If Jesus (as) turned water into wine, why should we give up alcohol?

The account is not reliably attested, and a prophet who makes people drunk makes no sense. If it has a meaning, it is as an image: Jesus (as) offered people spiritual life, not intoxication.

First we must ask whether the event happened like this at all. The more unusual a report is, the stronger the witnesses it needs. That is a principle of every court and of plain common sense. If a friend told you that in the next room a table had turned into a horse, you would not believe it, even if you trust him otherwise. You would ask for proof. The account of the wedding at Cana is not so firmly transmitted that a teaching about alcohol could be built on it. Christian scholars, too, view many of these stories critically.

Then we must ask about the purpose. What would a prophet of God gain by making wedding guests drunk? Such an aim does not fit a holy person, nor the noble character of Jesus (as).

If the account has a meaning, it is as a vision or a parable. The Holy Qur’an and the Bible both say that all life comes from water, in the physical and in the spiritual sense. Jesus (as) may have been showing people: why look for spirit in a drink, when I bring a heavenly water from which true spiritual life grows? Understood in this way, the story fits his nature.

Islam forbids alcohol for a clear reason. The Holy Qur’an does not deny that it has some benefit, but its harm is greater. Anyone who knows its effects on health, on families and on the roads understands this. So giving it up is not a loss. It is a protection for the individual and for society.