1050 - دَورُ الشُّكرِ فِي الزِّيادَةِ

1050. The Role of Thankfulness IN THE INCREASE (OF BOUNTIES)

(وَإذْ تَأذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئنْ شَكَرْتُم لَأزِيْدَنَّكُمْ وَلَئنْ كَفَرتُمْ إنَّ عَذابِي لَشَدِيدٌ).¹

“And when your Lord proclaimed, ‘If you are thankful, I will surely increase you [in bounty], but if you are ungrateful, My punishment is indeed severe.”²

3326.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما فَتَحَ اللَّهُ على‏ عَبدٍ بابَ شُكرٍ فَخَزَنَ عنهُ بابَ الزِّيادَةِ .³

3326.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah does not open the door of thanks for His servant and keep the door of increase shut.’⁴

3327.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما أنعَمَ اللَّهُ على‏ عَبدٍ نِعمَةً فَشَكَرَها بِقَلبِهِ ، إلّا استَوجَبَ المَزِيدَ فيها قَبلَ أن يُظهِرَ شُكرَها عَلى‏ لِسانِهِ .⁵

3327.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When Allah bestows a bounty upon a servant, no sooner does the latter feel thankful for it in his heart than he becomes deserving of increase therein before the expression of thanks has even reached his tongue.’⁶