The Meaning of the Hadith: “Indeed, Allah does not get tired until you get tired”

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you and accept your repentance. This questioner asks: What is the meaning of the statement that Allah does not get tired until you get tired?

The Shaykh:
Yes, this is a matter of correspondence, like the verse "And they plotted, but Allah plotted" and "They mocked them, so Allah mocked them." This is a matter of correspondence and recompense. If a person gets tired of worship, then Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, corresponds to him in this by depriving him of the reward of worship. But if he persists in worship, then Allah persists in giving him the reward. It has come in the hadith that when the one who prays stands for his prayer, Allah faces him with His noble Face; He faces His servant with His noble Face. So if a person turns away from Allah and turns away from humility and goes off with his wandering thoughts in the prayer, Allah turns away from him and turns His Face away from him, Glorified and Exalted is He, as a matter of recompense and correspondence. Yes. And otherwise, Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, is not described as being tired except in this case, in this case as a matter of recompense and correspondence. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.