Instructions of Mirza Javad Agha Malaki Tabrizi (R.A)

Source: Self Building,P. 306, by Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini.
The most celebrated perfect gnostic Mirza Javad Agha Maliki Tabrizi writes:
"The Holy prophet (s.a.w) through his repeated recommendations have emphasized the importance of prolonged prostration, which indeed is an extremely important matter. Prolonged prostration is the most nearest aspect of servanthood, and it is because of this consideration that two prostration have been incorporated in each unit of prayer. About the prolonged prostration of Sinless Imams (a.s) of the prophets progeny and their Shiite s, a lot of traditions have been narrated.

In the one of his prolonged prostration Imam al-Sajjad has repeated the following invocation one thousand times:

لا اله الا الله حقا حقا. لا اله الا الله تعبدا ورقا لا اله الا الله ايمانا و صدقا.

(La illahi illahi haqan haqqa,la illahi illahi taubdan wa riqqa,la illahi illahi Imanaan wa sadqa)

"There is no god-tryly and Justly."There is no god but God -I bow in humility in front of him." "There is no god but God - is the truth indeed and is my faith."

About Imam al-Kazim (a.s) it has been reported that some times he prolonged his prostraition from morning till noon, and similer insidents have been narrated about his companions namely: Ibne abi Amir. Jamil, and Kharbouz.

"During my stay in Najafi-Ashraf I had a learned pious scholar who was a Marja-Taqlid for religious students. I once ask him: What special act have you tried in your own life which is affective for a wayfarer in his spiritual gnostic journey?' He replied:

To prolong the prostration during a period of twenty four hours and reciting of invocation:

(La illahi illa ant Subahnak Inni Kunt mm as Zalimin). "There is no God save Thee. Be Thou Glorified. Lo! I have been a wrong doer." While reciting this invocation he must pay attention to the fact that God- Almighty is for inviolable to oppress me rather I am the one who have oppressed my own self and have blamed Him for that.

"My teacher recommended this prostration to those who were interested in gnostic journey, and those who performed it obtained good resuits especially, those who prolonged it more. Some of them repeated this invocation in prostration one thousand times, some of them a little more or less and about some of them I heard that they repeated it three thousands times in their prostration.
- al-Moraqebat, p-122.