Ayatollah Alavi-Gorgani expresses his appreciation to the Iraqi people for their services to ‎Arba’in pilgrims

The revered source of emulation expressed his appreciation for the services and hospitality ‎of the Iraqi people toward the pilgrims of Imam al-Husayn and said that Arba’in al-Husayn ‎preserves the enlivening and revitalizing school of the Ahl al-Bayt.‎

News ID: 447557

Date: 24 October 2019 - 17:28

RNA – Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Alavi Gorgani issued a statement in which he referred to the ‎importance of the Arba’in pilgrimage and praised the people of Iraq for their service and ‎hospitality toward the pilgrims of Imam al-Husayn.‎

The text of the message is as follows:‎

In His Name, the Most High

God Almighty says: “Whoever venerates the sacraments of God – indeed that arises from ‎the Godwariness of hearts” [The Holy Quran 22:32]‎

The massive movement and pilgrimage of Arba’in, which was attended simultaneously by ‎millions of people from all over the world, isn’t a matter which can be considered as normal ‎but rather witnesses and evidence can be seen in all aspects of the true guardianship of ‎Imam al-Mahdi. ‎

Accompanied by this roaring wave, not only does the Arba’in pilgrimage provide esoteric and ‎spiritual protection for the pilgrims and the lovers of the pure and infallible Ahl al-Bayt but ‎rather it also provides protection for the enlivening and revitalizing school of thought of the ‎great Prophet of Islam, Muhammad al-Mustafa, on a global level.‎

Indeed, the tongue is unable to give express gratitude for this divine and roaring wave and ‎the great Islamic movement which glorifies religious rituals. I sincerely thank the Iraqi people ‎who served the large number of pilgrims of Imam al-Husayn with their lives and hearts. ‎

Also, I express gratitude to the dear pilgrims who have endured suffering during the ‎pilgrimage and all those who offered their services, including the respected government, ‎religious organizations, mawkib organizers, the media and broadcasters, the military and law ‎enforcement, security and medical forces, officials of various departments and institutions of ‎the country who sincerely served on this route and I hope that that God includes the Iraqi ‎and Iranian peoples in His favour and kindness due to the blessings of such a divine ‎movement and saves them from hostility and suffering.‎

Mohammad-Ali Alavi-Gorgani

‎Rasa News Agency

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