Saturday, October 25, 2014

THANKFULLNESS TO ALLAH (S.W.T.)

Human beings are thankful whenever they receive a blessing, a gift, or a favor. We should be thankful to Allah for the limitless and unaccountable blessings, gifts and favors.
The words relating to Grateful and thankfulness, has been used 75 times in the Glorious Qur’an. In the Surah al-Rahman, the Ayah addressing the Mankind and Jinn; “Which of the favors of your Lord do you deny?” has been used 31 times. In Surah al-Nahl Ayah 18: “Even if you wanted to count up all of Allah’s Blessings, you would not be able to.”However, Allah reminds the mankind in Surah al-Fatir, Ayah 3: “People, remember the Bounty of Allah that He has granted to you. Is there any creator besides Allah who could provide you with sustenance from the heavens and the earth?”
Thanking Allah is beneficial to the mankind themselves as mentioned in Surah Luqman, Ayah 12: “We gave wisdom to Luqman so that he would give thanks to Allah. Those who give thanks to Allah do so for their own good. Those who are ungrateful should know that Allah is Self-sufficient and Praiseworthy.”
Allah has included thankfulness to Himself with that of the parents; in Surah Luqman Ayah 14: “(Concerning his parents), We advised the man, whose mother bears him with great pain (weakness after weakness) and breast-feeds him for two years, to give thanks to Me first and then to them (parents)”
Surah Ibraim, Ayah 7: “Remember when your Lord said to you, ‘If you give thanks, I will increase (My favors), but if you are ungrateful, know that My Retribution is severe.”
Surah Baqarah, Ayah 172: “Believers, eat from the good things that We have given you and give thanks to Allah if you worship only Him.”
Surah Baqarah, Ayah 152: “Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful to Me and (be) not ungrateful.”
The most precious gift of Allah is the Love of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) and his Pure Progeny which is ordered by
Allah in Surah al-Shurah Ayah 23: “(Muhammad), say, I do not ask you for any payment for my preaching to you except (your) love of (my near) relatives.”
The Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) said: “Offering thanks to Allah after a meal has the same reward as fasting in Ramazaan.”
The Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) used to pray a sizeable portion of night and fast during the day. When a man inquired as to why He (s.a.w.a.s.) was praying so much, the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) replied: “Should I not be a thankful servant of Allah!” Moreover, in spite of his persecution at the hands of the Polytheists, he was always cheerful and thankful to Allah.
Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (a.s.) thanked Allah in prostration to Him on the night of Migration when he offered his life as ransom and saved the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.). Imam Ali (a.s.) defined “Tawakkul” saying: “When we get sustenance, we give to others; when we do not get it, we thank Allah!”
If we want to have some idea of Allah’s Blessings, we find innumerable Blessings inside our body; the different systems which make our body functional normally; the circulatory system, digestive system, excretory system, reproductive system, nervous system etc. and the intricate and delicate functioning of our different organs and parts like eyes, nose, ears, tongue, heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, thyroid etc.
Similarly, if we look around us, we find the mammoth astronomical heavenly bodies, the blanket of air around the planet; which is absolutely essential for existence of life, the weather, plant life, and animal life and so on.
We should be thankful to Him for providing ease in the performance of various prayers like Tayammum when feeling sick etc. Thanks is also due for the generous reward of ten times for one virtue, no punishment for only thinking of committing any sin unless we commit the sin.
Best way to thank Allah is to follow the “Branches of Islam”, advice people to do virtuous deeds and prevent them from disobeying Allah, the Creator and Provider, also always be aware of His Presence everywhere ,and that He is seeing us, day and night.

Sources used:

Translation of the Glorious Qur’an                        by Ayatullah Agha Pooya Yazdi & Mir Ahmed Ali
                                                                                by Muhammad Sarwar

                                                                                by Sayyid Farman Ali

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