His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolences and sympathy to the family of His Majesty’s Advisor, the late Mohamed Moatassim, who passed away on June 5 in Rabat.
In this message, His Majesty the King stated that he learned with sadness the news of the passing of the late Mohamed Moatassim, imploring Allah to accept him among the virtuous and welcome him into His vast paradise.
On this painful occasion, the Sovereign expressed His heartfelt condolences and sincere sympathy following this cruel loss, divine will being unstoppable, to the parents of the deceased, to his widow Mrs. Nabila, to his children Issam and Sara, to all the members of his family, as well as to the relatives, friends, and admirers of the late Mohamed Moatassim, imploring Allah to grant them patience and comfort.
The message underlines that the death of the late Mohamed Moatassim is a huge loss not only for his family but also for his homeland, which has lost a great and faithful servant of the Nation who devoted his life to the service of his country, with dedication and selflessness, while demonstrating unwavering attachment to the Glorious Alawite Throne, and to the constants and sanctities of the Nation.
His Majesty the King recalled, on this sad occasion, with great esteem and consideration, the late’s humane qualities, sincere patriotism, intellectual and academic abilities, and his profound insight into the political and constitutional fields that he showed in the various high positions he occupied with competence, adding that the late “was faithful to our Throne and our eternal Constants, both under the reign of our Revered Father the late His Majesty King Hassan II, may Allah welcome Him in His mercy, and as a faithful Advisor to Our Majesty.”
“In sharing your grief during this cruel and unavoidable circumstance, We express once again Our deep condolences, Our sincere feelings of compassion, and Our constant High solicitude and benevolence, and implore Allah to grant the late deceased the best of retribution as a reward for his commendable deeds in the service of his Homeland and his King,” added the Sovereign in the message, beseeching the Almighty to welcome the deceased in His vast paradise among the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs and the virtuous.
“Give good news to those who patiently endure. who, when faced with a disaster, say: Surely to Allah we belong and to Him we will ˹all˺ return. They are the ones who will receive Allah’s blessings and mercy. And it is they who are ˹rightly˺ guided.” (Al-Baqarah, 155-156-157)