The Book of Wisdom Chapter XIII
And he said (May Allah be pleased with him):
125. Cling to the attributes of His Lordship and realize the attributes of your servanthood!
126. He has prohibited you from claiming for yourself what does not belong to you amongst the qualities of created beings; so would He permit you to lay claim to His Attribute, He who is the Lord of the Universe?
127. How can the laws of nature (al-‘awaa’id) be ruptured for you so the miracles result, while you, for your part, have yet to rupture your bad habits (al-‘awaa’id)?
128. The point at issue is not the existence of searching. The point at issue is only that you be provisioned with virtuous conduct (husn al-adab).
129. Nothing pleads on your behalf like extreme need, nor does anything speed gifts to you quicker than lowliness and want.
130. If you were to be united with Him only after the extinction of your vices and the effacement of your pretensions, you would never be united with Him. Instead, when He wants to unite you to Himself, He covers your attributes (wasf) with His Attributes and hides your quality (na’t) with His Quality. And thus He unites you to Himself by virtue of what comes from Him to you, not by virtue of what goes from you to Him.