He should carry out the acts for which he has been commanded and should avoid the acts from which he has been forbidden.

(Fayd-ul-Qadeer, vol. 4, pp. 399, Taht-al-Hadees: 5382)

Dear Islamic brothers! If we ponder over ourselves it will become obvious to us that our whole body is the centre of the blessings which Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has bestowed upon us. For example, He عَزَّوَجَلَّ has bestowed breathes upon us to stay alive, feet for walking, hands for holding, eyes for seeing, ears for hearing, nose for smelling, tongue for speaking, stomach for digesting food and many other blessings. Besides these, there are many other unique and countless blessings which we are enjoying day and night. But the question arises: Have we ever tried to fulfil the rights of these blessings by expressing thanks for them or مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ used them in the acts of disobedience to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and made ourselves deserving of the wrath of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ? Remember! The nations which indulged themselves in the pleasures of life by disobeying Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, were destroyed.

It is mentioned on page 27, volume 4 of Tafseer ‘Siraat-ul-Jinaan’ published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami:

Divine Decree about nations’ rise and fall

It is the Divine Law that after granting a nation some blessings, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ does not change the blessing into torment unless the nation becomes unworthy of the blessing due to their evil deeds. This is the ultimate law for the rise and fall of the past and present nations, that expression of thanks and fulfilling the rights of blessings results in its increase and punishment is inflicted upon being unthankful.

Remember, this Divine law is not limited to non-Muslims, but if Muslims also act like them, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ takes His blessings back from them also and they fall into disgrace as well. The people who are well aware of Muslims’ rise and fall, know that as long as Muslims used the Divine blessings in the correct manner, they prospered and rose to power and great ‘superpowers’ of the world remained under their rule and non-Muslims used to tremble on hearing the names of Muslims. When Muslims stopped expressing thanks for the Divine