9 Gratitude Teachings from the Quran and Sunnah
“ O you who believe, eat from the great effects we handed for you, and be thankful to God if you are doing worship Him alone. ”( Quran 2172)
“ thus cut back Me. I’ll cut back you. Be thankful to Me and noway show me thanklessness. ”( 2152)
Gratitude, or being thankful, maybe a recreating theme in the Quran and Sunnah. Gratitude improves our internal health and connections, both with Allah( SWT) and with people. Read on to find out what the Quran and Sunnah educate us about gratefulness.
1. the aim of Life is to Show Gratitude to Allah
“ When God brought you out of your mama ’s womb, you were barren of knowledge. But he gave you eyes and cognizance and hearts, so as that you may give thanks to him. ”( 1678)
“ Has there( not) been an extended time when man wasn’t indeed a citable thing? It’s We who have created man out of a sperm-drop immingled, in order that We might test him. And thus We’ve made him hearing and seeing. Surely We’ve guided him to the way( and it rests with him to prove himself) either thankful or ungrateful. ”( 761- 3)
2. Allah Will Give Us More If We Are Thankful
Still, I’ll offer you more ”( 147)
“ If you thank.
“ Soon We’ll award the Thankful. ”( 3145)
3. Shaytan’s thing is to form Us Ungrateful
Satan) said, “ Because you’ve got put me in error, I’ll surely sit in delay for them on Your straight path. also, I’ll come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and you will not find utmost of them thankful( to You). ”( 716- 17)
4. Allah is Pleased by Our Gratitude
“ If you’re thankless — Allah is in no need of you — yet he is not pleased by thanklessness of His worshippers. And if you’re thankful He’s pleased by it in you ”( 397)
“ Anyone who desires the worth in this world shall be given it then, and anyone who desires the worth in the hereafter shall be given it there. Soon We’ll award the thankful. ”( 3145)
5. Prophet Sulaiman( PBUH) rehearsed Gratitude
One( a jinn) who had knowledge of the Book said “ I’ll cost it( the throne of the Queen of Sheba) to you within the shake of an eye. ” As soon as Solomon saw the throne set before him, he said “ this is often of the grace of my Lord that He may test me whether I’m thankful or ungrateful; and whoever is thankful, he’s thankful just for his own soul, and whoever is ungrateful, also surely my Lord is freed from all Need, Generous Beyond Accounting. ”( 2740)
6. Showing Gratitude to People, Especially Parents, is veritably Important in Islam
“ We enjoined on man to fete the rights of his parents. His mama bore him in her womb with weakness upon weakness and his weaning took twice. thank Me and your parents. All effects will return to Me. ”( 3114)
“ Whoever doesn’t thank the people doesn’t thank Allah. ”( Hadith in Abu Dawud)
“ Whoever does a favor for you or an act of kindness, also repay him in an analogous manner. But if you’ll not find that which you can award him with, also pray to God for him continuously, until you suppose you’ve got repaid him. ”( Hadith in Ahmad)
7. we’ve So numerous Reasons to Be Thankful
still, no way will you be suitable to number them ”( 1434)
“ If you count the favors of Allah.
“ Whoever among you wakes up secure in his property, healthy in his body, and he has his food for the day, it’s as if he got the entire world. ”( Hadith in Tirmidhi)
8. The Prophet’s Advice for Remaining Grateful Always
It’s mortal nature to forget Allah’s blessings, but the Prophet Muhammad( PBUH) advised us about this and gave us advice for once we start to feel ungrateful
“ When one among you sees another who’s superior to him in point of wealth and creation, let him look to him who’s below him. That’s further proper that you simply hold not in disdain the favor of God towards you. ”( Hadith in Bukhari, Muslim)
9. Gratitude Was The Energy for the Prophet’s Worship of Allah
Ayesha( RA) said that the Prophet( PBUH) wont to supplicate at night until his bases would swell. She asked, “ Why does one do this, O Messenger of God when God has forgiven your history and unborn sins? ” The Prophet replied, “ Should I not be a thankful menial( Of God) ”( Hadith in Bukhari)
