New Delhi| WTNS | Aga Syed Amin | March 26: There are struggles that refuse to be confined to history. They transcend generations, resisting oblivion—not because they seek endurance, but because they demand resolution. Quds Day is not a commemoration—it is a standing testimony to a cause that will not be buried in the rubble of political compromises.

For decades, the question of Palestine has loomed over the moral consciousness of the world like an unfinished sentence, an unanswered call, a wound left to fester. The oppression endured by the Palestinian people is not a crisis born of conflict but of conquest, not of war but of willful subjugation.

When Imam Khomeini declared the last Friday of Ramadan as Quds Day in 1979, he was not merely marking a date on the calendar; he was issuing a challenge to the world’s conscience. His words were not an appeal to political powers but a summons to humanity itself:
“Palestine is the beating heart of the Muslim world, and Quds Day is the day of the oppressed standing against the oppressor.”
But Quds is not just about Palestine. It is about every land, every silenced voice, every right that has been reduced to a plea rather than an entitlement.

Quds Day is not an event—it is an indictment. It demands answers from every nation that preaches democracy while funding occupation, from every leader who speaks of peace while justifying aggression, from every institution that claims to champion human rights but turns a blind eye to genocide.

It is a warning: Oppression does not fade with time—it festers, it accumulates, and ultimately, it erupts. The Quran echoes this reality:
“And do not weaken in pursuit of the enemy. If you suffer, they too suffer; but you have hope from Allah that they do not have.” (Surat An-Nisa 4:104)

History is filled with tyrants who believed their reign would last forever. But oppression is a fragile throne. The fate of every Pharaoh is to be drowned, of every oppressor to be overthrown. The oppressed will inherit the earth—not because they seek vengeance, but because justice is a divine law that cannot be erased.”

Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS): The Eternal Archetype of Resistance

There is no tyranny without silence, no dictatorship without submission. The most dangerous weapon of oppression is not violence—it is the resignation of the people.

Imam Hussain (AS) understood this.

The fields of Karbala were not a battlefield; they were a threshold between dignity and disgrace. Imam Hussain (AS) did not stand against a ruler; he stood against an ideology that sought to replace justice with force, truth with propaganda, and faith with fear.

He had no army that could match the numbers of Yazid’s forces. But he had something greater—an unshakable certainty that oppression, no matter how absolute it seems, is always fragile when confronted by truth.

His sacrifice was not for power or revenge. It was a declaration that some defeats are victories, that some deaths breathe life into a cause rather than extinguish it.

And Quds Day is a reflection of that same defiance.

To march for Quds is to embody Karbala in the modern world—to stand before overwhelming force and say:
“You may have power, but you do not have legitimacy. You may have weapons, but you do not have justice. You may have armies, but you do not have truth.”
This is why the Quran commands:
“And what is the matter with you that you do not fight in the cause of Allah and for those who are weak—men, women, and children—who say: ‘Our Lord, take us out of this town of oppressive people and appoint for us a protector and helper’?”
(Surat An-Nisa 4:75)
Struggle is not about numbers or might—it is about resilience. The oppressor may have an empire, but the oppressed have faith. And history has always favoured faith over force.

Hazrat Imam Ali (AS): The Anatomy of Justice

But resistance is not merely about defiance—it is about a moral order, a philosophy of justice. And no one articulated justice with greater clarity than Imam Ali (AS).

His sermons in Nahjul Balagha are not relics of ancient thought; they are the foundation of an ethical framework that refuses to let oppression become normalized.

“O people! Oppression persists only when the oppressed accept it. Justice is not asked for—it is seized.”

These words, spoken centuries ago, resonate today in the chants that fill the streets of Gaza, in the silent grief of a mother mourning her child in Jenin, in the fists raised high on Quds Day in Tehran, Karachi, Istanbul, London, and New York.

This command is reinforced in the Quran:

“O you who believe! Be patient, and outlast your enemy in patience. Stand firm and fear Allah so that you may succeed.” (Surat Aal-e-Imran 3:200)

Justice is not passive—it is a struggle. To refuse to act is to be complicit.

Hazrat Imam Khamenei: Resilience Amid Siege

For over four decades, Imam Khamenei has carried the torch of Quds—not as a political symbol, but as an uncompromising principle.
Under relentless sanctions, economic strangulation, diplomatic isolation, and military threats, Iran has not just survived—it has flourished.
Every blockade imposed, every embargo tightened, every attempt to cripple its economy has produced the opposite result:

Greater self-sufficiency. Greater innovation. Greater resilience.

The Quran promises victory to those who persevere:

“Do not falter or grieve, for you will have the upper hand—if you are true believers.” (Surat Aal-e-Imran 3:139)
This is why Quds Day is not a march—it is a declaration that no blockade, no army, no amount of intimidation can extinguish the spirit of resistance.

The Unfinished Struggle of Quds

History is filled with forgotten revolutions, abandoned causes, movements that flickered and died.

Palestine is not one of them.

• As long as a single child still dreams of the home stolen from their ancestors, the struggle lives.
• As long as a single father stands before a demolished house and refuses to leave, the struggle lives.
• As long as millions march on Quds Day, refusing to let occupation become an accepted reality, the struggle cannot be erased.
The Quran delivers its final verdict:

“And We wanted to bestow Our favor upon those who were oppressed in the land, and make them leaders and make them inheritors.”
(Surat Al-Qasas 28:5)

Quds Day is a challenge to history itself.