Look at the world of Islam and see what is happening. In the world of Islam, some worthless, incompetent and mean individuals have taken the fate of Islamic societies in their hands. For example, the governments that you witness – the Saudis and the like – behave like this. This is because they drift away from the Holy Quran. This is because of unfamiliarity with Quranic truths. Part of this originates from unfamiliarity, and part of it is because of lack of faith.
Of course, on the exterior it appears that they believe in the Holy Quran. Sometimes they publish a million copies of the Holy Quran, and they distribute them among the people for free; but they do not believe, in any way, in the content, meaning, and concepts of the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran says, "Those who are with him are strong against unbelievers, but compassionate amongst each other" [The Holy Quran, 48: 29]. But they are "Strong against believers, but compassionate with unbelievers and kufar"
Look at the situation they have themselves in. They are friendly with and interested in kufar, and they give them money out of their nations' property. They themselves do not have any money. To whom does this money, that has accumulated in their bank accounts, which is astronomical and legendary in amount, belong to? Where does it come from? They have not inherited this money from their fathers. This money comes from oil revenues. It is money earned from below-the-ground resources. It comes from national resources of wealth. Instead of being spent on improving the people's lives, it is accumulating in their bank accounts, and they use it for personal and private matters. And they offer it to kufar and to the people's enemies: "And they have taken for worship gods other than Allah, to give them power and glory! Instead, they shall reject their worship, and become adversaries against them" [The Holy Quran, 19: 81-82].
These fools think they can win the love of Islam's enemies by giving them money, financially helping them, and so on. This is while no love is there. As they themselves have said, they are like dairy cows. They milk them, and when the milking is over they slaughter them. This is today's condition of the world of Islam. They treat the enemies well, but they treat the people of Yemen and the people of Bahrain horribly. They behave towards them [the people of Yemen and Bahrain] in an anti-religious manner.
Of course, they will be destroyed. When you look at appearances, you should not be deceived by them. They will be gone. They are destructible and perishable: "For falsehood is by its nature bound to perish" [The Holy Quran, 17: 81]. They are examples of falsehood; and they will surely witness destruction, downfall, disaster and decline. There is no doubt about this. Of course, this might happen a little bit sooner or later. This depends on the performance of believers and the believing community. If they act correctly, this [downfall] can occur sooner; however, if they do not act correctly, this will happen at a later time, but the time will surely arrive. They [enemies of Islam] and those whom they've pinned their hopes upon will be destroyed.
Ayatollah Khamenei, May 27, 2017
