إكراه

Arabic

Noun

إِكْرَاه • (ʔikrāh) m

1. verbal noun of أَكْرَهَ (ʔakraha) (form IV)
2. coercion, compulsion
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:256:

     لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي ٱلدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِن بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنْفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

     lā ʔikrāha fī d-dīni qad tabayyana r-rušdu mina l-ḡayyi faman yakfur bi-ṭ-ṭāḡūti wayuʔmin bi-l-lahi faqadi stamsaka bi-l-ʕurwati l-wuṯqā lā nfiṣāmalahā wal-lahu samīʕun ʕalīmun

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

3. (law) coercion

Declension

Declension of noun إِكْرَاه (ʔikrāh)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِكْرَاه ʔikrāh	الْإِكْرَاه al-ʔikrāh	إِكْرَاه ʔikrāh
Nominative	إِكْرَاهٌ ʔikrāhun	الْإِكْرَاهُ al-ʔikrāhu	إِكْرَاهُ ʔikrāhu
Accusative	إِكْرَاهًا ʔikrāhan	الْإِكْرَاهَ al-ʔikrāha	إِكْرَاهَ ʔikrāha
Genitive	إِكْرَاهٍ ʔikrāhin	الْإِكْرَاهِ al-ʔikrāhi	إِكْرَاهِ ʔikrāhi

Derived terms

• إِكْرَاهٌ مُلْجِئٌ (ʔikrāhun muljiʔun)
• إِكْرَاهٌ غَيْرُ مُلْجِئٍ (ʔikrāhun ḡayru muljiʔin)