Surah 16:67
"And from the fruits of the date palms and the grapes, from which you take an intoxicating drink and a good provision – surely in that is a sign indeed for a people who understand."
Consumption of Alcohol
Supporting Verses
Surah 4:43 → "You who believe! Do not go near the prayer when you are drunk, until you know what you are saying, or (when you are) defiled, unless (you are) travelers (on the) way, until you wash yourselves. If you are sick or on a journey, or if one of you has come from the toilet, or if you have touched women, and you do not find any water, take clean soil and wipe your faces and your hands. Surely God is pardoning, forgiving."
Opposing Verses
Surah 2:219 → "They ask you about wine and games of chance. Say: ‘In both of them (there is) great sin, but (also some) benefits for the people, yet their sin is greater than their benefit.’
They ask you about what they should contribute. Say: ‘The excess.’ In this way God makes clear to you the signs, so that you may reflect"
Surah 5:90 → "You who believe! Wine, games of chance, stones, and divination arrows are an abomination, part of the work of Satan. So avoid it in order that you may prosper."
Does the Quran permit or forbid the consumption of alcohol? Some verses describe deriving wholesome drink from vines or instruct on not praying while intoxicated, while others state that strong drink is an infamy and Satan's handiwork.