intoxicants- Gods messenger speaks
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Is the example of Paradise; that the righteous have been promised with rivers of pure water, and rivers of milk whose taste does not change, and rivers of wine that are delicious for the drinkers, and rivers of strained honey, and for them in it are all kinds of fruits, and a forgiveness from their Lord; like that of those who abide in the Fire, and are given to drink boiling water that cuts-up their intestines?
?Bring forth your witnesses who bear witness that God has forbidden intoxicants.?
And do not say regarding what your tongues describe with lies ?This is lawful and that is forbidden;? that you seek to invent lies about God. Those who invent lies about God will not succeed.
?Shall I seek other than God as a judge when He has sent down to you this Scripture fully detailed?? Those to whom We have given the Scripture know it is sent down from your Lord with truth; so do not be of those who have doubt.
And from the fruits of the palm trees and the grapes you make wine and a good provision. In that is a sign for a people who comprehend.
Kings and leaders should not get drunk or even want to drink. Drinking makes you forget your responsibilities, and you mistreat the poor. Beer and wine are only for the dying or for those who have lost all hope. Let them drink and forget how poor and miserable they feel. But you must defend those who are helpless and have no hope. Be fair and give justice to the poor and the homeless.
?Roam the Earth and see how was the end of the criminals.?
There is no sin upon those who believe and do good works for what they eat if they are aware and believe and do good work, then they are aware and believe, then they are aware and do good; God loves the good doers.
And if you ask them ?Who sends down water from the sky, thus reviving the land after its death?? They will say ?God.? Say ?Praise be to God.? But most of them do not understand.
?O My servants who believed, be aware of your Lord.?
The devil only wants to cause strife between you through intoxicants and gambling, and to repel you away from remembering God and from the communion. Will you be deterred?
?Who has forbidden the nice things that God has brought forth for His servants and the good provisions?? ?They are meant for those who believe during this worldly life, and they will be exclusive for them on the Day of Resurrection.? It is such that We explain the revelations for those who know.
?Have you seen what God has sent down to you from provisions, then you made some of it forbidden and some lawful?? ?Did God authorize you, or did you invent lies against God??
?I do not ask you for any wage, nor am I a fraud.? ?It is but a reminder for the worlds.? ?And you will come to know its news after awhile.?
And do not uphold what you have no knowledge of. For the hearing, eyesight, and mind, all these you are responsible for.
O you who believe, why do you say what you do not do? It is most despicable with God that you would say what you do not do. God loves those who fight in His cause as one column; they are like bricks in a wall.
And be patient, for God does not waste the reward of the good doers.
?Bring forth your witnesses who bear witness that God has forbidden intoxicants .? If they bear witness, then do not bear witness with them, nor follow the desires of those who deny Our revelations, and those who do not believe in the Hereafter; and they make equals with their Lord!
Pay attention and try to understand what I mean. The food that you put into your mouth doesn?t make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.
Every plant that my Lord in heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots. Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch."
Don?t any of you know what I am talking about by now? You surely know that the food you put into your mouth cannot make you unclean. It doesn?t go into your heart, but into your stomach, and then out of your body.
What comes from your heart is what makes you unclean. Out of your mouth come evil thoughts, vulgar deeds, stealing, murder, unfaithfulness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness. All of these come from your heart, and they are what make you unfit to worship God.?I do not find in what is inspired to me forbidden except that it be already dead, or blood, or the meat of pig, for it is foul; or what is corruptly dedicated to other than God.?
O you who believe, do not approach the communion while you are intoxicated, until you know what you are saying.
O you who believe, do not forbid the good things that God has made lawful to you, and do not aggress; God does not like the aggressors.
O you who believe, intoxicants, and gambling, and sacraments, and fortunes are foul tools used by the devil. You shall avoid him so that you may be successful.
And obey God and obey the messenger, and be aware. If you turn away then know that it is the duty of the messenger to deliver clearly.
They ask you about intoxicants and gambling. Say ?In them is great harm, and a benefit for the people; but their harm is greater than their benefit.? And they ask you how much they are to give, say ?The excess.? It is thus that God clarifies for you the revelations that you may think.
It is not smart to get drunk! Drinking leads to fights.
Do not destroy yourself by getting drunk, but let the spirit fill your life.
O you who believe, obey God and obey the messenger, and those in authority amongst you. But if you dispute in any matter, then you shall refer it to God and His messenger if you believe in God and the Last Day. That is better and more suitable for knowing.
And the word of your Lord has been completed with truth and justice; there is no changing His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
?I am but a warner; and there is no god besides God, the One, the Supreme.?
?The Lord of the heavens and the Earth, and everything between them; the Noble, the Forgiving.?Praise be to God the Lord of the worlds!
I am of those who submits.