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ithni Allahi wayataAAallamoona ma yadurruhum wala yanfaAAuhum walaqad
AAalimoo lamani ishtarahu ma lahu fee al-akhirati min khalaqin walabi/sa ma sharaw
bihi anfusahum law kanoo yaAAlamoon
a
102. They followed what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against the power of Solomon:
the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but the evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such
things as came down at babylon to the angels Harut and Marut. But neither of these
taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We are only for trial; so do not blaspheme."
They learned from them the means to sow discord between man and wife. But they could
not thus harm anyone except by Allah's permission. And they learned what harmed them,
not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share in
the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price for which they did sell their souls,
if they but knew!
103. Walaw annahum amanoo wa
i
ttaqaw lamathoobatun min AAindi Allahi khayrun law
kanoo yaAAlamoon
a
103. If they had kept their Faith and guarded themselves from evil, far better had been the
reward from their Lord, if they but knew!
Section 13 (104-112)
104. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la taqooloo raAAina waqooloo on
th
urna
wa
i
smaAAoo walilkafireena AAathabun aleem
un
104. O ye of Faith! Say not (to the Messenger. words of ambiguous import, but words of
respect; and hearken (to him): To those without Faith is a grievous punishment.
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