Gratitude and ingratitude

by Zilio-Grandi, Ida

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Gratitude , shukr or shukūr , according to Muslim authors, is an attribute of God and of the virtuous person, which entails recognising and openly appreciating any benefit received; moreover, it deals with scarcity repaid with abundance, with increase and multiplication, and in this sense the only Absolutely Grateful One is God. Being grateful towards God is an essential ingredient of faith; it follows that its opposite, ingratitude , or kufrān , implies faithlessness, or kufr . Furthermore, gr…

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Gratitude , shukr or shukūr , according to Muslim authors, is an attribute of God and of the virtuous person, which entails recognising and openly appreciating any benefit received; moreover, it deals with scarcity repaid with abundance, with increase and multiplication, and in this sense the only Absolutely Grateful One is God. Being grateful towards God is an essential ingredient of faith; it follows that its opposite, ingratitude , or kufrān , implies faithlessness, or kufr . Furthermore, gratitude is to be understood as not only a religious duty but also a social one, insofar

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2207

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eng Islam

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Zilio-Grandi, Ida

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