Those who remember Allah standing and sitting and lying on their sides.

Those who remember Allah standing and sitting and lying on their sides.” (Qur’an, Surah Aale Imran 3:190) I say: This is the ultimate effect of their eagerness with regard to their object of love.

Also among the effects of love on the tongue is that it will always speak nicely about the beloved and mention nothing but the good qualities of his object of love – in every way that would please the beloved – it is from this view that many traditions are recorded extolling the composition of couplets in praise of the Purified Imams (as); here we quote only one such tradition: It is mentioned in Biharul Anwar and Wasailush Shia from the Eighth Imam, His Eminence, Reza (as) that he said: “No believer composes couplets in our praise but that the Almighty Allah builts for him a city in Paradise which is seven times bigger than that of this world.

Every proximate angel and every messenger prophet would meet him there.”[^1] Another effect of love on the tongue is praying and desiring all the good things for the beloved and this matter is clear for all those who have some sense and except for foolish people, none could deny it.

Say: You do not believe but say, We submit; and faith has not yet entered into your hearts.” (Qur’an, Surah Hujurat 49:14) The basis of this faith, in fact is nothing but love for Allah and the Messenger of Allah. In spite of this, it is necessary that we must utter from the tongue what we believe in our heart; if we don’t do so the effects of faith will not be derived from it.

The conclusion is that: Praying for the reappearance of the Master of the Time is an indication of true faith just as composing couplets in the praise of the Purified Imams (as) is an expression of love and a sign of faith – as we are reminded – and also traditions have been recorded that mention the excellence of expressing love for Amirul Momineen (as), prove this matter since it implies the expression of inner feelings.