O People who Believe! Do not approach the prayer when you are intoxicated until you have the sense to understand what you say, nor in the state of impurity until you have bathed except while travelling; and if you are ill or on a journey or one of you returns from answering the call of nature or you have cohabited with women, and you do not find water, then cleanse (yourself) with clean soil – therefore stroke your faces and your hands with it; indeed Allah is Most Pardoning, Oft Forgiving.

Even then they would say, “Our sights have been hypnotised – in fact, a magic spell has been cast upon us.”

By your life O dear Prophet (Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) – they are indeed straying in their intoxication.

And from the fruits of date and grapes, for you make juices and good nourishment from them; indeed in this is a sign for people of intellect.

On the day when you will witness it, every nursing mother will forget her nurseling and every pregnant one will discharge her burden, and you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) will see people as if they are drunk, whereas they will not be intoxicated, but the fact is that Allah’s punishment is very severe.