‘O son of Adam, I was ill, yet you did not visit Me.’ He will say, ‘My Lord, how could I visit You when You are the Lord of all worlds?’ He will say, ‘Did you not know that My servant so-and-so was ill, yet you did not visit him? Did you not know that, had you visited him, you would have found Me with him?’ He will also say, ‘O son of Adam, I asked you for water, yet you did not give Me water.’ He will say, ‘My Lord, how could I give You water when You are the Lord of all worlds?’ He, Blessed and Exalted, will say, ‘Did you not know that My servant so-and-so asked you for water, yet you did not give him water? Did you not know that, had you given him water, you would have found that with Me?’” He continued: “He will also say, ‘O son of Adam, I asked you for food, yet you did not feed Me.’ He will say, ‘My Lord, how could I feed You when You are the Lord of all worlds?’ He will say, ‘Did you not know that My servant so-and-so asked you for food, yet you did not feed him? Indeed, had you fed him, you would have found that with Me.’”

If, then, when the Lord said to His servant, “I was ill and hungry,” the servant asked, “How could I visit You? How could I feed You?” and He replied, “My servant so-and-so was ill; had you visited him, you would have found Me with him. My servant so-and-so was hungry; had you fed him, you would have found that with Me”—could anything be more effective in bringing out the meaning, explaining it, revealing it, and making it clear