The Holy Quran 2:102 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَا تَتْلُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ عَلَىٰ مُلْكِ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۖ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَـٰنُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَـٰرُوتَ وَمَـٰرُوتَ ۚ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَآ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْ ۖ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِهِۦ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَرْءِ وَزَوْجِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا هُم بِضَآرِّينَ بِهِۦ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُوا۟ لَمَنِ ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَـٰقٍ ۚ وَلَبِئْسَ مَا شَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

Translation

They (the Jews) go by what the Shayaateen advertised during the reign of Sulaymaan عليه الصلاة والسلام (that Sulaymaan practised black magic and was therefore a Kaafir). Sulaymaan عليه الصلاة والسلام never committed kufr, but the Shayaateen were Kuffaar by teaching black magic to the people. They also taught them what (principles of black magic) was revealed to the two angels Haaroot and Maaroot in Babylon (Allaah sent these two angels to teach black magic so that people could save themselves from its harms). The two never taught anyone without first advising them, "We are merely a test (for you), so do not commit kufr (by misusing the knowledge of black magic)." So they learnt from the two of them such things by which they could separate a man from his wife. However, they can never harm anyone with it (with black magic) without Allaah's command (permission). They learnt things (black magic practices) that are harmful to them (in the Aakhirah) and which did them no good. Without doubt, they (the Jews) knew that there is no share in the Aakhirah (in Jannah) for the one who purchased (practised) it (black magic). Evil indeed is the price for which they have sold their souls (sold their share of Jannah). If only they knew (if only they understood the true results of their actions, they would not have traded their good fortune in the Aakhirah for the short- lived pleasures of this world).

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

واتبع اليهود ما تُحَدِّث الشياطينُ به السحرةَ على عهد ملك سليمان بن داود. وما كفر سليمان وما تَعَلَّم السِّحر، ولكنَّ الشياطين هم الذين كفروا بالله حين علَّموا الناس السحر; إفسادًا لدينهم. وكذلك اتبع اليهود السِّحر الذي أُنزل على الملَكَين هاروت وماروت، بأرض «بابل» في «العراق»

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