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LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN

there is no god but Him. I put my trust in Him and I turn to Him.’
(Surat ar-Ra`d, 30)
He has given you everything you have asked Him for. If you tried

to number God’s blessings, you could never count them. Man is
indeed wrongdoing, ungrateful. (Surah Ibrahim, 34)
(Musa said to his people,) ‘And when your Lord announced: “If you
are grateful, I will certainly give you increase, but if you are ungrate-
ful, My punishment is severe.”‘ (Surah Ibrahim, 7)
God makes an example of a city which was safe and at peace, its pro-

vision coming to it plentifully from every side. Then it showed
ingratitude for God’s blessings so God made it wear the robes of
hunger and fear for what it did. (Surat an-Nahl, 112)
Any blessing you have is from God. Then when harm touches you,
it is to Him you cry for help. But when He removes the harm from
you, a group of you associate others with their Lord, ungrateful for
what We have given them. Enjoy yourselves. You will soon know!
(Surat an-Nahl, 53-55)

Squanderers are brothers to the Satans, and Satan was ungrateful
to his Lord. (Surat al-Isra’, 27)
He who possessed knowledge of the Book said, ‘I will bring it to you
before your glance returns to you.’ And when he saw it standing
firmly in his presence, he (Sulayman) said, ‘This is part of my Lord’s
favour to test me to see if I will give thanks or show ingratitude.

Whoever gives thanks only does so to his own gain. Whoever is
ungrateful, my Lord is Rich Beyond Need, Generous.’ (Surat an-
Naml, 40)
When they embark in ships, they call on God, making their religion
sincerely His, but then when He delivers them safely to the land,

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