ميسر

Arabic

Root
ي س ر (y-s-r)

Noun

مَيْسِر • (maysir) m

1. (archaic because outlawed by Islam) a game of chance of drawing lots from arrows with typically seven participants for the shares in an allotted prize (usually a camel’s meat)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:219:

     يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ ۖ قُلْ فِيهِمَا إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِثْمُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِن نَفْعِهِمَا ۗ

     yasʔalūnaka ʕani l-ḵamri wal-maysiri qul fīhimā ʔiṯmun kabīrun wamanāfiʕu li-n-nāsi waʔiṯmuhumā ʔakbaru min nafʕihimā

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   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:90-91:

     يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا ٱلْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنْصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَانِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ۝ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَاوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَاءَ فِي ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَعَنِ ٱلصَّلَاةِ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنْتُم مُنْتَهُونَ

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2. (Islamic law and finance) gambling (because of generalizing the Qurʾān occurrences)

Declension

Declension of noun مَيْسِر (maysir)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَيْسِر maysir	الْمَيْسِر al-maysir	مَيْسِر maysir
Nominative	مَيْسِرٌ maysirun	الْمَيْسِرُ al-maysiru	مَيْسِرُ maysiru
Accusative	مَيْسِرًا maysiran	الْمَيْسِرَ al-maysira	مَيْسِرَ maysira
Genitive	مَيْسِرٍ maysirin	الْمَيْسِرِ al-maysiri	مَيْسِرِ maysiri