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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulVerses 99–103
5 versesAl-Baqarah 102
وَاتَّبَعُوا مَا تَتْلُوا الشَّيَاط۪ينُ عَلٰى مُلْكِ سُلَيْمٰنَۚ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمٰنُ وَلٰكِنَّ الشَّيَاط۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَۗ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَۜ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ اَحَدٍ حَتّٰى يَقُولَٓا اِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْۜ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِه۪ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَزَوْجِه۪ۜ وَمَا هُمْ بِضَٓارّ۪ينَ بِه۪ مِنْ اَحَدٍ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۜ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنْفَعُهُمْۜ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُوا لَمَنِ اشْتَرٰيهُ مَا لَهُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ۠ وَلَبِئْسَ مَا شَرَوْا بِه۪ٓ اَنْفُسَهُمْۜ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ ١٠٢
Mushaf
Transliteration
102Vettebeʿû mâ tetlü-şşeyâṭînü ʿalâ mülki süleymân. vemâ kefera süleymânü velâkinne-şşeyâṭîne keferû yüʿallimûne-nnâse-ssiḥr. vemâ ünzile ʿale-lmelekeyni bibâbile hârûte vemârût. vemâ yüʿallimâni min eḥadin ḥattâ yeḳûlâ innemâ naḥnü fitnetün felâ tekfür. feyeteʿallemûne minhümâ mâ yüferriḳûne bihî beyne-lmerʾi vezevcih. vemâ hüm biḍârrîne bihî min eḥadin illâ biiẕni-llâh. veyeteʿallemûne mâ yeḍurruhüm velâ yenfeʿuhüm. veleḳad ʿalimû lemeni-şterâhü mâ lehû fi-lʾâḫirati min ḫalâḳ. velebiʾse mâ şerav bihî enfüsehüm. lev kânû yaʿlemûn.
English Translation
102They followed the lies that people who had become devils put forward against the kingdom of Solomon. Yet Solomon did not become a disbeliever by practicing magic and sorcery; rather, those deceitful devils who taught people magic and sorcery became disbelievers. Contrary to what they claimed, nothing was sent down to the two rulers/kings in Babylon, Harut and Marut. Those two would say mockingly to the people they taught magic, "We have become addicted to magic/sorcery; don't you become disbelievers." These people with the nature of devils learned sorcery from them and used it only to separate husband and wife. Yet the truth was that the sorcerers could harm no one except by Allah's permission. They were learning things that harmed them and brought them no benefit. They certainly knew that those who profit in this way will have no share in the Hereafter. How wretched is the gain they obtained by selling their own values! If only they had known.
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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik.
The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.