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title: "The Unbroken Testimony: On the Arba’een of the Martyrdom of Our Leader, Imam Sayyed Ali al-Husayni al-Khamenei"
event: "The Unbroken Series"
session_number: 2
published_at: "2026-04-10"
canonical_url: "https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-unbroken-testimony-on-the-arbaeen-of-the-martyrdom-of-our-leader-imam-sayyed"
event_url: "https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-unbroken-series"
type: "event-session"
scripture_reference: "Quran, Surah Al-'Asr (The Declining Day), Chapter 103, Verse 3"
---

# The Unbroken Testimony: On the Arba’een of the Martyrdom of Our Leader, Imam Sayyed Ali al-Husayni al-Khamenei

*Session 2 of [The Unbroken Series](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-unbroken-series) — 10 April 2026*

This special Arba'een session, "The Unbroken Testimony," is a follow-up to "The Unbroken Chain," reflecting on the fortieth day after the martyrdom of Imam Sayyed Ali al-Husayni al-Khamenei. 

Where the earlier session explored the institution that endures, this sermon turns to the message that endures, structured around three powerful themes: the spiritual significance of the number forty (al-arba'een) as a divine threshold of transformation across the traditions of the prophets; the true meaning of shaheed as a "witness" whose blood testifies against oppression—from Abel (Habil) to Imam Husayn to the schoolgirls of Minab; and the sacred duty of those who remain, modelled on Sayyedah Zaynab, to carry that testimony forward through remembrance (dhikr), testimony (shahadah), and living action (amal). 

Weaving together Quranic verses, classical narrations, and the living example of the resistance, the discourse challenges the believer to be transformed rather than merely to mourn, closing with a moving eulogy naming the martyrs and a heartfelt supplication for steadfastness and the hastening of the return of the Imam of our time.

## Scripture

> إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ
>
> Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience

— *Quran, Surah Al-'Asr (The Declining Day), Chapter 103, Verse 3*

## Programme

- [Watch the full session](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hv5Z-pS34k)
- [Sermon: The Unbroken Testimony: On the Arba’een of the Martyrdom of Our Leader, Imam Sayyed Ali al-Husayni al-Khamenei](https://youtu.be/9Hv5Z-pS34k?si=paNm8CkPbYWhhiQK)
- [Qur'an Recitation: Return to Your Lord: A Qur’anic Recitation for the Arba’een of Imam Khamenei — written](https://www.shiasounds.com/p/return-to-your-lord-a-quranic-recitation?r=a79sw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)
- [Nohe/Nasheed: The Good Tree - 40th Day Commemoration of Martyr Imam Khamenei (Poetry)](https://youtu.be/Acknr7yDrC0?si=9EgdWGIW1j8tGaXE)
- [Couplets: The Lifestyle of Poem - A Requiem for A Leader — written](https://www.islamicdigest.org/p/the-lifestyle-of-poem-a-requiem-for?r=18o9uk&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true)
- [A Tribute to Martyr Imam Khamenei — written](https://www.islamicdigest.org/p/the-torch-passed-a-40th-day-tribute?r=18o9uk&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true)
- [The Martyred Commander: An Elegy for the Beloved — written](https://www.islamicdigest.org/p/the-martyred-commander-an-elegy-for?r=18o9uk)

## Other sessions in this event

- [Session 3 — The Unbroken Trust: On the Burial of Our Leader, Imam Sayyed Ali al-Husayni al-Khamenei](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-unbroken-trust-on-the-burial-of-our-leader-imam-sayyed-ali-al-husayni-al-kha) — 11 July 2026
- [Session 1 — The Unbroken Chain: On The Martyrdom of Our Leader, Imam Sayyed Ali al-Husayni al-Khamenei](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-unbroken-chain-on-the-martyrdom-of-our-leader-imam-sayyed-ali-al-husayni-al-) — 2 March 2026

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