A number of scholars have held that this remembrance is what is meant by the words of Allah Most High: “And glorify your Lord with praise when you rise.” 1.

Ibn Abd al-Barr—may Allah have mercy on him—said: “It is related from a group of scholars of Quranic interpretation, regarding the words of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, ‘And glorify your Lord with praise when you rise’—among them Mujāhid, Abū al-Ahwas, and Yahyā ibn Ja‘dah—that whenever one rises from a gathering, one should say: ‘Glory and praise be to You, O Allah. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.’ They said that whoever says this will be forgiven for whatever occurred on his part during the gathering. Atā said: ‘If you did well, you will have added further goodness; otherwise, it will be an expiation.’” 2.

Among the magnificent supplications with which the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—would conclude many of his gatherings is the one narrated by al-Tirmidhī and others from Abd Allah ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—who said: “Rarely did the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—rise from a gathering without first making these supplications for his Companions: ‘O Allah, apportion to us such fear of You as will keep us from disobeying You; such obedience to You as will bring us to Your Paradise; and such certainty as will make the calamities of this world easier for us. Let us enjoy our hearing, our sight, and our strength for as long as You keep us alive, and cause this enjoyment to endure until we die. Let our retribution fall upon those who wrong us, and grant us victory over those who are hostile to us. Do not let our affliction touch our religion. Do not make this world our greatest concern or the limit of our knowledge, and do not give power over us to anyone who will show us no mercy.’” 3.