Migration (HIJRAH

Migration (Hijrah) acceptance of their efforts in the following words: “God has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth in return for the Garden. They fight for the cause of God and they kill and are killed. It is a promise binding on Him in the Torah, the Gospel and the Quran, and who is truer to his promise than God? Rejoice then in the bargain you have made. That is the supreme achievement.” (Quran, 9:111) This migration—or, in other words, the willingness to sacrifice legitimate interests for a higher purpose— is both a test of a person’s devotion to God and the means by which God’s religion continues to flourish on this earth. Those who step forward to take part in this work, yet want to secure their position in the world first and only then turn to the concerns of the Hereafter; who are not prepared to lower their standard of living; who are unwilling to risk their children’s future; who are not ready to sacrifice their