وَٱلَّذِينَ تَبَوَّءُو ٱلدَّارَ وَٱلۡإِيمَٰنَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ يُحِبُّونَ مَنۡ هَاجَرَ إِلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ فِي صُدُورِهِمۡ حَاجَةٗ مِّمَّآ أُوتُواْ وَيُؤۡثِرُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَلَوۡ كَانَ بِهِمۡ خَصَاصَةٞۚ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفۡسِهِۦ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ
And [also for] those who were settled in al-Madinah and [adopted] the faith before them. They love those who emigrated to them and find not any want in their breasts of what the emigrants were given but give [them] preference over themselves, even though they are in privation. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful
After the hijrah, the Muslims who left their native place and migrated to Madinah were in reality a burden on the inhabitants of Madinah, who were known as ‘helpers’ (ansar). But the helpers open-heartedly welcomed the migrants (muhajirun). Wherever the Prophet of God received any bounty, he shared it out among the migrants. In spite of that the Muslims of Madinah did not bear the migrants any ill-will. Ultimately, they fully acknowledged the migrants’ services to Islam and used to pray for them from the bottom of their hearts. It is such broad-mindedness which will assure a group an honoured place in the annals of history.
رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے بنو نضیر کی جلا وطنی کا اعلان کیا تو منافقین ان کی حمایت پر آگئے۔ انہوں نے بنونضیر سے کہا کہ تم اپنی جگہ جمے رہو، ہم ہر طرح تمہاری مدد کریں گے۔ مگر منافقین کی یہ باتیں محض ان کو مسلمانوں کے خلاف اکسانے کے لیے تھیں۔ وہ اس پیشکش میں ہرگز مخلص نہ تھے۔ چنانچہ جب مسلمانوں نے بنو نضیر کو گھیر لیا تو منافقین میں سے کوئی بھی ان کی مدد پر نہ آیا — مفاد پرست گروہ کا ہر زمانہ میں یہی کردار رہا ہے۔
Maulana does not cite this verse in the lectures indexed so far. The verses of this surah Maulana does cite →