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Quran 14:7 (if You Are Grateful, I Will Certainly Give You More And Vice Versa)
In verse 14:7.allah says “if you are grateful,I will certainly give you more,if you are ungrateful,my punishment is severe.” Does that mean Allah punish us if we are ungrateful?
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Quran 14:7 (if You Are Grateful, I Will Certainly Give You More And Vice Versa)
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As the context clearly states (starting from verse 6) that these verses were directly addressed to Bani-Israel.
And for Bani-Israel, there was a different law in place at that time when they were given the rank of Shahdah:
Please see for details:
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Doesn’t this verse applicable to us?
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No, not as a principle.
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According to Ghamidi Sahab, this is applicable to us as well.
If a person values and treasures his innate guidance regarding God, blessings and resources given to him in whatever form, whether less or more, whether financial or non-financial (in the form of kowledge etc.) — and he benefits from it and is grateful to his Lord for it, then it is practice of God that He will give more to the person. This doesn’t mean that one should not pray to God for ease in his hardships, rather it means that one should not have an attitude of complaining towards God.
For comments of Ghamidi Sahab, please refer to the video below from 8:20 to 10:14
https://youtu.be/umEZ4vHi6BY?t=500
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