Verse. 1757

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and when your lord proclaimed) when your lord said and informed you in the scripture: (if ye give thanks) for your success, safety, favour and blessings, (i will give you more) success, safety, favour and blessings; (but if ye are thankless) if you do not believe me or are ungrateful for the blessings bestowed upon you, (lo! my punishment is dire) for the one who disbelieves.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : and when your lord proclaimed, [when] he made it known that: “if you are thankful, for my graces, through affirmation of [my] oneness and obedience [to me], then assuredly i shall give you more; but if you are thankless, [if] you deny [the truth of] the grace, through disbelief and disobedience, then assuredly i shall chastise you — as is indicated by [his following words] — my chastisement is indeed severe” ’.

Sahl al-Tustari

تفسير : if you are thankful then assuredly i will give you more…he [sahl] said:gratitude (shukr) for knowledge is acting (ʿamal) [on this knowledge]. gratitude for acting [on this knowledge] increases [one’s] knowledge. this is how it always is, and this is its condition.he also said:gratitude is that you should acknowledge [that] increase. otherwise gratitude is flawed. the true realisation of weakness (ḥaqīqat al-ʿajz) is in acknowledging it. it is reported that david, <img border="0" src="images/alyhialsalam.jpg" width="34" height="19"> said, ‘how can i thank you when through my gratitude i receive renewed bounty from you?’ god replied, ‘now you have shown true gratitude towards me.’ his words, exalted is he: