According to a famous Hadith Qudsi, God says: ‘I was a Hidden Treasure and I yearned, I loved to be known intimately. So I created the heavens and the earth so that they may know Me intimately.’
A true believer
is a lover of God. By establishing oneself on Divine commandments and the
perfect example of the noble Prophet (sa) and the Elect of God of one’s era, a
true believer can aspire for a special relationship of friendship and spiritual intimacy with God
Almighty through a sound, purified heart: 'The heavens and the earth cannot contain Me, but the heart of My faithful servant can contain Me'. Sincere striving with pure faith and a grateful heart opens up the
gates of Divine mercy: 'So remember Me, and I shall remember you' (2:153). Indeed God loves an earnest, perfected soul when it seeks Divine
nearness with a tongue always moist with the remembrance of God. In a Hadith Qudsi, Allah (swt)
states: ‘He
who seeks Me, finds Me; He who seeks other than Me, will never find me; Pious
souls yearn to behold Me, I yearn more to behold them’.