۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ They ask you عَنِ about ٱلْخَمْرِ [the] intoxicants وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ ۖ and [the] games of chance قُلْ Say فِيهِمَآ In both of them إِثْمٌۭ (is) a sin كَبِيرٌۭ great وَمَنَـٰفِعُ and (some) benefits لِلنَّاسِ for [the] people وَإِثْمُهُمَآ But sin of both of them أَكْبَرُ (is) greater مِن than نَّفْعِهِمَا ۗ (the) benefit of (the) two وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ And they ask you مَاذَا what يُنفِقُونَ they (should) spend قُلِ Say ٱلْعَفْوَ ۗ The surplus كَذَٰلِكَ Thus يُبَيِّنُ makes clear ٱللَّهُ Allah لَكُمُ to you ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ [the] Verses لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ponder ٢١٩
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
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