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 /نunub/ `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): " if you shun the great sins which
you are forbidden, we will do away with your small sins ..." 1
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 '."

1 sura an-nisa', no. 4, verse 31