and they followed what the devils used to read during the rule of sulaiman and sulaiman did not disbelieve but the devils disbelieved – they teach people magic and that which was sent down to the two angels harut and marut in babylon and the two never taught a thing to anyone until they used to say we are only a trial therefore do not lose your faith and they used to learn from them that by which they cause division between man and his wife and they cannot harm anyone by it except by allahs command and they learn what will harm them not benefit them and surely they know that whoever bargains for this will not have a share in the hereafter and for what an abject thing they have sold themselves if only they knew!
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