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Al-Baqara (The Cow)
286 Ayahs · Madinah
سورة البقرة
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
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يَسۡـَٔلُوۡنَكَ عَنِ الۡخَمۡرِ وَالۡمَيۡسِرِؕ قُلۡ فِيۡهِمَا٘ اِثۡمٌ كَبِيۡرٌ وَّمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِؗ وَاِثۡمُهُمَا٘ اَكۡبَرُ مِنۡ نَّفۡعِهِمَاؕ وَيَسۡـَٔلُوۡنَكَ مَاذَا يُنۡفِقُوۡنَ ࣢ؕ قُلِ الۡعَفۡوَؕ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الۡاٰيٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَفَكَّرُوۡنَۙ‏

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

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