Al Nisā’

وَاسْتَغْفِرِ اللّهَ إِنَّ اللّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

106. "And seek forgiveness of Allah. Verily Allah is Forgiving, Merciful."

In this holy verse, the Prophet (S) is commanded that he seeks the forgiveness of Allah, for certainly Allah (s.w.t.) is forgiving and l merciful. Yet, as it was mentioned in the commentary of the previous verse, cited by the author of Majma'-ul-Bayan, that the verse was addressing the Prophet's Ummat, here, too, it means to seek forgiveness for the Ummat, and we know that the Prophet (S) is free from any fault. The verse says: