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Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 100
۞ وَمَن يُهَاجِرْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ يَجِدْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُرَٰغَمًا كَثِيرًا وَسَعَةً ۚ وَمَن يَخْرُجْ مِنۢ بَيْتِهِۦ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكْهُ ٱلْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا ﴿100﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He who emigrates (from his home) in the Cause of Allâh, will find on earth many dwelling places and plenty to live by. And whosoever leaves his home as an emigrant unto Allâh and His Messenger, and death overtakes him, his reward is then surely incumbent upon Allâh. And Allâh is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يُهَاجِرْ
yuhājir
emigrates
فِى
fī
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
يَجِدْ
yajid
will find
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
مُرَٰغَمًۭا
murāghaman
place(s) of refuge
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
وَسَعَةًۭ ۚ
wasaʿatan
and abundance
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَخْرُجْ
yakhruj
leaves
مِنۢ
min
from
بَيْتِهِۦ
baytihi
his home
مُهَاجِرًا
muhājiran
(as) an emigrant
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦ
warasūlihi
and His Messenger
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُدْرِكْهُ
yud'rik'hu
overtakes him
ٱلْمَوْتُ
l-mawtu
[the] death
فَقَدْ
faqad
then certainly
وَقَعَ
waqaʿa
(became) incumbent
أَجْرُهُۥ
ajruhu
his reward
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
Allah
وَكَانَ
wakāna
And is
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
غَفُورًۭا
ghafūran
Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمًۭا
raḥīman
Most Merciful
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
10. 1. In this, there is encouragement for migration and instruction to keep distance from the polytheists. مُرَاغَمَا means place, residence, or refuge, and سَعَۃَ refers to the abundance and spaciousness of sustenance or lands and countries.
10. 2. In this, there is assurance of reward according to intention, even if, due to death, one is unable to complete the action. As in the previous verses, the incident of the killer of one hundred people is mentioned in the hadith. He was going to a town of righteous people for repentance when he died on the way. And Allah made the town of the righteous closer to him than the other town, because of which the angels of mercy took him with them. Similarly, whoever sets out from home with the intention of migration but dies on the way, he will receive the reward of migration from Allah, even if he could not complete the act of migration, as it is also mentioned in the hadith: The Prophet ﷺ said, (Innamal a'malu bin-niyyat) Actions are based on intentions, "Wa innama likulli imri'in ma nawa" For every person is what he intended. "Whoever migrated for Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, then his migration is for Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, and whoever migrated for worldly gain or to marry a woman, then his migration is for that for which he migrated." (Sahih Bukhari, Book of the Beginning of Revelation, and Muslim, Book of Leadership) This ruling is general and includes every act of religion. That is, if while doing it, Allah's pleasure is intended, then it will be accepted, otherwise it will be rejected.
10. 2. In this, there is assurance of reward according to intention, even if, due to death, one is unable to complete the action. As in the previous verses, the incident of the killer of one hundred people is mentioned in the hadith. He was going to a town of righteous people for repentance when he died on the way. And Allah made the town of the righteous closer to him than the other town, because of which the angels of mercy took him with them. Similarly, whoever sets out from home with the intention of migration but dies on the way, he will receive the reward of migration from Allah, even if he could not complete the act of migration, as it is also mentioned in the hadith: The Prophet ﷺ said, (Innamal a'malu bin-niyyat) Actions are based on intentions, "Wa innama likulli imri'in ma nawa" For every person is what he intended. "Whoever migrated for Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, then his migration is for Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, and whoever migrated for worldly gain or to marry a woman, then his migration is for that for which he migrated." (Sahih Bukhari, Book of the Beginning of Revelation, and Muslim, Book of Leadership) This ruling is general and includes every act of religion. That is, if while doing it, Allah's pleasure is intended, then it will be accepted, otherwise it will be rejected.
