| Allah denied this false claim and stated to His Prophet Muhammad that Gabriel and Michael were not sent with magic | Then something black that appeared to be smoke would descend and enter his ears and the rest of his body, and this is Allah's anger |
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| This is the devil's work |
As for the Fitnah, it involves trials and freedom of choice.
15| And from these angels people learn that by which they cause separation between man and his wife, This means, "The people learned magic from Harut and Marut and indulged in evil acts that included separating spouses, even though spouses are close to, and intimately associate with each other | Said al-Suddi: ﾓPeople in Solomons time wrote magic from each other and devoted themselves to learning it |
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| And from these two angles people learn that by which they cause division between man and wife; but they injure thereby no-one save by Allah's leave | What an evil tree you are, said Solomon |
When this man would learn magic, the light of faith would depart him, and he would see it shining and flying away in the sky.
6| They followed what the Shayatin devils gave out falsely of the magic in the lifetime of Suleiman Solomon | it replied: I am for the purpose of destroying your sanctuary! '' And they prostrated except Iblis Satan , he refused , 20:116 , and so forth |
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| The tree would say: This and that! Hence, Harut and Marut were two ordinary men not angels or Gabriel or Michael | He said: It is under his throne; go and unearth it |