and most sublime of all blessings is the blessing of knowing Him, the Exalted, praising Him, and obeying Him.
But if what is meant is that the servant’s deeds can match Allah’s blessings (1) and equal them, such that the servant (2) repays his Benefactor (3), and his praise constitutes payment for His blessings (4), fulfils the gratitude due for what Allah has bestowed upon him (5), and discharges that obligation in full—then this is utterly impossible.
Even if Allah enabled the servant to perform the worship of all humankind and jinn, he would not fulfil the gratitude due for the least blessing bestowed upon him. Rather, the matter is as Imam Ahmad narrated in his book al-Zuhd (Asceticism):
‘Abd al-Rahmān narrated to us: al-Rabī‘ ibn Sabīh narrated to us, from al-Hasan, who said: David said:
“My God (6), even if every hair of mine had two tongues glorifying You night and day for all time, I would not have fulfilled what is due for a single blessing” (7).
Imam Ahmad said:
And ‘Abd al-Rahmān narrated to us: Jābir ibn Yazīd (8) narrated to us, from al-Mughīra ibn