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marked arrows were drawn from a bag. Some were blank and those who drew them got nothing. Others indicated
prizes, which were big or small. Whether you got a big share or a small share, or nothing, depended on pure luck,
unless that was fraud also on the part of some persons concerned. The principle on which the objection is based is:
that, even if there is no fraud, you gain what you have not earned, or lose on a mere chance. Dice and wagering are
rightly held to be within the definition of gambling. But insurance is not gambling, when conducted on business
principles. Here the basis for calculation is statistics on a large scale, from which mere chance is eliminated. The
nsurers themselves pay premia in proportion to risks, exactly and statistically calculated. (2.219)
243 Gambling and intemperance are social as ell as individual sins. They may ruin us in our ordinary every-day worldly
life, as well as our spiritual future. In case it is suggested that there is no harm in a little indulgence, we are asked to
think over all its aspects, social and individual, - worldly and spiritual. (2.220)
5:90 - O ye who believe! intoxicants and gambling (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows
are an abomination of Satan's handiwork: eschew such (abomination) that ye may prosper.
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795 Cf. v. 3. The arrows there referred to were used for the division of meat by a sort of lottery or rate. But arrows were
also used for divination, i.e., for ascertaining lucky or unlucky moments, or learning the wishes of the heathen gods,
as to whether men should undertake certain actions or not. All superstitions are condemned. (5.90)
5:91 - Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants and gambling
and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer: will ye not then abstain?
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 2573 Narrated by
AbuHurayrah
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If one enters a horse with two others when he is not certain that it cannot be beaten,
it is not gambling; but when one enters a horse with two others when he is certain it cannot be beaten, it is gambling.
Al-Muwatta Hadith
Hadith 31.65
Selling Animals in Exchange for Meat
Yahya related to me from Malik from Da'ud ibn al-Husayn that he heard Said ibn alMusayyab say, "Part of
the gambling of the people of Jahiliya was bartering live animals for slaughtered meat, for instance one live
sheep for two slaughtered sheep."
GARDENS:
2:25, 3:198, 4:57, 5:119, 9:72, 22:23, 48:5.17, 57:12, 61:12, 66:8 – Gardens beneath
which rivers flow.
44 This is the antithesis to the last verse. If fire is the symbol of Punishment, the Garden is the symbol of felicity. And
what can be more delightful than a Garden where you observe from a picturesque height a beautiful landscape round
you, - rivers flowing with cyrstal water, and fruit trees of which the choicest fruit is before you. The fruit of goodness is
goodness, similar, but choicer in every degree of ascent. You think it is the same, but it is because of your past
experiences and associations of memory. Then there is companionship. If sex is suggested, its physical associations
are at once negatived by the addition of the word Mutahharatun "pure and holy." The Arabic epithet is in the intensive
form, and must be translated by two adjectives denoting purity in the highest degree. The Companionship is that of
souls and applies to both sexes in the physical world of men and women. And this felicity is not a mere passing
phase but will abide beyond the realms of Time. (2.25)
3:15 - gardens in nearness to their Lord
7:42 - garden therein to dwell (for ever).
7:43 - garden before you! Ye have been made its inheritors for your deeds (of righteousness)."
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1022 Jesus said: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth": Matt. v. 5. Here we are told: blessed are the
righteous, for they shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. The stress here is on actual practical deeds of righteousness:
whether they find their rewards on earth or not is immaterial: their attention is directed to an infinitely greater reward,
the kingdom of heaven. In the Sermon on the Mount this is promised to the "poor in spirit": Matt. v, 3. (7.43)
7:44 - The companions of the garden will call out to the companions of the fire
1023 The Companions of the Fire can only answer a single word, "Yes," such is their state of misery. Even so, their voice is
drowned in the voice of the Crier, who explains their state: they are in a state of curse, that is, deprivation of the grace
and mercy of Allah. Such deprivation is the highest misery that souls can suffer. (7.44)
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