Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 90
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَـٰمُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allāh], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.
Al-Ma'idah · 5:90
Word by word
- 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
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