Migration for the Cause of Allaah

 

Refugees for the sake of Allah (L-587) 

وَمَن يُهَاجِرْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ يَجِدْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُرَٰغَمًا كَثِيرًا وَسَعَةً وَمَن يَخْرُجْ مِنۢ بَيْتِهِۦ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكْهُ ٱلْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا 100.

100.  Wa  many-yuhaajir  fii  Sabii-Lillaahi  yajid  fil-‘arzi-  mu-raagaman-  kasiiranw-wasa-‘ah.  Wa  many-yakhruj  mim-  baytihii  muhaa-jiran  ‘ilAllaahi  wa  Rasuulihii  summa  yudrik-hul-  mawtu  faqad  waqa-‘a  ‘ajruhuu  ‘alAllaah.  Wa  kaanAllaahu  Gafuurar-Rahiimaa. (Section 14/11)

100.  Anyone who emigrates for the sake of God will find on earth many places of refuge, and plentitude. Anyone who leaves his home, emigrating to God and His Messenger, and then is overtaken by death, his compensation falls on God. God is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

Wasa-‘a has been derived from sa-‘a-tan, which means wideness, capacity. It also aims ‘abundance, prosperity, opening and hilarity’. Here it signifies towards extent of livelihood and daily food, and freedom of acting upon the religion.

Yudrik – (overtake), this word is from ‘adraak, which means ‘to get, to understand, to hold’. Here it aims ‘to overtake’.

Waqa-‘a – (incumbent), here it aims “to become important, to approach”. It is from waquu’, which means ‘to occur’. In this verse a word ‘alaaa has come after waqa-‘a. Therefore, now its meaning will become ‘to be incumbent (on). As sometimes we say, “I have to do this work, that is to say; it is necessary and incumbent for me to do the particular work”. 

It was described in the earlier verses that the person, who has belief in his heart, it is compulsory for him that he should act like Muslims. This pretense “We in that case were under influence of other persons and those cruel people did not use to permit us to do good deeds” will not be heard from any healthy and able to work person. Therefore, it was commanded to them, “If you have been entangled in such a country, whose people prevent you from acting upon the religion, then you should emigrate from that place and live in such an independent country, where you may be free to do independently.

This verse explains, “Nobody should be afraid that if he leaves present dwelling place, he doesn’t know, whether he will find any other place or otherwise, whether food will be attainable or not”. It has been comforted here, “If you will flee from such a place of suffocation, for acting upon the commandments of religion of God independently, then you will find much livelihood, refuge and abundance in the earth. The person, who will leave his family, household goods and native land in accordance with the Instructions of  and for His cause with true heart, God will not let him to be distressed. He will never feel any deficiency in eating and drinking. Observe after working purely for God. He will save you surely from the confusions. If you think, “What will happen, if I die in the way”, then you should believe in it that your reward and good retaliation is incumbent on God in such condition”, because you have emigrated from your country for His Cause. He is Ever-Forgiving the sins of the believers; and the Merciful. https://youtu.be/nDkqankPkRI