He is Near.

Closer than my jugular vein near ¹Indeed, ˹it is˺ We ˹Who˺ created humankind and ˹fully˺ know what their souls whisper to them, and We are closer to them than ˹their˺ jugular vein. (Quran; 50:16
Yet he asks me to prostrate and draw near ²Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺. (Quran; 96:19

He is Near ³When My servants ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about Me: I am truly near. I respond to one’s prayer when they call upon Me. So let them respond ˹with obedience˺ to Me and believe in Me, perhaps they will be guided to the Right Way. (Quran; 2:186
A name ⁴4 Although not listed among the ninety-nine manes of Allah, Al Qareeb or the Near, as an attribute and as a name, has appeared three times in the Quran: 2:186; 11:61; and 34:50. that says it all.
He introduced Himself, without intermediary, to His servants as Near ⁵Notice the rush to declare “ I am truly near” in the above quoted verse (2:186). This was not preceded by the order to the prophet to “tell them” that I am truly near. As if the declaration comes from Allah without intermediary (the Prophet) and without delay from adding the extra words “tell them”.

I hear it: “I am Near.”
The thunderous whisper: “I am Near!”
Timeless and urgent. Inaudible; yet so clear.
Can you hear?

Listen, if you want to hear!
What good is silence if you cannot quiet the voices within?
Do not listen with your ears!
With His hearing, seek to listen ⁶Allah's Messenger ﷺ said, "Allah said, ‘…And the most beloved things with which My servant comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined upon him; and My servant keeps on coming closer to Me through voluntary acts of worship till I love him, and when I love him I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, …". Sahih al-Bukhari 6502 (Book 81, Hadith 91).
Please tell me, can you hear?

To whom was He more near?
To the one called on a celestial journey reaching the utmost boundary⁷“And he certainly saw him in another descent — At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary — Near it is the Garden of Refuge” (Quran; 53: 13-15)?
Or to the one sombering ⁸Borrowed from the French verb “sombrer”, which literally means to sink and figuratively means to lose oneself in despair. Both the literal and figurative manifestation apply to the case of Jonah and the whale. in the belly of a whale in the depths of the sea ⁹“And ˹remember˺ when the Man of the Whale stormed off ˹from his city˺ in a rage, thinking We would not restrain him. Then in the ˹veils of˺ darkness he cried out, “There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except You. Glory be to You! I have certainly done wrong.”  (Quran; 21:87?
Any difference in how well He could either one of them hear?

You don’t need to utter words for Him to hear ¹⁰“Our Lord! You certainly know what we conceal and what we reveal. Nothing on earth or in heaven is hidden from Allah”. (Quran; 14:38!
The softest whisper of a tear is not lost
on the One Who hears
the sound of a creeping black ant on a solid rock in the darkest of nights ¹¹The sound of the ant is an expression found in the classical works of Quranic studies to describe how well Allah can see and hear. Ibn Taymiyah, Al Ghazali and Al Saadi all have referenced it without attribution.

Fearful and hopeful, I call to find him near ¹²“hence, do not spread corruption on earth after it has been so well ordered. And call unto Him with fear and longing: verily, God'ss grace is ever near unto the doers of good!” (Quran; 7:56
If I don’t call, how will I know He’s here?
But He is with us ¹³“He is the One Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then established Himself on the Throne. He knows whatever goes into the earth and whatever comes out of it, and whatever descends from the sky and whatever ascends into it. And He is with you wherever you are. For Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.”  (Quran; 57:4 Do not be sad, He is with us ¹⁴“if you do not support him, for Allah did in fact support him when the disbelievers drove him out and he was only one of two. While they both were in the cave, he reassured his companion, “Do not worry, for Allah is certainly with us.” (Quran; 9:40!
Sadness has no place with him Dear ¹⁵“So seek your Lord’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance. Surely my Lord is Most Merciful, All-Loving”. (Quran: 11:90). One of the Names of Allah is “Al Wadood”, the All-Loving, or Most Loving,.

How I long to be near!
What good is proximity, if to Him, I’m not near?
It starts with Read ¹⁶The first verse revealed from the Quran is: “Read, in the Name of your Lord Who created.” (Quran: 96:1). and ends with draw near. ¹⁷The last verse from the same chapter is: “prostrate and draw near.” (Quran; 96:16
Forehead to the ground to find Him Near.