Quran 2:256 — Al-Baqara, verse 256
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is no compulsion in religion: true guidance has become distinct from error, so whoever rejects false gods and believes in God has grasped the firmest hand-hold, one that will never break. God is all hearing and all knowing.
لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ ۖ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىٰ لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
lā ik'rāha fī l-dīni qad tabayyana l-rush'du mina l-ghayi faman yakfur bil-ṭāghūti wayu'min bil-lahi faqadi is'tamsaka bil-ʿur'wati l-wuth'qā lā infiṣāma lahā wal-lahu samīʿun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- No compulsion is there in religion. Rectitude has become clear from error. So whosoever disbelieves in idols and believes in God, has laid hold of the most firm handle, unbreaking; God is All-hearing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- THERE SHALL BE no coercion in matters of faith. Distinct has now become the right way from [the way of] error: hence, he who rejects the powers of evil and believes in God has indeed taken hold of a support most unfailing, which shall never give way: for God is all-hearing, all-knowing.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَآlā | (There is) no | — |
| 2 | إِكْرَاهَik'rāha | compulsion | كره |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلدِّينِ ۖl-dīni | the religion | دين |
| 5 | قَدqad | Surely | — |
| 6 | تَّبَيَّنَtabayyana | has become distinct | بين |
| 7 | ٱلرُّشْدُl-rush'du | the right (path) | رشد |
| 8 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 9 | ٱلْغَىِّ ۚl-ghayi | the wrong | غوي |
| 10 | فَمَنfaman | Then whoever | — |
| 11 | يَكْفُرْyakfur | disbelieves | كفر |
| 12 | بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِbil-ṭāghūti | in false deities | طغي |
| 13 | وَيُؤْمِنۢwayu'min | and believes | أمن |
| 14 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 15 | فَقَدِfaqadi | then surely | — |
| 16 | ٱسْتَمْسَكَis'tamsaka | he grasped | مسك |
| 17 | بِٱلْعُرْوَةِbil-ʿur'wati | the handhold | عرو |
| 18 | ٱلْوُثْقَىٰl-wuth'qā | [the] firm | وثق |
| 19 | لَاlā | (which) not | — |
| 20 | ٱنفِصَامَinfiṣāma | (will) break | فصم |
| 21 | لَهَا ۗlahā | [for it] | — |
| 22 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 23 | سَمِيعٌsamīʿun | (is) All-Hearing | سمع |
| 24 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | All-Knowing | علم |