AhlulBayt News Agency

source : TNA
Monday

7 December 2015

3:42:37 PM
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Top Iranian Cleric Visits Roknabadi's Family

Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought, Ayatollah Mohsen Araki visited the honorable bereaved family of the late Iran’s former Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi.

Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought, Ayatollah Mohsen Araki visited the honorable bereaved family of the late Iran’s former Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi.

Offered his heartfelt condolences and deep sorrow over the loss, the grand Ayatollah praised the late Iran’s former Ambassador to Lebanon for the his serves, Jihad and attempts he had made in the way of God.

President of Iran top unity center also appreciated the bereaved family for what they are going through, stressing the value of their deeds in front of God, enlarging his line by referring to what God almighty highlights in his saying, “Those [angels] who carry the Throne and those around it exalt [Allah] with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who have believed, [saying], “Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and follow Your way and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire.” (40:7)

Ayatollah Araki went on to quote another verse as saying, “Those “Our Lord, and admit them to gardens of perpetual resisdence which You have promised them and whoever was rightious among their fathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it is you who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.” (40:8).

Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought prayed to Allah Almighty to bestow grace and remission on the blessed soul of the political face, praying for patience to the family of the deceased for their lost.

Roknabadi had been missing since the September 24 crush in Saudi Arabia until recently, when his body was identified after DNA testing. The crush in Saudi Arabia occurred when two large masses of pilgrims were directed by Saudi authorities toward one another and fused at a crossroads in Mina, a few kilometers east of the holy city of Mecca, as they were on their way to participate in the symbolic stoning of Satan in Jamarat.

Saudi Arabia claims nearly 770 people were killed in Mina, but officials with Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization say about 4,700 people, including 465 Iranians, lost their lives in the tragedy. The number of the Iranian fatalities exceeds that of other countries.


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