The Pilgrimage
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[22:58]
AND AS FOR those who forsake the domain of evil [and strive] in God’s cause, and then are slain or die – God will most certainly provide for them a goodly sustenance [in the life to come]: for, verily, God – He alone – is the best of providers;

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* v.58 : For this rendering of the phrase alladhīna hājarū, see note 203 on 2:218. The subsequent mention of “those who strive in God’s cause, and then are slain or die” connects with the reference, in verses 39-40, to God’s permission to the believers to fight in defence of their faith and liberty. The extreme merit of the self-sacrifice involved is stressed in several Qur’anic passages, and particularly in 4:95-96; hence, it has also a bearing on the Day of Judgment spoken of in the preceding passage.