 and it was part of my complete gratitude to my lord the giver of every blessing and the initiator of every good deed to thank you and to reward you with whatever i could in word and deed because god blessed and exalted be he arranged gratitude to him with gratitude to the one who bestowed blessings among his creation and he refused to accept them except together because one is evidence of the other and is connected to it. so whoever neglects to thank the one who bestowed blessings among his creation has neglected gods command and has belittled his witness.
وكان من تمام شكري لربي ولي كل نعمة، والمبتدئ بكل إحسان، الشكر لك والقيام بمكافأتك بما أمكن من قول وفعل؛ لأن الله تبارك وتعالى نظم الشكر له بالشكر لذي النعمة من خلقه، وأبي أن يقبلهما إلا معا؛ لأن أحدهما دليل على الآخر، وموصول به. فمن ضيع شكر ذي نعمة من الخلق فأمر الله ضيع، وبشاهده استخف.