12وَلَقَد آتَينا لُقمانَ الحِكمَةَ أَنِ اشكُر لِلَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَشكُر فَإِنَّما يَشكُرُ لِنَفسِهِ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَميدٌN. J. DawoodWe bestowed wisdom on Luqmān,1 saying: ‘Give thanks to God. He that gives thanks has much to gain, but if anyone denies His favours, God is self-sufficient and glorious.’A sage who, we are told, was a grandson of a sister or an aunt of Job.