On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (R.A), who said that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
Allah the Almighty said: I am as My servant thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a cubit, and if he draws near to Me a cubit, I draw near to him a fathom. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed.
(Al-Buhkari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, Ibn-Majah)
Another possible rendering of the first line of Arabic is: "I am as My servant expects Me to be". The meaning is that forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the Almighty is subject to His servant truly believing that He is forgiving and merciful. However, not to accompany such belief with right action would be to mock the Almighty.
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Ahadith e Qudsi
SpiritualIn the name of Allah, The Most Beneficient, The Most Merciful. In sha Allah, in this book, we will go through 40 of the most authentic ahadith e qudsi (sacred ahadith).
