I’m only adding my two cents because I see this post pop up ALL the time and it annoys me that it isn’t linguistically correct and subsequently romanticizes something which is dishonest to the text.
عبادي = My servants/slaves
The text is plural and there’s no “beloved” there. That whole ayah is beautiful and humbling, so I’m not sure why we need to hold onto inaccurate bits and bobs to feel good. There are also multiple times when Allah addresses us as ‘Ibadi’ not just on “our worst days” because again, the wording evokes a Master/slave relationship and therefore, one of obedience.
قل يا عبادي الذين أسرفوا على أنفسهم لا تقنطوا من رحمة الله إن الله يغفر الذنوب جميعا إنه هو الغفور الرحيم
Say, “O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah . Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.” (Az-Zumar, Ayah 53)
يا عبادي الذين آمنوا إن أرضى واسعة فإياي فاعبدون
O My servants who have believed, indeed My earth is spacious, so worship only Me. (Al-Ankabut, Ayah 56)
…and few of my servants are grateful. (Surah Saba, Ayah 13)
إن عبادي ليس لك عليهم سلطان وكفى بربك وكيلا
Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs. (Al-Isra’, Ayah 65)
إنه كان فريق من عبادي يقولون ربنا آمنا فاغفر لنا وارحمنا وأنت خير الراحمين
Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, ‘Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.’ (Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 109)
قل لعبادي الذين آمنوا يقيموا الصلاة وينفقوا مما رزقناهم سرا وعلانية من قبل أن يأتي يوم لا بيع فيه ولا خلال
[O Muhammad], tell My servants who have believed to establish prayer and spend from what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, before a Day comes in which there will be no exchange, nor any friendships. (Ibrahim, Ayah 31)
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