Allāh Loves to Be Asked, While People Don’t

A poet said:

وَلَوْ سُئِلَ النَّاسُ التُّرَابَ لَأَوْشَكُوا … إِذَا قِيلَ هَاتُوا أَنْ يَمَلُّوا فَيَمْنَعُوا

And if people were asked for dirt, they would just about

Tire of that and hold back if it were said, “[Come], give us [a handout].”