One of these ordinances is the clear prohibition in the
Writings of Bahá'u'lláh of the consumption of alcoholic drinks. This has been
explicitly revealed in His Most Holy Book, the Kitab-i-Aqdas. He states,
"It is inadmissible that man, who hath been endowed with reason, should
consume that which stealeth it away. Nay, rather it behooveth him to comport
himself in a manner worthy of the human station, and not in accordance with the
misdeeds of every heedless and wavering soul." In other Tablets, we read
from His glorious Pen, "Beware lest ye exchange the Wine of God for your
own wine, for it will stupefy your minds, and turn your faces away from the
Countenance of God, the All-Glorious, the Peerless, the Inaccessible. Approach
it not, for it hath been forbidden unto you by the behest of God, the Exalted,
the Almighty."
(From a letter dated March 30, 1997, written on behalf of
the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer)
