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Al-Ma'idah 5:90

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡخَمۡرُ وَٱلۡمَيۡسِرُ وَٱلۡأَنصَابُ وَٱلۡأَزۡلَٰمُ رِجۡسٞ مِّنۡ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ فَٱجۡتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ

O believers! Intoxicants, gambling, idols, and drawing lots for decisions are all evil of Satan’s handiwork. So shun them so you may be successful.

Word by word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
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ءَامَنُوٓاْ
āmanū
believe!
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Root: امن
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Verily
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ٱلۡخَمۡرُ
l-khamru
the intoxicants
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Root: خمر
وَٱلۡمَيۡسِرُ
wal-maysiru
and [the] games of chance
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Root: يسر
وَٱلۡأَنصَابُ
wal-anṣābu
and (sacrifices at) altars
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Root: نصب
وَٱلۡأَزۡلَٰمُ
wal-azlāmu
and divining arrows
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Root: زلم
رِجۡسٞ
rij'sun
(are an) abomination
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Root: رجس
مِّنۡ
min
from
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عَمَلِ
ʿamali
(the) work
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Root: عمل
ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ
l-shayṭāni
(of) the Shaitaan
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Root: شطن
فَٱجۡتَنِبُوهُ
fa-ij'tanibūhu
so avoid it
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Root: جنب
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
laʿallakum
so that you may
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تُفۡلِحُونَ
tuf'liḥūna
(be) successful
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Root: فلح

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.