Message [In praise of the status of the martyrs]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

What can a fallible human being like me say about the honorable martyrs about whom the Exalted God has stated:" They are being granted their sustenance in the presence of their Creator." «1» Can one describe their return to the presence of God and the banquet of Divine status with the pen or with statements? Is not this that same rank of" and be included in the rank of My devoted worshippers; and enter My paradise." «2» Which the noble narratives ascribe it to the Doyen of the Martyrs and the Leader of the Oppressed? Is not this that same paradise that the pious believers shall enter or is a Divine likeness of it? Is this returning and being provided sustenance in the presence of the Creator implies the same worldly connotation or is it a Divine code and loftier and beyond the comprehension of humankind?

O, God! What a great happiness this is that you grant to your exclusive servants of which we are deprived! Now, I would like to express my felicitations instead of my condolences to the parents that have reared these exclusive servants of God and their wives and those they have left behind." O I wish I had been with them; in this case I would have attained a great sustenance." «3» May God's peace be upon His righteous servants.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini