Summary
THE TEXT OF HIZBULLAH'S OPEN LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE OPPRESSED IN LEBANON AND THE WORLD, 16 FEBRUARY 1985
The cover page of the Manifesto opens with the following Qur’anic quote:
“Whoever takes Allah, His Apostle and those who believe as their friends, [must know] that Allah's party [Hizbullah] is indeed the triumphant”. (5:56)
Dedication
* To the torch that has increased in light and brightness, so that it lit the path to a free dignified life for the oppressed in Lebanon, and burned with its pure glittering blood [jihad and martyrdom] the power of the “Zionist Entity” [Israel] and its myth.
* To the leader who confided in and trusted his people and led them in jihad [Shaykh Raghib Harb]. He sacrificed his soul and was martyred in order to grant them victory, and was a witness to the tyranny and oppression of the world oppressors.
* To the emblem of the victorious Islamic Resistance, and the great uprising (Intifada) against the Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon and Western Biqa‘, where our people are adamantly resisting with sweat and blood, emboldened by Imam Husayn's martyrdom in Karbala’.
* To the one who shattered the American dream in Lebanon and fought (resisted) the Israeli occupation, raising the banner of action according to wilayat al-faqih, the leader, who liked to be addressed as the prince of the Muslims, [Imam] Abdallah (the servant of God) al-Khumayni…
* We [Hizbullah] dedicate this, “Open Letter to the oppressed of the world”, to the Shaykh of the martyrs, Raghib Harb (may God's blessings be upon him), consolidating between its lines the Islamic revolutionary-political path that was personified by our happy martyr, with his brothers the martyrs, so that he will become a leading example [to emulate] and a clear guide to all the freedom fighters (mujahidin) in Lebanon… We ask God, glory be to Him and highly exalted, to endow us with patience, consolidate our grounds, and make us victorious over the oppressors (al-qawn al-zalimin).
The main text of the Manifesto opens with the following Qur’anic substantiation:
“And say: ‘The truth is from your Lord. Whoever wishes, let him believe; and whoever wishes, let him disbelieve’. We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire whose canopy encompasses them all. If they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like molten brass which scars the faces. Wretched is the drink and wretched is the resting-place!” (18:29).
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- Hizbullah's DocumentsFrom the 1985 Open Letter to the 2009 Manifesto, pp. 39 - 62Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2011