They think that everything happens spontaneously, or that they acquire the things they possess through theirown efforts and endeavors.

They think that everything happens spontaneously, or that they acquire the things they possess through theirown efforts and endeavors. This is both a grave error and also terrible ingratitude toward Allah. These people, who are ignorant even of how to thank someone who gives them a small gift, spend their whole lives blind to the countless blessings that Allah bestows on them. But the fact is that the blessings bestowed by Allah are more numerous than can ever be counted. Allah reveals this in a verse in the Qur’an:
If you tried to number Allah’s blessings, you could never count them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surat an-Nahl, 18)
Being Numbered amongThose Who Give Thanks to Allah Is a Characteristic of Believers
Various blessings that people must give thanks to Allah for are revealed inthe Qur’an, and they are reminded to give thanks time and time again. These blessings include the way human beings arecreated with a regular form, their being endowedwith the senses of sight and hearing, Allah's teaching the True Religion to them, His revelation of verses, His purification andcleansing of believers, His forgiving their sins when they repent, His making worship easy, His grantingvictory over unbelievers, believers being rescued from the oppression of theunbelievers, His settling human beings on Earth and giving them the means by which to live, the creation of water to drink, the products of the soil, animals being placed at human beings’ service and disposal, the fruits of the sea, adornments, the ships on the seas and the creation of night an
d day. As revealed in verse 18 of Surat al-Nahl, " If you tried to number Allah’s blessings, you could never count them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful,” it is impossible to count even the different classes of Allah’s blessings, let alone those blessings one by one.
Giving thanks for a blessing means expressingone’s happiness and gratitude and appreciatingthe value of the blessing bestowed.
Giving thanks to Allah, on the other hand, is the expression of that gratitude in one’s heart and words, knowing that all blessings belong to Himand that all things come from Him alone.
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