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On stone (altars); (Forbidden) also is the division69-1 (Of meat) by raffling With arrows: that is impiety. This day have those who Reject Faith given up All hope of your religion: 69s Yet fear them not But fear Me. This day have I Perfected your religion6% For you, completed My favour upon you, And have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But if any is forced By hunger, with no inclination To transgression, Allah is Indeed Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 4. They ask thee what is Lawful to them (as food).697 Say: Lawful unto you Are (all) lhings good and pure: And what ye have taught The beasts and birds of prey, Training them to hunt in the manner Directed to you by Allah:
694. Gambling of all kinds is forbidden: ii. 291. A sort of lottery or rame pfilctised by Pagan Arabs has been described in n. 241. Division of meat in this way is here forbidden, as it is a form of gambling. 695. So long as Islam was not organised. wilh ilS own community and ilS own laws. the Unbelievers had hoped to wean the Believers from the new Teaching. (Now lhat hope was gone, with the complete organisation of Islam). 696. The last verse revealed chronologically, marking the approaching end of AIministry in his earthly life.
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697. The previous verse was negative; it defined what was not lawful for food. \';:., things gross. or disgusting. or dedicated to superstition. This verse is positive: it defines what is lawful. viz., all things that are good ;lOd pure.
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