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In brief, what is the interpretation of the noble verse from Surat Al-Baqarah: "(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 only 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 they learn that which harms them and does not benefit them. And they have already known that whoever purchases the magic will not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew)"?

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The summary of what the commentators mentioned in the interpretation of the noble verse: The Jews followed what the devils fabricated concerning the kingdom of Solomon, and they cast aside the Book of God, claiming that Solomon was a magician, thus attributing disbelief to him. But Solomon did not disbelieve, rather the devils disbelieved by teaching people magic, and from the effects of what was sent down in Babylon to the two angels Harut and Marut, who used to warn people against the trial of magic. And the verse has made clear that magic, learning it, and using it is disbelief, and that nothing happens except by the permission of God. It also negated that the two angels Harut and Marut taught magic for its propagation, but rather they were a trial for the people, and they would say to everyone who sought it: "We are only a trial, so do not disbelieve."

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