Gratitude: a multiplier of blessings
1The Qur'anic promise
'And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed: If you are grateful, I will surely increase you' (Qur'an 14:7). Gratitude is the practice of noticing — and noticing changes what the eye sees.
2Noticing is a skill
A daily journal entry of three small gratitudes is a documented reflection habit that reframes attention. What you look for, you start to see.
3Gratitude as worship
Alhamdulillah (praise be to Allah) is both a statement of fact and an act of worship. Linking gratitude to Allah gives it a centre beyond mere positivity — the blessings have a Source, and the thanks goes Home.
Source & verification
Qur'an 14:7
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