Al-Junayd said: I heard al-Sarī say:

“Gratitude is a blessing, and gratitude for a blessing is itself a blessing—meaning that gratitude never reaches an end” (1).

Talq ibn Habīb (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

“Allah’s due is too great for His servants to fulfil, and His blessings are too numerous for them to count. Yet enter each morning ever repentant, and enter each evening ever repentant” (2).

Mahmūd al-Warrāq (may Allah have mercy on him) recited:

If my thanks for Allah’s blessing is itself
A blessing to me, for which I likewise owe Him thanks,
How can gratitude arise except through His grace,
However long the days and however enduring life?
If He grants prosperity, its joy spreads far;
If He sends adversity, He follows it with reward.
In each He bestows a favour
Beyond the compass of thought, of land and sea (3).

The hadith scholar Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalī (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

“Allah loves praise and is pleased with His servant who eats a meal and praises Him for it, or takes a drink and praises Him for it. Extolling His blessings and praising Him for them