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Those who were already settled in the abode [Medina], and in faith,
before they came, love those who have emigrated to them and do
not find in their hearts any need for what they have been given and
prefer them to themselves even if they themselves are needy. It is
the people who are safe-guarded from the avarice of their own selves
who are successful. (Surat al-Hashr, 9)

These moral virtues of the Ansar were instrumental in many good
deeds, and Islam spread swiftly across the world, not just in Medina.
God describes the migrants and the virtuous Ansar who helped them
thus in Surat at-Tawba:

The forerunners – the first of the Muhajirun and the Ansar – and
those who have followed them in doing good: God is pleased with
them and they are pleased with Him. He has prepared Gardens for

them with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly,
forever and ever. That is the great victory. (Surat at-Tawba, 100)
The moral virtues of this community whose altruism, love, affec-
tion and compassion are praised in the Qur'an must serve as a role
model for all Muslims, and must be applied in the case of today's

migrants.

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