Yet others had doubts about the power and loyalty of the people. I heard these things from many people. But in the year 1341, when there was no sign of massive public demonstrations, the Imam said in the city of Qom that the people would gather all over the plain around Qom and pledge their allegiance to him if he just asked them to.
Wasu ba sa ganin wannan al'umma a matsayin al'umma ma'abociyar imani, wasu ba sa ganinta a matsayin mai gaskiya, wasu kuma suna sanya shakku cikin karfi da sadaukarwarta - lalle mu mun ji hakan, mun ji hakan daga mutane da dama - to amma Imam kan a shekarar 1341 (1962) a wannan gari na Kum, a wancan lokacin babu irin wannan taro mai girma na jama'a, a wannan masallaci na Masjid al-A'azam ya fadi cewa idan har muka kirayi mutane, to kuwa wannan sahara ta Kum za ta cika da mutane; za su fadi cewa lalle mun amsa maka.