Shukr in the Quran — remembrance repaid with remembrance, increase tied to thanks, and a refrain that asks which favor could ever be denied.
Gratitude in the Quran is wider than saying thank you. The Book counts what a person has been given — hearing, sight, a heart that works, provision that arrived without their power — and then asks for thanks in return. It ties gratitude to increase, joins it to remembrance, and makes it a reason punishment is held back. The verses on this page are loaded directly from Niyat's verified Quran text files, so the Arabic and the translation are exactly what stands in the source. Each card adds a short note on the setting of the verse and a link to read it in context. Gratitude here is not a mood; it is a discipline of noticing.
فَٱذْكُرُونِىٓ أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِى وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ
Translation. So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.
Remembrance and gratitude are joined in a single sentence of Al-Baqarah: 'remember Me and I will remember you.'
Read this verse in context at quran.com/2/152
وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِى لَشَدِيدٌۭ
Translation. 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.' "
Spoken to the Children of Israel through Musa. Thanks is tied directly to increase, and ingratitude to punishment.
Read this verse in context at quran.com/14/7
بَلِ ٱللَّهَ فَٱعْبُدْ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ
Translation. Rather, worship [only] Allah and be among the grateful.
A plain instruction of Az-Zumar: serve and thank Allah, for to Him is the return of all things.
Read this verse in context at quran.com/39/66
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا لُقْمَٰنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ ٱشْكُرْ لِلَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَشْكُرْ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌۭ
Translation. 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.
The opening of Luqman's counsel to his son names thankfulness to Allah as the foundation of wisdom — while noting that thanks benefits the thankful one.
Read this verse in context at quran.com/31/12
وَٱللَّهُ أَخْرَجَكُم مِّنۢ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًۭٔا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
Translation. And Allah has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and intellect that perhaps you would be grateful.
This verse counts what people are given — hearing, sight, hearts — and asks that they give thanks in return.
Read this verse in context at quran.com/16/78
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Translation. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
The refrain of Ar-Rahman, repeated after each blessing the surah names: which of your Lord's favors do you deny.
Read this verse in context at quran.com/55/13
مَّا يَفْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ إِن شَكَرْتُمْ وَءَامَنتُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ شَاكِرًا عَلِيمًۭا
Translation. What would Allah do with your punishment if you are grateful and believe? And ever is Allah Appreciative and Knowing.
The verse ties gratitude to why punishment is withheld: what has Allah to do with punishing you, if you are grateful and believe.
Read this verse in context at quran.com/4/147
The verses above are for reading and reflection; duas are for asking. Niyat's dua library collects source-cited supplications for anxiety, hardship, forgiveness, sleep, and ordinary days.
Quran 14:7, addressed to the Children of Israel: 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you.' The full Arabic and translation are in the second card above.
Surah Ar-Rahman (55). The refrain appears after each blessing the surah names; verse 55:13 is quoted above.
Praise (hamd) declares Allah's perfection and goodness; gratitude (shukr) responds to what a person has personally received. Quran 2:152 joins remembrance and thanks in one verse, and Luqman 31:12 names thanks as the start of wisdom.
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