Translation: By means of intoxicants and games of chance Satan seeks only to sow enmity and hatred among you, and to turn you away from the remembrance of God and from prayer. Will you not, then, desist?' 106
Commentary: 106 Lit., "Will you, then, desist?" -a rhetorical question implying the necessity of desisting, which can be expressed in English only by the use of the negative form.
106 Lit., "Will you, then, desist?" -a rhetorical question implying the necessity of desisting, which can be expressed in English only by the use of the negative form.