I was not afraid of anything - Self-Written Autobiography of Martyr General Qasem Soleimani

98 Pages·2022·0.797 MB·English

by  Martyr General Qasem Soleimani

FRONT COVER

I WAS NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING

SELF-WRITTEN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF

MARTYR GENERAL QASEM SOLEIMANI
From his early childhood to the year 1979

Translated and edited by

Dr. Abdul Husayn Gonzalez
English Title: I was not afraid of anything
Original Persian Title: Az Chizi Nami Tarsidam
Author: Martyr General Qasem Soleimani
Translation / Editing: Dr. Abdul Husayn Gonzalez
Graphics and Composing: Zainab Martinez
Publisher: International Resistance Publishers
Year: 2022

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Front and Back Cover Background: Image of original handwriting of
the autobiography of Martyr General Qasem Soleimani written with his
injured hand and fingers.
I was not afraid of anything

We are nation of Imam Hussain (as)
Martyr General Qasem Soleimani

Contents
EDITOR’S NOTE…………………………………………………………... I
WRITTEN NOTE OF AYATULLAH KHAMENEI ON THE BOOK…... III
INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………. V
FOREWORD………………………………………………………………IX
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………. 1
LETTER OF MARTYR QASEM SOLEIMANI TO HIS DAUGHTER.. 53
AYATULLAH KHAMENEI’S STATEMENT AFTER THE
MARTYRDOM OF GENERAL QASEM SOLEIMANI……………….. 57
THE LAST WILL OF MARTYR QASEM SOLEIMANI………………. 59
INDEX…………………………………………………………………….. 73

Editor’s Note

I thank God for the valuable opportunity to do translation of
autobiography of this great heroic human being of modern times
whose martyrdom shook the whole world. Martyr Qasem Soleimani
was epitome of utmost heroism, military leadership, unparallel
courage, self-sacrifice, purity of soul, piety, being sincere follower of
wilayate faqih and with unusual pain of oppressed in his heart. His
personality attracted me, even whenever I only saw his photos. When
I visited his grave in Kerman in May 2022, I decided to do translation
and sought God’s help. However, due to work overload, it was
delayed. But Alhamdulillah, it was done with God’s help. While doing
translation and editing, few points were paid attention to:
1. The translation was done keeping in view the needs of native
English speakers. In many places, idiomatic translation was done and
also phrases were added to the original Persian version for easy
reading of the audience.
2. Throughout the book, approximate Gregorian year was added to
the Iranian Solar Hijra year used by the author. In some places,
month and date were also added.
3. Original footnotes were kept as such. However, some of them were
not used and few were added for the basic information of readers.
4. An inspiring letter of Martyr Soleimani to his daughter, Message of
the Leader Sayyid Ali Khamenei after his martyrdom and the Last will
of Martyr Qasem Soleimani are added to a provide a better insight for
the readers about the personality of this great human being.
I thank sister Fatima Mazhari, Mohammad Yahya, Dr. Heiat and Dr.
Zarei for their help and to sister Zainab Martinez for graphics.
Dr. Abdul Husayn Gonzalez
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