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Divine Sayings from Hadith Qudsi: Mishkat al-Anwar

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 06:24 PM PDT

God ever praised and exalted is He, says:
"I am with My servant when he or she remembers Me
and when his or her lips move in mention of Me."

God, ever mighty and majestic is He, says:

"I am present in My servant's thought of Me,
and I am with him when he remembers Me.
If he mentions Me in his self, I mention him in My Self,
and if he mentions Me in an assembly,
I mention him in a better assembly than that.

If he approaches Me by a hand's breadth, I draw near to him by an arm's length;
and if he draws near to Me by an arm's length, I draw near to him by a fathom.
If he comes to Me walking, I come to him running."

God, ever mighty and majestic is He, says:

"He who hopes for other than Me does not know Me.

He who does not know Me does not worship Me.

He who does not worship Me has incurred My Displeasure.

He who fears other than Me, My Vengeance befalls him."

God, ever mighty and majestic is He, says:

"O child of Adam, as long as you beseech Me and hope for Me,
I shall forgive you whatever you have done, without minding in the slightest.

O child of Adam, were your sins to reach up to the clouds of Heaven
and then you asked forgiveness of Me,
I should forgive you, without minding in the slightest.

O child of Adam, even if you were to bring Me enough sins to fill the earth,
but then you met Me without associating anything with Me,
I should bring to you the selfsame measure of forgiveness."

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God, ever praised and exalted is He says:

"O My servants, I have forbidden injustice to Myself and I have
    made it forbidden amongst you. So be not unjust to one another.

    O My servants, all of you go astray except the one whom I guide.
    Ask guidance of Me, and I shall guide you.
    O My servants, all of you go hungry except the one whom I feed.
    Ask Me for food, and I shall feed you.
    O My servants, all of you go naked except the one whom I clothe.
    Ask Me for clothing, and I shall clothe you.

    O My servants, you transgress by day and night, but I forgive all
    misdeeds. Ask forgiveness of Me, and I shall forgive you.

O My servants, harming Me is beyond you, so you cannot harm
    Me; and benefiting Me is beyond you, so you cannot benefit Me.

O My servants, if all of you - first and last, man and jinn - were
    like the one among you with the most devout heart, that would add
    nothing to My kingdom.

    O My servants, if all of you – first and last, man and jinn – were
    like the one among you with the most ungodly heart, that would
    take nothing away from My kingdom.

    O My servants, if all of you – first and last, man and jinn – were
    to stand on the same level and address Me with your requests, and
    if I were to give each one what he had requested, that would not
    diminish what is with Me, any more than a needle diminishes the
    sea when it enters it.

    O My servants, it is solely your deeds that I take account of, and it
    is by virtue of them that I will repay you. So let him who finds good,
    praise God, and let him who finds other than that, hold none but
    himself to blame."

God, ever mighty and majestic is He, says:
"For My righteous servants I have prepared what no eye has seen,
nor ear heard, nor has entered into a human heart."

God, ever mighty and majestic is He, shall say on the Day of Resurrection:
"Where are those who have loved each other for the sake of My Majesty?
Today I shall shelter them in My shade, on a day when there is no shade but My shade."

When the people of the Garden have entered the Garden, God, every exalted is He, will say:
"Do you want for anything more than I may give you?"

They will reply: "Have You not illuminated our faces?
Have You not caused us to enter the Garden and delivered us from the Fire?"

Then the Divine veil shall be lifted, for they cannot be given anything that they would love more
than the Vision of their Lord, ever majestic and most beautiful is the Divine Being.

The best, and more beyond that, is destined for those who strive with excellence.

~ from Divine Sayings: 101 Hadith Qudsi: Mishkat al-Anwar compiled by Ibn Arabi ~