{"id":48698,"date":"2021-04-20T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=48698"},"modified":"2021-04-19T08:44:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T06:44:32","slug":"what-do-i-need-to-be-grateful-for-part-5-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/what-do-i-need-to-be-grateful-for-part-5-a\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I need to be grateful for? Part 5 A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Imaan<\/strong><br \/>\nNow that we have understood \u201cwhat is Gratitude, the need for gratitude and Gratitude in Islam,\u201d we will over the next few weeks take a look at the various things in life which we ought to be grateful for.<\/p>\n<p>There are millions of bounties which we all enjoy everyday, and to say everyday is certainly an over-statement, because we actually enjoy these blessings every moment, as Allah, the granter of all these favours, himself notifies man that;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u0648\u064e\u0625\u0650\u0646 \u062a\u064e\u0639\u064f\u062f\u0651\u064f\u0648\u0627\u06df \u0646\u0650\u0639\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0629\u064e \u0671\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u0650 \u0644\u064e\u0627 \u062a\u064f\u062d\u0652\u0635\u064f\u0648\u0647\u064e\u0627\u0653 \u06d7<\/em><br \/>\n<em>If you want to count the favours of Allah, you will never be able to number them. (An Nahl: Verse 18)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But do we ever pause and reflect on how valuable these bounties really are and how would we have coped without them?<br \/>\nThe very first and most important bounty is that of Imaan and Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Imaan is at the core of our very existence on earth. Living a life without Imaan is not just meaningless but is a cause for everlasting doom and destruction.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u0648\u064e\u0671\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0630\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0643\u064e\u0641\u064e\u0631\u064f\u0648\u0627\u06df \u0648\u064e\u0643\u064e\u0630\u0651\u064e\u0628\u064f\u0648\u0627\u06df \u0628\u0650\u0640\u0654\u064e\u0627\u064a\u064e\u0640\u0670\u062a\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0653 \u0623\u064f\u0648\u06df\u0644\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0653\u0626\u0650\u0643\u064e \u0623\u064e\u0635\u0652\u062d\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0628\u064f \u0671\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0631\u0650 \u06d6 \u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0641\u0650\u064a\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u062e\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0644\u0650\u062f\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But those who reject and defy Our revelations will be inmates of Hellfire wherein they shall live forever. Al Baqarah: Verse 39<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now ask yourself this fundamental question, Who gave you Imaan? Who chose you to be from among the Believers?<\/p>\n<p>\u0643\u064e\u0630\u064e\u0670\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064e \u064a\u064f\u0636\u0650\u0644\u0651\u064f \u0671\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064f \u0645\u064e\u0646 \u064a\u064e\u0634\u064e\u0627\u0653\u0621\u064f \u0648\u064e\u064a\u064e\u0647\u0652\u062f\u0650\u0649 \u0645\u064e\u0646 \u064a\u064e\u0634\u064e\u0627\u0653\u0621\u064f<br \/>\nThus, Allah leaves to stray whom He wills and guides whom He pleases. Al Mudaththir: Verse 31<br \/>\nWho gets Imaan is solely the prerogative of Allah, alone, and none of the Prophets (AS), including the most beloved of them, Muhammed \ufdfa had a choice in choosing who should be given Imaan.<\/p>\n<p>\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0643\u064e \u0644\u064e\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u0647\u0652\u062f\u0650\u0649 \u0645\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0628\u0652\u062a\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0643\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0671\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064e \u064a\u064e\u0647\u0652\u062f\u0650\u0649 \u0645\u064e\u0646 \u064a\u064e\u0634\u064e\u0627\u0653\u0621\u064f \u06da \u0648\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0648\u064e \u0623\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0645\u064f \u0628\u0650\u0671\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u0647\u0652\u062a\u064e\u062f\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e<br \/>\nO Prophet, you cannot give guidance to whom you wish, it is Allah Who gives guidance to whom He pleases, and He is aware of those who are guided. Al Qasas: Verse 56<\/p>\n<p>So this certainly proves to us that it is certainly none other than Allah who has granted us Imaan. So if a person manufactures a specific item which is most unique, extremely valuable and very rare and he is the only one who is able to make it, and he makes a very few of it and he chooses you to receive one, would you not be grateful to him for it?<\/p>\n<p>Imaan is far more unique and valuable than this? Do you not think that we should than be grateful to Allah for the Imaan that He has granted us?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imaan Now that we have understood \u201cwhat is Gratitude, the need for gratitude and Gratitude in Islam,\u201d we will over the next few weeks take a look at the various things in life which we ought to be grateful for. 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