The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:90
يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
إِنَّمَا
الْخَمْرُ
وَالْمَيْسِرُ
وَالْأَنصَابُ
وَالْأَزْلَامُ
رِجْسٌ
مِّنْ
عَمَلِ
الشَّيْطَانِ
فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ
لَعَلَّكُمْ
تُفْلِحُونَ
yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾinnamā l-khamru wa-l-maysiru wa-l-ʾanṣābu wa-l-ʾazlāmu rijsun min ʿamali sh-shayṭāni fa-jtanibūhu laʿallakum tufliḥūna
Believers, wine, gambling, the stone altars and arrows (that the pagans associate with certain divine characters) are all abominable acts associated with satanic activities. Avoid them so that you may have everlasting happiness.
