Quran by Topic
Gratitude (Shukr)
الشكر
Allah makes gratitude a stated condition: 'if you are grateful, I will increase you.' And He names the failure mode: 'few of My servants are grateful.' A specific, falsifiable claim about the proportion of grateful humans.
6 verses from the Quran
#01
"And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you in favor; but if you are ungrateful, indeed, My punishment is severe.' A specific, conditional promise: gratitude → increase. An if-then relationship named explicitly."
Arabic
وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِى لَشَدِيدٌۭ
English (Sahih International)
And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.' "
#02
"(Solomon's story) — the verse names a specific instance of gratitude, but the broader framing is Allah's statement about gratitude as a commanded mode."
Arabic
يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُۥ مَا يَشَآءُ مِن مَّحَٰرِيبَ وَتَمَٰثِيلَ وَجِفَانٍۢ كَٱلْجَوَابِ وَقُدُورٍۢ رَّاسِيَٰتٍ ۚ ٱعْمَلُوٓا۟ ءَالَ دَاوُۥدَ شُكْرًۭا ۚ وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنْ عِبَادِىَ ٱلشَّكُورُ
English (Sahih International)
They made for him what he willed of elevated chambers, statues, bowls like reservoirs, and stationary kettles. [We said], "Work, O family of David, in gratitude." And few of My servants are grateful.
#03
"So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not be ungrateful. The pairing: dhikr + shukr. Both commanded in a single verse."
Arabic
فَٱذْكُرُونِىٓ أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِى وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ
English (Sahih International)
So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.
#04
"And We had certainly given Luqman wisdom [and said], 'Be grateful to Allah.' And whoever is grateful is grateful for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful — then indeed, Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy. The self-interest framing — your gratitude is for you, not for Allah."
Arabic
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا لُقْمَٰنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ ٱشْكُرْ لِلَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌۭ
English (Sahih International)
And We had certainly given Luqman wisdom [and said], "Be grateful to Allah." And whoever is grateful is grateful for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever denies [His favor] - then indeed, Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy.
#05
"And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could never enumerate them. Indeed, mankind is unjust and ungrateful. The numerical claim: blessings are uncountable. Specific, named, untestable only by exhaustion."
Arabic
وَإِن تَعُدُّوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
English (Sahih International)
And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
#06
"Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, 'I will bring you the throne [of Sheba] before your glance returns [to you].' The named power of the knowledgeable — gratitude is paired with action, not just feeling."
Arabic
قَالَ ٱلَّذِى عِندَهُۥ عِلْمٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهُ مُسْتَقِرًّا عِندَهُۥ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِن فَضْلِ رَبِّى لِيَبْلُوَنِىٓ ءَأَشْكُرُ أَمْ أَكْفُرُ ۖ وَمَن شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّى غَنِىٌّۭ كَرِيمٌۭ
English (Sahih International)
Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, "I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you." And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, "This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous."
All Arabic text from the Uthmani edition · All English from Sahih International translation · Topical groupings are based on classical tafsir; scholars may differ on inclusion of specific verses