256

Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 256

Quran 2:256 · The Cow · Medinan · Juz 3

2:256

Arabic

لَآ اِكْرَاهَ فِى الدِّيْنِۗ قَدْ تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَنْ يَّكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوْتِ وَيُؤْمِنْۢ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقٰى لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗوَاللّٰهُ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ ۝٢٥٦

Transliteration

Lā ikrōha fid-dīn, qot tabayyanar-rusydu minal-ghoyy, famay yakfur biṭ-ṭōghūti wa yu'mim billāhi fa qodistamsaka bil-‘urwatil-wuṡqō, lanfiṣōma lahā, wallāhu samī‘un ‘alīm

Meaning

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.

Surah Al-Baqarah verse 256 (Quran 2:256) is verse 256 of the 286 verses of Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), a Medinan surah that is number 2 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 3.

Read more comfortably in the app Quran Mushaf Tanpa Iklan Install

Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).