Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ رَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ اللَّهُ إِذَا تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ عَبْدِي شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا وَإِذَا تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا وَإِذَا أَتَانِي يَمْشِي أَتَيْتُهُ أُهَرْوِلُ
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Harb narrated to us, he said: Ishaq ibn Yusuf informed us, from al-Jurayri, from Abu 'Uthman, from Salman al-Farisi, who raised the hadith (to the Prophet), who said: Allah said: 'When My servant draws near to Me by a hand span, I draw near to him by a cubit. When he draws near to Me by a cubit, I draw near to him by a fathom. And when he comes to Me walking, I come to him running.'