“If our devotees’ (may Allah give them success in obeying Him) hearts are gathered on meeting their obligation, their good fortune of meeting us would not have been delayed, and their joy of seeing us would have been expedited.”

al-Tabarsi, Al-Ihtijaj, vol.2, p. 499
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