In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
"Verily, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return."
Shahrivar 19,1358 AHS
Shawwal 18,1399 AH
"Some of them have paid their vow by death (in battle), and some of them still are waiting." «1» Longevity has this disadvantage that everyday one loses a beloved one and mourns the loss of a personality and is immersed in the sorrow of a brother. The esteemed mujahid and the most beloved brother, His Eminence Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimin Taleqani is no more in our midst and has joined eternity and become united with his noble ancestors. For that esteemed soul there is happiness and comfort while for us and our nation there is grief and sorrow.
Mr. Taleqani spent a whole life engaged in jihad, enlightenment and guidance. He was a personality who kept passing from one prison to another and from one torment to another; and at no point did he slacken and become indifferent in his great and sacred struggle. I did not expect to stay alive and lose my beloved and honorable friends one after the other. He was for Islam in the rank of Hadrat Abou Dharr; his eloquent speech was cutting and hard-hitting like the sword of Malik al-Ashtar; his death was premature while his life was bountiful. May God bless his esteemed father who was at the head of the abstemious; and his own soul which was a potent arm of Islam. I express my condolences to the nation of Islam, the nation of Iran, his honorable family, and those whom he has left behind for this great loss. May God bless him and all the mujahids along the path of truth. May peace be upon the righteous servants of God.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini