Physicians...

Physicians, engineers, men and women alike, are leaving the universities and going into the villages to help out there. This newfound spirit of co-operation signifies a miraculous change, one which God the Blessed and Exalted has wrought in the people. (258) 21 July 1979 (30 Tir 1358 AHS) This is a change that came about in everyone and led to our respected brothers and sisters feeling a sense of responsibility.

This in turn brought you all out into the streets and with your cries you drove your enemy out. This was your direct involvement in politics. (259) 16 September 1979 (25 Shahrivar 1358 AHS) I am delighted that such a change has occurred in all segments of the population in Iran. Nowadays one sees educated people from all over helping in this Crusade for Reconstruction ( Jihad-i Sazandegi ), and this applies particularly to the ladies.

Only today I listened to some of them being interviewed and they said they are out working from dawn until dusk. This denotes that a change has taken place. They are eagerly working for the people because they feel that this is the right thing to do, and most certainly you feel the same way.

(260) 16 September 1979 (25 Shahrivar 1358 AHS) They (the farmers) had never seen anything like it before: a group of ladies from the provincial cities joining them to reap the crops; they had never even imagined such a thing.

When they witness such humaneness - which has developed under the auspices of Islam, indeed worldly powers could not have brought this about, this is a transformation wrought by Islam in the human spirit - it so gladdens their hearts that they find renewed strength and work even harder. A human and spiritual transformation has taken place that is reassuring.

(261) 16 September 1979 (25 Shahrivar 1358 AHS) The young people, who at that time were drawn to Shemiran[^1] and the goings-on there, are now drawn to the areas where the Crusade for Reconstruction is active. These young people, those women who at that time were indifferent to the welfare of their country, who were indifferent towards everything, entered the arena and we saw how well they too could carry out their duties.

(262) 18 September 1979 (27 Shahrivar 1358 AHS) I can see that an amazing transformation has taken place in the female community, one that is much more pronounced than that which has taken place in the men, and the extent to which this respected community has served Islam during this period exceeds the service the men have rendered.