Ingratitude is a serious trap devised by Shaytan. Indeed, it is a main ambition of his to hinder man from giving thanks. Allāh relates the plot of Shaytan: “He said, ‘By Your misguidance of me, I will lie in ambush for them on your straight path. Then I will come at them, from in front of them and behind them, from their right and from their left. You will not find most of them thankful’.” (Surah al-A’raf, 7:16-17) Shaytan promised, in a dialogue with Allāh, to do his best to prevent people from being thankful to Allāh. As the Qur`an makes clear, the efforts of Shaytan concentrate around this goal: keeping man from giving thanks to Allāh. And his plan has indeed proven successful on many: “... Allāh shows favor to mankind but most of them are not thankful”. (Surah Yunus, 10: 60) Shaytan expresses his explicit will to approach man from this angle reveals the importance of gratitude to Allāh as an aspect of worship. No doubt, abandoning it is sinful in the Sight of Allāh: “And (remember) when your Lord proclaimed: “If you give thanks (by accepting Faith and worshipping none but Allāh), I will give you more (of My Blessings), but if you are thankless (i.e. disbelievers), verily! My Punishment is indeed severe.” (Surah Ibrahim, 14: 7)
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 03:08:38 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015