Fath al-Rabbani

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Allah Almighty says: O My servants! All of you are sinners, except the one whom I grant well-being, therefore seek forgiveness from Me, I will forgive you. And whoever realizes that I (Allah) have the power to forgive, then seeks forgiveness from Me because of My power, I will forgive him and I will not mind in this regard. All of you are astray, except the one whom I guide, so seek guidance from Me, I will guide you. All of you are poor, except the one whom I make rich, so ask from Me, I will make you rich. Now see, if your first and last, humans and jinn, young and old, male and female, living and dead, and wet and dry, all become like the heart of the most wretched servant among My servants, it will not decrease My kingdom even by as much as the wing of a mosquito. And if this same creation becomes as righteous as the heart of the most pious servant among My servants, it will not increase My kingdom even by as much as the wing of a mosquito. And if your first and last, humans and jinn, young and old, male and female, living and dead, and wet and dry, all gather together and each supplicant asks Me for whatever his desire demands, and I give each supplicant according to his request, it will not cause any decrease in Me. (Understand this by the example that) if a man passes by the seashore and dips a needle into it and brings it back (and sees how much water clings to it and how much is diminished from the sea), in the same way, there is no decrease in My kingdom. The reason for this is that I am extremely generous, full of majesty, self-sufficient. My giving is by My word, My punishment is by My word. In one narration, it is: My giving is My word, My punishment is My word. When I intend something, I only say to it: Be, and it is.”