الْخَمْرُ جُمَاعُ الْإِثْمِ.
Wine can bring together the causes of many wrongs.
Source: Razin (as cited in the book).
ArabicMeaning
الْخَمْرُwine; an intoxicating drink
جُمَاعُgathering point or source of several things
الْإِثْمِsin and wrongdoing
Intoxication can impair reasoning, sound decisions, and self-control. It may therefore open a path to quarrels, injustice, and further wrongdoing. This does not mean that every drinker necessarily commits every sin; the statement highlights the seriousness of the risk.
A small grammar point: الْخَمْرُ is the subject, جُمَاعُ is the central predicate word, and الْإِثْمِ is its second noun in an iḍāfah. Read جُمَاعُ الْإِثْمِ together to understand the whole phrase.