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الآية رقم (20) - وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ اذْكُرُواْ نِعْمَةَ اللّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنبِيَاء وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكًا وَآتَاكُم مَّا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًا مِّن الْعَالَمِينَ

(20) - (And [mention, O Muhammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember the favor of Allah upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds.)

The gratitude of the favour is by mentioning it and complying with the order of the Giver and not using his grace in His disobedience. Whereas, taking the favour and disobeying the One who gives it to you, then this is denial on your part. Allah (swt) expresses the many blessings with the word favour.

(  إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنبِيَاءَ وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكًا وَآتَاكُم مَّا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًا مِّنَ الْعَالَمِينَ… ) (when He appointed among you prophets and made you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds): That is, whenever they got astray, He (swt) sent them a prophet to bring them back to straight path. Hence, among the favours is the abundance of prophets and messengers that were sent to the people of the Children of Israel since Jacob (Ya’qob) (PBUH) and his sons, until Jesus (‘Issa) (PBUH).