Representation of Sayyid al-Shuhada (pu) in the Testaments of the Holy Defense Martyrs of Qom Province

The study of historical documents is always interesting, because the past is the mirror of the future, especially the recent past, and it also shows its most critical moments, and by projecting the trend, a model can be drawn for the future. One of the distinctive and prominent periods in the history of nations is the period of war. Wartime distinguishes human beings, and those involved in them walk in the ideal state as ritualists. In fact, war is a "community" or "social drama" in which the main actors are fighters. The crystallizers of war, especially in the form of defense, become so immersed in their role that some of them are consciously martyred. Martyrs of war usually have a transcendental mission and write a public will. Writing political-social wills is not common in other times, but war veterans mostly write wills. In this article, using the method of content analysis, we examine the wills of the martyrs of Qom and are led to the conclusion that during the time of the holy defense, the situation becomes so mythical and dramatic that the martyrs identify with the story of Karbala with "Abrahamic tendency". They consider themselves the companions of Imam Hussein (pu) and Imam Khomeini (hu) as Hussein Zaman (contemprory Hosein) and the enemy of Khomeini (hu) as Yazid. Therefore, most of the content reflected in the wills is the words and biography of Imam Hussein (pu). As Shahid Avini believed, anyone who wants to know the martyrs should read the story of Karbala.