Commentary
And when the migration was extremely bitter because it involved parting from the beloved familiar of family, homeland, and wealth, and death encompassed all of this with an increase, he affirmed this by reminding and warning against abandoning migration: "Every soul will taste death." That is, parting from all that it is accustomed to, even the body it has long worn and found comfort in, and if it obeys its Lord, it will save itself, and obedience will not diminish anything from its appointed time. Otherwise, it will ruin itself, and disobedience will not increase anything from its appointed time. So if a person realizes that he has died, migration becomes easy for him. For if he does not part from some of his familiar things through it, he will part from all of his familiar things [by death]. And death is mentioned in something difficult except that it makes it easy, and in something easy except that it makes it difficult and burdensome.
And when he made the matter of migration easy, he warned those who were content in their religion with a type of deficiency regarding some things, urging them to prepare with utmost effort for provision for the Hereafter. He said: "Then to Us" despite Our greatness, not to others, "you will be returned" in the easiest manner, so He will reward each of you for what you have done.
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