Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:91
سُورَةُ المَائـِدَةِ · Medinan · Verse 91 of 120
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ فِى ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَعَنِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ
Translation
With intoxicants and gambling, Satan seeks only to incite enmity and hatred among you, and to stop you remembering God and prayer. Will you not give them up?
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:91 is discussed in 26 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Gambling (Maysir) (key verse)
- Intoxicants (Khamr) (key verse)
- Reconciliation (Silm) (key verse)
- The Forbidden (Haram)
- Caution (Hadhar)
- Obedience (Ta'ah)
- Following Guidance (Ittiba)
- Gathering (Ijtima)
- Sincerity (Ikhlas)
- Economy (Iqtisad)
- Idols (Awthan)
- Questioning (Su'al)
- Extremism (Ghuluww)
- The Unseen (Ghayb)
- Fitnah
- Success (Falah)
- Wealth (Mal)
- Time (Waqt)
- Evil (Sharr)
- Drinking (Shurb)
- Satan (Shaytan)
- Prayer (Salah)
- Purity (Taharah)
- Society (Mujtama')
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