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."
Status of Wine
Supporting 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"
Opposing Verses
Surah 47:15 → "A parable of the Garden which is promised to the ones who guard (themselves): In it (there are) rivers of water without pollution, and rivers of milk – its taste does not change – and rivers of wine – delicious to the drinkers – and rivers of purified honey. In it (there is) every (kind of) fruit for them, and forgiveness from their Lord. (Are they) like those who remain in the Fire? They are given boiling water to drink, and it cuts their insides (to pieces)."
Surah 83:22 → "Surely the pious will indeed be in (a place of) bliss,"
Surah 83:25 → "They are given a pure, sealed wine to drink,"
Does the Quran describe wine as an abomination or a heavenly reward? Some verses state that wine is a sin, an abomination, and the work of Satan, while other verses describe rivers of pure, delicious wine as a promised reward for the righteous in Paradise.
Consumption of Alcohol
Supporting 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"
Opposing Verses
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."
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."
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.