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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Ma'idah 5:91

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إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ فِى ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَعَنِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ

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?

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

إنما يريد الشيطان بتزيين الآثام لكم أن يُلقِي بينكم ما يوجد العداوة والبغضاء، بسبب شرب الخمر ولعب الميسر، ويصرفكم عن ذكر الله وعن الصلاة بغياب العقل في شرب الخمر، والاشتغال باللهو في لعب الميسر، فانتهوا عن ذلك.

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