Thus they said: "forgive us therefore our faults.

Thus they said: "forgive us therefore our faults..."; 'ala rusulika (translated here as, by Thy messengers) literally means, 'on Thy messengers'; i.e., the promise which Thou didst give to Thy messengers, and they guaranteed it to us on Thy behalf; "and disgrace us not", i.e., by not fulfilling the promise; it is because of this implication that the verse ends on, "surely Thou cost not break the promise". These verses clearly show that those…