Quran Universe
36:73

وَلَهُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ وَمَشَارِبُۚ أَفَلَا يَشۡكُرُونَ

Walahum feeha manafiAAu wamasharibu afala yashkuroona

And for them therein are [other] benefits and drinks, so will they not be grateful?

Word by word
  1. وَلَهُمۡAnd for them
  2. فِيهَاtherein
  3. مَنَٰفِعُ(are) benefits
  4. وَمَشَارِبُۚand drinks
  5. أَفَلَاso (will) not
  6. يَشۡكُرُونَthey give thanks
Ya-Sin · 36:73Makkah

Wool, milk, comfort. Will they not be grateful?

The question after a list of gifts

What the cattle give
benefitswool, fur, hair, furnishings
drinksmilk
so
be grateful?to the One who gave
Where thanks go
thank the providerthe shop, the farmer, myself
thank the CreatorWho made and subdued it

Ibn Kathir lists the benefits: wool, fur, hair, furnishings, and milk to drink. The question at the end asks: will they not worship the Creator of all this, instead of thanking others?

Your jumper, the milk in your tea, the leather on your shoes. You thank the waiter, the delivery driver, maybe your own hard work. The verse asks you to look one step further back.

I am grateful to the people who bring me things.

Behind every gift and every giver is Allah, and He deserves the first thanks.

Try this

At your next meal or cup of tea, pause and thank Allah by name before the first sip.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 36:71)

Do they not see that We have created for them of what Our Hands have fashioned, the cattle, so that they are their owners (71)And We have subdued them unto them so that some of them they have for riding and some they eat (72)And they have (other) benefits from them, and (they get to) drink. Will they not then be grateful (73)

There is a Sign and a Blessing in Cattle

Allah mentions the blessing that He has bestowed upon His creation by subjugating these cattle for their use.

فَهُمْ لَهَا مَالِكُونَ

(so that they are their owners.) Qatadah said, "They are their masters." Meaning, He has made them subdue them. So they are submissive towards them and do not resist them; even if a young child comes to a camel he can make it kneel down, and if he wants to, he can make it stand up and can drive it, and it will meekly be led by him. Even if the train consists of a hundred or more camels, they could all be led by a young child.

فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

(some of them they have for riding and some they eat.) means, some of them they ride on their journeys, and use them to carry their burdens to all regions.

وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

(and some they eat.) means, if they want to, and they slaughter and sacrifice them.

وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ

(And they have (other) benefits from them,) means, from their wool, fur, and hair, furnishings and articles of convenience, comfort for a time.

وَمَشَارِبُ ۖ

(and (they get to) drink.) means, their milk, and their urine for those who need it as medicine, and so on.

أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ

(Will they not then be grateful?) means, 'will they not worship the Creator and Subduer of that, without showing gratitude to others?'