الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىَ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذا بَاطِلاً سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ {191}

191. "Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting and lying on their sides, and mediate on the creation of the heavens and the earth, (seriously saying) 'Our Lord! You have not created (all) this in vain! Glory be to you! Save us then from the torment of the Fire'."

Commentary:

The remembrance of Allah in all conditions of a person is the sign of wisdom.

"Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting and lying on their sides..."

And, 'the possessors of intellects' are those who remember Allah and contemplate. The Qur'an introduces them such:

"Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting and lying on their sides, and mediate…,"

Faith is worthy when it is based on intelligence and contemplation. It says:

"… and mediate on the creation of the heavens and the earth …"

We should know this fact that the farther we keep aloof from the god aims, the nearer we will approach to Hell and we must return that distance again. The world of creation has not been done in vain even though we do not realize all its secrets.

"…' Our Lord! You have not created (all) this in vain! Glory be to you! Save us then from the torment of the Fire '."

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رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ مَن تُدْخِلِ النَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَيْتَهُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ {192}

192. " Our Lord! Anyone You cause to enter the (Hell) Fire, surely You have put him to disgrace; and the unjust will have no helpers."

Commentary:

Fire is important, but disgrace and notoriety is more important, and more painful than the bodily punishment.

"Our Lord! Anyone You cause to enter the (Hell) Fire, surely You have put him to disgrace…"

By the way, the transgressors will be deprived of intercession.

"... and the unjust will have no helpers."

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رَّبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُواْ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الأبْرَارِ {193}

193. "Our Lord! Verily we have heard (the invitation of) a Crier calling to the faith, saying: 'Believe in your Lord!' So we did believe. 'Our Lord! forgive us therefore our sins, and cover of us our evil deeds, and make us die with the righteous'. "

Commentary:

Perhaps, the purpose of the Arabic term /Ŏunub/ 'sins', occurred in this verse, is 'the great sins', and the purpose of the term /sayyi'ah/ 'sin' is a lesser sin '; as in the following holy verse, /sayyi'at/ (lesser sins) has occurred in comparison with /kaba'ir/ (great sins): "lf you shun the great sins which you are forbidden, We will do away with your small sins ..." [65]

And, maybe, the purpose of the Quranic term /sayyi'at / is the effects of sins.

While in this world the wise say: "Verily we have heard (the invitation of)...", there are some persons who are heedless to this invitation. Certainly on the Resurrection Day, they regretfully will say: ' We wish we would hearken to the words of Allah and had obeyed His command', as the Qur'an refers to them in Sura Al-'An'am, No.6, verse 31; and Sura Az-Zumar, No.39, verse 56.

Explanations:

1. The wise are ready to accept the truth, and they, responding to the call of their innate disposition, answer the call of prophets, the invitation of the godly knowledgeable men, and the cry of martyrs.

2. Seeking forgiveness is the sign of wisdom.

3. Death with the righteous is a gift from Allah.

4. The far sighted intelligent ones wish the death with the righteous, and think of the goodness of destiny.

"Our Lord! Verily we have heard (the invitation of) a Crier calling to the faith, saying: 'Believe in your Lord!' So we did believe. 'Our Lord! forgive us therefore our sins, and cover of us our evil deeds, and make us die with the righteous '."

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[65] Sura An-Nisa, No.4, verse 31