Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), Verse 221

وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكٰتِ حَتّٰی یُؤْمِنَّ وَلَاَمَةٌ مُّؤْمِنَةٌ خَیْرٌ مِّنْ مُّشْرِكَةٍ وَّلَوْ اَعْجَبَتْكُمْ وَلَا تُنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكِیْنَ حَتّٰی یُؤْمِنُوْا وَلَعَبْدٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ خَیْرٌ مِّنْ مُّشْرِكٍ وَّلَوْ اَعْجَبَكُمْ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ یَدْعُوْنَ اِلَی النَّارِ وَاللّٰهُ یَدْعُوْۤا اِلَی الْجَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِاِذْنِهٖ وَیُبَیِّنُ اٰیٰتِهٖ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ 

Wa laatankihul mushrikaati hattaa yu'minn; wa la amatum mu'minatun khairum mim mushrikatinw wa law a'jabatkum; wa laa tunkihul mushrikeena hattaa yu'minoo; wa la'abdummu'minun khairum mimmushrikinw wa law 'ajabakum; ulaaa'ika yad'oona ilan Naari wallaahu yad'ooo ilal Jannati walmaghfirati biiznihee wa yubaiyinu Aayaatihee linnaasi la'allahum yatazakkaroon

Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.

Quran 2:221 (Yusuf Ali Translation)

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