The Holy Quran 16:83 — Surah An-Nahl

Arabic text

يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنكِرُونَهَا وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

Translation

They (the Kuffaar) recognise (acknowledge) Allaah's favour (to them), yet they refute it (by worshipping other gods as if those gods had given them what they have). (This behaviour makes it apparent that) Most of them are ungrateful (to Allaah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, undoubtedly some servants are grateful too — وَقَلِيْلٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِيَ الشَّكُوْرُ (“Few of My servants are grateful”, Surah Saba, ruku' (section) 2) — but the state of most is that they see the blessings of Almighty Allah and understand His favours, yet when the time comes to show gratitude and obedience, they forget everything.

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