Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: Speaking of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, Secretly ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِعِيسَى (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) يَا عِيسَى اذْكُرْنِي فِي نَفْسِكَ أَذْكُرْكَ فِي نَفْسِي وَاذْكُرْنِي فِي ٠َلَئِكَ أَذْكُرْكَ فِي ٠ِيِّينَ يَا عِيسَى أَلِنْ لِي قَلْبَكَ وَأَكْثِرْ ذِكْرِي فِي الْخَلَوَاتِ وَاعْلَ٠ْ أَنَّ سُرُورِي أَنْ تُبَصْبِصَ إِلَيَّ وَكُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ حَيّاً وَلا تَكُنْ ٠3.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ibn Faddal in a marfu ’ manner from The Imam (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, said to Jesus, peace be upon him, ‘O Jesus, speak of Me to yourself; I speak of you to Myself, speak of Me in public; I speak of you in public, which is better than man’s public.

O Jesus, soften your heart for Me, speak of Me very often privately and note that My happiness is in your expressing humility before Me and that you must act as a living one in such condition, and not as a dead person. ’” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/139))