Overall meaning : Allah Almighty explains to His believing servants that intoxicants, gambling, anything that is erected and worshipped other than Him and diving arrows to predict the future and what ought to be done or avoided are loathsome abominations which Satan makes seem fair to people. Therefore, they must avoid them altogether so that they will be successful. Satan seeks only to stir up enmity and hatred among them by means of intoxicants and gambling (games of chance), for if someone becomes intoxicated, he does not think clearly and may thus, while in such a state, do grievous harm to people, assail their property or even commit murder. By the same token, if someone engages in gambling, he may lose all his money, in which case he becomes filled with bitterness and a sense of revenge and will feel intense hatred towards those who have taken away his money. By means of intoxicants and games of chance, Allah further explains, Satan also seeks to turn the faithful away from the remembrance of Allah and from their prayers. Now that they recognise the detrimental effects of such abominations, Allah urges the faithful to stay away from them: Will you not, then, desist?
Allah then commands His believing servants to obey Him and to obey His Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and to beware of disobeying them. If they turn away from obedience, He warns, then they must know that the duty of the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is only to convey Allah’s message and that it is Allah who will judge and punish the disobedient.
Next, He explains that those who believe and do righteous deeds will incur no sin for whatever forbidden food and drink they may have consumed before it is declared forbidden or prior to their finding out that it is forbidden as long as they abstain from what He has forbidden, persevere in faith and continue to do righteous deeds, then continue avoiding what Allah has forbidden and persevere in faith, then again continue staying away from what He has forbidden and persevere in doing good until they reach the level of excellence, stating that He loves those who worship Him properly and those who do good for others.