Arabic (Original)
وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حِينَ يَذْكُرُنِي إِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلَإٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلَإٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْ مَلَئِهِ الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُنِي فِيهِمْ وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ الْعَبْدُ مِنِّي شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ ذِرَاعًا وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ مِنِّي ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ بَاعًا وَإِذَا جَاءَنِي يَمْشِي جِئْتُهُ أُهَرْوِلُ لَهُ الْمَنُّ وَالْفَضْلُ.
English Translation
With this chain: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Allah, Mighty and Sublime, says: 'I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me within himself, I remember him within Myself; and if he remembers Me in an assembly, I remember him in an assembly better than his. If he draws near to Me by a hand's span, I draw near to him by a forearm's length; and if he draws near to Me by a forearm's length, I draw near to him by a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I come to him running.' To Him belong bounty and grace."