to get on the p ane$ an& we ha& some prob ems with +isas an& one o( our men was gi%en the responsibi ity o( o%ercoming these prob ems. So he goes to the Iran Air o((ice an& he te s our prob em to a young a&y wearing (u Islamic attire with her bo&y we co%ere&. "t was ,eauti(u $ Bust beauti(u to ook at. " mean- that when you ook at these peop e in this attire you see that they are beauti(u peop e. .here was a a&y in Rome an& you brothers shou & ha%e seen the way she han& e& these prob ems. Someone came to me an& to & me$ Cman i( you want to see a rea Iranian /us im gir you shou & come o%er.D " an& some others went an& we saw. An& that was the * st whi(( we ha& o( the Iranian Ummah in Rome. <hen we an&e& in Iran$ we were taken to a (i%e star hote which was there be(ore the re%o ution$ known as the Hilton hote $ but is now known as Hotel Isti)lal. <e were taken aroun& to p aces o( interest an& " wi re ate to you some o( the things we saw. " wi try to &escribe the (ee ings one has. "( " remember correct y$ the *st thing we %isite& was the #ehesht ,ahra $emetery. #ehesht means para&ise in *ersian an& ,ahra is the tit e o( -atima Al-,ahra 4ra&i A ahu anha5 who was the &aughter o( the Prophet /uhamma&. ,ahra means the ra&iant one. "t was ca e&- Radiant *aradise. ,e(ore arri%ing in Iran$ " ha& rea& about the #ehesht ,ahra cemetery. " remember$ when Imam Khomeini ha& arri%e& in &ehran he ma&e a trip to the cemetery$ an& "'m thinking Cwhy &oes one go to the cemetery>D .o make du'a> Ees7 ?or the &eparte& sou s> Ees. <hen you think o( cemeteries in South A.rica, you think o( #roo's Street an& Ri+erside/ you canFt imagine that this cemetery is s=uare ki ometers by s=uare ki ometers- you 2ust canFt imagine. "t is a big open groun& where about *-G mi ion peop e can be accommo&ate&. Peop e gathere& here because it is the easiest p ace where peop e can re ease their emotiona an& spiritua baggage because there$ you ha%e the martyrs. .here were H8$888 or so peop e who were martyre& in this re%o ution an& *88$888 maime&7 unarme& peop e with on y the s ogan IAllahu A'%arI as their weapons ha& topp e& the mightiest mi itary (orce in the !iddle 0ast. <e went to this cemetery7 there were about a mi ion peop e there7 there were men$ women an& chi &ren. <e were great y inspire& by the enthusiasm an& the (ee ing o( our brothers an& sisters there. "t was mi&- winter$ an& the men$ women an& chi &ren were sitting on the co & groun& (or hours on en&- in mi&- winter on the groun& with no carpets or chairs9 A nation that cou & en&ure that &iscip ine (or hours on en&- you can on y imagine what &estiny A ah has p anne& (or them. A &ay or G ater$ 4on my program5 " rea& #ehesht ,ahra $emetery$ again. .he *st time we went (or a ecture$ but we ha& seen the gra%es$ peop e reciting poems o( sorrow an& dua' an& " thought this Gn& %isit wou & be re&un&ant. <hy shou & one go a Gn& time> "'%e seen what a cemetery is9 ,ut a my companions were going an& " thought i( e%eryone e se was going$ it wou &n't be goo& (or me to stay in the hote re a-ing when a my companions are going in these buses to a cemetery. ,ut " went an& " became %ery happy. .he Gn& time " went was a &hursday a(ternoon. &hursdays in

Iran is ike Saturdays (or us. .ens o( thousan&s o( peop e were in the cemetery7 this was a custom$ it was ike 0id. .ens o( thousan&s are there- (or what e se$ but to charge their spiritua batteries. "t was a constant remin&er to not (orget. I/y son ga%e his i(e (or IslamI or Imy (ather ga%e is i(e (or Islam1 that Cthey ga%e their i(e (or Islam.D <ith that kin& o( system$ e%ery &hursday is a spiritua in2ection an& remin&er that they are wi ing to gi%e their i(e (or Islam. .here was a town ha that accommo&ate& *@$888 peop e$ compare& to the biggest town ha in South A.rica which is the 2ood Ho3e $enter in $a3e &own (or J$888. .his was bui t by the Shah to boast his own IAryan mythI. #e was boasting not on y that he was the Shahanshah or king o( kings$ but a so that he was the aryamehr$ ight o( the Aryans. <hat is this Aryan sickness> 0emember Hitler bragging about being Aryan because the 2ermans are Aryans> An& the Hindus boasting Cwe are Aryans.D "( my peop e$ the 2ujarati peop e$ weren't /us ims$ we'& be boasting about being Aryans as we . .he e--Shah c aime& to be the ight o( Aryans an& he bui t this monument as a tribute. #e bui t another monument spen&ing mi ions to commemorate his ancestor $yrus &he 2reat/ a pagan$ a mushri' an& s=uan&ering the wea th o( this nation (or this pro2ect. "n *:J+ he was suppose& to ha%e the World 4lym3ics in &ehran to boost his ego e%en (urther. "n this town ha $ we saw ath etics$ gymnastics$ an& acrobatics. Kn(ortunate y$ we /us ims$ in South A.rica are ike 2e y(ish$ i.e. we ha%e ma&e ourse %es into 2e y(ish. 1ur young men &o not participate in that kin& o( acti%ity. <ho here &oes ath etics$ gymnastics$ acrobatics> <e &o not &o that here. "t's not (or us. <ho &oes 2ogging> 4Lo5 you know$ when " meet young peop e here an& " shake han&s with them- they are ike 2e y(ish. A most e%ery young man you meet in Iran appears to be an ath ete. .hey are &oing sports on a wor & stan&ar& an& it makes one (ee so happy because there they are not pro2ecting Iran. .hey are not ta king about Iran an& Iwe are Iranians$ we are AryansI instea&$ they are ta king about Islam$ Islam$ Islam. .here was not one semi-nake& gir 7 not a sing e gir who was ha ( nake& there9 "( the Shah ha& his way$ i( he was a i%e an& organi)e& it$ there wou & ha%e been semi-nake& gir s (or e%eryone to stare at an& (east upon. "n Iran e%erything is Islamic to strengthen the mora ity o( the peop e$ boosting the men an& women by the thousan&s. <e were thri e& to see our chi &ren- we (e t as i( these were our own chi &ren- brothers an& sisters$ we were rea y thri e&. <e saw these as things that our chi &ren can &o. .hen$ we went through a mi itary para&e with &i((erent groups o( Iranian men an& there was no shortage o( man power. Eou know$ some peop e want to go an& he p our Iranian brethren. Alhamdulilah, there is no shortage o( man power. .hey on y want the too s$ an& the weapons. "( the Iranians ha& the mi itary weapons that the Israelis ha&$ the who e o( the !iddle-0ast wou & be (ree (rom e%ery kin& (oreign inter%ention in no time. .his is a nation that can &o it. .he spirit o( "ihad is there in each an& e%ery man an& woman in the nation. "t seems that the who e nation is in%o %e& in promoting Islam. <e are ta king about G8mi ion peop e that they can put into the (ie &. "( they ha& the weapons an& the materia s$ e%ery man$ woman an& chi & wou & go an& &o jihad. (PAR* : *+ %+<<+W I#1.A&A<<A.! This s"ee%h was by Shei*h Ahmad /eedat# a w r'd ren wned s%h 'ar $r m S uth A$ri%a# $ '' win& his tri" t the Is'ami% Re"ub'i% $ Iran n 0 Mar%h# +,.2( .his speech origina y appeare& on www.inmin&s.co.uk.