وَ كُنْ لِلَّهِ عَبْداً شَاكِراً عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ تَجِدِ...

وَ كُنْ لِلَّهِ عَبْداً شَاكِراً عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ تَجِدِ اللَّهَ رَبّاً كَرِيماً عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ وَ لَوْ كَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عِبَادَةٌ تَعَبَّدَ بِهَا عِبَادَهُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الشُّكْرِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ لَأَطْلَقَ لَفْظَهُ فِيهِمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْخَلْقِ بِهَا And be a thankful servant to Allah -azwj upon every situation, you will find Allah -azwj as a Benevolent Lord -azwj upon every situation, and had there been in the Presence of Allah -azwj any worship His -azwj sincere servants could worship with, superior to the thanking upon every situation, He -azwj would have Linked His -azwj Wording regarding them with it, from entirety of the people.

فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهَا خَصَّهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ الْعِبَادَاتِ وَ خَصَّ أَرْبَابَهَا فَقَالَ‏ وَ قَلِيلٌ مِنْ عِبادِيَ الشَّكُورُ When there did not happen to be anything superior to it, He -azwj Specified it from between the (other acts of) worship and Specified its performers. He -azwj Said: ‘ and a few from My servants are grateful [34:13] .

وَ تَمَامُ الشُّكْرِ اعْتِرَافُ لِسَانِ السِّرِّ خَاضِعاً لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى بِالْعَجْزِ عَنْ بُلُوغِ أَدْنَى شُكْرِهِ لِأَنَّ التَّوْفِيقَ لِلشُّكْرِ نِعْمَةٌ حَادِثَةٌ يَجِبُ الشُّكْرُ عَلَيْهَا وَ هِيَ أَعْظَمُ قَدْراً وَ أَعَزُّ وُجُوداً مِنَ النِّعْمَةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا وُفِّقْتَ لَهُ And the complete thanks is acknowledging secretly by the long humbling to Allah -azwj the Exalted with the frustration from reaching the least of thanking Him -azwj , because the inclination for the thanking is an occurring bounty obligating the thanks upon it, and it is of mighty worth and the dearest feeling of the bounty which, from its reason, he had been Harmonised to it.

فَيَلْزَمُكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شُكْرٍ شُكْرٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْهُ إِلَى مَا لَا نِهَايَةَ لَهُ مُسْتَغْرِقاً فِي نِعْمَتِهِ قَاصِراً عَاجِزاً عَنْ دَرْكِ غَايَةِ شُكْرِهِ وَ أَنَّى يَلْحَقُ الْعَبْدُ شُكْرَ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَ مَتَى يَلْحَقُ صَنِيعُهُ بِصَنِيعِهِ وَ الْعَبْدُ ضَعِيفٌ لَا قُوَّةَ لَهُ أَبَداً إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ Thus, it necessitates you upon every thanking, to thank mightier than it up to there is no end for it, having been immersed in His -azwj bounties, deficient, unable from reaching the peak of thanking Him -azwj , and how the servant can catch up to thank for the bounties of Allah -azwj ?