Proof of God’s love for man..

God inspired David by saying, “If those who turn from Me knew how I wait for them and how tenderly I treat them and how I long for them to desist from their sins, they would die out of sheer longing for Me and their limbs would be hacked into pieces for love of Me. O David, this is My will for those who turn away from Me. How then would my will be for those who come towards Me? O David, man needs Me most when he thinks to dispense with Me. I am most compassionate of My servant when he turns to Me but man is most sublime when he comes back to Me.” - Imam al-Ghazzali in his Iyha Ulūm al-Dīn