1051 - وُجوبُ الشُّكرِ عَلَى الشُّكرِ

1051. THE NECESSITY OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE ABILITY TO THANK

3328.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام - في المناجاةِ - : فكيفَ لي بتَحصيلِ الشُّكرِ ، وشُكرِي إيّاكَ يَفتَقِرُ إلى‏ شُكرٍ ؟! فَكُلَّما قُلتُ : لكَ الحَمدُ ، وَجَبَ عَلَيَّ لذلكَ أن أقولَ : لكَ الحَمدُ .¹

3328. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in his supplication, ‘So how can I ever achieve thanksgiving?! For my thanking You requires thanksgiving in itself. Whenever I say, ‘To You belong Praise [Thanks]’, it becomes thereby incumbent upon me to say, ‘To You belongs Praise [Thanks].’²

3329.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : أوحَى اللَّهُ تعالى‏ إلى‏ موسى‏ عليه السلام : يا موسى‏ ، اشكُرْني حَقَّ شُكرِي ، فقالَ : يا ربِّ كيفَ أشكُرُكَ حَقَّ شُكرِكَ ، وليسَ مِن شُكرٍ أشكُرُكَ بهِ إلّا وأنتَ أنعَمتَ بهِ عَلَيَّ ؟ ! فقالَ : يا موسى‏ شَكَرتَني حَقَّ شُكري حينَ عَلِمتَ أنَّ ذلكَ مِنّي .³

3329.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Allah, most High, revealed to Prophet Moses (AS) saying, ‘O Moses, thank Me with the thanks that is due to Me.’ Moses asked, ‘O Lord, but how can I thank You with the thanks that is due to You, when every single expression of thanks that I may convey has been bestowed upon Me by You?’ He replied, ‘O Moses, you thank Me with the thanks that is due to Me when you acknowledge that it is indeed from Me.’⁴

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