Thankfulness And Acknowledgement

THANKFULNESS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In this way, what happens is that everything man receives from God is attributed to someone else, rather than to God. It is due to this wrong association that feelings of gratefulness and acknowledgement are not produced within him. Just uttering some words like ‘Alhamdulillah’ or ‘Subhana Allah’ do not suffice for thanksgiving to God. Gratefulness is always a result of discovery. First of all man discovers the reality of God being our greatest benefactor. This discovery awakens his mind. Subsequently, a process sets in in his mind which results in the flowing of a spring of gratefulness within his heart. This internal state produced within one finds expression in the form of words of thanksgiving and acknowledgement of God’s blessings. One who has not known gratefulness at the level of discovery will fail to do the obeisance of thankfulness to God at the level of human utterance.