shun themso surely shall ye thrive.'And again'If they ask thee of wine and casting lotssay'In them are great sin and advantages to mankindbut the sin of them is greater than the advantage.'Quoth the poet：
O wine-bibberart not ashamed and afraid To drink of a thing that thy Maker forbade？
Comeput the cup from thee and mell with it notFor wine and its drinker God still doth upbraid.
And quoth another：
I drank the sweet sin till my wit went astray： 'Tis ill drinking of that which doth reason away.
As for the useful qualities that are thereinit disperses gravel from the kidneys and strengthens the bowelsbanishes caremoves to generosity and preserves health and digestion.
It assains the bodyexpels disease from the jointspurifies the frame of corrupt humoursengenders cheerfulness and gladdens and keeps up the natural heat. It contracts the bladderstrengthens the liver and removes obstructions，reddens the faceclears away cobwebs from the brain and defers gray hairs. In shorthad not God（to whom belong might and majesty）forbidden itthere were not on the face of the earth aught fit to stand in its place. As for drawing lotsit is a game of hazard.'（Q.）'What wine is the best？'（A.）
'That which is pressed from white grapes and ferments fourscore days or more： it resembleth not water and indeed there is nothing on the surface of the earth like unto it.'（Q.）'What of cupping？'（A.）'It is for him who is [over] full of blood and has no defect therein. Whoso will be cuppedlet it be at the wane of the moonon a day without cloud or wind or rain and the seventeenth of the month. If it fall on a Tuesdayit will be the more efficaciousand nothing is more salutary for the brain and eyes and for clearing the memory than cupping.'