And vile was the price for which they did sell their souls, if they but knew!’ [460] The atheist evil ones used magic for the people of Solomon. The people followed them and thought that Solomon had used the same forms of magic to rule. So they thought that they would use the same means of magic to show miracles to the people and have the people obey them. They said that Solomon was a blasphemer and a powerful magician.
The Honorable the Exalted God refutes them and says, ‘…the blasphemers Were, not Solomon,…’ [461] He did not use magic as they claim ‘…but the evil ones (blasphemed), teaching men Magic…’ [462] which they ascribed to Solomon and the two angels ‘…and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels Harut and Marut…’ [463] There were many magicians and tricksters after Noah.
Therefore, the Honorable the Exalted God sent the two angels (Harut and Marut) to the Prophet of the time to teach him magic and how to cancel its effect. Solomon learned this from those two angels and taught it to the people according to the Honorable the Exalted God’s orders.