He poured forth his lifeblood in Thy cause

Recitation of sections of the Arbaeen visitation prayer at the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah on Oct. 8, 2020 — which, due to the health precautions of the COVID-19 pandemic, was held with no attendees present, but was performed in the presence of the son of Imam Hussain (pbuh) — and the Hussain of our time — our martyred Leader, Martyr Grand Ayatollah Khamenei.

He fulfilled the call so completely that no excuse remained, and he offered sincere counsel

He poured forth his lifeblood in Thy cause that he might rescue Thy servants from ignorance and the bewilderment of misguidance

While those whom the world had beguiled rose against him in alliance, sold their portion for the basest and meanest, bartered their hereafter for the poorest price, grew arrogant and cast themselves into the abyss of their desires

Provoked Thy wrath and the wrath of Thy Prophet, and obeyed, among Thy servants, the people of discord and hypocrisy, the bearers of heavy burdens who had made themselves deserving of the Fire

Yet he strove against them for Thy sake, patient and seeking Thy reward, until his blood was shed in obedience to Thee and the sanctity of his household was violated

Thou didst live in felicity, depart in praise, and die mourned, oppressed, and martyred

I bear witness that God shall fulfil what He has promised thee, destroy those who forsook thee, and chastise those who slew thee

I bear witness that thou didst fulfil the covenant of God and strive in His path until certainty came upon thee; so may God curse those who killed thee, and those who wronged thee, and a people who heard of it and were content therewith