It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Verily, Allah Almighty says: O My servants! All of you are sinners, except the one whom I grant well-being, so seek forgiveness from Me, I will forgive you. Whoever realizes that I have power over forgiveness and then seeks forgiveness from Me because of My power, I will forgive him and I do not care. O My servants! All of you were astray, except the one whom I have guided, so ask Me for guidance, I will guide you. All of you were poor, except the one whom I have enriched, so ask Me, I will provide for you. If the living and the dead among you, the first and the last, the moist and the dry, were to gather together upon the heart of the most pious man among My servants, it would not increase My dominion by even as much as the wing of a mosquito. Likewise, if the living and the dead among you, the first and the last, the moist and the dry, were to gather together and every supplicant were to ask for whatever he desired, and I were to give each supplicant what he asked for, it would not decrease what is with Me except as much as a needle decreases the sea when it is dipped into it and then taken out. This is because I am Generous, Majestic, Rich; I do whatever I will. My giving is My word, My punishment is My word. When I intend a thing, I only say to it: Be, and it is.