Esra News Agency: The seminar commemorating the Day of Cooperation (Unity) between religious seminaries and universities was this year centered on "Humanities and the Strategy of Resistance," featuring a message from Ayatollah Javadi Amoli.

In his message, Ayatollah Javadi Amoli stated: The central theme of the discussion is the humanities and the strategy of resistance. There are two components: What are the humanities and how should we learn them, and how do we resist against both internal and external enemies?

In the first part, we highlight that God has positioned knowledge within the system of existence. Everything on the surface of the earth, as well as its depths and those of the seas, serves as a divine scripture, and everything in the celestial realm—both far and near—also constitutes a divine scripture. The "Book of God" refers to the entirety of the systems of heaven and earth, which humanity has neither counted their numerosity, nor will ever be able to; this compendium is a divine scripture.

The knowledge that humanity must acquire is not limited to the commonly humanities, as contrasted with mathematics and empirical sciences, since those fields also fall under a broad interpretation of humanities; thus, our discussion does not exclude empirical and mathematical sciences and the scholars associated with them.
1. The heavens, with their vast expanses, and the earth, with its profound depths, are all scriptures.
2. Humanity can benefit from them.
3. Lastly, all of these are subjected to humanity... .

A person is obligated to understand the system, as the system of existence is meant to be under human control. And as far as this knowledge, however, may lead to arrogance, and adversaries may arise against anyone. Therefore, for a person to resist both internal and external enemies,
- they must first perfect themselves and succeed in the struggle against their own ego;
- they must resist so that they can be resilient towards others.
The success in Palestine, Gaza, and places like these, Hezbollah and similar groups, and the noble Sayed Nasrullah, may his spirit be with the prophets and saints, along with other martyrs, demonstrates that they primarily engaged in the battle against their internal enemy and overcame it.

When internal resistance is initiated and victory over the ego is achieved, crushing this internal enemy, then we have nothing to fear from external adversaries like the United States, Israel, and others. Consequently, these humanities, carry a broad, precise, and scholarly significance, as does the concept of resistance itself.
Internal resistance comes first, followed by external resistance.

Zionists and similar entities are destined to be eradicated—this is beyond doubt—but we can only truly resist when we have cultivated internal resistance [against the internal enemy].
How can we seek to resist enemies while grappling with issues like embezzlement? Or when we prioritize our own presence over others, insisting that my name should be mentioned over theirs? Such games!? No one can be resilient with such [childish] games!

When we fail to confront our internal adversaries, we will also falter against external enemies.

Grand Ayatollah Javadi Amoli

Message to the conference commemorating the Day of Cooperation (Unity) between the seminary and university
Date: 2024/11/20