Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika waistaghfirhu innahu kana tawwaban
English
Ahmed Ali
Then glorify your Lord and seek His forgiveness. Verily He is relenting.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (then hymn the praises of thy lord) pray by the command of your lord in gratitude for this, (and seek forgiveness of him) from sins. (lo! he is ever ready to show mercy) and forgiving. the prophet (pbuh) was therefore informed in this surah that he was to die soon'.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : then glorify with praise of your lord, that is, continuously praising him, and seek forgiveness from him; for verily he is ever ready to relent. the prophet (s), after this sūra had been revealed, would frequently repeat the words subhāna’llāhi wa bi-hamdihi, ‘glory and praise be to god’, and astaghfiru’llāha wa-atūbu ilayhi, ‘i seek forgiveness from god and i repent to him’; with [the revelation of] this [final sūra] he realised that his end was near. the victory over mecca was in ramadān of year 8; the prophet (s) passed away in rabī‘ i of the year 10.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : he is ever ready to relent.he accepts repentance over and over again, each time the servant repents to him. and know that our lord is too generous not to be with you, [assisting you] against your lower self. he [also] said: truly god loves those who repent [2:222]. if you oppose your lower self, he will be ‘on its side’ with a pardon and if you are on its side in opposition to god’s commandments and prohibitions, he will be against you. whoever conforms to god’s commandments against his lower desire will be delivered, whereas whoever accedes to his lower desire in opposition to god’s commandments will be ruined. indeed, the commandments of god, exalted is he, are bitter whereas the desire of the lower self is sweet. its similarity is none other than the likeness of delicious foods which contain within them the [bitterness] of aloes (ṣabr); whereas medicine is drunk despite its bitterness, because of the benefits that have been placed within it. one of the righteous used say, ‘ah, the pity, even if you [do] forgive them! for among them, there is one who is wary of the withdrawal [of forgiveness], and another who weeps out of shame, even if he is pardoned.’his words, exalted is he:
