Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 221

  1. وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنَّ ۚ وَلَأَمَةٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ ۗ وَلَا تُنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا ۚ وَلَعَبْدٌ مُؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ ۗ أُولَٰئِكَ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ ۖ وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِإِذْنِهِ ۖ وَيُبَيِّنُ آيَاتِهِ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    Translation by words

    وَلَا
    And (do) not
    تَنكِحُوا۟
    [you] marry
    ٱلْمُشْرِكَٰتِ
    [the] polytheistic women
    حَتَّىٰ
    until
    يُؤْمِنَّ
    they believe.
    وَلَأَمَةٌ
    And a bondwoman
    مُّؤْمِنَةٌ
    (who is) believing
    خَيْرٌ
    (is) better
    مِّن
    than
    مُّشْرِكَةٍ
    a polytheistic woman
    وَلَوْ
    [and] even if
    أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ
    she pleases you.
    وَلَا
    And (do) not
    تُنكِحُوا۟
    give in marriage (your women)
    ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
    (to) [the] polytheistic men
    حَتَّىٰ
    until
    يُؤْمِنُوا۟
    they believe,
    وَلَعَبْدٌ
    and a bondman
    مُّؤْمِنٌ
    (who is) believing
    خَيْرٌ
    (is) better
    مِّن
    than
    مُّشْرِكٍ
    a polytheistic man
    وَلَوْ
    [and] even if
    أَعْجَبَكُمْ
    he pleases you.
    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
    [Those]
    يَدْعُونَ
    they invite
    إِلَى
    to
    ٱلنَّارِ
    the Fire,
    وَٱللَّهُ
    and Allah
    يَدْعُوٓا۟
    invites
    إِلَى
    to
    ٱلْجَنَّةِ
    Paradise
    وَٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ
    and [the] forgiveness
    بِإِذْنِهِۦ
    by His permission.
    وَيُبَيِّنُ
    And He makes clear
    ءَايَٰتِهِۦ
    His Verses
    لِلنَّاسِ
    for the people
    لَعَلَّهُمْ
    so that they may
    يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
    take heed.

    And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men (to your women) until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite (you) to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses to the people that perhaps they may remember.

    2:221

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow)