There is no homeland whose founders erected its building, and raised its entity to be destroyed; And there is no geography that surrendered its command to a leader to tear it apart and disperse it, and there is no history that gave its lamp to a knight to burn it, and there is no people who believed in the capabilities of a symbol to weaken their powers and make their lives miserable, and from the morals of the homelands, that it does not betray those who were loyal to it, and it does not be stingy on those who were a benefactor. Generous, and exalting the status of those who were with her generous father. Countries are proud of their leadership and people just as peoples and leaders are proud of their countries, just as peoples are proud of their leaders and leadership of their people.
And the greatest manifestations of the pride of the Saudi nation is that it preserved the value of our unity that brought the hearts of leaders and citizens closer together, raised the status of every loyal person who wept for him and did not laugh at him, protected his institutions from his traitors and ill-wishers, and made available the good things in it to those who are in love with him and his lovers.
Throughout history, appointments do not fail its hour or day, and if some leaders came at a different time, some countries did not properly celebrate the leaders who came to them at their time, while appointments met and destinies met in the Kingdom of Saud, and the elements of fulfillment were completed in time, place and person.
(King Abdulaziz, may God rest his soul in peace), God believed what He promised him, so God gave victory to His servant, fulfilled His promise, destroyed all the plantings of evil and division, revived the springs of goodness and intimacy, and the honorable and righteous walked on a firm approach, and preserved the building tall, until God honored us by living in a covenant The feast of holidays, which corrected belief, strengthened glories, triggered the trigger, increased revenue, and suppressed falsehood and corruption, and was on the lookout for those who waited, so those who were worthy of it took charge of the tasks, so my country built a new one in every aspect, and the people prepared a feast for every achievement.
Our feast is not a ritual manifestation devoid of meanings, nor a devotional ritual emptied of the values and principles of transcendence, nor a formal occasion devoid of sensing the security and prosperity we are in, and a blessing that enabled the fasting and the vigil to establish and glorify God’s rituals for thirty days without darkening or disturbing peace, and thousands of soldiers From the men and women enlisted to serve the citizens and residents of the Two Holy Mosques, to all parts of the country, so thank you to those who made our feast a place, not a fleeting feast, not disguised, nor stripped of more aspirations and aspirations, nor alienated from the joy of the individual and the group; the entity and the human being; Meaning and premise.
And it is the right of the nation that our joy in it is not limited to wearing the new, chanting the anthem, and depleting the balance, but rather goes beyond the circle of individualism, and evokes with pride the decisions adopted, the initiatives adopted, and the reconciliations initiated, so our capitals have become a destination for brothers, friends and loyal ones.
How not, when our homeland is a brother (it is strengthened by Arabism), bearing in mind that the nucleus of Arab unity was planted dreamy and grew capricious, perhaps sloganeering and adolescence, but today it is more mature as it is more benefiting from past experiences, lessons of the present, and Arabism; It is not racism, nor ambitions, but the feelings of a people who emerged from the cloak of one history, and spoke the same language, and on this holiday it is proud of a contemporary symbol that removes pollution from its surroundings, undermines the imaginary dams between our countries, and builds bridges of communication and integration, and we are honored that the Kingdom regains the rudder of the boat of neighborhood and dialogue ; To sail to the shores of safety, away from everything that happened, and all that happened.
Just as the ship of Islam and peace returns from the depths of the crashing waves and imminent dangers, which some of those affiliated with the Muslims have introduced into it, so our pure religion has become at their hands. Heterogeneous tribes, dissonant religions, quarreling sects, and feuding sects, and here are the benevolent efforts of our national state to bring it back to the right track.
How many years have we had holidays (cold) and devoid of intimacy that we used to know in times gone by, our Arab homeland since the calamities of 2010 and what followed; Fragmentation, and the transformation of the body into sprouting organs that cannot play the vital role of the body whose organs are integrated.
The voice of our Arab university has been absent, because the clear Arabic tongue has become obsolete, and the Arab chest, in which there was one heart beating with brotherly feeling and pure affection, has become emptied from the heart of Musa's mother, a chest with torn ribs, and artificial hearts have replaced the natural heart.
Some blame the wrong policies for what happened, and this is possible, and some attribute the crises to betrayals. This is possible, while some point fingers at conspiracies, and this is neither remote nor new, and if some mismanaged, then the majority miscalculated.
On a day like this, it is not appropriate to open wounds, nor is it appropriate to burn the joy of reunion. Iraq is among us, Syria has returned to us and we have returned to it, Yemen has regained its well-known and familiar wisdom, and Iran has prevailed over the voice of reason over the delinquency of emotion, and the conciliators of good have come to wake us up from a nightmare that has perched upon us. A whole decade, and more, and we almost lost our hope in an Arab-Islamic awakening that makes the other, if he does not fear you, then at least he respects you. It is true that the problems were major, but the good intentions minimized them and their size to the point of fading away.
I sincerely feel that this holiday is new, and that more than three hundred million Arabs and more than a billion and a half Muslims feel the same way. Religion is for God, sect is for its owner, and sect is for those stuck in it and those attached to it, but the homeland is for everyone.
Wider horizons for rapprochement, coexistence, and peace opened up. Competitors and adversaries were not stronger than us, but they bullied us when they thought we were weak. Arabism in Islam gained glory from its edges. If the Arabs are the subject of Islam, then that is additional nobility and a source of pride, which was manifested in the diaries of the Arabs and in their battles and wars.
I feel more proud of my Saudi patriotism, which civilizedly contributed to drawing a more beautiful picture of our feast this year (the feast of Saudi Arabia, Arabism and Islam). Thank you, my homeland, and every year, you are the dearest, the kindest, the most enduring.
Ali bin Muhammad Al-Rubai
