Statements in Meeting with the Family of Martyr General Qassem Soleimani

In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

We are grateful to God that every day the worldly reward of martyr Soleimani is being bestowed upon this great person and this distinguished character before our eyes. What you observe, this expansion and dissemination of his name and memory, is the worldly reward of this noble individual; we cannot even imagine or comprehend the afterlife reward; this is the worldly reward. I believe that from the day he became a martyr until today, the name of martyr Soleimani and the memory of martyr Soleimani, along with his characteristics, have been disseminated several times more among the people than during his lifetime. This is the very statement that someone once made, saying that "martyr Soleimani" is more dangerous for us than "Qassem Soleimani"! [This was said] by the opposing side; they spoke the truth, it is indeed so. This means that not only has the dust of forgetfulness not settled on the face of this martyr, but rather, day by day, his manifestation has increased, his radiance has grown, his clarity has become greater, and God willing, it will continue to grow. This is God's grace.

What is the cause of this? In my opinion, the reason is the sincerity of martyr Soleimani; that is, what we often struggle with. Work is done, [but] the spirit of the work is sincerity; the works of this martyr truly embodied this spirit; he worked sincerely; those of us who were associated with him in his endeavors understood this. There was no self-display in his work, no ostentation, no egoism; he worked for God, he moved for God. In my view, it is this sincerity that has manifested this worldly reward in such a way. We observed this in the case of the Imam as well; the Imam was the same. On the third or fourth day after the Imam's burial, at his shrine — at that time, there was nothing there yet; a fence had been erected — there was a large gathering, and we would go there, and I would go by helicopter; as I looked at this desert — now that area has been developed, [but] in those days it was mostly desert — I saw this crowd walking there on foot! Who is leading them? What attraction is pulling them there? I said this is the sincerity of the Imam that is drawing and leading them. Our dear martyr was the same; he was sincere.

Now this lady said to us to give some advice; very well, here is the advice: have sincerity in your work; that is, do not let the suspicion of egoism interfere in your motivations and in your works; sincerity means working only for God. Where you see the suspicion of egoism, then withdraw; that is, it is better for a person to abandon the work than to do it for the sake of being seen. This is one point; the point of sincerity in him.

One point regarding the value of martyr Soleimani's work — which has been spoken about a lot and will continue to be spoken about, and this point must be taken into consideration — is the role of martyr Soleimani in reviving the resistance front in the region. Of course, if someone expresses this, they must express it correctly. Martyr Soleimani played an important role in reviving the resistance front in the region; he had a significant role. At one time, there is a resistant group in a certain area, well yes, this existed before martyr Soleimani; [but] at another time, a front is established; we always wanted this. Because the opposing side organizes itself into a front, this side must also organize itself into a front. Well, now if this front did not exist, Gaza could not resist this much. This resistance front empowers all aspects of the issue. If four units unite together, five units unite together, their strength and power are more than five times that of a single unit; a new identity is created; that new identity is very important. Martyr Haj Qassem Soleimani played a significant role in this matter, he worked a lot. The people see his presence on the mountains of Syria and his fearlessness and his approach to danger; well, this is very important, but the main importance lies in the fact that these movements, these presences, these efforts were able to revive, sustain, and strengthen this front.

May God elevate his ranks, God willing. [He] pursued this work with wisdom, with politics, with intellect, with ethics, with unending movement and effort, and this was very important and remains important; we hope, God willing, that it continues. Of course, Mr. Qaani is truly and fairly moving well; his movement is very good, thanks be to God. This line of strengthening the resistance front, in which the martyr was very active and has a very high rank, may God willing continue.

May God protect you all, may He safeguard the lady; she also plays a role in the direction and motivation of martyr Soleimani. Perhaps twenty years ago or twenty-three or four years ago [it was] that here in this courtyard, with the children of the IRGC, the commanders of the IRGC — there were perhaps about twenty people — we prayed, then I sat on the steps, and I gave a warm and engaging talk; I had not thought of it before; the Almighty God spoke like this! In fact, it was my tongue, it was the word of God; it was a very strange gathering, it had a lot of effects. After that gathering, several of the children approached me, one of them was Haj Qassem; he came and quoted a sentence from him, saying my wife says it this way; in the same direction I had spoken. I saw how much influence the wife has; that is, this lady had an effect on Haj Qassem; [therefore] she shares in Haj Qassem's efforts, in addition to the hardships of families — the absence of a spouse, the absence of a father — is very important, enduring these things is very important; they endured.

God willing, may God reward you, grant you success, and protect you all. God willing, may you be successful and supported.