This blessed verse in Surah Al-e-Imran is also very significant, “Do not suppose those who were slain in the way of Allah to be dead”, This is stressed very firmly. Don’t even think of such a thing that the martyrs are dead. the verse emphasizes that the martyrs are alive. The Almighty God has not specified how these martyrs are living, but [He says,] "They are living near their Lord" [Quran 3:169]. They are in the divine sanctuary of rububiyya.
Imam Khamenei
August 13, 2023
