Reality of Prayer: Responding to the Creator's Acts with Knowledge, Love, and Gratitude

Then they responded with thanks and praise to the True Bestower's showing His mercy and compassion through His sweet bounties, and exclaimed: سُبْحَانَكَ وَبِحَمْدِكَ "Glory be unto You! All praise is Yours! {[*]: Muslim, Salât, 218; Abû Dâ'ûd, Adab, 98; Nasâ'î, Iftitâh, 17; Musnad, vi, 77, 151.} How can we thank You as is Your due? You are utterly worthy of thanks! For all Your bounties spread through all the universe hymn Your praises and thanks through the clear tongues of their beings. All Your bounties lined up in the market of the world and scattered over the face of the earth proclaim Your praises and extol You. By testifying to Your munificence and generosity, all the well-ordered, finely proportioned fruits of Your mercy and bounty offer You thanks before the gazes of Your creatures."