Verses of the Holy Qur’an also prove this matter...

Verses of the Holy Qur’an also prove this matter: فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ “Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful to Me, and do not be ungrateful to Me.” (Qur’an, Surah Baqarah 2:152) وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٌ “And when your Lord made it known: If you are grateful, I would certainly give to you more, and if you are ungrateful, My chastisement is truly severe.” (Qur’an, Surah Ibrahim 14:7) وَاشْكُرُوا لِلَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ “And give thanks to Allah if Him it is that you serve.” (Qur’an, Surah Baqarah 2:172) وَاشْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ “And give thanks for Allah’s favor if Him do you serve.” (Qur’an, Surah Nahl 16:114) وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُ ۖ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ “And be grateful to Him; to Him you shall be brought back.” (Qur’an, Surah Ankaboot 29:17) Thankfulness Of Bounty Is Source Of Its Increase In addition to the verse: “If you thank…” There are numerous traditions also that prove this meaning.

Some of them are as follows: In Kafi from a chain of narrators that is equal to authentic, from His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (as) it is narrated that he said: The Messenger of Allah (S) said: “The Almighty Allah opens a door for His servant by his thankfulness whose increase had been stopped.”[^5] In the same book it is narrated from His Eminence, Sadiq (as) that he said: It is written in the Torah that: Thank the one who has given you a blessing and reward the one who has thanked you.

Because if blessings are thanked for, they shall not be destroyed. But if they are not thanked for they would not be lasting. Thankfulness is the source of increase in bounties and is a guarantee against their being changed.[^6] Also in the tradition of Muawiyah bin Wahab quoted from His Eminence, Sadiq (as) it is mentioned that he said: “Anyone who thanks is given an increase.

The Almighty Allah says: “If you are grateful, I would certainly give to you more…”[^7] Meaning Of Thankfulness Thankfulness is a recompense for the bounty received and thanklessness is its denial. I have realized this by the grace and inspiration of the Almighty Allah and all the explanations about thankfulness go back to this same point. And also its types that have come in traditions also revert to this same meaning.

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