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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 256

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Without diacritics

لا اكراه في الدين قد تبين الرشد من الغي فمن يكفر بالطاغوت ويؤمن بالله فقد استمسك بالعروة الوثقى لا انفصام لها والله سميع عليم

Let there be no compulsion In religion: Truth stands out Clear from Error: whoever Rejects Evil and believes In God hath grasped The most trustworthy Hand-hold, that never breaks. And God heareth And knoweth all things.

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  • Verse 256 of 286
  • Juz 3
  • Page 42

Word by word

  1. لَآ(There is) nolā
  2. إِكْرَاهَcompulsionik'rāha
  3. فِىinfī
  4. ٱلدِّينِ ۖthe religionl-dīni
  5. قَدSurelyqad
  6. تَّبَيَّنَhas become distincttabayyana
  7. ٱلرُّشْدُthe right (path)l-rush'du
  8. مِنَfrommina
  9. ٱلْغَىِّ ۚthe wrongl-ghayi
  10. فَمَنThen whoeverfaman
  11. يَكْفُرْdisbelievesyakfur
  12. بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِin false deitiesbil-ṭāghūti
  13. وَيُؤْمِنۢand believeswayu'min
  14. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  15. فَقَدِthen surelyfaqadi
  16. ٱسْتَمْسَكَhe graspedis'tamsaka
  17. بِٱلْعُرْوَةِthe handhold bil-ʿur'wati
  18. ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ[the] firml-wuth'qā
  19. لَا(which) notlā
  20. ٱنفِصَامَ(will) breakinfiṣāma
  21. لَهَا ۗ[for it]lahā
  22. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  23. سَمِيعٌ(is) All-Hearingsamīʿun
  24. عَلِيمٌAll-Knowingʿalīmun

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