41 Preface وَالَّذينَ هاجَروا فِي اللَّهِ مِن بَعدِ ما ظُلِموا لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُم فِي الدُّنيا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَلَأَجرُ الآخِرَةِ أَكبَرُ ۚ لَو كانوا يَعلَمونَYusuf AliTo those who leave their homes in the cause of God, after suffering oppression-1 We will assuredly give a goodly home in this world; but truly the reward of the Hereafter will be greater. If they only realised (this)!There is no merit in suffering exile (hijrah) in itself. To have any merit, it must be: (1) in the cause of God, and (2) after such an oppression as forces the sufferer to choose between God and man. When these conditions are fulfilled, the exiles are entitled to the highest honour, as having made a great sacrifice in the cause of God. Such were the early Muslim exiles to Abyssinia; such were the later exiles to Medīna, before the Prophet himself left his home in Mecca and went to Medīna; and such were the exiles who went with the Prophet or followed him. At all these stages, his approval or advice was always obtained, either specifically or generally (Cf. 29:58).