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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 92of 120

وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَٱحْذَرُوا۟ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا عَلَىٰ رَسُولِنَا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ﴿٩٢﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And obey Allah and obey the Messenger and beware. And if you turn away - then know that upon Our Messenger is only [the responsibility for] clear notification.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūAnd obey
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūand obey
ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messenger
وَٱحْذَرُوا۟ ۚwa-iḥ'dharūand beware
فَإِنfa-inAnd if
تَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytumyou turn away
فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟fa-iʿ'lamūthen know
أَنَّمَاannamāonly
عَلَىٰʿalāupon
رَسُولِنَاrasūlināOur Messenger
ٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghu(is to) convey (the Message)
ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuclearly

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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