# Quran 2:256 — Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), Verse 256

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
لَآ إِكۡرَاهَ فِي ٱلدِّينِۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشۡدُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَيِّۚ فَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَيُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسۡتَمۡسَكَ بِٱلۡعُرۡوَةِ ٱلۡوُثۡقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَاۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
لَاۤ اِكْرَاهَ فِی الدِّیْنِ قَدْ تَّبَیَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَیِّ فَمَنْ یَّكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوْتِ وَیُؤْمِنْ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقٰی لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا وَاللّٰهُ سَمِیْعٌ عَلِیْمٌ ۟

## Transliteration
Laaa ikraaha fid deeni qat tabiyanar rushdu minal ghayy; famai yakfur bit Taaghooti wa yu'mim billaahi faqadis tamsaka bil'urwatil wusqaa lan fisaama lahaa; wallaahu Samee'un 'Aleem

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> 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.

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah 2:256 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

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