Quran The Final Testament

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The Key1 The Heifer2 The Amramites3 The Women4 The Feast5 The Livestock6 The Purgatory7 The Spoils of War8 Ultimatum9 Jonah10 Hood11 Joseph12 The Thunder13 Abraham14 The Hijr Valley15 The Bee16 The Children of Israel17 The Cave18 Mary19 T-H20 The Prophets21 The Pilgrimage22 The Believers23 The Light24 The Statute Book25 The Poets26 The Ant27 The History28 The Spider29 The Romans30 Luqmaan31 Prostration32 The Parties33 Sheba34 Initiator35 Y-S36 The Arrangers37 S38 The Throngs39 Forgiver40 Detailed41 Consultation42 The Ornaments43 The Smoke44 The Kneeling45 The Dunes46 Muhammed47 Victory48 The Walls49 Q50 Driver of the Winds51 Mount Sinai52 The Stars53 The Moon54 The Gracious55 The Inevitable56 Iron57 The Debate58 The Exodus59 The Test60 The Column61 Friday62 The Hypocrites63 Mutual Blaming64 Divorce65 Prohibition66 Kingship67 The Pen68 Incontestable69 The Heights70 Noah71 Jinns72 Cloaked73 The Hidden Secret74 Resurrection75 The Human76 Dispatched77 The Event78 The Snatchers79 He Frowned80 The Rolling81 The Shattering82 The Cheaters83 The Rupture84 The Galaxies85 The Bright Star86 The Most High87 Overwhelming88 Dawn89 The Town90 The Sun91 The Night92 The Forenoon93 Cooling the Temper94 The Fig95 The Embryo96 The Destiny97 The Proof98 The Quake99 The Gallopers100 The Shocker101 Hoarding102 The Afternoon103 The Backbiter104 The Elephant105 Quraish Tribe106 Charity107 Bounty108 The Disbelievers109 Triumph110 Thorns111 Absoluteness112 Daybreak113 People114

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Gratitude

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In the Quran, gratitude means recognizing where every blessing comes from and answering God for it. Dr. Khalifa's translation usually calls it being "appreciative." Its opposite, being "unappreciative," comes from the same Arabic root as disbelief (kufr). That root carries the sense of covering over a favor. So in the Quran, ingratitude and disbelief are closely tied. The Quran sets gratitude beside remembrance: "You shall remember Me, that I may remember you, and be thankful to Me; do not be unappreciative" (2:152). It also presents the choice between the two as the basic fork in human life: "We showed him the two paths, then, he is either appreciative, or unappreciative" (76:3).

Gratitude starts with taking honest stock. The Quran points to things people take for granted: hearing, eyesight, and the mind (23:78), and the way night and day alternate (25:62). Then it says plainly that "If you count GOD's blessings, you can never encompass them" (14:34, 16:18). It is just as plain about how people respond: "Rarely are you appreciative" (23:78), "most of them are unappreciative" (27:73), "Woe to the human being; he is so unappreciative!" (80:17). Satan made ingratitude his goal. He vowed to come at people from every side, saying, "You will find that most of them are unappreciative" (7:17). The Quran describes his own refusal to obey God as arrogance and ingratitude (38:74). The Quran also says some people "fully recognize GOD's blessings, then deny them" (16:83). That suggests ingratitude is less about not knowing and more about refusing to give credit.

The Quran's stories show what gratitude looks like. Noah "was an appreciative servant" (17:3). Abraham was chosen and guided "because he was appreciative of His Lord's blessings" (16:121). Solomon's court gives the clearest example. When the queen's throne appeared before him in the blink of an eye, the response was: "This is a blessing from my Lord, whereby He tests me, to show whether I am appreciative or unappreciative" (27:40). Read alongside the others, this verse frames blessings themselves as tests. Ease and success are where gratitude gets examined. The Quran Talk blog makes a related point: the grateful person and the self-crediting person may own exactly the same things. What differs is whether they see what they have as a gift or as proof of their own worth.

The Quran ties gratitude to its results. In this life, "The more you thank Me, the more I give you. But if you turn unappreciative, then My retribution is severe" (14:7). It warns with the example of a prosperous community that "turned unappreciative of GOD's blessings" and then tasted starvation and insecurity (16:112). Yet God gains nothing from our thanks: "Whoever is appreciative is appreciative for his own good," and God "is in no need, Praiseworthy" (31:12, 27:40, 14:8). Still, He cares how we choose: "If you decide to be appreciative, He is pleased for you" (39:7). The Quran even calls God Himself "Appreciative" and asks, "What will GOD gain from punishing you, if you became appreciative and believed?" (4:147).

Finally, the Quran asks that gratitude be lived, not only spoken. David's family is told to "work (righteousness) to show your appreciation" (34:13). After the community that lost its blessings, believers are told to eat the lawful, good provisions God gives "and be appreciative of GOD's blessings, if you do worship Him alone" (16:114). Both Solomon (27:19) and the person who reaches forty (46:15) pray, "direct me to appreciate the blessings You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do the righteous works that please You." It follows that gratitude is a request we make of God as well as a duty. It means remembering Him constantly, worshiping Him alone, and using His gifts in the work that pleases Him. Holding blessings this way also keeps a person balanced: not grieving over what is lost, and not boasting of what is given (57:23).

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You shall remember Me, that I may remember you, and be thankful to Me; do not be unappreciative.

Continue: Sura 2, The Heifer

Appreciative vs Unappreciative

Your Lord has decreed: "The more you thank Me, the more I give you." But if you turn unappreciative, then My retribution is severe.

Continue: Sura 14, Abraham

If you count GOD's blessings, you cannot possibly encompass them. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

Continue: Sura 16, The Bee

The one who possessed knowledge from the book said, "I can bring it to you in the blink of your eye." When he saw it settled in front of him, he said, "This is a blessing from my Lord, whereby He tests me, to show whether I am appreciative or unappreciative. Whoever is appreciative is appreciative for his own good, and if one turns unappreciative, then my Lord is in no need for him, Most Honorable."

Continue: Sura 27, The Ant

Luqmãn's Wisdom

We have endowed Luqmãn with wisdom: "You shall be appreciative of GOD." Whoever is appreciative is appreciative for his own good. As for those who turn unappreciative, GOD is in no need, Praiseworthy.

Continue: Sura 31, Luqmaan

Therefore, you shall worship GOD alone, and be appreciative.

Continue: Sura 39, The Throngs