If you want to reach somewhere [i.e. higher stations] through supplications, then you must be saying this: "We surrender to God, let Him do whatever He intends to, we intend to act according to the responsibilities of servitude." ...

Our Infallibles, peace be upon them, have left supplications at our disposal in order to see us dwelling in light. ...

If we remain indifferent and do not pray for the relief of believers from the troubles and afflictions encountered by them, those afflictions will get closer to us also. ...

God knows best the state of those who have spiritual stations at the time of supplication and solitude; and how the silence of pondering burns them as a result of witnessing the divine lights, even if for a short duration. ...

Grief, supplication, and tawassul (seeking intercession) have no contradiction with surrendering and submission to the Divine Decree. ...

Question: I am eager to meet the Imam of our time, Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him. I request you to pray for the fulfillment of this desire of mine. Answer: Recite Salawat a lot and present them to him, along with praying for the hastening of his reappearance. In addition, go to Masjid Jamkaran a lot...

Whoever goes to a sacred place, such as Masjid Jamkaran, for a need, must first ask God for the Imam’s relief, which is the greatest desire of the Imam himself ...

It is narrated that during the period of occultation everyone shall perish except those that pray for the relief. It is as though this very supplication for the relief is a source of hope and spiritual relationship with him who is prayed for. This in itself is a level of relief. ...

I wanted to slap him in the ear. Can an insult be more terrible than that?! I was furious! Didn’t he know him?! I could not easily overlook his boldness. One slap was not enough for him at all. But Ayatollah Bahjat did not even lift his head to see who he is!...

     He always used to repeat the name of God. When he was taking books, again started to repeat the names of God. He usually repeated, "Ya Hadi" and "Ya Allah" at home.    Sometimes he repeated "Ya Sattar" with his eyes closed.  When he wanted to go somewhere, or when he wanted to visit someone, he...