put. Furthermore, there is the story of Dhul-Qarnain (The Two Horned One), the powerful ruler of west  and east. This story says explicitly that Allâh takes His righteous servants to inherit the earth and  whatever in it. It also speaks that Allâh raises a righteous man every now and then to protect the  weak  against the strong.
Sûrah Az-Zumar (Chapter 39 — The Crowds) was then revealed pointing directly to migration and  stating that the earth is spacious enough and the believers must not consider themselves constrained  by the forces of tyranny and evil:
"Good is (the reward) for those who do good in this world, and Allâhs  ' earth is spacious (so if you  cannot worship Allâh at a place, then go to another)! Only those who are patient shall receive  their rewards in full without reckoning." 39:10.
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) had already known that Ashamah Negus, king of Abyssinia
(Ethiopia),  was a fair ruler who would not wrong any of his subordinates, so he permitted some of his followers to  seek asylum there in Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
In Rajab of the fifth year of Prophethood, a group of twelve men and four women left for Abyssinia
(Ethiopia). Among the emigrants were U ' thman bin 'Affan and his wife Ruqaiyah the d aughter of the
Prophet (Peace be upon him). With respect to these two emigrants, the Prophet (Peace be upon him)  said:
"They are the first people to migrate in the cause of Allâh after Abraham and Lot (Peace be upon  them) ."
They sneaked out of Makkah under the heavy curtain of a dark night and headed for the sea where  two  boats happened to be sailing for Abyssinia (Ethiopia), their destination. News of their intended  departure reached the ears of Quraish, so some men were despatched in their pursuit, but the  believers  had already left Shuaibah Port towards their secure haven where they were received warmly and  accorded due hospitality.
In Ramadan of the same year, the Prophet (Peace be upon him) went into the Holy Sanctuary where  there was a large host of Quraish polytheists, including some notables and celebrities. Suddenly he  began reciting Sûrah An-Najm (Chapter 41 — The Star). The awe-inspiring Words of Allâh descended  unawares upon them and they immediately got stunned by them. It was the first time for them to be  shocked by the truthful Revelation. It had formerly been the favourite trick of those people who  wished  to dishonour Revelation, not only not to listen to it themselves but also to talk loudly and insolently  when it was being read, so that even the true listeners may not be able to hear. They used to think  that  they were drowning the Voice of Allâh; in fact, they were piling up misery for themselves, for Allâhs '
Voice can never be silenced, "And those who disbelieve say:
"Listen not to this Qur'ân, and make noise in the midst of its (recitation) that you may  overcome." 41:26.
When the unspeakably fascinating Words of Allâh came into direct contact with their hearts, they were  entranced and got oblivious of the materialistic world around them and were caught in a state of full  attentiveness to the Divine Words to such an extent that when the Prophet (Peace be upon him)  reached the stormy heart-beating ending:
"So fall you down in prostration to Allâh and worship Him (Alone)." 53:62
The idolaters, unconsciously and with full compliance, prostrated themselves in absolute god-fearing  and stainless devotion. It was in fact the wonderful moment of the Truth that cleaved through the  obdurate souls of the haughty and the attitude of the scoffers. They stood aghast when they perceived  that Allâhs  ' Words had conquered their hearts and done the same thing that they had been trying hard  to annihilate and exterminate. Their co-polytheists who had not been present on the scene reproached  and blamed them severely; consequently they began to fabricate lies and calumniate the Prophet
(Peace be upon him) alleging that he had attached to their idols great veneration and ascribed to  them  the power of desirable intercession. All of these were desperate attempts made to establish an  excusable justification for their prostrating themselves with the Prophet (Peace be upon him) on that  day. Of course, this foolish and iniquitous slanderous behaviour was in line with their life-consecrated  practice of telling lies and plot hatching.
News of this incident was misreported to the Muslim emigrants in Abyssinia (Ethiopia). They were