The Blessings of Gratitude and Shukr Gratitude (shukr) is about expressing thanks and appreciation to those who do any favor to us. Obviously, none can come close to our creator, Allah who gave us everything. As the Quran states: “Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion” [Infitar 82:7]. As humans, Allah has bestowed on us the nature to be grateful and we should thus express that gratitude not just to Allah but to the people whom we deal with as well. In many places in the Quran, Allah divides people as being grateful and as ungrateful to motivate us to jo in the camp of those who are grateful. In one of such verses, Prophet Sulaiman said, as stated in the Quran, “. . . then when (Sulaiman (Solomon)) saw it placed before him, he said: This is by the Grace of my Lord to test me whether I am grateful or ungrateful! And whoever is grateful, truly , his gratitude is for (the good of) his own self, and whoever is ungrateful, (he is ungrateful only for the loss of his own self). Certainly! My Lord is Rich (Free of all wants), Bountiful [An- Naml: 40] Having a sense of gratitude is thus a great blessing and those of us who instill that sense within themselves not only seek Allah‟s pleasure but embody a sense of happiness, relieving us of the many pressures and anxieties. Although the blessings and benefits of gratitude are many, this post highlights certain important one s that you should recognize and use as a means to motivate that sense within yourselves. Gratitude is knowing that whatever we have is from Allah. Gratitude helps us focus our minds on Allah, something that has unfortunately become so difficult today on account of life‟s distractions and attractions. Gratitude, therefore, corrects our perceptions by reminding us that everything that happens to us doesn‟t happen because of its own volition and thus we shouldn‟t take matters for “granted”. Allah says in the Quran: “And whatever of blessings and good things you have, it is from Allah”[al-Nahl 16:53]. He also says, “And He found you poor and made you rich (self?sufficient with self?contentment)”[al-Duha 93:8]. Let‟s therefore constantly remind ourselves of Allah‟s bounties by expressing our gratitude to Him in prayers and at other times. Source:IqraSense
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:02:25 +0000
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