Al-Baqarah 2:256

Juz 3 · Page 42

2:256

لَآ إِكْرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَىِّ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَا وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Context

“There is no compulsion in religion”

256

According to the reports, in the pre-Islamic period some Medinan women whose children did not survive would vow that if a child lived they would raise him as a Jew; for this reason some children of Ansar families had grown up as Jews among the Banu Nadir. When the Banu Nadir were expelled from Medina, the Ansar said, “We will not leave our children; we will force them to become Muslims.” Thereupon the verse “There is no compulsion in religion” was revealed, and those children who wished were allowed to leave with the tribe, while those who wished could stay.

Ebû Dâvûd 2682; Vâhidî, Esbâbü'n-Nüzûl

Revelation context of the surah

Surah-wide

Al-Baqarah was the first surah revealed in Medina, coming down in portions over an extended period beginning in the first years after the Hijra. Its main context is the founding of the Muslim community in Medina, relations with the People of the Book (especially the Jewish tribes), the conduct of the hypocrites, and the change of the qibla (2 AH). It contains foundational legislation on fasting, pilgrimage, family law and the prohibition of usury; the usury verses are reported to be among the last revealed.

Klasik tefsir mukaddimeleri; Buhârî ve Müslim rivayetleri

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