وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ And they followed wa-ittabaʿū what mā recite(d) tatlū the devils l-shayāṭīnu over ʿalā (the) kingdom mul'ki (of) Sulaiman sulaymāna And not wamā disbelieved kafara Sulaiman sulaymānu [and] but walākinna the devils l-shayāṭīna disbelieved kafarū they teach yuʿallimūna the people l-nāsa [the] magic l-siḥ'ra and what wamā was sent down unzila to ʿalā the two angels l-malakayni in Babylon bibābila Harut hārūta and Marut wamārūta And not wamā they both teach yuʿallimāni any min one aḥadin unless ḥattā they [both] say yaqūlā Only innamā we naḥnu (are) a trial fit'natun so (do) not falā disbelieve takfur But they learn fayataʿallamūna from those two min'humā what mā [they] causes separation yufarriqūna with it bihi between bayna the man l-mari and his spouse wazawjihi And not wamā they (could) hum at all [be those who] harm biḍārrīna with it bihi any min one aḥadin except illā by permission bi-idh'ni (of) Allah l-lahi And they learn wayataʿallamūna what mā harms them yaḍurruhum and not walā profits them yanfaʿuhum And indeed walaqad they knew ʿalimū that whoever lamani buys it ish'tarāhu not mā for him lahu in fī the Hereafter l-ākhirati any min share khalāqin And surely evil walabi'sa (is) what mā they sold sharaw with it bihi themselves anfusahum if law they were kānū (to) know yaʿlamūna
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, Hārūt and Mārūt. But they [i.e., the two angels] do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic]."1 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 Allāh. And they [i.e., people] learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But they [i.e., the Children of Israel] certainly knew that whoever purchased it [i.e., magic] would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew.