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Ayah 102

Surah Al-Baqara

And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic]." And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allah. And the people learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But the Children of Israel certainly knew that whoever purchased the magic would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew.﴿102

Translation

And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic]." And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allah. And the people learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But the Children of Israel certainly knew that whoever purchased the magic would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew.

Simplified Tafsir

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"؛ امتحانًا وابتلاء من الله لعباده، وما يعلِّم الملكان من أحد حتى ينصحاه ويحذِّراه من تعلم السحر، ويقولا له: لا تكفر بتعلم السِّحر وطاعة الشياطين. فيتعلم الناس من الملكين ما يُحْدِثون به الكراهية بين الزوجين حتى يتفرقا. ولا يستطيع السحرة أن يضروا به أحدًا إلا بإذن الله وقضائه. وما يتعلم السحرة إلا شرًا يضرهم ولا ينفعهم، وقد نقلته الشياطين إلى اليهود، فشاع فيهم حتى فضَّلوه على كتاب الله. ولقد علم اليهود أن من اختار السِّحر وترك الحق ما له في الآخرة من نصيب في الخير. ولبئس ما باعوا به أنفسهم من السحر والكفر عوضًا عن الإيمان ومتابعة الرسول، لو كان لهم عِلْمٌ يثمر العمل بما وُعِظوا به.

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