And His saying:

{...and rivers of wine delicious to those who drink.} (Muhammad: 15).

And His saying:

{They are given to drink of a pure wine (raḥīq) that is sealed, the seal of which is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.} (Al-Muṭaffifīn: 25–26).

And the saying of our Master—may mercy be upon him:

"It is permissible (ḥalāl) for you when you are among yourselves, and forbidden (ḥarām) for you when you are with others."

This also indicates that one of the two statements would be a lie if we did not reject the Outward (al-Ẓāhir). This is because wine in the Inward (al-Bāṭin) consists of a "praised wine" and a "blamed wine." As for the Outward wine [physical alcohol], it is in reality like the outward acts of worship: there is no reward for performing it nor punishment for leaving it, except for the one who believes in its Outward form in private, or justifies its permissibility among the Opposites (al-Aḍḍād). In that case, there is punishment in this world and the Hereafter.

However, for the one who partakes of it among the believers with the intention of Good Study (al-mudhākara al-ḥusnā) regarding the Gnosis of Allah and His Holy Worlds, and the believers—according to