Transliteration:( Rabbanaaa innanaa sami'naa munaadiyai yunaadee lil eemaani an aaminoo bi Rabbikum fa aamannaa; Rabbanaa faghfir lanaa zunoobanaa wa kaffir 'annaa saiyi aatina wa tawaffanaa ma'al abraar )
By 'proclaimer,' it means the proclamation from the Holy Prophet (ﷺ). From this, we learn that the proclamation of the Ulama for religious propagational work is indeed the proclamation of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ). To listen to them is to listen to the Holy Prophet (ﷺ). Furthermore, we learn that our Faith is through the grace of the Holy Prophet's (ﷺ) proclamation.
From this, two points emerge:
A Muslim can think of himself as a sinner but not as a non-believer because the admission of apostasy is in itself non-belief.
One should always offer dua through the mediation of one's faith. If it is permissible to make one's faith an intermediary, then it is permissible to make the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) our intermediary as well.
By this, it is meant that at the time of death, we should be in the company of the pious. We should die doing pious deeds. It could also mean that when the pious are taken away from this world and only the sinners are left behind, then, O Allah! at such a time, give death to us too, as is reported in the Hadith that in the last period before Qiyamah, the believers will be taken away from this world.
The tafsir of Surah Imran verse 193 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Imran ayat 190 which provides the complete commentary from verse 190 through 194.
(3:193) Our Lord! Indeed we heard a crier calling to the faith saying: “Believe in your Lord”; so we did believe.[137] Our Lord, forgive us our sins, and wipe out our evil deeds and make us die with the truly pious.’
137. Many eras have passed before you. Go about, then, in the land and behold the end of those who gave the lie to (the directives and ordinances of Allah).
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