Whoever emigrates in the way of God will find in the earth many refuges and abundance; whoever goes forth from his house as an emigrant to God and His Messenger and then death overtakes him his wage is then incumbent upon God; surely God is ever Forgiving Merciful. Whoever emigrates in [the way of] God from what is other than God and sets aright his direction to God finds ample space in the courtyard of generosity a resting place in the shelter of welcome and a spacious life under the wing of nearness. The emigrant in the truest sense is who- ever emigrates from his lower self and personal whim. This can only be accomplished through the abandonment of everything he desires. Whoever directs himself to [God] but does not reach Him before his time comes-he cannot but end up on the plains of communion with Him. There will be no resting place for his spirit other than the homelands of nearness to Him.
