This view was not invented by Khamenei, but rather is drawn from the Koran and the Shiite tradition. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard have uniforms bearing a Koranic verse that reads, “Make ready for them whatever force and strings of horses you can, to terrify thereby the enemy of God and your enemy, and others besides them that you know not;
但这一观点的始作俑者并不是哈梅内伊，而是出自于《古兰经》和伊斯兰教什叶派的传统。比如伊朗革命卫队的制服上就绣有一段《古兰经》经文 —— “准备好一切武力和马鞭，去威吓神的敌人，你的敌人以及其它你所未知的敌对者；神知道他们（的行踪）。”此外，根据什叶派传统，马赫迪这位什叶派救世主所采用的策略，就是在他重新降临世界之时威吓一切敌人。