Dear Islamic brothers! Have you noticed! Our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم loves us very much and has showed us the way to give thanks for our blessings in a beautiful manner. In worldly matters, we should thank Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ by seeing that person who has a lower status than us, whereas in religious matters, we should look towards the one who has a higher status than us and we should try to become like him.

Furthermore, the invocation for protecting blessings has also been stated. One should abundantly recite ‘لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّۃَ اِلَّا بِاللہِ’. To look at those who are richer than ourselves by thinking as to why I do not have these blessings, we should not feel sad, nor should we consider the blessings we have as small. By looking at poorer people than ourselves and by being content with the will of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ we should live a life being patient and thankful. We should develop this mind-set that if Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has granted somebody wealth more than me, then there must be some wisdom concealed in this. If I had been granted these blessings, my Nafs might have become disobedient and I might have committed the sin of ungratefulness, by being ungrateful for these blessings. If we develop this mind-set, then اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ we will succeed in protecting ourselves from ungratefulness.

Dear Islamic brothers! It is usually in the nature of a human to remember his blessings in the moments of joy and give thanks, but when he suffers from a small trouble, worry or distress, he starts uttering words of ungratefulness by forgetting Allah’s blessings and His favours.

Sayyiduna Hasan Bin Abu Hasan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said about this blessed verse:

اِنَّ   الۡاِنۡسَانَ   لِرَبِّہٖ   لَکَنُوۡدٌ    ۚ﴿۶﴾

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Indeed man is very ungrateful towards his Lord. (Part 30, Surah Al-‘Aadiyaat, verse 6)

Human is very ungrateful, that is, he keeps counting troubles and forgets blessings. (Shukr kay Fazaail, published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah)