The Cow · Medinan
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 is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error; therefore, whoever disbelieves in the Shaitan and believes in Allah he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handle, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.”
Al-Baqarah 2:256
M.H. Shakir
More Translations
دین میں کسی طرح کا جبر نہیں ہے. ہدایت گمراہی سے الگ اور واضح ہوچکی ہے. اب جو شخص بھی طاغوت کا انکار کرکے اللہ پر ایمان لے آئے وہ اس کی مضبوط رسّی سے متمسک ہوگیا ہے جس کے ٹوٹنے کا امکان نہیں ہے اور خدا سمیع بھی ہے اور علیم بھی ہے
Syed Zeeshan Haider Jawadi · UR
کار دین به اجبار نیست، تحقیقا راه هدایت و ضلالت بر همه کس روشن گردیده، پس هر که از راه کفر و سرکشی دیو رهزن برگردد و به راه ایمان به خدا گراید بیگمان به رشته محکم و استواری چنگ زده که هرگز نخواهد گسست، و خداوند (به هر چه خلق گویند و کنند) شنوا و داناست.
Mahdi Ilahi Ghomshei · FA
There is no compulsion in religion. Certainly, right has become clearly distinct from wrong. Whoever rejects the devil and believes in God has firmly taken hold of a strong handle that never breaks. God is All-hearing and knowing.
Muhammad Sarwar · EN
Tafsir
There is no compulsion in religion — the right way has become distinct from the wrong way. This verse establishes one of Islams foundational principles: faith cannot be coerced. The — true belief is an internal state that external force cannot produce.Whoever disbelieves in false deities and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that never breaks.' The 'trustworthy handhold(al-urwah al-wuthqa) is interpreted by this tradition as referring to the Wilayah of — the unbreakable connection between the believer and Allahs appointed guide.
— Reflection, TathirQuran reflection — pending scholarly review