Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 219

  1. يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ ۖ قُلْ فِيهِمَا إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِثْمُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْ نَفْعِهِمَا ۗ وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنْفِقُونَ قُلِ الْعَفْوَ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ

    Translation by words

    يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ
    They ask you
    عَنِ
    about
    ٱلْخَمْرِ
    [the] intoxicants
    وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ
    and [the] games of chance
    قُلْ
    Say,
    فِيهِمَآ
    "In both of them
    إِثْمٌ
    (is) a sin
    كَبِيرٌ
    great,
    وَمَنَٰفِعُ
    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
    ٱلْءَايَٰتِ
    [the] Verses
    لَعَلَّكُمْ
    so that you may
    تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
    ponder,

    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 Allah makes clear to you the verses (of revelation) that you might give thought.

    2:219

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow)