The migration of the Holy Prophetsa and his companions was not a leisurly journey for the purpose of travel and tourism. Rather, this journey was a result of the inhumane persecution of the Quraish, which the Muslims were being victimized to for years upon years. Finally, the Muslims and their beloved master were compelled to leave their homeland. To accurately evaluate the persecution that Muslims were made to bear during these initial thirteen years, at the hands of the Quraish and their allies, is impossible. This much can be said: that in an ignorant and free country like Arabia, in the fervour and commotion of their enmity, a barbaric and arrogant people like the Quraish inflicted as much persecution upon the weak and helpless Muslims as possible to disgrace the Muslims. They were laughed and mocked at, they were hurtfully reproached and taunted, and vile curse words were used against them. They were prohibited from the worship of God, and they were forcefully stopped from the announcement of His Unity. Attempts were made to separate them from their beloved and adored master. They were hit and beaten mercilessly and some were martyred barbarically. Their women were disgraced. Firm intent was set to destroy them by starvation through a boycott. They were stripped of their wealth and assets, to the extent that they were compelled to flee their homeland, and those who stayed did so with rocks on their breast. Then, their master and chief, who was more dear to them than their own lives was given the most relentless of anguish, and was openly given physical injury, and rocks were thrown at him, until his body was drenched in blood, and finally a scheme for his assassination was planned. A scheme in which all the tribes of the Quraish were involved, and every tribe became prepared to taint its dirty hands with his holy blood. Moreover, they were firmly set to uproot the flower of Islām. Hence, was it a minor journey for the Holy Prophetsa and his companions to migrate as a result of these atrocities, such as it would have gone in vain, and the jealousy of the most jealous God would not have been excited? Nay, in the migration was a clear indication from God that now the goblet of the persecution of the Quraish has been satiated, and the time has now come for the tyrant to receive the full recompense of its evil.