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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