"What does the Quran say about gratitude?"
Allah makes an extraordinary promise in the Quran: 'If you are grateful, I will certainly give you more' (14:7). This is the only place where Allah directly promises an increase in response to a specific action. Gratitude (shukr) in Islam is: (1) Recognition of Allah's gifts with the heart, (2) Acknowledgement with the tongue (Alhamdulillah), and (3) Use of those gifts in obedience to Allah.
لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ
La'in shakartum la'azidannakum
If you are grateful, I will certainly give you more — Quran 14:7
فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ
Fadhkuruni adhkurkum washkuru li wa la takfurun
Remember Me — I will remember you. Be grateful to Me and never be ungrateful — Quran 2:152
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi'ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhibaan
So which of the favours of your Lord would you deny? — Quran 55 (repeated 31 times in Surah Rahman)
Allah asks the same question 31 times in Surah Rahman: 'Which of the favours of your Lord would you deny?' Each time, He lists a different blessing. Scholars note that the repetition itself is the lesson: we tend to deny Allah's favours by forgetting them. The repetition forces awareness. Traditional practice: when you reach each 'Fabi'ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhibaan', respond: 'La bi shay'in min ala'ika rabbana nukadhdhibu' (We deny none of Your favours, our Lord).
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