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Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 219

Quran 2:219 · The Cow · Medinan · Juz 2

2:219

Arabic

يَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِۗ قُلْ فِيْهِمَآ اِثْمٌ كَبِيْرٌ وَّمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِۖ وَاِثْمُهُمَآ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ نَّفْعِهِمَاۗ وَيَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ مَاذَا يُنْفِقُوْنَ ەۗ قُلِ الْعَفْوَۗ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُوْنَۙ ۝٢١٩

Transliteration

Yas'alūnaka ‘anil-khomri wal-maisir, qul fīhimā iṡmun kabīrw wa manāfi‘u lin nās, wa iṡmuhumā akbaru min naf‘ihimā, wa yas'alūnaka māżā yunfiqūn, qulil-‘afw, każālika yubayyinullāhu lakumul-āyāti la‘allakum tatafakkarūn

Meaning

They ask you about intoxicants and gambling. Say, “There is gross sin in them, and some benefits for people, but their sinfulness outweighs their benefit.” And they ask you about what they should give: say, “The surplus.” Thus Allah explains the revelations to you, so that you may think.

Surah Al-Baqarah verse 219 (Quran 2:219) is verse 219 of the 286 verses of Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), a Medinan surah that is number 2 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 2.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).