{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arw/arw15.htm","path":"isl/arw/arw15.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arw/arw15.htm","text":"Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913]\nHe is unthankful to God who is unthankful to man.\nHe who is unthankful for little is unthankful for much.\nGod continues His favours to him who is grateful.\nHe who is ungrateful for the good he receives deserves that it should be withdrawn from him.\nMan can be thankful to God only so far as he does good to his fellow men.\nIf a man professes to thank God and his wealth decreases, his thanksgiving must be vitiated by his neglect of the hungry and naked.\nBe grateful to him who has done you good, and do good to him who is grateful to you.\nGratitude takes three forms\u2014a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.\nThe most worthless things on earth are these\nfour\u2014rain on a barren soil, a lamp in sunshine, a beautiful woman given in marriage to a blind man, and a good deed to one who is ungrateful.","title":"Arabian Wisdom: Gratitude","type":"page"}