Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 256
لَآ إِكْرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَىِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become distinct from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in ṭāghūt and believes in Allāh has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Al-Baqarah · 2:256
Word by word
- لَآlā(There is) no
- إِكْرَاهَik'rāhacompulsion
- فِىfīin
- ٱلدِّينِ ۖl-dīnithe religion
- قَدqadSurely
- تَّبَيَّنَtabayyanahas become distinct
- ٱلرُّشْدُl-rush'duthe right (path)
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْغَىِّ ۚl-ghayithe wrong
- فَمَنfamanThen whoever
- يَكْفُرْyakfurdisbelieves
- بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِbil-ṭāghūtiin false deities
- وَيُؤْمِنۢwayu'minand believes
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
- فَقَدِfaqadithen surely
- ٱسْتَمْسَكَis'tamsakahe grasped
- بِٱلْعُرْوَةِbil-ʿur'watithe handhold
- ٱلْوُثْقَىٰl-wuth'qā[the] firm
- لَاlā(which) not
- ٱنفِصَامَinfiṣāma(will) break
- لَهَا ۗlahā[for it]
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearing
- عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing
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