The Quran

أَنِ اعمَل سابِغاتٍ وَقَدِّر فِي السَّردِ ۖ وَاعمَلوا صالِحًا ۖ إِنّي بِما تَعمَلونَ بَصيرٌ

Ali Unal

(So that he was enabled to obey the command) “Make long coats-of-mail (to cover more of the body), and order with care the sequence (of actions in the process)”. And (O family and followers of David,) do good, righteous deeds. Surely I see very well all that you do.”¹

This is both an order to give thanks in return for God’s favors, and a warning to use all of God’s favors, such as the ability to make coats-of-mail out of iron, within the limits established by God and for lawful purposes.