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that for everyone who is steadfast and thankful. enabling you to seek His bounty, so that hope-
(31:31) fully you will be thankful. (45:12)
Then (He) formed him and breathed His Spirit We have instructed man to be good to his par-
into him and gave you hearing, sight and hearts. ents. His mother bore him with difficulty and
What little thanks you show! (32:9) with difficulty gave birth to him; and his bearing
They made for him anything he (Sulayman) and weaning take thirty months. Then when he
wished: high arches and statues, huge dishes like achieves his full strength and reaches forty, he
cisterns, great built-in cooking vats. ‘Work, fam- says, ‘My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing
ily of Dawud, in thankfulness!’ But very few of You bestowed on me and on my parents, and
My servants are thankful. (34:13) keep me acting rightly, pleasing You. And make
There was also a sign for Saba in their dwelling my descendants righteous. I have repented to
place: two gardens–one to the right and one to You and I am truly one of the Muslims.’ (46:15)
the left. ‘Eat of your Lord’s provision and give It was a blessing direct from Our presence. That
thanks to Him: a bountiful land and a forgiving is how We recompense those who give thanks.
Lord.’ (34:15) (54:35)
They said, ‘Our Lord, put more distance between If We wished We could have made it (the water
our staging posts.’ They wronged themselves so that you drink) bitter, so will you not give thanks?
We made legends of them and scattered them (56:70)
without a trace. There are certainly Signs in that Say: ‘It is He Who brought you into being and
for everyone who is steadfast and thankful. gave you hearing, sight and hearts. What little
(34:19) thanks you show!’ (67:23)
The two seas are not the same: the one is sweet, We created man from a mingled drop to test him,
refreshing, delicious to drink, the other salty, bit- and We made him hearing and seeing. We
ter to the taste. Yet from both of them you eat guided him on the Way, whether he is thankful or
fresh flesh and extract ornaments for yourselves unthankful. (76:2-3)
to wear; and you see ships on them, cleaving
through the waves so that you can seek His THATCHER
bounty and so that hopefully you will be thank- We sent a single Blast against them and they
ful. (35:12) were just like a thatcher’s reeds. (54:31)
We place in it gardens of dates and grapes, and
cause springs to gush out in it, so they may eat its THIEF - STEALING
fruits–they did not do it themselves. So will they As for thieves, both male and female, cut off their
not be thankful? (36:34-35) hands in reprisal for what they have done: an ob-
And they have other uses for them, and milk to ject lesson from Allah. Allah is Almighty, All-
drink. So will they not be thankful? (36:73) Wise. (5:38)
No! Worship Allah and be among the thankful. Then when he (Yusuf) had supplied them with
(39:66) their needs, he put the goblet in his brother’s bag.
Allah is He Who appointed the night for you so A herald called out, ‘Caravan! You are thieves!’
that you might rest in it, and the day for seeing. (12:70)
Allah pours out His favour on mankind but most They said, ‘By Allah, you know we did not come
people do not show thanks. (40:61) to corrupt the land and that we are not thieves.’
If He wills He makes the wind stop blowing and (12:73)
then they lie motionless on its back. There are They said, ‘If he steals now, his brother stole be-
certainly Signs in that for everyone who is stead- fore.’ But Yusuf kept it to himself and still did not
fast and thankful. (42:33) disclose it to them, saying, ‘The plight that you
It is Allah Who has made the sea subservient to are in is worse than that. Allah knows best the
you so that the ships sail on it at His command, matter you describe.’ (12:77)
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