﴿ وَمِن ثَمَرَٰتِ ٱلنَّخِيلِ وَٱلْأَعْنَٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَرًۭا وَرِزْقًا حَسَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَعْقِلُونَ ﴾

“And [We grant you nourishment] from the fruit of date-palms and vines: from it you derive intoxicants as well as wholesome sustenance -in this, behold, there is a message indeed for people who use their reason!”

And of the fruits of date-palms and vines from which you draw wine and goodly provision.He [Abū Bakr al-Sijzī] said, �This verse was abrogated by the verse on wine (khamr). Ibrāhīm and Shuʿabī also said this.� Sahl said:As far as I am concerned, wine (sakar) is anything which intoxicates the lower self (nafs) in this world, and for which it [the nafs] does not believe it will be punished in the Hereafter.Abū Ḥamza al-Ṣūfī visited Sahl and he asked him: �Where have you been, Abū Ḥamza?� He replied, �We were with such and such a person who informed us that intoxication is of four kinds.� He said, �Tell me what they are.� [Abū Ḥamza continued], �The intoxication of drink, the intoxication of youth, the intoxication of wealth and the intoxication of authority.� Sahl replied, �There are two kinds of intoxication which he did not inform you about.� He asked, �What are they?� and Sahl answered, �The intoxication of the scholar who loves this world, and the intoxication of the worshipper who loves to be noticed.�His words, Exalted is He: