Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 256
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لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ ۖ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىٰ لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Translation by words
- لَآ
- (There is) no
- إِكْرَاهَ
- compulsion
- فِى
- in
- ٱلدِّينِ
- the religion.
- قَد
- Surely
- تَّبَيَّنَ
- has become distinct
- ٱلرُّشْدُ
- the right (path)
- مِنَ
- from
- ٱلْغَىِّ
- the wrong.
- فَمَن
- Then whoever
- يَكْفُرْ
- disbelieves
- بِٱلطَّٰغُوتِ
- in false deities
- وَيُؤْمِنۢ
- and believes
- بِٱللَّهِ
- in Allah,
- فَقَدِ
- then surely
- ٱسْتَمْسَكَ
- he grasped
- بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ
- the handhold -
- ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ
- [the] firm,
- لَا
- (which) not
- ٱنفِصَامَ
- (will) break
- لَهَا
- [for it].
- وَٱللَّهُ
- And Allah
- سَمِيعٌ
- (is) All-Hearing,
- عَلِيمٌ
- All-Knowing.
There shall be no compulsion in (acceptance of) the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
2:256
Translation: Saheeh International