My Servant Draws Near to Me Until I Love Him

Transliteration

Innallaha qala: man 'ada li waliyyan faqad adhantuhu bil-harb, wa ma taqarraba ilayya 'abdi bi-shay'in ahabba ilayya mimmaftaradtu 'alayh, wa ma yazalu 'abdi yataqarrabu ilayya bin-nawafili hatta uhibbah, fa-idha ahbabtuhu kuntu sam'ahul-ladhi yasma'u bih, wa basarahul-ladhi yubsiru bih, wa yadahul-lati yabtishu biha, wa rijlahul-lati yamshi biha, wa in sa'alani la-u'tiyannah, wa la'inis-ta'adhani la-u'idhannah, wa ma taraddadtu 'an shay'in ana fa'iluhu taraddudi 'an nafsil-mu'min, yakrahul-mawta wa ana akrahu masa'atah

Translation

Narrated Abu Hurayrah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, "Allah said: 'Whoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, I declare war against him. My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more beloved to Me than what I have made obligatory upon him, and My servant keeps drawing near to Me with voluntary deeds until I love him. When I love him, I become his hearing with which he hears, his sight with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. If he asks Me, I will surely give him, and if he seeks My refuge, I will surely grant him refuge. I do not hesitate in anything I do as I hesitate [to take] the soul of the believer: he hates death, and I hate to displease him.'"