Hadith of Musa, 'Alayhim al-Salam — Hadith 1

of the preference over them, and tell them to ask from Me (azwj) from (and) My (azwj) Grace, and My (azwj) Mercy, for no one else is the owner of these, and I (azwj) am of the Great Grace, Good to you. O Musa (as)! Be a cave for the erroneous, and sit with the restless, and a seeker of Forgiveness among the sinful ones. You (as) are from Me (azwj) at the status of the Pleasure, so supplicate to Me (azwj) with the pure heart, and the truthful tongue, and be as I (azwj) have Commanded you (as) to be. Be obedient to My (azwj) Command and do not dominate over My (azwj) servants by what is not begun from you (as). And come nearer to Me (azwj), for I (azwj) am very near to you (as), for I (azwj) will never Ask you (as) what injures you (as) by its weight nor to carry it (burden). But rather, I (azwj) Ask you (as) that you (as) should supplicate to Me (azwj) so I (azwj) will Answer you (as), and that Ask from Me (azwj) so I (azwj) shall Give it to you (as), and that to come near to Me (azwj) by what you (as) have taken from Me (azwj) of its interpretation, and to Me (azwj) is the completion of its Revelation. O Musa (as)! Look towards the earth, for very soon it shall be your (as) grave, and raise your (as) eyes towards the sky for it is above you (as) and in it are great Angels, and weep upon yourself (as) for as long as you (as) are in the world, and fear the perishable and the destruction, and do not be deceived by the adornments of the world and its flowers, and do not be pleased with the injustice, and do not become an unjust one for I (azwj) Hold the oppressor to Account until I (azwj) Get justice from him for the oppressed one. O Musa (as)! The good deeds are Rewarded tenfold but there is single punishment for a sin even one is so severe. Do not Associate (anyone) with Me (azwj), it is not Permissible for you that you (as) should Associate with Me (azwj). Come nearer and be steadfast, and supplicate like the supplication of the greedy one greedy for what is in My (azwj) Possession, and regretful over what he has sent by what his hands (had earned) before. Just as the blackness of the night obliterates the day, and similarly the sins obliterate the good deeds, and the darkness of the night comes over the whiteness of the day, and similarly the sins come over the outstanding sins and blacken them (further)’.