The Diplomatic Insight _ January 2020

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Trump shattered all hopes
of managing the Iran-US
relationship, and again brought
tensions. This means trouble
for America and voters and
the US Congress do not want
it. Therefore, this step may
end with the impeachment of
Trump or the loss of votes in the
next election.
7. Another impact of General
Soleimani’s Martyrdom is on the
Persian Gulf states. Persian Gulf
states, such as Saudi Arabia, the
United Arab Emirates, Bahrain,
and others, in dread of the
aftermath of the assassination
of Soleimani and the prospect
of a new war in the region, were
completely passive and did not
even dare to ask the US to use
their bases to attack Iran or its
allies. Users of the cyberspace
used a Quran verse to describe
this passive reaction, which has
a literary aesthetic Simile given
the name of Martyr Soleimani.
Verse 18 of Surat al-Naml says:
“ َ
ُ ْ سُ‏ ل
ُ ْ ال
َ أَ‏ ُ ل
‏َّك يْمَ‏ انُ‏
َ ‏ْطِمَ‏ ن
‏َك
‏ُوا مَ‏ سَ‏ اكِن
يُّ‏ ‏َا النَّمْ‏ ل ادْخ
Translation: O“ ants ‏.”وَ‏ جُ‏ نُ‏ ودُ‏ هُ‏
enter your dwellings that you
not be crushed by Solomon and
his soldiers.”
After the Iranian reaction to the
assassination of General Soleimani,
we saw the US withdrawal. Trump’s
remarks at a news conference on
Wednesday after Iran’s attack
on the Ayn al-Assad base were
passive, with Trump referring
only to increased sanctions and no
threat of another attack on Iran.
When Trump ordered the attack on
General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi
al-Mohandes, he did not imagine
that their Martyrdom would create
such a wave of vengeance and
hatred. He did not know that their
path would be continued more
determined after their death.
The nations of the region know that,
by submission and subordination,
America and the Zionists will come
sooner. The Holy Qur’an says in
وَ‏ لَن“‏ 120: Surat al-Baqarah, verse
َ
That تَ‏ .” ض ٰ عَ‏ َ نك يَ‏ ال‏ ودُ‏ وَ‏ ال
‏َّبِ‏ عَ‏ مِ‏ ل تَ‏ َّ ‏ُم
النَّ‏ ٰ صارى حَ‏ تّ‏ ٰ تَت
means: “the Jews and the Christians
will never be satisfied with you, until
you fully submit to their desires,
and to obey their religion.” The US
policy towards the countries that
follow them is the policy of exaction
and demanding (“Do More” policy).
The Muslim nations can only
achieve self-reliance by progressing
in the way of resistance to arrogant
powers and only by relying on
internal forces, by promoting selfconfidence
and empowerment
of the revolutionary and capable
youth. Real power lies in true
independence, and dependence on
the others, contradicts with national
dignity and pride. Martyr Soleimani
showed that even one person could
save the fate of a people and even
the fate of a region. Every nation has
Soleimanis which must be known.
As I said in my previous article,
“The martyrdom of General Qassem
Soleimani and the awakening of the
Islamic world,” hard revenge does
not mean killing a few people, it
will mean the complete withdrawal
of US troops from the region. And
this is a major strategic change in
the region. But the major and true
change is not in the outside world,
but in the inner world, and that is
self-belief and faith.
The miracle of the blood of
Soleimani is to restore unity and
empathy among the Islamic nations.
Imagine the people of Iran and Iraq,
who had been in a bloody war for
eight years; now with the bravery of
veterans of those same days of war,
they came together and shouted:
Death to America! Blood fertilizes
the seedlings of Islam and faith,
and this is the difference between
divine war and material war. In the
material war the highest value is
human life, and at one end, every
soldier fears death. But in the divine
battle, every fighter desires to get
martyr.
The blood of a martyr in the divine
warfare not only does not frighten
other soldiers but also makes them
more determined in their path,
as millions of Muslims today are
shouting that they are ready to fight
and avenge the blood of Soleimani.
This is the greatest effect of the blood
of martyr Soleimani. As 1400 years
ago, the blood of Imam Hussein
(PBUH), the grandson of the
Prophet of Islam, led to the survival
and continuation of the Islam and
the idea of ​fighting bullying. The
path of martyr Soleimani is the
continuation of Imam Hussein’s
path. Symbolically, some dust from
graveyard of Imam Hussein was
also buried with him. Yazid did
not gain the true success in issuing
the order of killing Imam Hussein.
In the same way, Trump issued
the order to assassinate Soleimani
and turned himself into an ever
evil character.
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