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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 256of 286

لَآ إِكْرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَىِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ﴿٢٥٦﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

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.

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

No Compulsion in ReligionAllah said,لاَ إِكْرَاهَ فِى الدِّينِ(There is no compulsion in religion), meaning, "Do not force anyone to become Muslim, for Islam is plain and clear, and its proofs and evidence are plain and clear. Therefore, there is no need to force anyone to embrace Islam. Rather, whoever Allah directs to Islam, opens his heart for it and enlightens his mind, will embrace Islam with certainty.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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