Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 91 (5:91)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ فِى ٱلْخَمْرِ …

Quran 5:91 is ayah 91 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 123 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:91
إِنَّمَايُرِيدُٱلشَّيْطَٰنُأَنيُوقِعَبَيْنَكُمُٱلْعَدَٰوَةَوَٱلْبَغْضَآءَفِىٱلْخَمْرِوَٱلْمَيْسِرِوَيَصُدَّكُمْعَنذِكْرِٱللَّهِوَعَنِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۖفَهَلْأَنتُممُّنتَهُونَ٩١
innamā yurīdu l-shayṭānu an yūqiʿa baynakumu l-ʿadāwata wal-baghḍāa fī l-khamri wal-maysiri wayaṣuddakum ʿan dhik'ri l-lahi waʿani l-ṣalati fahal antum muntahūna

Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allāh and from prayer. So will you not desist?(91)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  2. يُرِيدُyurīduintends
  3. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
  4. أَنanto
  5. يُوقِعَyūqiʿacause
  6. بَيْنَكُمُbaynakumubetween you
  7. ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَl-ʿadāwata[the] enmity
  8. وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَwal-baghḍāaand [the] hatred
  9. فِىfīthrough
  10. ٱلْخَمْرِl-khamriintoxicants
  11. وَٱلْمَيْسِرِwal-maysiriand gambling
  12. وَيَصُدَّكُمْwayaṣuddakumand hinders you
  13. عَنʿanfrom
  14. ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
  15. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  16. وَعَنِwaʿaniand from
  17. ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۖl-ṣalatithe prayer
  18. فَهَلْfahalSo will
  19. أَنتُمantumyou
  20. مُّنتَهُونَmuntahūna(be) the ones who abstain

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