They are two lonely, persecuted companions. They left a place they knew and went to an unknown place they knew nothing about. They did not carry the food and drink travelers usually carry, but rather carried with them the most precious thing a human being can carry: faith in God Almighty and certainty of an imminent victory from the Almighty. The specter of death hovers around them, and swords clang in their ears. Fear creeps into the heart of one of them, and his companion, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, responds to reassure his heart: “What do you think of two people when God is their third?”!!
“Do not be sad, indeed Allah is with us.” At-Tawbah (40) With this steadfastness, the historic journey of light began, and with this precious provision the Muhajirun were provided. A journey that began as an escape from polytheism and its people, and ended in a great victory, the nucleus of a great civilization, whose light illuminated the world for many centuries and continues to do so. Every morning we deal with the Hijri calendar, we read it in the newspapers, we write it down in our notebooks and blackboards without pausing to consider it even for a moment. Why shouldn’t it serve as a daily alarm that rings in our ears to plant steadfastness in our hearts, reminding us of that luminous journey, and that we are the followers of this great, steadfast Prophet and the descendants of that civilization? It would then become an incentive for us to cling more and more to our religion, nourish our pride in our civilization, and support our steadfastness in the face of our enemies. Then we in turn plant this in the souls of our children, who face all forms of invasion that target them day and night. O Allah, You Who turns hearts and sights, make our hearts firm upon Your religion. May God bless your beloved, our master Muhammad, and Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, the leader of the Muslims, and be pleased with them all and with us with them, O Lord of the worlds.