[Pooya/Ali Commentary 23:2] This verse describes or identifies those who sincerely believe in Allah. They stand in their prayers filled with awe and reverence of the glory of Allah. They are humble before Allah because they are fully aware of their worthlessness in the presence of the absolute omnipotent authority of the Lord-master. The Holy Prophet said: "If a person is aware of his insignificance in the presence of the supreme majesty of the authority of the Lord, he will certainly manifest it in his actions done before Him." In the battle of Uhad, the sharp point of an arrow stuck into the foot of Ali ibn abi Talib and could not be removed because the head of the arrow broke when it was being taken out. As advised by the Holy Prophet it was pulled out when Ali was praying salat. He did not know what took place. After the completion of his prayer he noticed blood on the prayer-mat and realised that the broken part of the arrow was taken out from his foot. He used to be so much involved in his communion with his Lord-master that on several occasions people thought he was dead. The Holy Prophet said: "In qiyam the prayer must look steadily at the point where the forehead is placed in sajdah; in ruku at the place between the two feet; in qunut at the palms of the joined hands; in sajdah at the nose; in qu-ud (sitting position to recite tashahud) at the thighs. Concentration of heart and mind at the time of offering salat so as to think nothing but about Allah is essential to acknowledge the presence of the authority of the Lord-master." At the time of ablution (wudu) the awe and reverence of the glory of Allah Ali felt was always visible on his face, because, as he himself explained, he was getting ready to stand in the presence of the majesty of Allah as a humblest servant should stand before his Lord-master. Likewise the body of Imam Ali bin Husayn Zayn al Abidin used to shake from awe and reverence of Allah whenever he went to offer prayers. The holy Ahl ul Bayt, thoroughly purified by Allah (Ahzab: 33), alone possessed the sublime qualities mentioned in this verse. They are the divinely chosen models for the true believers. So, as the Holy Prophet said, the Ahl ul Bayt are like the ark of Nuh; whosoever follows them is saved from evil and its consequences, and whosoever rejects them goes astray and is lost for ever.