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minkum AAan deenihi fayamut wahuwa kafirun faola-ika habitat aAAmaluhum fee
a
l
ddunya wa
a
l-akhirati waola-ika as-habu a
l
nnari hum feeha khalidoon
a
217. They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say: "Fighting therein is
a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah to prevent access to the path of
Allah, to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members."
Tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter. Nor will they cease fighting you until
they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you Turn back from their
faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the Hereafter;
they will be companions of the Fire and will abide therein.
218. Inna allatheena amanoo wa
a
llatheena hajaroo wajahadoo fee sabeeli Allahi ola-ika
yarjoona rahmata Allahi wa
A
llahu ghafoorun raheem
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218. Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fought (and strove and
struggled) in the path of Allah,--they have the hope of the Mercy of Allah. And Allah is
Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
219. Yas-aloonaka AAani alkhamri wa
a
lmaysiri qul feehima ithmun kabeerun
wamanafiAAu li
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nnasi wa-ithmuhuma akbaru min nafAAihima wayas-aloonaka matha
yunfiqoona quli alAAafwa kathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakumu al-ayati laAAallakum
tatafakkaroon
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219. They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: "In them is great sin, and some
profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit." They ask thee how much they are to
spend; Say: "What is beyond your needs." Thus doth Allah Make clear to you His Signs:
In order that ye may consider-
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