Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ Praise is due in every way of gratitude ]
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And know that praise is given when He gives more to the one who praises. We have learned that praise in every way is gratitude. Likewise, if He gives more remembrances, it is gratitude, so it is all praise because it is praise to God. As for the increase that occurs to the one who praises him for what he is, it is that he gives him the right of self-knowledge of Him. Glory be to Him is what He praises Him with, which is His saying, “Say, ‘My Lord, increase me in knowledge.’ But if He praises Him with what comes from Him, He increases that so that He perseveres in it by praising God for it. In every case, He gives the increase, even if there is a difference between the two praises, but in terms of what it is praise from the creation, it is a gift that God has given.” And every gift from which the giver accepts an increase, for we do not praise Him except with what He has taught us to praise Him with, so His praise is based on definiteness, and a group of graphic scholars have disag


