COMPULSION IN RELIGION FORBIDDEN (QUR'AN) THE COW

In the name of G-D, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

254. O you who believe, spend out of what We have given you before the day comes in which there is no bargaining,nor friendship, nor intercession. And the disbelievers---- they are the wrongdoers.

255. Allah (G-D) ------ there is no g-d but He, the Ever-living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist. Slumber overtakes Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them. And they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He pleases. His knowlegde extends over the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of them both tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Great.

256. There is no compulsion in religion----the right way is indeed clearly distinct from error. So whoever disbelieves in the devil and believes in G-D, he indeed lays hold on the firmest handle which shall never break. And G-D is Hearing, Knowing.

257. G-D is the Friend of those who believe--- He brings them out of darkness into light. And those who disbelieve, their friends are the devils who takes them out of the light into the darkness. They are the companions of the Fire; therein they abide.