and when there has come unto them an apostle from god confirming the truth already in their possession some of those who were granted revelation aforetime cast the divine writ behind their backs as though unaware and follow that which the evil ones used to practice during solomons reign for it was not solomon who denied the truth but those evil ones denied it by teaching people sorcery and that which has come down through the two angels in babylon hurut and marutalthough these two never taught it to anyone without first declaring we are but a temptation to evil do not then deny truth! and they learn from these two how to create discord between a man and his wife but whereas they can harm none thereby save by gods leave they acquire a knowledge that only harms themselves and does not benefit them although they know indeed that he who acquires this shall have no share in the good of the life to come. for vile indeed is that for which they have sold their own selves had they but known it!
ولما جاءهم رسول من عند الله مصدق لما معهم نبذ فريق من الذين أوتوا الكتاب كتاب الله وراء ظهورهم كأنهم لا يعلمون واتبعوا ما تتلو الشياطين على ملك سليمان وما كفر سليمان ولكن الشياطين كفروا يعلمون الناس السحر وما أنزل على الملكين ببابل هاروت وماروت وما يعلمان من أحد حتى يقولا إنما نحن فتنة فلا تكفر فيتعلمون منهما ما يفرقون به بين المرء وزوجه وما هم بضارين به من أحد إلا بإذن الله ويتعلمون ما يضرهم ولا ينفعهم ولقد علموا لمن اشتراه ما له في الآخرة من خلاق ولبئس ما شروا به أنفسهم لو كانوا يعلمون