Ar-Rahman 55:77
The Beneficent · Medinan · Juz 27 · Page 534
Thirty-One Times
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٧
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
So which of the favours of your Lord would you deny?
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this verse is repeated thirty-one times in the surah: eight after the wonders of creation, seven after the warnings about Hell (as many as its gates), and eight after the description of the first two gardens.
Reflect
Try giving thanks again and again today.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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