There is no compulsion in religion
لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ
"There shall be no compulsion in religion. The right course has become distinct from the wrong."
Context
One of the most cited verses in any discussion of religious freedom in Islam. Ibn Kathīr and al-Qurṭubī both treated it extensively in their tafsīr.
What the classical scholars said.
Passages from our audiobook library that reference this verse, its theme, or its vocabulary.
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"for Allah grants worldly gain through religion, but does not give religion through worldly means."
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"something for your religion and benefit, or one to whom you teach something for his religion"
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"upon people when none will maintain his religion except one who flees with his religion from"
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"I left the people's world and their religion occupied with your remembrance, O my religion"
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"from a source undesirable in religion. Thus, the law of religion should be the criterion"
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"If his quest is for knowledge in religion or sufficiency aiding in religion, he belongs"
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"deviate from God's religion. When he said, She is my sister, he meant in the religion"
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"religion except generosity and good character, so beautify your religion with both."
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"The sixth is if she is from the people of the book but embraced their religion, after alteration or after the mission of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and she is not from the lineage of the children of Israel."
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"Then to Cairo, where we learned that our master, the commander of the faithful and the supporter of religion, al-Mutawakkil al-Rab al-Alamin Abu Inan, may Allah support him,"
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"Tunis was under the rule of our master, the emir of the Muslims, and the supporter of religion, the fighter in the way of the lord of the worlds,"
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"In terms of religion, when you envy someone, you wrong them, especially if your envy leads you to backbite, defame, or expose their faults."
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"Perhaps you envy a man of knowledge and wish that he would err in the religion of Allah, so his mistakes would be exposed, disgracing him."
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"Elevates the word of faith over idols grants victory to the allies of Allah and makes the true religion triumph over falsehood"
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"there are eight, religion, character, beauty, light dowry, fertility, virginity, lineage, and not being a close relative."
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"If she is corrupt in her religion by squandering his wealth or in any other way, life will remain disturbed with her."
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"We have entered morning upon the natural disposition of Islam, the word of sincerity, upon the religion"
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"Understand that faith sometimes refers specifically to belief in the principles of religion, sometimes"
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