Ayatollah Shabzendehdar:‎

The Iranian people have always demonstrated their loyalty to the Islamic Revolution

The jurisprudent member of the Guardian Council said, “The Quran has said that if you help God, he ‎will help you and grant you stability. All praise be to God, we are witnesses of this result among Iranian ‎people. The people have always demonstrated their loyalty to the Islamic Revolution.” ‎

News ID: 442759

Date: 01 January 2019 - 13:07

RNA – Speaking during his class in Qom’s Grand Mosque, Ayatollah Mohammad-Mahdi Shabzendehdar, a ‎jurisprudent member of the Guardian Council, commemorated the epic of the 9th of Dey [December 30th] ‎and said, “The epic of the 9th of Dey reminds us of the steadfastness of the mawali, the non-Arab followers ‎of the Ahlul-Bayt, and the loyalists of the divine, Islamic and revolutionary ideals against the enemies’ ‎attacks.” ‎

The member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom added that the 9th of Dey must be considered as a ‎‎“Day of God” and stated, “The Quran has said that if you help God, he will help you and grant you stability. ‎All praise be to God, we are witnesses of this result among the non-Arab followers of the Ahlul-Bayt in the ‎country of the Ahlul-Bayt who have been steadfast in the forty years since the Islamic Revolution. The ‎people have always demonstrated their loyalty.” ‎

Ayatollah Shabzendehdar argued that there have been a lot of ups and downs for the Iranian people but all ‎praise be to God, they have passed the divine tests with pride and said, “This issue is the result of the ‎victories that some have had with a pure intention and loyalty to Islam and the Ahlul-Bayt.” ‎

He emphasized, “If such loyalty existed among the Muslims, the Muslim world wouldn’t have suffered from ‎disasters after the passing of the Prophet Muhammad until the Greater Occultation. Loyalty is the secret of ‎the survival of the Islamic Revolution. Perseverance and not erring on the path that the enemies or insiders ‎don’t give attention to is the cause of divine victory. The revolution of trust is in the hands of the people and ‎the authorities and its protection is necessary for its continuation.”‎

Ayatollah Shabzendehdar said, “Mankind must know the value of the divine blessings and if, God forbid, one ‎shows ingratitude and isn’t thankful in regard to the blessings that he has been given, God Almighty doesn’t ‎guarantee that these blessings will continue. At the time of the rule of the Ahlul-Bayt, when the people ‎weren’t loyal, they were deprived of these great blessings.”‎

He stressed that divine rulings must be explicitly explained and we must be grateful for the divine blessings ‎and know that if we have been thankful for God’s blessings, we will have God’s favour and said, “We see ‎respect of the rules of religion and divine assistance in the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution ‎‎[Ayatollah Khamenei] and he believes in divine assistance in a determinant and decisive manner and he ‎continues the path of the late Imam Khomeyni with sincerity and precision as his successor and as a ‎righteous man.”‎

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