If we are receiving sustenance or help from some means, we must be thankful for these too. However we should not consider these means or intermediaries to be independent of Allah. We must accept them only as the agents through whom Allah is causing His Mercy to reach us. These agents only act as a…
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Becoming thankful needs practice, and the common habit…
Becoming thankful needs practice, and the common habit of ingratitude is hard to eliminate. Therefore, we should have a daily plan for thanking God. Prayer is the best plan for becoming thankful. Praying thankfully increases our prayer’s value. It also gives us a better mood. The more we become thankful, the less we will sin….
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Living happily is a prerequisite to serving God…
Living happily is a prerequisite to serving God happily. A person, who is not content with his life, won’t become happy through his servitude either. We should look at our problems in such a way that we don’t complain, instead we should be thankful, in order for our servitude to be sweet. SOURCE: @PanahianEN |…
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Nothing makes one more gracious than being thankful to God…
Nothing makes one more gracious than being thankful to God. Those who are thankful to God, first observe their own existing blessings and then receive other plentiful blessings. Thus, they naturally become independent of others and do not bear a grudge against anybody. SOURCE: @PanahianEN | H.I. ALIREZA PANAHIAN
Being ungrateful for the blessings…
Being ungrateful for the blessings and not treating the God-given blessings in a thankful way, will cause the straitening and decrease in the blessings and will be followed by Allah’s torment and displeasure: ‘…And if you are ungrateful, My chastisement is truly severe… Source: AT-TAWHID OR MONOTHEISM | AYATOLLAH MISBAH YAZDI (D)