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Surah: Ar-Rahman (13)
Which of Your Lord's Blessings Do You Both Deny — The Divine Insistence on Recalling Blessings
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
— الرحمن الآية 13
Verse: "Which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?" (55:13 — repeated 31 times) — Thirty-one times — why? Because humans forget quickly. Every new verse of blessings is followed by "which blessings do you deny?" — as if Allah pauses after each blessing and reminds: won't you acknowledge this? "Ala'" = blessings, gifts, and benevolences. The denial is not always verbal — but living as if these blessings don't exist. The Prophetic response: the Prophet ﷺ would say at each occurrence: "I deny none of Your blessings, O Lord" — the answer of the worshipping heart. Lesson: in every day you live — how many blessings pass by you without saying "which of Your blessings would I deny"?
Source: Ibn Kathir (7/477); Al-Sadi
Test Yourself
What is the prophetic response at hearing "which of your Lord's blessings do you deny" during prayer?
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