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− ya ayyuhalladhina amanu innamal khamru wal maisiru wal − − − − ansabu wal azlamu rijsummin ‘amalishshaitani fajtanibuhu la ± − − ± − − ‘allakum tuflihun innama yuridushshaitanu añyyuqi‘a ± − − − − − bainakumul ‘adawata wal baghda’a fil khamri wal maisiri wa − ± − yasuddakum ‘an dhikrillahi wa ‘anissalati fahal antum ± − ± ± − muntahun − O ye who believe! Intoxicants and games of chance and idols and divining arrows are only an abomination of Satan's handiwork. So shun each one of them that you may prosper. Satan desires only to create enmity and hatred among you by means of intoxicants and games of chance, and to keep you back from the remembrance of Allah and from − Prayer. But will you keep back? (5:91-92) The Holy Prophet has declared Alcohol as: sa S BJb»A ÂA r ê Þ ä ä æ í å Ummul khaba’is "The mother of all evils". − Alcoholism has serious economic and social consequences. Apart from domestic violence, there is child abuse, incest and rape due to the removal of inhibitions under the influence of alcohol and fetal alcohol syndrome. Furthermore, alcohol, apart from its physical dangers, leads to loss of religious faith. GAMBLING Gambling is institutionalized in almost all advanced countries of the world. But even in some Third World countries, where it is not institutionalized on such a large scale, gambling is found almost at every level as small-time individual occupation. In gambling, money changes hands without participating in the process of economic development and production of wealth. Furthermore, in the poor section of the society, the daily needs of family members have to be sacrificed at the altar of gambling. The Holy Qur’an, − 454