There shall be no compulsion in religion; the right way has become distinct from the wrong way. Whoever renounces evil and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handle, which does not break. Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
Al-Baqarah 2:256
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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
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There shall be no compulsion in religion; the right way has become distinct from the wrong way. Whoever renounces evil and believes in God has grasped the most trustworthy handle, which does not break. God is Hearing and Knowing.
There is no forcing anyone to believe in religion. The right way is clear from the wrong way. Whoever refuses to follow false gods and believes in Allah has held onto the strongest handle, which will never break. Allah hears everything and knows everything.
There is no forcing anyone in religion. The right path has clearly become different from the wrong path. So whoever rejects false gods and believes in Allah has held tightly to the strongest handhold, one that will never break. Allah hears everything and knows everything.
There is no compulsion in religion. Right guidance has become clear from error. So whoever rejects false gods and believes in God has grasped the firmest handhold, one that never breaks. God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Let there be no coercion in religion; the right way has become distinct from the wrong way. Whoever rejects the transgressors, and believes in Allah, has grasped the most trustworthy handle—which never breaks. Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
Let there be no coercion in religion; the right way has become distinct from the wrong way. Whoever rejects the transgressors, and believes in God, has grasped the most trustworthy handle—which never breaks. God is Hearing and Knowing.
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.
There is no compulsion in religion. Verily, the Right Path has become distinct from the wrong path. Whoever disbelieves in Tâghût and believes in Allâh, then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never break. And Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.
There is no compulsion in religion; the right guidance has become distinct from error. Whoever rejects Tāghoot[i.e., false gods] and believes in Allah has indeed grasped the most trustworthy handhold that never breaks. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things.
There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
There shall be no compulsion in religion: true guidance has become distinct from error. But whoever refuses to be led by Satan and believes in God has grasped the strong handhold that will never break. God is all hearing and all knowing.
There is no compulsion and coercion in regard to religion. The right thing has been made distinct from the wrong thing: now whoever rejects taghut and believes in Allah has taken a firm support that never gives way.
There is no compulsion in religion: rectitude has become distinct from error. So one who disavows fake deities and has faith in Allah has held fast to the firmest handle for which there is no breaking; and Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing.
La ikraha fee alddeeni qad tabayyana alrrushdu mina alghayyi faman yakfur bialttaghooti wayumin biAllahi faqadi istamsaka bialAAurwati alwuthqa la infisama laha waAllahu sameeAAun AAaleemun