As I mentioned in an earlier chapter, traveling and visiting various lands brings happiness to the soul.
“Say:’Behold all that is in the heavens and the earth.'”
(Quran 10:101)
“Have they not traveled through the earth and seen…”
(Quran 12:109)
“Say:’Travel in the land and see…'”
(Qur’an 29:20)
Whoever reads Ibn Batoota’s book of travels – exaggerations notwithstanding – will be amazed with Allah’s creation. Traveling and reading the open book of creation are means by which the believer grasps many morals and lessons.
“So travel freely…”
(Quran 9:2)
“Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun…”
(Qur’an 18:86)
“‘I will not give up [traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or [until] I spend years and years in traveling.”
(Qur’an 18:60)
[SOURCE: Laa Tahzaan – Don’t Be Sad]
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