Quran Verses about Tolerance

لَآ إِكۡرَاهَ فِي ٱلدِّينِۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشۡدُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَيِّۚ فَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَيُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسۡتَمۡسَكَ بِٱلۡعُرۡوَةِ ٱلۡوُثۡقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَاۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٥٦

Lā ikrāha fid-dīn, qad tabayyanar-rushdu minal-ghayy, famay yakfur biṭ-ṭāghūti wa yuʾmim billāhi faqadistamsaka bil-ʿurwatil-wuthqā lanfiṣāma lahā, wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīm.

There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become distinct from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in ṭāghūt¹ and believes in Allāh has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

وَلَوۡ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَأٓمَنَ مَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كُلُّهُمۡ جَمِيعًاۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُكۡرِهُ ٱلنَّاسَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٩٩

Wa law shāʾa rabbuka laʾāmana man fil-arḍi kulluhum jamīʿā, afaʾanta tukrihun-nāsa ḥattā yakūnū muʾminīn.

And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed - all of them entirely. Then, [O Muḥammad], would you compel the people in order that they become believers?

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّي وَءَاتَىٰنِي رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَنُلۡزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمۡ لَهَا كَٰرِهُونَ ٢٨

Qāla yāqawmi araʾaytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatim mir rabbī wa ātānī raḥmatam min ʿindihī faʿummiyat ʿalaykum anulzimukumūhā wa antum lahā kārihūn.

He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord while He has given me mercy from Himself but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it?

نَّحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِجَبَّارٖۖ فَذَكِّرۡ بِٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ ٤٥

Naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūn, wa mā anta ʿalayhim bijabbār, fadhakkir bil-qurʾāni may yakhāfu waʿīd.

We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant.¹ But remind by the Qur’ān whoever fears My threat.

فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ٢١

Fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkir.

So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ٢٢

Lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭir.

You are not over them a controller.

لَّا يَنۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يُقَٰتِلُوكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ وَلَمۡ يُخۡرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِكُمۡ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمۡ وَتُقۡسِطُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُقۡسِطِينَ ٨

Lā yanhākumullāhu ʿanil-ladhīna lam yuqātilūkum fid-dīni wa lam yukhrijūkum min diyārikum an tabarrūhum wa tuqsiṭū ilayhim, innallāha yuḥibbul-muqsiṭīn.

Allāh does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allāh loves those who act justly.

إِنَّمَا يَنۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَٰتَلُوكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ وَأَخۡرَجُوكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِكُمۡ وَظَٰهَرُواْ عَلَىٰٓ إِخۡرَاجِكُمۡ أَن تَوَلَّوۡهُمۡۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمۡ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٩

Innamā yanhākumullāhu ʿanil-ladhīna qātalūkum fid-dīni wa akhrajūkum min diyārikum wa ẓāharū ʿalā ikhrājikum an tawallawhum, wa may yatawallahum fa ulāʾika humuẓ-ẓālimūn.

Allāh only forbids you from those who fight you because of religion and expel you from your homes and aid in your expulsion - [forbids] that you make allies¹ of them. And whoever makes allies of them, then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

وَلَا تَسُبُّواْ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَسُبُّواْ ٱللَّهَ عَدۡوَۢا بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖۗ كَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَّا لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ عَمَلَهُمۡ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِم مَّرۡجِعُهُمۡ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٠٨

Wa lā tasubbul-ladhīna yadʿūna min dūnillāhi fayasubbullāha ʿadwam bighayri ʿilm, kadhālika zayyannā likulli ummatin ʿamalahum thumma ilā rabbihim marjiʿuhum fayunabbiʾuhum bimā kānū yaʿmalūn.

And do not insult those they invoke other than Allāh, lest they insult Allāh in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do.

فَلِذَٰلِكَ فَٱدۡعُۖ وَٱسۡتَقِمۡ كَمَآ أُمِرۡتَۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعۡ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۖ وَقُلۡ ءَامَنتُ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن كِتَٰبٖۖ وَأُمِرۡتُ لِأَعۡدِلَ بَيۡنَكُمُۖ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمۡۖ لَنَآ أَعۡمَٰلُنَا وَلَكُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلُكُمۡۖ لَا حُجَّةَ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَكُمُۖ ٱللَّهُ يَجۡمَعُ بَيۡنَنَاۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ١٥

Falidhālika fadʿ, wastaqim kamā umirt, wa lā tattabiʿ ahwāʾahum, wa qul āmantu bimā anzalallāhu min kitāb, wa umirtu liʾaʿdila baynakum, allāhu rabbunā wa rabbukum, lanā aʿmālunā wa lakum aʿmālukum, lā ḥujjata baynanā wa baynakum, allāhu yajmaʿu baynanā, wa ilayhil-maṣīr.

So to that [religion of Allāh] invite, [O Muḥammad],¹ and remain on a right course as you are commanded and do not follow their inclinations but say, "I have believed in what Allāh has revealed of scripture [i.e., the Qur’ān], and I have been commanded to do justice among you. Allāh is our Lord and your Lord. For us are our deeds, and for you your deeds.² There is no [need for] argument between us and you.³ Allāh will bring us together, and to Him is the [final] destination."

قُلۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ١

Qul yāʾayyuhal-kāfirūn.

Say, "O disbelievers,

لَآ أَعۡبُدُ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٢

Lā aʿbudu mā taʿbudūn.

I do not worship what you worship.

وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٣

Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud.

Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.

وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٞ مَّا عَبَدتُّمۡ ٤

Wa lā ana ʿābidum mā ʿabadttum.

Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.

وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٥

Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud.

Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.

لَكُمۡ دِينُكُمۡ وَلِيَ دِينِ ٦

Lakum dīnukum waliya dīn.

For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."