Taimiyyah Zubair – Why do we forget this reality of life

			Gratitude to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		

			is not
		

			dependent
		

			on the presence of certain blessings.
		

			Gratitude to Allah is not restricted
		

			to just times of happiness.
		

			It is not restricted to just receiving
		

			the things that you want, or the presence
		

			of safety, the presence of health,
		

			the the presence of, you know, good things
		

			of this world.
		

			Gratitude to Allah
		

			is because of who Allah is,
		

			and because of who we are in relation
		

			to him.
		

			We, as his slaves, are always, always on
		

			the receiving end,
		

			and Allah
		

			blessings are such that they are
		

			encompassing us from all from all directions,
		

			which is why Allah
		

			tells us that
		

			You cannot count the blessings of Allah. Right?
		

			And
		

			that he has
		

			Allah
		

			has amply bestowed on you his blessings, both
		

			visible
		

			and invisible,
		

			right, hidden.
		

			So if our gratitude
		

			was restricted
		

			to just things that we like
		

			or the presence of, you know, good things
		

			in our life,
		

			then that would not be
		

			real gratitude.
		

			Real gratitude
		

			is to be grateful
		

			to
		

			Allah,
		

			to be grateful to the provider
		

			who provides us more than what we can
		

			count,
		

			more than what we even know.
		

			And sometimes,
		

			you know, the the reason why,
		

			we feel ungrateful is because we only think
		

			that, you
		

			know, the reason why we feel ungrateful is
		

			because we think
		

			that
		

			certain things are blessings.
		

			Alright?
		

			You know, there there are people who think
		

			that blessings are what? They are,
		

			food, sustenance,
		

			clothing,
		

			money.
		

			Alright?
		

			Health
		

			and and things like that.
		

			But then, there are people who realize
		

			that blessings are not just material.
		

			Blessings are not just of this world.
		

			The blessings of Allah are not just the
		

			things that we see, the things that we
		

			enjoy.
		

			The blessings of Allah are also
		

			immaterial,
		

			right? Which is why we say, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi,
		

			Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi,
		

			Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, for
		

			the blessing of faith,
		

			for the blessing of iman, for the blessing
		

			of faith, for the blessing of the Quran,
		

			right?
		

			And if you are truly grateful to Allah,
		

			then you will be grateful to Allah
		

			for
		

			anything and everything that comes to you from
		

			Allah,
		

			because
		

			remember, real gratitude is to yearn for the
		

			provider of the blessings.
		

			Right?
		

			And Allah's
		

			blessings are always there,
		

			always there, whether we see them or we
		

			don't, we recognize them or we don't.