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Since last week, I have been persistently troubled by the thought: how is a world without Khamenei bearable? We somewhat resign ourselves to the terrifying requisites of this future, yet a sensation obstructs spiritual and mental progress. The image we form of this future in our wandering imagination does not materialize—simply does not materialize. It is as though we are forcibly positioned such that from whichever direction we wish to contemplate a state without Khamenei, from another direction he encompasses us and disrupts this condition. As if he has complete encompassment over us, to the point that we cannot even bid him farewell for a moment. No matter how we strive, we see him running through our subconscious before we see ourselves. And thus our effort at farewell remains futile—in the prayer ground... on Revolution Street... in Jamkaran... between the two sanctuaries... and in the hall of remembrance. This effort is fruitless. The reality is that there no longer exists a world without Khamenei in external reality.

• His existential expanse has encompassed our era.
• His names and attributes have filled our time, and no one can set himself apart from their radiance.
• The personality of Ayatollah Khamenei is the inner substance of the age in which we live.. The current state of the world in confrontation between good and evil, truth and falsehood, faith and disbelief, human and Satan, is a field that is the product of his witnessing, stewardship, and ultimately his martyrdom.

# Why Is Farewell to Martyr Khamenei Not Possible? A Guest Note by Mehdi Afraz