Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:219

2:219

۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ ۖ قُلْ فِيهِمَآ إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمَنَـٰفِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِثْمُهُمَآ أَكْبَرُ مِن نَّفْعِهِمَا ۗ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلِ ٱلْعَفْوَ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ

yasalūnaka ʿani l-khamri wal-maysiri qul fīhimā ith'mun kabīrun wamanāfiʿu lilnnāsi wa-ith'muhumā akbaru min nafʿihimā wayasalūnaka mādhā yunfiqūna quli l-ʿafwa kadhālika yubayyinu l-lahu lakumu l-āyāti laʿallakum tatafakkarūna

They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit." And they ask you what they should spend. Say, "The excess [beyond needs]." Thus Allāh makes clear to you the verses [of revelation] that you might give thought

— Saheeh International

They ask you [Prophet] about intoxicants and gambling: say, ‘There is great sin in both, and some benefit for people: the sin is greater than the benefit.’ They ask you what they should give: say, ‘Give what you can spare.’ In this way, God makes His messages clear to you, so that you may reflect

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) concerning alcoholic drink and gambling. Say: "In them is a great sin, and (some) benefit for men, but the sin of them is greater than their benefit." And they ask you what they ought to spend. Say: "That which is beyond your needs." Thus Allâh makes clear to you His Laws in order that you may give thought."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
عَنِʿaniabout
ٱلْخَمْرِl-khamri[the] intoxicants
وَٱلْمَيْسِرِۖwal-maysiriand [the] games of chance
قُلْqulSay
فِيهِمَآfīhimāIn both of them
إِثْمٌۭith'mun(is) a sin
كَبِيرٌۭkabīrungreat
وَمَنَـٰفِعُwamanāfiʿuand (some) benefits
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor [the] people
وَإِثْمُهُمَآwa-ith'muhumāBut sin of both of them
أَكْبَرُakbaru(is) greater
مِنminthan
نَّفْعِهِمَاۗnafʿihimā(the) benefit of (the) two
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask you
مَاذَاmādhāwhat
يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey (should) spend
قُلِquliSay
ٱلْعَفْوَۗl-ʿafwaThe surplus
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
يُبَيِّنُyubayyinumakes clear
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لَكُمُlakumuto you
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyāti[the] Verses
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَتَفَكَّرُونَtatafakkarūnaponder