Although the creation of gold from other metals proved impossible for alchemy, alchemists played an important role in formulating our understanding of the material world and in laying the foundations of modern science.

The alchemists used chemical methods to try to make gold from lead. They were searching for the Philosopher’s Stone – that “magic” stuff – to make valuable gold from a much more abundant (and less useful) metal, lead. The reason that gold is so sought after in today’s economy is because it holds its value very well.

Gold is one of the seven metals of alchemy (gold, silver, mercury, copper, lead, iron & tin). For the alchemist, it represented the perfection of all matter on any level, including that of the mind, spirit, and soul. The symbol for gold could also be used to represent the sun in astrology.

Gold has been considered valuably by all civilizations. The alchemists tried to find the philosopher’s stone that would allow then to make gold from lead. The alchemists did not successfully transform lead into gold. The alchemists laid the ground work for many advances to the new science of chemistry.

Short answer: Depending on how you define alchemy, yes, it’s possible, and we do it. Long answer: Alchemists were basically the precursors to chemists, in the same way that philosophers conjecturing about the four elements were the precursor to physics.

Not all food items with alcohol are considered haram as they are not alcoholic beverages like liquor or beer. According to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the hadith narrated by Ahmad and Abu Dawood from Abdullah ibn Umar, “Every intoxicant is khamr and every khamr is haram.”

Any ethanol produced by anaerobic fermentation and ranging between 1 and 15% is considered to be Haram (non-Halal, Forbidden), whereas ethanol produced by natural fermentation and less than 1% is considered as preserving agent and its Halal status is allowed.

Harem (Arabic: حريم‎ ḥarīm, “a sacred inviolable place; harem; female members of the family”) properly refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. In harems of the past, concubines, which were enslaved women, were also housed in the harem.