The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:219
يَسْأَلُونَكَ
عَنِ
الْخَمْرِ
وَالْمَيْسِرِ
قُلْ
فِيهِمَا
إِثْمٌ
كَبِيرٌ
وَمَنَافِعُ
لِلنَّاسِ
وَإِثْمُهُمَا
أَكْبَرُ
مِن
نَّفْعِهِمَا
وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ
مَاذَا
يُنفِقُونَ
قُلِ
الْعَفْوَ
كَذَلِكَ
يُبَيِّنُ
اللَّهُ
لَكُمُ
الْآيَاتِ
لَعَلَّكُمْ
تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
yasʾalūnaka ʿani l-khamri wa-l-maysiri qul fīhimā ʾithmun kabīrun wa-manāfiʿu li-n-nāsi wa-ʾithmuhumā ʾakbaru min nafʿihimā wa-yasʾalūnaka mādhā yunfiqūna quli l-ʿafwa ka-dhālika yubayyinu llāhu lakumu l-ʾāyāti laʿallakum tatafakkarūna
(Muhammad), they ask you about wine and gambling. Tell them that there is great sin in them. Although they have benefits for men, the sin therein is far greater than the benefit. They ask you about what they should give for the cause of God. Tell them, "Let it be what you can spare." This is how God explains for you His guidance so that perhaps you will think
