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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 90of 120

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَٰمُ رِجْسٌۭ مِّنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ﴿٩٠﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
إِنَّمَاinnamāVerily
ٱلْخَمْرُl-khamruthe intoxicants
وَٱلْمَيْسِرُwal-maysiruand [the] games of chance
وَٱلْأَنصَابُwal-anṣābuand (sacrifices at) altars
وَٱلْأَزْلَـٰمُwal-azlāmuand divining arrows
رِجْسٌۭrij'sun(are an) abomination
مِّنْminfrom
عَمَلِʿamali(the) work
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni(of) the Shaitaan
فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُfa-ij'tanibūhuso avoid it
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna(be) successful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Prohibiting Khamr (Intoxicants) and Maysir (Gambling)Allah forbids His believing servants from consuming Khamr and Maysir which is gambling. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `Ali bin Abi Talib, the Leader of the Faithful, said that chess is a type of gambling. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `Ata', Mujahid and Tawus, or , two of them, said that every type of gambling, including children's playing with (a certain type of) nuts, is Maysir.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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