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Wide Earth
\r\n Al-Zumar (The Throngs) - Chapter 39: Verse 10

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\"Say: You servants of Mine who believe! Fear your Lord! Those who do good in this world will have a good reward. Wide is God's earth. Those who are patient in adversity will be given their reward in full, beyond reckoning."

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A good deed in this present life, which is short and flimsy, is repaid with something good in the life to come, which is everlasting. This is certainly an act of God’s grace. He knows man’s weakness and small effort, so He repays him generously and takes care of him.

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Your love of your land where you have relatives and friends should not prevent you from seeking a different abode if your own area is hostile to your faith and you cannot do well there. To stick to your place of habitat in such a case could present an opening for Satan. It could become a form of attributing equals to God, even though it might not be felt in this way. This is a fine point indicating that polytheism can subtly creep into our hearts. It is given within the context of belief in God’s oneness and fearing Him. It should be seen as evidence of the source of the Quran. No one can deal in this way with the human heart except the One who created it and knows what has an effect on it and how.

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God, the Creator of mankind, knows that leaving one’s land is hard. It involves abandoning one’s relatives and the people with whom one has close ties, leaving the place where one can easily find work and earn a living, to go to a new place where one is a stranger. This is not an easy thing for anyone. Hence, the surah refers here to patience in adversity and how it is generously rewarded by God. Thus, God’s servants feel His care and are touched as they see that when they have to undertake something hard God turns to them with care and grace. He opens for them what compensates for land, country, family and relatives, giving them a reward without count.

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All praise is due to God who knows all that affects a human heart and is fully aware of every thought that finds its way into his mind.

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Compiled From:
\r\n \"In The Shade Of The Quran\" - Sayyid Qutb, Volume 14, pp. 419, 420

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