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Answers: Al-Mulk 67:23

67:23
قل هو الذي انشاكم وجعل لكم السمع والابصار والافيدة قليلا ما تشكرون ٢٣
قُلْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۖ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ ٢٣
قُلۡ
هُوَ
ٱلَّذِيٓ
أَنشَأَكُمۡ
وَجَعَلَ
لَكُمُ
ٱلسَّمۡعَ
وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ
وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ
قَلِيلٗا
مَّا
تَشۡكُرُونَ
٢٣
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is the One Who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight, and intellect. ˹Yet˺ you hardly give any thanks.”
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What is the meaning of "Little do you give thanks"?

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Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:

  1. They do not give thanks (at all). [Muqātil]
  2. They give thanks only a little. [Abū ʿUbayd]