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Satan's Tactics

and the seas, which make up three-quarters of the Earth's surface,
are also means for people by which to give thanks. Allah reveals this
truth as follows:
It is He Who made the sea subservient to you so that you
can eat fresh flesh from it and bring out from it ornaments
to wear. And you see the ships cleaving through it so that
you can seek His bounty, and so that hopefully you will
show thanks. (Surat an-Nahl, 14)
Among His Signs is that He sends the winds bearing good
news, to give you a taste of His mercy, and to make the
ships run by His command, and to enable you to seek His
bounty so that hopefully you will be thankful. (Surat ar-
Rum, 46)
It is Allah Who has made the sea subservient to you so that
the ships sail on it at His command, enabling you to seek
His bounty, so that hopefully you will be thankful. (Surat
al-Jathiya, 12)
Abeliever's gratitude towards Allah, for the blessings conferred
upon him, is a sign showing he is worthy of such blessings. In this
way, not only is the blessing appreciated by the believer, but he
opens opportunities for him to receive further blessings. In reveal-
ing that He will increase the blessings of those of His servants who
give Him thanks, Allah threatens the ungrateful, conversely, with
suffering:
[Musa said to his people,] "And when your Lord an-
nounced: 'If you are grateful, I will certainly give you in-
crease, but if you are ungrateful, My punishment is
severe.'" (Surah Ibrahim, 7)
The way the Prophet Sulayman (as), a man endowed with the

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