How Kind is Allah!

There lived an idolator in the past who made anidol out of stone and
would worship it everyday. He would call it upon it by saying "Ya
Sanam." For seventy years, he worshipped this idol. One day by mistake
he uttered "Ya Samad" instead of Ya Sanam. Samad is a name of Allah
which means The Self Sufficient Master. Allah Ta'ala immediately
replied back to this idolator by saying "I am present oh My slave."
The angels asked Allah why He replied to him since he didn't even call
upon Him intentionally. Allah told the angels that for seventy years I
have been waiting for this servant of mine to turn towards Me!
If a mother has only one child then how much would she love him? He
would be the coolness ofher eyes and the comfortof her heart. But if
this son calls her saying"Mommy" more than four or five times, she
would get irritated even though she loves him more than her ownself.
On the other hand, whenwe call Allah once, He replies back to us 70
times by saying "LabbaikYa Abdi (I am here oh Myslave)." How
unfortunatewe are that we have not recognized our Allah who is so
Kind, Merciful and Forgiving.
Source: Extracted from the lecture by Shaikh Tariq Jameel.