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4:97
ان الذين توفاهم الملايكة ظالمي انفسهم قالوا فيم كنتم قالوا كنا مستضعفين في الارض قالوا الم تكن ارض الله واسعة فتهاجروا فيها فاولايك ماواهم جهنم وساءت مصيرا ٩٧
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ فِيمَ كُنتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةًۭ فَتُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِيهَا ۚ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا ٩٧
إِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ
ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
ظَالِمِيٓ
أَنفُسِهِمۡ
قَالُواْ
فِيمَ
كُنتُمۡۖ
قَالُواْ
كُنَّا
مُسۡتَضۡعَفِينَ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
قَالُوٓاْ
أَلَمۡ
تَكُنۡ
أَرۡضُ
ٱللَّهِ
وَٰسِعَةٗ
فَتُهَاجِرُواْ
فِيهَاۚ
فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
مَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ
جَهَنَّمُۖ
وَسَآءَتۡ
مَصِيرًا
٩٧
When the angels seize the souls of those who have wronged themselves1—scolding them, “What was wrong with you?” they will reply, “We were oppressed in the land.” The angels will respond, “Was Allah’s earth not spacious enough for you to emigrate?” It is they who will have Hell as their home—what an evil destination!
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A believer naturally wants a free environment where his believing personality may find full opportunities to express itself. If he finds the environment unfavourable, he had better change his surroundings. This change of place is called hijrah (emigration). Thus, in the real spirit of hijrah, one should remove oneself from an unfavourable to a favourable situation. Let us take the example of a person who is associated with an organisation which is dominated by certain personalities. He realises that he may exist there only as a glorifier of those personalities and not as a glorifier of God. Now, if for the sake of self-interest he compromises with that atmosphere and fails to proclaim the truth as he sees it, and then, still in the same state, he breathes his last, it might be said that in that case, he had perpetrated an injustice against his soul.

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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