Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 218
| إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أُولَٰئِكَ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ |
| Transliteration | : | 'inna 'alladhena 'aamano wa- 'alladhena haajaro wa- jaahado fe sabel 'allaah 'olaa'ika yarjon rah.mah 'allaah wa- 'allaah ghafor rah.em |
| Pickthall | : | Lo! those who believe, and those who emigrate (to escape the persecution) and strive in the way of Allah, these have hope of Allah's mercy. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. |
| Asad | : | Verily, they who have attained to faith, and they who have forsaken the domain of evil203 and are striving hard in God's cause - these it is who may look forward to God's grace: for God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace. |
| Malik | : | Surely those who are believers, and migrated and struggled in the path of Allah, they can hope for the mercy of Allah; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fought (and strove and struggled) in the path of Allah they have the hope of the Mercy of Allah; and Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. |
Note - 203The expression alladhina hajaru (lit., "those who have
forsaken their homelands") denotes, primarily, the early
Meccan Muslims who migrated at the Prophet's bidding to
Medina - which was then called Yathrib - in order to be
able to live in freedom and in accordance with the
dictates of Islam. After the conquest of Mecca by the
Muslims in the year 8 H., this exodus (hijrah) from Mecca
to Medina ceased to be a religious obligation. Ever since
the earliest days of Islam, however, the term hijrah has
had a spiritual connotation as well - namely, a
"forsaking of the domain of evil" and turning towards
God: and since this spiritual connotation applies both to
the historical muhajirun ("emigrants") of early Islam and
to all believers of later times who forsake all that is
sinful and "migrate unto God", I am using this expression
frequently.
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The expression alladhina hajaru (lit., "those who have forsaken their homelands") denotes, primarily, the early Meccan Muslims who migrated at the Prophet's bidding to Medina - which was then called Yathrib - in order to be able to live in freedom and in accordance with the dictates of Islam. After the conquest of Mecca by the Muslims in the year 8 H., this exodus (hijrah) from Mecca to Medina ceased to be a religious obligation. Ever since the earliest days of Islam, however, the term hijrah has had a spiritual connotation as well - namely, a "forsaking of the domain of evil" and turning towards God: and since this spiritual connotation applies both to the historical muhajirun ("emigrants") of early Islam and to all believers of later times who forsake all that is sinful and "migrate unto God", I am using this expression frequently. |
