خداوند خطاب به حضرت داوود علیه السلام فرمود :
یا داوودُ ، لَو یَعلَمُ المُدبِرونَ عَنّی کَیفَ انتِظاری لَهُم ، و رِفقی بِهِم ، و شَوقی إلى تَرکِ مَعاصیهِم
لَماتُوا شَوقا إلَیَّ و تَقَطّعَت أوصالُهُم مِن مَحَبّتی
اى داوود! اگر آنها که از من روی گردان شده اند بدانند که چه انتظارى براى آنان مى کشم و چه مهرى به آنان مى ورزم و
چه اشتیاقى دارم که آنان از گناهان خود دست کشند، از شدّت اشتیاق به من جان دهند و از عشق به من بندهاى بدنشان از هم جدا شود.
المحجّة البیضاء (فیض کاشانی)، ج8، ص62
Allah Almighty revealed unto David (AS):
O David, if only those who turn away from me knew how great my anticipation for them, how great my compassion for them,
and how much I love when they turn away from their acts of disobedience,
they would have died out of longing for Me, and their limbs would have separated due to their love for Me
and how much I love when they turn away from their acts of disobedience,
they would have died out of longing for Me, and their limbs would have separated due to their love for Me
al-Mahajjat al-Bayda’ (Fayd Kashani), v. 8, p. 62
