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- ʿAbdullāh narrated to us—my father narrated to me—ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us—Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us—from ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib; he said: I heard Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Jadalī say: Allah, exalted be He, revealed to David (peace be upon him): “O David, love Me, love those who love Me, and make Me beloved to My servants.” He said, “My Lord, I do love You, and I love those who love You; but how shall I make You beloved to Your servants?” He replied, “Remember Me, and speak of Me only in a good manner.”
٣٧٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجَدَلِيَّ قَالَ: " أَوْحَى اللَّهُ – Exalté soit-Il – إِلَى دَاوُدَ: يَا دَاوُدُ، أَحِبَّنِي، وَأَحِبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّنِي، وَحَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادِي قَالَ: يَا رَبِّ، كَيْفَ هَذَا؛ أُحِبُّكَ، وَأُحِبُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ؛ فَكَيْفَ أُحَبِّبُكَ إِلَى عِبَادِكَ؟ قَالَ: تَذْكُرُنِي؛ فَلَا تَذْكُرُ إِلَّا حَسَنًا "