I hope that this great feast will be happy to you all, the entire nation, the Muslims of the world and oppressed people of the world. I hope God makes this noble birth which is the origin of all good in the course of history happy for us. I have a few words to say to the gentlemen. From the beginning to the end and to the time of Immaculate Imams and saints from the outset to the end, all were guardians of Islam and the rightful religion. In all ages, the right religion has been Islam and submission to the Throne of God Almighty. They did not simply make verbal propagation to guard the religion, but what counts was their practical propagation. That is, their deeds in the course of history should be set as model for us and all human beings for good. When we observe the life style of prophets, we see that they have lost everything in the cause of this safeguard. In the course of history, they have sustained numerous difficulties. If the same situation that happened for the Doyen of Martyrs had happened for other Imams, they would make similar sacrifices. However, epochs were different and circumstances differed as well. The purpose was to preserve Islam, the commands of God and propagation of knowledge and monotheism. In other words, they came to help man mend his way. Basically, prophets were delegated to make real human beings.
Prophets were sent to deliver man whom Satan had sworn to tempt from Satan's temptations and invite man to the straight path of humanity, also showing in practice what the path is, how man can stand against the evils, whether human evils or non-human evils. Man was invited to make practice to resist non-human evils and do good acts and make endeavor to advance the purposes in the face of satanic human beings.
Sahifeh, vol.19, Page: 210-211
Speech, April 24, 1985