Based on material and ordinary criteria, we should have been annihilated by a single onslaught .They (enemies) would have devoured us as one morsel. But with the power of faith and support from the Exalted and Blessed God, reliance upon the Imam Mahdi you triumphed. My brethren! Do not forget this secret of victory; the unity of expression that was created among all the ranks of the nation was a miracle. Nobody could have engendered it; it was a miracle. This phenomenon had a divine nature. It was a divine revelation, not the work of human beings. The secret of your victory was, firstly, brought about by your unwavering faith and, secondly, by the unity of expression. Safeguard these two attributes. Strengthen your faith. You are not a material being. Those who regard man as a material being consider man as an animal. You are a being that has a material attribute and higher than this, a spiritual one. You possess a holy spirit. You possess an abstract self, which if placed at the service of Islam and the Exalted and Blessed God, your self will be purified, cleansed, and fortunate and no matter what happens that fortunate and purified self is fortunate, that is, prosperous in defeat and in death. The death of a human being, that is, a chaste human being for that matter, will be the commencement of his human life. In this world, we lead an animal life, a limited life. Man's eternal life belongs to the eternal world. If you purify your self, if you base your actions on the glorious Qur'an and Islamic decrees, if you make your morals compatible with the Quranic morals, if you edify your self, you will have no fear of anything. Dying will be easy and immaterial. That is why Hadrat Amir, said that he was more familiar with death than an infant with its mother's breast, because he had understood what was in this world and what was beyond it. He understood what death meant. Death is life. Many of our people were martyred, but martyrs are alive. They are alive and find their sustenance in the presence of God. They are immortal. We beseech God to make us achieve martyrdom. Then in one instant, it will be eternal bliss. A moment's endeavor and eternal bliss ensues.
Sahifeh, vol6, Page: 272
Speech, March 5, 1979