A Strong Believer Is More Beloved To Allah — Than A Weak One:
For Allah is All-knowing and loves those who are knowledgeable; He is Strong and loves the Strong Believer more than He loves the weak Believer; He is Generous and loves those who are generous; He is Merciful and loves those who show mercy; He is Forgiving and loves those who Forgive, etc.
But the attributes of Allah are more perfect and greater than the attributes of the created being (man), so there is no comparison between them — because there is nothing like unto Him in His attributes and actions, just as there is nothing that can compare to Him in His essence.
Rather, it is sufficient for the created being to have a share in these attributes in the manner that befits him, within the limits set by Sharee'ah.
If he oversteps the limits with regard to generosity, then he will become a spendthrift; if he oversteps the limit with regard to mercy, then he will fail to carry out the punishments decreed by Sharee'ah; if he oversteps the limits with regard to forgiveness, then he will forgive in an inappropriate manner.
The Great Scholar Ibn al-Qayyim (May Allah have mercy on him) said: “Because He is al-Shakoor (the Appreciative) in the truest sense, the most beloved of His creation to Him are those who are characterized by the attribute of thankfulness, and the most hated of His creation to Him are those in whom this attribute is lacking, or who are characterized by the opposite.
This applies to His Most Beautiful Names: the most beloved of His creation to Him are those who have the characteristic implied by that meaning, and the most hated of them to Him are those who have the opposite characteristic.
For this reason He hates the kaafir, the wrongdoer, the hard-hearted, the miser, the coward, the despicable and the depraved.
He is Beautiful and loves beauty; He is All-Knowing and loves those who have knowledge; He is Merciful and loves those who show mercy; He is Beneficent and loves those who do good; He is the Concealer and loves those who conceal (sins or Faults);
He is All-Powerful and condemns incapacity – the Stronger Believer is more beloved to Him than the weak Believer. He is Forgiving and loves Forgiveness; He is One and loves odd-numbered things. Everything that He loves is implied by His Names and Attributes, everything that He hates is the opposite of that.” (Uddat al-Saabireen — pg:310).
Ibn al-Qayyim (May Allah have mercy on him) said: “Generosity is one of the attributes of the Lord, For He gives and does not take, He Feeds but He is not Fed. He is the most generous of those who are generous, the kindest of those who are kind.
The most beloved of His creation to Him are those who bear the characteristics implied by His attributes. For He is Kind and loves those among His slaves who are kind; He is All-Knowing and loves those who have knowledge; He is All-Powerful and loves those who are brave; He is Beautiful and loves beauty.”
(al-Waabil al-Sayyib — pg:43)
So,the point is that Allah (swt) is the most powerful, and He likes a servant who has a strong personality. He who does not fear anyone except his Lord, because only such a person can stand firm on the truth.
May Allah (swt) make us strong people who have only fear of their Lord in their hearts. (Ameen).
JazakAllah (May Allah reward you with goodness) for reading.