...Eaft. It is exprefsly forbidden in В the the Koran, chap. v. 0 true believers, furely wine, ana /oís, images, and divining arrows are an abomination of the work of Satan. The learned reader will find a particular and latisfa£lory account of this prañice, among the idolatrous...

...and lots, and images, and arrows for divina' And there to pass ' round among us flagons of wine, tion are an abomination of the work of Satan; therefore avoid them, that ye may prosper; for Satan seeketh to put enmity and hatred among you by means of wine and lots, and to prevent you...

...but their sinfulness is greater than their use Surely wine and lots, and images, and diviningarrows, are an abomination of the work of Satan ; therefore avoid them, that ye may prosper." These words are understood as prohibiting all kinds of gambling. Swine's flesh, and blood, and things...

...Ubicini, pp 502, 603. ' We have not space for a description of this mode of divination, but the fol' O true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images,...; therefore avoid them, that ye may prosper. Satan seeketb to sow dissension and hatred nmong you by means of wine and lots, and to divert you from remembering...

...also some thing of use to men, but their sinfulness is greater than their use." And in Sura 5th, " O true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images,...arrows, are an abomination of the work of Satan." Here the earlier chapters are held to abrogate the later. ,11 It is possible that, in regard to any...

...53: "O, true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images (supposed by commentators to be chessmen), and divining arrows, are an abomination of the work of Satan: therefore avoid them, that you may prosper. Satan seeketh to sow dissension and hatred among you, by means of wine and lots, and...

...inadvertently. Therefore keep your oaths. Thus GOD declareth unto you his signs, that ye may give thanks. O true believers, surely wine, and lots," and images,*...divining arrows,' are an abomination of the work of Satan j therefore avoid them that ye may prosper. Satan seeketh to sow dissension and hatred among you, by...

...unto you his signs, that ye may give thanks. O true believers, surely wine, and lots," and images,d and divining arrows,' are an abomination of the work...; therefore avoid them that ye may prosper. Satan sceketh to sow dissension and hatred among you, by means of wine and lots, and to divert you from remembering...

...place among sundry abominations to be carefully eschewed by "the Faithful" iu general. His words are, " O true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows, are an abomination of the works of Satan, therefore avoid ye them, that ye may prosper."1 Now, all the eminent Musalnian commentators...

...passage of the fifth sura, where it is said, " O true believers ! surely wine and lots [games of chance] and images and divining arrows are an abomination,...Satan ; therefore avoid them, that ye may prosper." But these words are understood by many commentators as applying only to idolatrous images, while others...