Translation of the meanings Ayah 7 Surah Ibrāhīm - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 7

وَإِذۡ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمۡ لَئِن شَكَرۡتُمۡ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمۡۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرۡتُمۡ إِنَّ عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٞ

7. (Mention) also when your Lord (Allāh) proclaimed: "If you give thanks4, I will certainly give you more (favors), but if you are ungrateful, then My chastisement is certainly severe."

4. Thanksgiving to God, its reality in servitude is the manifestation of the effect of God’s grace on the tongue of His servant: by praising Him and acknowledgment, and on his heart: by presence and love, and on his limbs: by submissiveness and obedience. Gratitude is based on five rules: the person’s submission to God, his love for Him, his acknowledgment of His blessings, his praise of it, and not using God's grace for anything He hates like committing sins. These five are the basis of gratitude and its foundation upon it. If one of them is not present, one of the principles of gratitude and thanksgiving is broken.