Surah Nahl ayat 41 Tafsir Quran 16:41

﴿وَالَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا فِي اللَّهِ مِن بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَلَأَجْرُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ﴾
[ النحل: 41]

16:41 And those who emigrated for [the cause of] Allah after they had been wronged - We will surely settle them in this world in a good place; but the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if only they could know.

And those who emigrated for God’s cause to establish His religion after they had been wronged through harm those from among the people of Mecca — these were the Prophet s and his Companions — truly We shall lodge them in this world in a goodly lodging namely Medina and the reward of the Hereafter that is Paradise is surely greater grander did they but know that is the disbelievers — or those who stayed behind and did not emigrate — did they but know the honour that belongs to emigrants they would have followed them.

And those who fled their homes and homeland by reason of persecution and emigrated to where they could best serve Allahs cause shall be the recipients of His mercy and blessings. We will confer on them Our prevenient and efficacious grace here; the efficacious grace promised Hereafter is indeed far greater if only they knew

The Reward of the Muhajirin Allah tells us about the reward of those who migrated for His sake, seeking His pleasure, those who left their homeland behind, brothers and friends, hoping for the reward of Allah.
This may have been revealed concerning those who migrated to Ethiopia, those whose persecution at the hands of their own people in Makkah was so extreme that they left them and went to Ethiopia so that they would be able to worship their Lord.
Among the most prominent of these migrants were `Uthman bin `Affan and his wife Ruqayyah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Ja`far bin Abi Talib, the cousin of the Messenger ﷺ, and Abu Salamah bin `Abdul-Asad, among a group of almost eighty sincere and faithful men and women, may Allah be pleased with them.
Allah promised them a great reward in this world and the next.
Allah said: لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِى الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَة ( We will certainly give them good residence in this world, ) Ibn `Abbas, Ash-Sha`bi and Qatadah said: ( this means ) "Al-Madinah." It was also said that it meant "good provision".
This was the opinion of Mujahid.
There is no contradiction between these two opinions, for they left their homes and wealth, but Allah compensated them with something better in this world.
Whoever gives up something for the sake of Allah, Allah compensates him with something that is better for him than that, and this is what happened.
He gave them power throughout the land and caused them to rule over the people, so they became governors and rulers, and each of them became a leader of the pious.
Allah tells us that His reward for the Muhajirin in the Hereafter is greater than that which He gave them in this world, as He says: وَلاّجْرُ الاٌّخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ( but indeed the reward of the Hereafter will be greater ) meaning, greater than that which We have given you in this world. لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ ( if they but knew! ) means, if those who stayed behind and did not migrate with them only knew what Allah prepared for those who obeyed Him and followed His Messenger .
Then Allah describes them as: الَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ( those who remained patient, and put their trust in their Lord. ) ( 16:42 ), meaning, they bore their people's persecution with patience, putting their trust in Allah Who made their end good in this world and the Hereafter.

(16:41) As for those, who after persecution, left their homes for the sake of Allah, We will give them a good abode in this world, but the reward in the Next World is far better. *37 Would that those who have borne oppression with fortitude,

And those who emigrated for [the cause meaning

*37) This is to comfort the Muslim emigrants from Makkah to Habash, who were forced to leave their homes because of the unbearable persecution they suffered at the hands of the disbelievers.
The change of the scene from the disbelievers to the emigrants to Habash contains a subtle warning to the disbelievers that they should not remain under any delusion that they would get off scot-free from punishment for their cruel behaviour towards those Muslims, so as to say, " O cruel people! there shall be Resurrection to reward the oppressed Believers and to punish you for your persecution of them.
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The Reward of the Muhajirin Allah tells us about the reward of those who migrated for His sake, seeking His pleasure, those who left their homeland behind, brothers and friends, hoping for the reward of Allah.
This may have been revealed concerning those who migrated to Ethiopia, those whose persecution at the hands of their own people in Makkah was so extreme that they left them and went to Ethiopia so that they would be able to worship their Lord.
Among the most prominent of these migrants were `Uthman bin `Affan and his wife Ruqayyah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Ja`far bin Abi Talib, the cousin of the Messenger ﷺ, and Abu Salamah bin `Abdul-Asad, among a group of almost eighty sincere and faithful men and women, may Allah be pleased with them.
Allah promised them a great reward in this world and the next.
Allah said: لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِى الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَة ( We will certainly give them good residence in this world, ) Ibn `Abbas, Ash-Sha`bi and Qatadah said: ( this means ) "Al-Madinah." It was also said that it meant "good provision".
This was the opinion of Mujahid.
There is no contradiction between these two opinions, for they left their homes and wealth, but Allah compensated them with something better in this world.
Whoever gives up something for the sake of Allah, Allah compensates him with something that is better for him than that, and this is what happened.
He gave them power throughout the land and caused them to rule over the people, so they became governors and rulers, and each of them became a leader of the pious.
Allah tells us that His reward for the Muhajirin in the Hereafter is greater than that which He gave them in this world, as He says: وَلاّجْرُ الاٌّخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ( but indeed the reward of the Hereafter will be greater ) meaning, greater than that which We have given you in this world. لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ ( if they but knew! ) means, if those who stayed behind and did not migrate with them only knew what Allah prepared for those who obeyed Him and followed His Messenger .
Then Allah describes them as: الَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ( those who remained patient, and put their trust in their Lord. ) ( 16:42 ), meaning, they bore their people's persecution with patience, putting their trust in Allah Who made their end good in this world and the Hereafter.

( And those who became fugitives for the cause of Allah ) in obedience of Allah from Mecca to Medina ( after they had been oppressed ) after being tortured by the people of Mecca; the reference here is to ’Ammar Ibn Yasir, Bilal [ Ibn Rabah ], Suhayb [ al-Rumi ] and their fellow believers, ( We verily shall give them goodly ) an honoured and safe land with lawful gains ( lodging in the world ) in Medina, ( and surely the reward of the Hereafter is greater ) than that of this worldly life, ( if they but knew ) and they did know;

And as for those who emigrated for the Cause of Allah, after suffering oppression, We will certainly give them goodly residence in this world, but indeed the reward of the Hereafter will be greater, if they but knew!

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