O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks),
gambling, and Al-Ansâb[], and Al¬Azlâm (arrows for
seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shaitân's (Satan) handiwork. So
avoid (strictly all) that (abomination) in order that you may be successful[]. (90) Shaitân (Satan) wants only to excite enmity
and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and
hinder you from the remembrance of Allâh and from As-Salât (the prayer). So,
will you not then abstain? (91) And obey Allâh and the Messenger (Muhammad
SAW), and beware (of even coming near to drinking or gambling or Al-Ansâb, or
Al-Azlâm, etc.) and fear Allâh. Then if you turn away, you should know that it
is Our Messenger's duty to convey (the Message) in the clearest way. (92) Those who believe and
do righteous good deeds, there is no sin on them for what they ate (in the
past), if they fear Allâh (by keeping away from His forbidden things), and
believe and do righteous good deeds, and again fear Allâh and believe, and once
again fear Allâh and do good deeds with Ihsân (perfection). And Allâh loves the
good-doers. (93) O you who believe! Allâh will certainly make a trial of you with
something in (the matter of) the game that is well within reach of your hands
and your lances, that Allâh may test who fears Him unseen. Then whoever
transgresses thereafter, for him there is a painful torment (94) O you who believe!
Kill not game while you are in a state of Ihrâm for Hajj or 'Umrah
(pilgrimage), and whosoever of you kills it intentionally, the penalty is an
offering, brought to the Ka'bah, of an eatable animal (i.e. sheep, goat, cow)
equivalent to the one he killed, as adjudged by two just men among you; or, for
expiation, he should feed Masâkin (poor persons), or its equivalent in Saum
(fasting), that he may taste the heaviness (punishment) of his deed. Allâh has
forgiven what is past, but whosoever commits it again, Allâh will take
retribution from him. And Allâh is All¬Mighty, All-Able of Retribution (95)