سُوْرَةُ اِبْرَاهِيْمَ
Surah Ibrahim (14) — Ayah 7
وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِى لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when your Lord proclaimed: "If you give thanks (by accepting Faith and worshipping none but Allâh), I will give you more (of My Blessings); but if you are thankless (i.e. disbelievers), verily My punishment is indeed severe."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
تَأَذَّنَ
ta-adhana
proclaimed
رَبُّكُمْ
rabbukum
your Lord
لَئِن
la-in
If
شَكَرْتُمْ
shakartum
you are thankful
لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ
la-azīdannakum
surely I will increase you
وَلَئِن
wala-in
but if
كَفَرْتُمْ
kafartum
you are ungrateful
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
عَذَابِى
ʿadhābī
My punishment
لَشَدِيدٌۭ
lashadīdun
(is) surely severe
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran (Facilitation of the Quran) is a comprehensive Quran commentary by Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. Known for his eloquent and accessible writing style, Kilani authored this tafsir with a focus on clarity — making Quranic meanings understandable to the common reader. The tafsir provides detailed historical context for verses related to battles and expeditions, and firmly refutes modernist ideologies using strong scriptural evidence. It is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for understanding the Quran and countering deviant interpretations. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
7. And when your Lord proclaimed: "If you are grateful, I will surely increase you; but if you are ungrateful, then indeed My [9] punishment is severe."
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Gratitude and Its Benefit:
Allah Almighty has placed such an effect in gratitude or appreciation that it preserves goodness and even attracts further blessings towards itself, while the result of ingratitude or ungratefulness is that such an unappreciative person loses even the previous blessing, and the circumstances become even worse. These consequences extend from this world to the Hereafter as well. For the details of this subject, we mention here two hadiths:
1. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairahؓ says that the Prophet ﷺ said: Among the Children of Israel, there were three men: one was a leper, one bald, and one blind. Allah Almighty wanted to test them and sent an angel to them. The angel first came to the leper and said, "What do you wish for?" He replied, "Good color and good skin, for people dislike and shun me." The angel passed his hand over him, and his color and skin became good. Then the angel asked, "Which wealth do you like?" He said, "Camels." The angel provided him with a ten-month pregnant she-camel and said, "Allah will bless it for you." Then the angel came to the bald man and said, "What do you wish for?" He said, "That my baldness goes away and I get good hair." The angel passed his hand over him, and he became healthy and grew good hair. Then he was asked, "Which wealth do you like?" The bald man said, "Cows." So the angel provided him with a pregnant cow and said, "Allah will bless it for you." Then the angel came to the blind man and asked, "What do you wish for?" He said, "That my eyesight is restored to me." The angel passed his hand over his eyes, and he became able to see. Then he was asked, "Which wealth do you like?" He said, "Goats." So the angel provided him with a pregnant goat and said, "Allah will bless it for you." After some time, the leper had a large herd of camels, the bald man had a large herd of cows, and the blind man had a large herd of goats. Now the angel came to them again (in human form). He first went to the leper and said, "I am a needy man, all my belongings are gone, and without Allah's help and then yours, I cannot reach anywhere. I ask you in the name of Allah, who gave you good color and skin and much wealth, to give me one camel so that I may reach my destination." He replied, "I have many people's debts to pay." The angel said, "I recognize you; you were a leper, people disliked you, and you were needy, and Allah showed mercy to you and gave you all this." The leper said, "No, I got all this as an inheritance from my forefathers." The angel said, "If you are lying, may Allah return you to your former state." Then he went to the bald man. The same questions and answers took place as with the leper, and the angel finally said to him as well, "If you are lying, may Allah return you to your former state." After that, the angel came to the blind man and asked the same question as he had asked the leper and the bald man. Upon hearing this, the blind man said, "Indeed, I was blind. Allah gave me sight. I was needy, and Allah made me wealthy. Now you have asked me in the name of Allah; take whatever you want, I will not stop you." The angel said, (I am not needy, I am an angel) "Keep your goats with you. Allah tested you three men. Allah is pleased with you and angry with your two companions (the leper and the bald man)." [بخاری، کتاب الانبیاء۔ باب ما ذکربنی عن اسرائیل حدیث ابرص واقرع واعمیٰ]
2.
The Consequence of Ingratitude:
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbasؓ says that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Hell was shown to me, and I saw that most of its inhabitants were women who commit kufr." The Companions asked, "Do they disbelieve in Allah?" He replied, "No, they are ungrateful to their husbands and are unappreciative. If you do good to a woman all your life, and then she sees something unpleasant from you, she will say, 'I have never seen any good from you.'" [بخاری، کتاب الایمان۔ باب کفران العشیر وکفر دون کفر]
[9]
Gratitude and Its Benefit:
Allah Almighty has placed such an effect in gratitude or appreciation that it preserves goodness and even attracts further blessings towards itself, while the result of ingratitude or ungratefulness is that such an unappreciative person loses even the previous blessing, and the circumstances become even worse. These consequences extend from this world to the Hereafter as well. For the details of this subject, we mention here two hadiths:
1. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairahؓ says that the Prophet ﷺ said: Among the Children of Israel, there were three men: one was a leper, one bald, and one blind. Allah Almighty wanted to test them and sent an angel to them. The angel first came to the leper and said, "What do you wish for?" He replied, "Good color and good skin, for people dislike and shun me." The angel passed his hand over him, and his color and skin became good. Then the angel asked, "Which wealth do you like?" He said, "Camels." The angel provided him with a ten-month pregnant she-camel and said, "Allah will bless it for you." Then the angel came to the bald man and said, "What do you wish for?" He said, "That my baldness goes away and I get good hair." The angel passed his hand over him, and he became healthy and grew good hair. Then he was asked, "Which wealth do you like?" The bald man said, "Cows." So the angel provided him with a pregnant cow and said, "Allah will bless it for you." Then the angel came to the blind man and asked, "What do you wish for?" He said, "That my eyesight is restored to me." The angel passed his hand over his eyes, and he became able to see. Then he was asked, "Which wealth do you like?" He said, "Goats." So the angel provided him with a pregnant goat and said, "Allah will bless it for you." After some time, the leper had a large herd of camels, the bald man had a large herd of cows, and the blind man had a large herd of goats. Now the angel came to them again (in human form). He first went to the leper and said, "I am a needy man, all my belongings are gone, and without Allah's help and then yours, I cannot reach anywhere. I ask you in the name of Allah, who gave you good color and skin and much wealth, to give me one camel so that I may reach my destination." He replied, "I have many people's debts to pay." The angel said, "I recognize you; you were a leper, people disliked you, and you were needy, and Allah showed mercy to you and gave you all this." The leper said, "No, I got all this as an inheritance from my forefathers." The angel said, "If you are lying, may Allah return you to your former state." Then he went to the bald man. The same questions and answers took place as with the leper, and the angel finally said to him as well, "If you are lying, may Allah return you to your former state." After that, the angel came to the blind man and asked the same question as he had asked the leper and the bald man. Upon hearing this, the blind man said, "Indeed, I was blind. Allah gave me sight. I was needy, and Allah made me wealthy. Now you have asked me in the name of Allah; take whatever you want, I will not stop you." The angel said, (I am not needy, I am an angel) "Keep your goats with you. Allah tested you three men. Allah is pleased with you and angry with your two companions (the leper and the bald man)." [بخاری، کتاب الانبیاء۔ باب ما ذکربنی عن اسرائیل حدیث ابرص واقرع واعمیٰ]
2.
The Consequence of Ingratitude:
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbasؓ says that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Hell was shown to me, and I saw that most of its inhabitants were women who commit kufr." The Companions asked, "Do they disbelieve in Allah?" He replied, "No, they are ungrateful to their husbands and are unappreciative. If you do good to a woman all your life, and then she sees something unpleasant from you, she will say, 'I have never seen any good from you.'" [بخاری، کتاب الایمان۔ باب کفران العشیر وکفر دون کفر]
