Gratitude for blessings is one of the most important qualities Islam teaches to sustain unity and love in society.
Prepared with a focus on the importance of gratitude for blessings, today's Friday sermon said Allah Almighty's blessings are too numerous to count. The sermon also said that if people tried to count Allah's blessings, they would find them too numerous to enumerate.
"Indeed, humankind is profoundly unjust and ungrateful. Being grateful for Almighty Allah's blessings means acknowledging His grace and using those blessings in ways that please Him," today's Friday sermon said.
The sermon also described this as a noble act of worship that brings benefits in religious and worldly affairs and earns Allah's love and pleasure.
In addition to being grateful to Almighty Allah, thanking people for their kindness is an act of worship given great importance in Islamic teachings. Almighty Allah has specifically commanded gratitude towards parents. "Be grateful to Me and to your parents. To Me is your return."
If someone responds to a favour by telling the person who helped them, "May Allah reward you with goodness," they have indeed attained the highest degree of gratitude. The sermon also urged people to remember how Almighty Allah, through His grace, granted them prosperity when they were in hardship, and to share those experiences with others.
The meaning of a verse revealed by Almighty Allah is...
Remember when your Lord proclaimed: If you are grateful, I will surely grant you more. But if you are ungrateful and disbelieve, surely My punishment is severe.
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