Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (1/272)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

wherever it is mentioned, as in His words: “And We shall reward the grateful” 1, and His words: “And Allah shall reward the grateful” 2.

He—glorified is He—has informed us that Allah’s enemy, Iblīs, has made it his ultimate aim to turn people away from gratitude. This is because he knows the immense worth of the station of gratitude and that it is among the noblest and highest of stations, as in the words of the Most High: “Then I will come upon them from before them and from behind them, from their right and from their left, and You will not find most of them grateful.” 3.

He—glorified is He—has also informed us that the grateful are but few among His servants. The Most High says: “Yet few of My servants are truly grateful.” 4. And the Most High says: “But most people are not grateful.” 5.

He—glorified is He—has also informed us that gratitude is the purpose for which He created mankind and bestowed blessings upon them in all their variety. The Most High says: “Allah brought you forth from your mothers’ wombs knowing nothing, and gave you hearing, sight, and hearts, so that you might give thanks.” 6. And the Most High says: “Out of His mercy, He made the night and day for you, so that you may rest during the night and seek some of His bounty during the day, and so that you might give thanks.” 7. And the Most High says: “It is He who subjected the sea for you, so that you may eat from it tender meat

1. Surah Āl ʿImrān, verse 145. 2. Surah Āl ʿImrān, verse 144. 3. Surah al-Aʿrāf, verse 17. 4. Surah Sabaʾ, verse 13. 5. Surah al-Baqara, verse 243; Surah Yūsuf, verse 38; and Surah Ghāfir, verse 61. 6. Surah al-Nahl, verse 78. 7. Surah al-Qasas, verse 73.

إطلاقاً حيث ذُكر، كقولِه: ﴿وَسَنَجْزِي الشَّاكِرِينَ﴾ ١، وقولِه: ﴿وَسَيَجْزِي اللهُ الشَّاكِرِينَ﴾ ٢. وأخبر سبحانه أنَّ عدوَّ الله إبليس قد جعل غايتَه أنْ يسعى في قطع النَّاس عن الشكر؛ وذلك لمّا عرف عِظم قَدْرِ مقام الشكر، وأنَّه مِن أجلِّ المقامات وأعلاها كما في قوله تعالى: ﴿ثُمَّ لآتِيَنَّهُمْ مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ وَلاَ تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِرِينَ﴾ ٣. وأخبر سبحانه أنَّ الشاكرين هم القليلُ من عباده فقال تعالى: ﴿وَقَلِيلٌ مِنْ عِبَادِيَ الشَّكُورُ﴾ ٤، وقال تعالى: ﴿وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَشْكُرُونَ﴾ ٥. وأخبر سبحانه أنَّ الشكرَ هو الغايةُ من خلقه للخلق وتنويعه للنعم، قال تعالى: ﴿وَاللهُ أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِن بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ السَّمْعَ وَالأَبْصَارَ وَالأَفْئِدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ﴾ ٦، وقال تعالى: ﴿وَمِن رَحْمَتِهِ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ لَتَسْكُنُوا فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ﴾ ٧، وقال تعالى: ﴿وَهُوَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ البَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا

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