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Al-Ma'idah 91

Ayah 91 of 120 · Medinan

إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلۡبَغۡضَآءَ فِي ٱلۡخَمۡرِ وَٱلۡمَيۡسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ وَعَنِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ ٩١

Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allāh and from prayer. So will you not desist?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  2. يُرِيدُintendsyurīdu
  3. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānu
  4. أَنtoan
  5. يُوقِعَcauseyūqiʿa
  6. بَيۡنَكُمُbetween youbaynakumu
  7. ٱلۡعَدَٰوَةَ[the] enmityl-ʿadāwata
  8. وَٱلۡبَغۡضَآءَand [the] hatredwal-baghḍāa
  9. فِيthroughfī
  10. ٱلۡخَمۡرِintoxicantsl-khamri
  11. وَٱلۡمَيۡسِرِand gamblingwal-maysiri
  12. وَيَصُدَّكُمۡand hinders youwayaṣuddakum
  13. عَنfromʿan
  14. ذِكۡرِ(the) remembrancedhik'ri
  15. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  16. وَعَنِand fromwaʿani
  17. ٱلصَّلَوٰةِۖthe prayerl-ṣalati
  18. فَهَلۡSo willfahal
  19. أَنتُمyouantum
  20. مُّنتَهُونَ(be) the ones who abstainmuntahūna

Tafsir

By making alcohol and gambling seem attractive, Satan’s only intention is to create hatred between hearts and to turn them away from Allah’s remembrance and from the prayer. Will you, O believers, leave these evil acts? Without doubt, leaving these acts is the right thing to do, so avoid them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran