This chapter is that of the bounties of Allah, either physical or spiritual. In the above verse we read the result of ingratitude for God's sustenance through an expressive similitude:ِ

      ``And Allah has struck a parable; that of a town which was secure and sure. Its sustenance coming to it in abundance from every where....''

      The inhabitants of the town, at length, became thankless ignoring the true source of the bounties; while their Messenger had told them all about the truth which they falsified.

      Therefore, you Muslims, be not ungrateful like them, and give thanks to Allah who is the true source of all bounties:ِ

      ``Then eat of the sustenance that Allah has provided for you, lawful and clean, and be thankful.''

      Being thankless to Allah's sustenance, may include eating and drinking unlawfuls, such as, the flesh of swine, or the alcoholic beverages; wasting or misusing, refusing to give alms-tax, (ZAKÄT) which is a rightful share of the poor and the needy in the other's wealth, and falsely ascribing to Allah any prohibition, or making superstitious taboos.