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have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But if any forced by hunger with no inclination to
transgression Allah is indeed Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. 691692693694
691 Cf. ii. 173 and nn. 173 and 174. The prohibition of dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which other
names than that of Allah have been invoked, has been there explained. (5.3)
692 If an animal dies by strangling, or by a violent blow, or a headlong fall, or by being gored to death, or by being
attacked by a wild animal, the presumption is that it becomes carrion, as the life-blood is congealed before being
taken out of the body. But the presumption can be rebutted. If the life-blood still flows and the solemn mode of
slaughter (zabh in the name of Allah is carried out, it becomes lawful as food. (5.3)
693 This was also an idolatrous rite, different from that in which a sacrifice was devoted to a particular idol or a false god.
(5.3)
694 Gambling of all kinds is forbidden; ii. 291. A sort of lottery or raffle practised 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. (5.3)
5:57 - O ye who believe! take not for friends and protectors those who take your religion for a
mockery or sport whether among those who received the Scripture before you or among those
who reject faith; but fear ye Allah if ye have Faith (indeed). 768
768 It is not right that we should be in intimate association with those to whom religion is either a subject of mockery or at
best is nothing but a plaything. They may be amused, or they may have other motives for encouraging you. But your
association with them will sap the earnestness of your Faith, and make you cynical and insincere. (5.57)
5:77 - Say: "O people of the Book! exceed not in your religion the bounds (of what is proper)
trespassing beyond the truth nor follow the vain desires of people who went wrong in times
gone by who misled many and strayed (themselves) from the even way. 785
785 Excess, as opposed to moderation and reason, is the simplest test by which a hypocrite or a selfish man who "trades"
on religion, is known from a sincere, pious, and truly religious man. Excess means that truth is sometimes concealed
or trampled upon, that the fashions of ancestors or contemporaries are copied or overdone, and Allah's name is
dishonoured by blasphemies or the setting up of false gods or fetishes, or that good (or even bad) men are deified and
worshipped. The true path is the even path, the path of rectitude. (Cf. ii. 108, and v. 12). (5.77)
6:70 - Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and amusement and are deceived
by the life of this world. But proclaim (to them) this (truth): that every soul delivers itself to ruin
by its own acts: it will find for itself no protector or intercessor except Allah: if it offered every
ransom (or reparation) none will be accepted: such is (the end of) those who deliver
themselves to ruin by their own acts: they will have for drink (only) boiling water and for
punishment one most grievous: for they persisted in rejecting Allah. 893894
893 Cf. vi 32. where we are told that the life of this world is mere play and amusement, and Religion and the Hereafter are
the serious things that require our attention. Worldly people reverse this because they are deceived by the
allurements of this life. But their own acts will find them out. (6.70)
894 We must never forget our own personal responsibility for all we do, or deceive ourselves by the illusion of vicarious
atonement. (6.70)
6:159 - As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects thou hast no part in them in
the least: their affair is with Allah: He will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did. 985
985 Divide their religion: farraqu: i.e., (1) make a distinction between one part of it and another, take the part which suits
them and reject the rest; or (2) have religion one day of the week and the world the rest of the six days; or (3) keep
"religion in its right place," as if it did not claim to govern the whole life; make a sharp distinction between the secular
and the religious; or (4) show a sectarian bias, seek differences in views, so as to break up the unity of Islam. (6.159)
7:51 - "Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play and were deceived by the life of
the world." That day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs and
as they were wont to reject Our signs. 1029
1029 "Forgetfulness" may be involuntary, from a defect of memory, or figuratively, a deliberate turning away from, or
ignoring of, something we do not want, as when we say in an argument, "you conveniently forget that so- and-so is soand-so."
Here the latter kind is meant. If men deliberately ignored the Hereafter in spite of warnings, can they expect
to be received by Allah, Whom they themselves rejected? (7.51)
8:49 - Lo! the hypocrites say and those in whose hearts is a disease: "these people--their religion
has misled them." But if any trust in Allah behold! Allah is Exalted in might Wise. 1218
1218 Cf. ii. 10 "disease in the heart." Trust in Allah brings its own reward: our eyes are opened, and we see how great,
good, and wise is the Cherisher of the Worlds. Others may sneer and despise. But the blessing of Allah keeps our
minds fresh and our hearts contented. (8.49)
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