أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ الْغَازِ ، عَنْ حَيَّانَ أَبِي النَّضْرِ ، عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ : " قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى :أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي، فَلْيَظُنَّ بِي مَا شَاءَ "

Abu Al-Numan told us, Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak told us, Hisham bin Al-Ghaz told us, on the authority of Hayyan Abi Al-Nadr, on the authority of Wathilah bin Al-Asqa’, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, who said: “God, Blessed and Most High, said: I am as My servant thinks of Me, so let him think of Me as he wishes.”