14:7 When your Lord proclaimed, "If you give thanks, I will surely increase you."
In other words: "If you give thanks for submission, I will increase you in faith. If you give thanks for faith, I will increase you in beautiful-doing. If you give thanks for beautiful-doing, I will increase you in recognition. If you give thanks for recognition, I will increase you in union. If you give thanks for union, I will increase you in contemplation. If you give thanks for the gifts that I bestow upon you, I will increase you in the encounter I have promised you."
It has been narrated that David said, "My Lord, how should I give thanks to You, for my giving thanks is a renewal of Your favor toward me."
He said, "O David, what you said now is giving thanks to Me."