Editing Belomancy (section)

=== Pre-Islam Arabia ===
Belomancy is also attested in [[Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia|pre-Islamic Arab religion]]. In his [[Book of Idols]], early Muslim historian [[Hisham ibn al-Kalbi|Ibn al-Kalbi]] mentions that there were seven divination arrows in front of the statue of [[Hubal]] in the [[Kaaba]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/KitabAlAsnam |title=Kitab Al Asnam by Hisham ibn-al-Kalbi (737 CE - 819 CE) |date=2018-02-26}}</ref>

Belomancy is condemned in the Qur’an as a “work of [[Satan]]” in [[Al-Ma'idah]], the 5th [[Surah]] of the Qu'ran<blockquote>{{Lang|ar|
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَـٰمُ رِجْسٌۭ مِّنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ٩٠}}</blockquote>{{Blockquote|text=Translation: O believers, intoxicants, gambling, idols, and drawing lots for decisions are all evil of Satan’s handiwork. So shun them so you may be successful.|author=[[Qur'an 5:90]]<ref>{{cite quran|5|90|e=91|s=ns}}</ref>}}
In the 91st verse of [[Surah]] [[Al-Ma'idah]] of the Qu'ran:<blockquote> ﴿۹۲ اِنَّمَا یُرِیۡدُ الشَّیۡطٰنُ اَنۡ یُّوۡقِعَ بَیۡنَکُمُ الۡعَدَاوَۃَ وَالۡبَغۡضَآءَ فِی الۡخَمۡرِ وَالۡمَیۡسِرِ وَیَصُدَّکُمۡ عَنۡ ذِکۡرِ اللّٰہِ وَعَنِ الصَّلٰوۃِ ۚ فَہَلۡ اَنۡتُمۡ مُّنۡتَہُوۡنَ <ref>{{Cite web |title=Holy Quran: Read, Listen and Search |url=https://www.alislam.org/quran/app/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=The Holy Quran}}</ref></blockquote><blockquote>Translation: Satan desires only to create enmity and hatred among you by means of wine and the game of hazard, and to keep you back from the remembrance of Allah and from Prayer. But will you keep back?

- Qur'an 5:91<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holy Quran: Read, Listen and Search |url=https://www.alislam.org/quran/app/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=The Holy Quran}}</ref></blockquote>