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Examples From The Lives of The Prophets And True Believers

with the believers.
While hypocrites acted despicably, the believers were
aware of the ultimate good in the hardships they faced. They
recognized themselves as going through what the verses of
the Qur'an had informed them of, and thus, attained a deeper

faith and loyalty to God:
When the believers saw the Confederates they said:
"This is what God and His Messenger promised us.
God and His Messenger told us the truth." It only
increased them in faith and in submission. (Surat al-
Ahzab: 22)
As the example above also suggests, a trying situation
may turn out to be a great blessing for the believers while it
leads astray into further disbelief those who fail to appreciate
the good. Meanwhile, as well as distinguishing the good

from evil, these events served to nullify the efforts of the
disbelievers. In Surat al-Ahzab, that the disbelievers failed to
attain success but only returned in rage and deeper hatred, is
stated as follows:
God sent back those who disbelieved in their rage
without their achieving any good at all… (Surat al-
Ahzab: 25)

The Emigration of Muslims

If needed, leaving one's possessions and assets behind and
emigrating elsewhere is a form of worship as stated in the
Qur'an. Therefore, Muslims emigrating for the cause of God
always see the good in such forced removal from their homes.
Indeed, in the Qur'an, those emigrating for the cause of God