In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Think not of those who are slain in the way of Allah as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord, they have provision
If this verse in the noble Qur'an was the only thing commending the high status of the martyrs in the cause of God, it still would be sufficient to convince some people to lay down their lives for safeguarding Islam and Islamic country. They were the people who sincerely offered everything they had to God Almighty in protecting the dignity of Islam and defending the Islamic Republic.
In this holy verse, there is no talk of life after this worldly existance because in the next world all creatures possess human soul with difference in stations of animal life and infra-animal life to human and ultra-human life. In fact, the great dignity bestowed upon the martyrs in the cause of Truth is a" life with God" and" enjoying the divine feast".
This life and feast cannot be described by broken pens such as mine. This life and feast differ from life in Paradise and its provisions. This is to gain a vision of His visage and attending His reception. Is this not what has been preserved for those possessing tranquil state of mind to which the following verse applies:" Enter thou among my bondmen! 30. Enter thou My Garden!" The salient example of the verse is the doyen of martyrs (peace be upon him). If it is, what tiding above this for the martyrs in the cause of Husayn's objective (peace be upon him) that is the very path of God to enter the Paradise resided by that honorable martyr in the cause of God? In the reception attended by the holy Imam, the martyrs are granted permission to enter. This reception is beyond all other receptions in the paradise or what you and me can imagine. Thank God, our martyrs who follow the doyen of martyrs and honorable martyr of Islam (peace be upon him) insured the Islamic Republic and secured the victory over the nemeis of Islam, the great nation of Iran, other Islamic nations as well as all oppressed people of the world.
This is the reason why arrogant powers of the world have risen up with all sorts of plots and mischief against a small nation of 40 million people, which has soared up the high pinnacle of happiness in terms of spirituality and human values. These plots and propaganda trumpets of superpowers of the world and their affiliates is the biggest of values and loftiest of stations for a nation not experienced by any other nation. This value has been created by the high-ranking martyrs, the disabled of the war, and the honorable nation behind the frontlines. Blessed be the power of faith and the might in the arms of our youths from the quagmire and corruption center provided by the tyrannical Pahlavi regime, and reach the peak of grandeur and spirituality.
God's mercy be upon the noble martyrs and peace be upon the living martyrs who are the backbone of Islam and the gallant combatants of the military, Sepah, Basij, gendarmerie, police, tribal people and popular forces the reflection of whose power has shaken the superpowers' palaces. This is the same divine power and light that is" neither east nor west". May God perpetuate this light!
Greeting to the mothers, fathers, wives, children and relatives of martyrs, the disabled of war, the brave youths of warfronts and salutations to the war disabled, those missing in action and the dear prisoners of war who are the honor of Islam and their Islamic country. God's mercy be upon the pure laps that nurtured these lion-hearted youths. God's peace and greetings be on the grand prophets, particularly the master and seal of them who illuminated the world with the rays of divine revelation and to their eminent successor who awakened the negligent and unconscious ones. Salutation of all prophets and saints of God (peace be upon them) be to the last successor, the expecting Savior (May our souls be sacrificed for him).
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Bahman 19,1362 AHS