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Advice to ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul-‘Aziz from Al-Hasan al-Basri

When ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul-‘Aziz became Caliph, he wrote to Al-Hasan al-Basri to give him an advice him and to write him the description of a just Imam, and Al-Hasan wrote him:
“Know, Commander of the Believers….

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

Gratitude may be in the heart, in submission and humility; in the tongue, in praise and acknowledgement; and in the physical faculties, by means of obedience and submission.

What is the meaning of being thankful to Allah?

Thanks or gratitude means reciprocating kindness and giving praise to the one who has done good and kind things. The one who is most deserving of thanks and praise from people is Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, because of the great favours and blessings that He has bestowed upon His slaves in both spiritual and worldly terms.

Sending blessings upon the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) is one of the greatest acts of worship encouraged in Islam, and it is one of the most beneficial supplications for a person in this world and the hereafter.

There are two orders through which The Word of Allah (The Quran) was revealed:
 
All At Once:

It is the order in which the whole Quran (in its present order) was transferred from the Al-Lawh Al-Mahfooth (The Preserved Tablet) to the Bayt Al-‘Izzah (The universal heaven) on the night of Al-Qadr (Decree). Allah Says (what means):

The Wisdom behind Gradual Revelation of Quran  “And it (is a) Quran which We have divided (into parts), in order that you might recite it to mankind at intervals. And verily, We have revealed it by stages!” If Allah had willed it so, the Quran could have been sent in one revelation. Why wasn’t it…

The Glorious Qur’an which was revealed more than 14 centuries ago emphasized the fact that the human heart is a highly sentient organ with the capacity of feeling, reasoning and decision – making.

Just as the heart may be described in terms of being alive or dead, it may also be regarded as belonging to one of three types:

The human heart is mentioned (132) times in the Glorious Qur’an, besides several other notions under 50th the metaphoric expressions “human chest Fou’ad” or the inner in both the singular and the plural forms.