The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:221
وَلَا
تَنكِحُوا
الْمُشْرِكَاتِ
حَتَّى
يُؤْمِنَّ
وَلَأَمَةٌ
مُّؤْمِنَةٌ
خَيْرٌ
مِّن
مُّشْرِكَةٍ
وَلَوْ
أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ
وَلَا
تُنكِحُوا
الْمُشْرِكِينَ
حَتَّى
يُؤْمِنُوا
وَلَعَبْدٌ
مُّؤْمِنٌ
خَيْرٌ
مِّن
مُّشْرِكٍ
وَلَوْ
أَعْجَبَكُمْ
أُولَئِكَ
يَدْعُونَ
إِلَى
النَّارِ
وَاللَّهُ
يَدْعُو
إِلَى
الْجَنَّةِ
وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ
بِإِذْنِهِ
وَيُبَيِّنُ
آيَاتِهِ
لِلنَّاسِ
لَعَلَّهُمْ
يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
wa-lā tankiḥū l-mushrikāti ḥattā yuʾminna wa-la-ʾamatun muʾminatun khayrun min mushrikatin wa-law ʾaʿjabatkum wa-lā tunkiḥū l-mushrikīna ḥattā yuʾminū wa-la-ʿabdun muʾminun khayrun min mushrikin wa-law ʾaʿjabakum ʾulāʾika yadʿūna ʾilā n-nāri wa-llāhu yadʿū ʾilā l-jannati wa-l-maghfirati bi-ʾidhnihī wa-yubayyinu ʾāyātihī li-n-nāsi laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna
Do not marry pagan women unless they believe in God. A believing slave girl is better than an idolater, even though the idolaters may attract you. Do not marry pagan men unless they believe in God. A believing slave is better than an idolater, even though the idolater may attract you. The pagans invite you to the fire, but God invites you to Paradise and forgiveness through His will. God shows His evidence to people so that they may take heed.
