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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 93of 120

لَيْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جُنَاحٌۭ فِيمَا طَعِمُوٓا۟ إِذَا مَا ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّأَحْسَنُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ﴿٩٣

Translation (Sahih International)

There is not upon those who believe and do righteousness [any] blame concerning what they have eaten [in the past] if they [now] fear Allah and believe and do righteous deeds, and then fear Allah and believe, and then fear Allah and do good; and Allah loves the doers of good.

Word-by-word meaning

لَيْسَlaysaNot
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe good deeds
جُنَاحٌۭjunāḥunany sin
فِيمَاfīmāfor what
طَعِمُوٓا۟ṭaʿimūthey ate
إِذَاidhāwhen
مَاthat
ٱتَّقَوا۟ittaqawthey fear (Allah)
وَّءَامَنُوا۟waāmanūand they believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand they do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] good deeds
ثُمَّthummathen
ٱتَّقَوا۟ittaqawthey fear (Allah)
وَّءَامَنُوا۟waāmanūand believe
ثُمَّthummathen
ٱتَّقَوا۟ittaqawthey fear (Allah)
وَّأَحْسَنُوا۟ ۗwa-aḥsanūand do good
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

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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