Migration (HIJRAH

whose system he is living under. Human society may be likened to a network in which all individuals are interconnected like links in a chain. If one link is pulled apart, it disturbs the entire network. In this way, a continuing conflict begins, which becomes more and more pronounced with each passing day, and at every step, resistance arises between the two sides. This struggle ultimately reaches a point where society refuses to accept the people of truth. At that stage, those who stand for truth decide to leave that settlement peacefully and move to another part of the land. This is the final and most extreme form of migration. This migration does not simply mean leaving one place and going to another. In its true sense, it means abandoning falsehood and adopting the path of truth. It is to leave the wrong ways and choose the path of God. That is why, in the Quran and Hadith, the migration of believers is called Hijrah to God, meaning migration toward God. Why is this so? Obviously, these people do not leave the earth and go to the sky; they continue