3فَسَبِّح بِحَمدِ رَبِّكَ وَاستَغفِرهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ كانَ تَوّابًاGeorge Salecelebrate the praise of thy Lord, and ask pardon of him1; for he is inclined to forgive.Celebrate the praise of thy Lord, &c.] Most of the commentators agree this chapter to have been revealed before the taking of Mecca, and suppose it gave Mohammed warning of his death: for they say that when he read it al Abbâs wept, and being asked by the prophet, what was the reason of his weeping, answered, Because it biddeth thee to prepare for death; to which Mohammed replied, It is as thou sayest (Al Beidawi.). And hence, adds Jallalo’ddin, after the revelation of this chapter, the prophet was more frequent in praising and asking pardon of God; because he thereby knew that his end approached: for Mecca was taken in the 8th year of the Hejra, and he died in the beginning of the 10th.