Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Abbas Al-A'ma that he says: I have received the information that Dawood used to recite these words in his supplication: Glory be to You, O Allah! You are my Lord. You are higher than Your Throne, and You have cast Your fear upon those who are in the heavens and the earth. (So the person who is closest to You in rank is the one who fears You the most intensely.) Thus, in terms of rank, the person closest to You is the one who fears You the most, and what knowledge can that person have who does not fear You, and what wisdom can that person possess who does not obey Your command.