رِفاهِیَّةُ الْعَیْشِ فِى الاْمْنِ Imam Ali (as) is quoted to have said: “The comfort of life is in safety” ١ | ||||
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رِفاهِیَّةُ الْعَیْشِ فِى الاْمْنِ Imam Ali (as) is quoted to have said: “The comfort of life is in safety” ١ Talking about Martyr Qasem Soleimani is not an easy task; a warrior from the Kerman region of Iran who who devoted his life to safeguarding his nation and eventually achieved his long-awaited desire of martyrdom. It was during the Iranian Sacred Defense against the Ba’athist invasion that General Soleimani demonstrated his extraordinary qualities as a revolutionary guard. At the time when the Ba’athist enemy had occupied parts of the Iranian territories, warriors like Soleimani entered the scene, liberated their country, and brought victory to the Iranian forces. After the imposed war, too, Martyr Soleimani defended the Iranian nation on another front, by combating drug dealers and becoming a nightmare for them. He served his people and ensured their safety and security by being present wherever he was needed. Through the help of the people, he was able to create security in many parts of the Islamic world. This powerful commander defeated ISIS in Iraq and Syria by mobilizing the Iraqi and Syrian people and forming a national army in these two countries. At the time when the ISIS forces had reached the borders of Baghdad and were about to seize it and becoming a serious threat to Iranian borders and causing crisis by spreading atrocities in Iranian border provinces, Haaj Qasem Soleimani arrived in Baghdad, blocked their way, and forced them to retreat, and then liberated Tikrit. He then went to Mosul and crossed the Iraqi border into Syria and liberated parts of Damascus that were occupied by ISIS. General Soleimani created a new school of defense and a new way of warring, which ensured the legitimate rights of the nations in the region and strengthened the independence of these nations. Under the leadership of Commander Qasem Soleimani, the Resistance Front expanded and turned into a regional and global force; showing a new path to the freedom-seeking nations. By the same token, he also proved that the Iranian nation is a great and humane nation and a defender of peace and stability in all parts of the world and is ready to send its sons to stop the enemy wherever human lives are endangered. Commander Soleimani was a self-made personality whose enemies considered him to be the most important obstacle to the way of achieving their illegitimate goals, and the Iranian people considered him to be the unknown national hero of hard days of the imposed war and sacred defense. He was also considered a man of policies but not in the field of party and political games. He was rather a man of policies on the battlefields, who, according to many Western media, played an important role in shifting the balance of power in the Middle East. Even the Americans themselves acknowledged his being the man of hard times and the commander of the Middle East. Mark Kirk, a US senator, had once stated - during General Soleimani’s lifetime - that he is everywhere and nowhere. Americans were so apprehensive of Martyr Soleimani that every week some US media outlets, such as the Washington Post and the New York Times, talked about his key role in the region. This shadow commander, who, as admitted by the Associated Press, did not wear a bulletproof vest on the front lines, played such a decisive role in exposing the US policies in the region that the then-president of the United States called him a respectable enemy. According to Der Spiegel, Commander Soleimani had the ability to defeat any US operation in the Middle East. His importance was such that even his martyrdom was another defeat for the United States, so much so that the New York Times referred to the assassination of General Soleimani as a strategic defeat for the United States. Undoubtedly, he can be referred to as a man of the most influential person in maintaining stability and security in the Middle East. In fact, one of the prominent achievements of commander Soleimani was the suppression of ISIS, and paying attention to the greatness of this issue suffices talking about him. Martyr Soleimani was a first-class, influential and universal model in fulfilling missions and this was the cause of inspiration for others. Introducing Martyr Soleimani’s school of thought is a very accurate move in educating the current Iranian generation and that of the countries of the Islamic world and, therefore, in line with its cultural duties and with the aim of introducing this school as a pure Islamic model, Al-Huda International Cultural, Artistic and Publishing Institute has undertaken to publish a special issue on him in several foreign languages. It is hoped that this special issue will be an effective move in introducing this great man of the history of Islam and our beloved Iran. 1. Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim (Exalted Aphorisms and Pearls of Speech), Vol. 1, P. 389. Hojat al-Islam Mohammad Asadi Movahed Islamic Research Scholar and Managing Director of Al-Huda International Cultural, Artistic and Publishing Institute | ||||
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