102 Wattaba'oo maa

وَاتَّبَعُوْا مَا تَتْلُوا الشَّيٰطِيْنُ عَلٰي مُلْكِ سُلَيْمٰنَ ۚ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمٰنُ وَلٰكِنَّ الشَّيٰطِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا يُعَلِّمُوْنَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَ ۤوَمَآ اُنْزِلَ عَلَي الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ ھَارُوْتَ وَمَارُوْتَ ۭ وَمَا يُعَلِّمٰنِ مِنْ اَحَدٍ حَتّٰى يَقُوْلَآ اِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْ ۭ فَيَتَعَلَّمُوْنَ مِنْهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُوْنَ بِهٖ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَزَوْجِهٖ ۭ وَمَا ھُمْ بِضَاۗرِّيْنَ بِهٖ مِنْ اَحَدٍ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ ۭ وَيَتَعَلَّمُوْنَ مَا يَضُرُّھُمْ وَلَا يَنْفَعُھُمْ ۭ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُوْا لَمَنِ اشْتَرٰىھُ مَا لَهٗ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ ڜ وَلَبِئْسَ مَا شَرَوْا بِهٖٓ اَنْفُسَھُمْ ۭ لَوْ كَانُوْا يَعْلَمُوْنَ

وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ : And they followed  
  مَا : what  
  تَتْلُوا۟ : recite(d)  
  ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ : the devils  
  عَلَىٰ : over  
  مُلْكِ : (the) kingdom  
  سُلَيْمَٰنَۖ : (of) Sulaiman.  
  وَمَا : And not  
  كَفَرَ : disbelieved  
  سُلَيْمَٰنُ : Sulaiman  
  وَلَٰكِنَّ : and but  
  ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ : the devils  
  كَفَرُوا۟ : disbelieved,  
  يُعَلِّمُونَ : they teach  
  ٱلنَّاسَ : the people  
  ٱلسِّحْرَ : the magic  
  وَمَآ : And not  
  أُنزِلَ : was sent down  
  عَلَى : over  
  ٱلْمَلَكَيْنِ : the two angels  
  بِبَابِلَ : in Babylon,  
  هَٰرُوتَ : Harut  
  وَمَٰرُوتَۚ : and Marut.  
  وَمَا : And not  
  يُعَلِّمَانِ : they both teach  
  مِنْ : any  
  أَحَدٍ : one  
  حَتَّىٰ : unless  
  يَقُولَآ : they both say,  
  إِنَّمَا : "Only  
  نَحْنُ : we  
  فِتْنَةٌ : (are) a trial,  
  فَلَا : so (do) not  
  تَكْفُرْۖ : disbelieve."  
  فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ : But they learn  
  مِنْهُمَا : from those two  
  مَا : what  
  يُفَرِّقُونَ : they causes separation  
  بِهِۦ : with it  
  بَيْنَ : between  
  ٱلْمَرْءِ : the man  
  وَزَوْجِهِۦۚ : and his spouse.  
  وَمَا : And not  
  هُم : they (could)  
  بِضَآرِّينَ : at all be those who harm  
  بِهِۦ : with it  
  مِنْ : any  
  أَحَدٍ : one  
  إِلَّا : except  
  بِإِذْنِ : by permission  
  ٱللَّهِۚ : (of) Allah.  
  وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ : And they learn  
  مَا : what  
  يَضُرُّهُمْ : harms them  
  وَلَا : and not  
  يَنفَعُهُمْۚ : profits them.  
  وَلَقَدْ : And indeed  
  عَلِمُوا۟ : they knew  
  لَمَنِ : that whoever  
  ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ : buys it,  
  مَا : what  
  لَهُۥ : for him  
  فِى : in  
  ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ : the Hereafter  
  مِنْ : any  
  خَلَٰقٍۚ : share.  
  وَلَبِئْسَ : And surely evil  
  مَا : what  
  شَرَوْا۟ : they sold  
  بِهِۦٓ : with it  
  أَنفُسَهُمْۚ : themselves,  
  لَوْ : if  
  كَانُوا۟ : they were  
  يَعْلَمُونَ : (to) know.

Wattaba'oo maa tatlush Shayaateenu 'alaa mulki Sulaimaana wa maa kafara Sulaimaanu wa laakinnash Shayatteena kafaroo yu'al limoonan naasas sihra wa maaa unzila 'alal malakaini bi Baabila Haaroota wa Maaroot; wa maa yu'allimaani min ahadin hattaa yaqoolaaa innamaa nahnu fitnatun falaa takfur fayata'al lamoona minhumaa maa yufarriqoona bihee bainal mar'i wa zawjih; wa maa hum bidaaarreena bihee min ahadin illaa bi-iznillah; wa yata'allamoona maa yadurruhum wa laa yanfa'uhum; wa laqad 'alimoo lamanish taraahu maa lahoo fil Aakhirati min khalaaq; wa labi'sa maa sharaw biheee anfusahum; law kaanoo ya'lamoon

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.

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