When He feels far away
The only verse where Allah answers a question about Himself without the word *say*.
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ
Wa idhā sa'alaka ʿibādī ʿannī fa-innī qarīb, ujību daʿwata-d-dāʿi idhā daʿān…
“And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.”
Every other time the Companions asked about something, the reply begins Say to them. Here the answer comes directly, with no messenger in between.
Source
The Qur'an · 2:186
Qur'an
- Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International