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SEEING GOOD IN ALL

are mentioned among those who can hope for God's Mercy:

Those who have believed and who have migrated and
striven for God's sake may expect God's mercy. God is
Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surat al-Baqara: 218)
The rationale of ignorance considers one's fleeing from
his home country due to unrest or out of exile to an
unfamiliar country as a misfortune, utterly throwing his life
into disarray. Yet, it must be mentioned that, believers are,
from the outset, aware that they will be disliked by the
majority of people who deny the religion of God.
Consequently, such an oppression is, in actuality, a
manifestation of the truth of the verses of God. That is why
believers who emigrate or are driven out of their homes
always face such circumstances with great zeal and
anticipation. The superior morality of believers who lived in
the time of the Prophet (saas) and their unshakable faith is
one of the best examples of today's believers. Aware that
obedience to the Prophet (saas) would earn them God's
pleasure, they willingly endured all forms of hardship with
pleasure. For the good of the Muslims, they did not hesitate

to leave their country, willingly abandoning all their worldly
possessions.
In return for their upstanding morality and the positive
way in which they perceived these events, God promised
them His infinite Paradise and mercy. Surely, God is true in
His promise:
Their Lord responds to them: "I will not let the deeds of
any doer among you go to waste, male or female—you
are both the same in that respect. Those who have
migrated and were driven from their homes and