Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 219
۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ ۖ قُلْ فِيهِمَآ إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمَنَـٰفِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِثْمُهُمَآ أَكْبَرُ مِن نَّفْعِهِمَا ۗ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلِ ٱلْعَفْوَ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit." And they ask you what they should spend. Say, "The excess [beyond needs]." Thus Allāh makes clear to you the verses [of revelation] that you might give thought
Al-Baqarah · 2:219
Word by word
- ۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
- عَنِʿaniabout
- ٱلْخَمْرِl-khamri[the] intoxicants
- وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ ۖwal-maysiriand [the] games of chance
- قُلْqulSay
- فِيهِمَآfīhimāIn both of them
- إِثْمٌۭith'mun(is) a sin
- كَبِيرٌۭkabīrungreat
- وَمَنَـٰفِعُwamanāfiʿuand (some) benefits
- لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor [the] people
- وَإِثْمُهُمَآwa-ith'muhumāBut sin of both of them
- أَكْبَرُakbaru(is) greater
- مِنminthan
- نَّفْعِهِمَا ۗnafʿihimā(the) benefit of (the) two
- وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask you
- مَاذَاmādhāwhat
- يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey (should) spend
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱلْعَفْوَ ۗl-ʿafwaThe surplus
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
- يُبَيِّنُyubayyinumakes clear
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لَكُمُlakumuto you
- ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyāti[the] Verses
- لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
- تَتَفَكَّرُونَtatafakkarūnaponder
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