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Examples of Faithfulness in the Qur'an
leave their communities, their homes, possessions and the lives they
had established. If necessary, without planning or preparations, they set
out on their difficult journey, hoping only to win Allah's favor.
Therefore, for a believer, migration is setting out, leaving every posses-
sion behind, and without the slightest hesitation, in order to win Allah's
favor, and lead a life in accordance with the moral precepts of the

Qur'an. This shows the great sincerity and determination of believers.
In many verses of the Qur'an, Allah informs us that setting out on mi-
gration, leaving behind everything one owns for that purpose, is char-
acteristic of a believer.
Essentially, taking on a migration means that a person sets out to
follow the true path that Allah has revealed, and to leave behind the
false ways he been accustomed to. Prophet Lut (as) speaks of this mean-

ing of migration:
And Lut believed in him. He said, "I am leaving this place to
follow the pleasure of my Lord. He is the Almighty, the All
Wise." (Surat al-Ankabut, 26)
When we consider the migrations made by believers in this light,
we see that they have never departed, at any point in their lives, from
the true path to which Allah had guided and directed them, but have
founded their lives solely upon seeking the pleasure of Allah and win-
ning His favor. Believers filled with the "spirit of migration," live faith-

fully towards Allah throughout their entire lives. In the Qur'an, Allah
states that believers, who maintain such determination on His path, will
receive a great reward, both in this world and the world to come:
As for those who migrate for Allah's sake after being wronged,
We shall give them good lodging in this world, and the reward
of the Hereafter is greater still if they only knew. (Surat an-
Nahl, 41)
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