7وَإِذ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُم لَئِن شَكَرتُم لَأَزيدَنَّكُم ۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرتُم إِنَّ عَذابي لَشَديدٌN. J. DawoodFor He had declared: “If you give thanks, I will bestow abundance upon you: but if you deny My favours, My punishment is terrible indeed.”’