Islam A PATH OF GREAT STRUGGLE

serves as a practical demonstration of the commitment of servitude that a person makes to his Lord when he accepts faith. These three stages, through which a person reaches his Lord and earns His pleasure, are described in the Quran as iman (faith in God), hijrah (turning away from falsehood), and jihad (striving to remain firm on the truth). The Quran stated: Those who have believed and have migrated, and have striven for God’s sake with their possessions and persons, stand much higher in God’s esteem. It is they who will triumph.” (9:20) In this verse, faith means accepting the truths that have been taught in the Quran, and migration means striving so that the belief which has found a place in a person’s heart also becomes practically established and recognized on the earth. In this way, faith, migration, and struggle are not separate things from one another, but successive stages of a single journey.