شَاكِرًۭا لِّأَنْعُمِهِ ۚ ٱجْتَبَىٰهُ وَهَدَىٰهُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
Shaakiral li an'umih; ijtabaahu wa hadaahu ilaa Siraatim Muustaqeem
[He was] grateful for His favors. Allah chose him and guided him to a straight path.
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11 ayahs in An-Nahl are strongly about gratitude. This is one of them.
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grateful as he was for His graces He chose him elected him and guided him to a straight path.
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Praise is due to Allah Who guided you to the true nature; had you taken the one containing wine, Your Umma would have gone astray.
When anything came to the Prophet (ﷺ) which caused pleasure (or, by which he was made glad), he prostrated himself in gratitude to Allah.
While a person was going along the path he found a thorny branch upon it. He pushed it to a side and Allah approved (this action) of his and (as a mark of appreciation) granted him pardon.
" As Allah pleased."
from his father, from his grandfather who said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Indeed Allah loves to see the results of his favors upon His Slaves.'"
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