The verse proves that the practice of sorcery was prevalent among the Jews...

The verse proves that the practice of sorcery was prevalent among the Jews, and that they ascribed it to Sulayman (a.s.) They presumed that Sulayman (a.s.) got the kingdom and subjugated the jinn, the human beings, the animals and the birds all with the help of sorcery; and all the supernatural miraculous events related to him depended on witchcraft. And they claimed that some of the enchantments in their hands had come down to them from him. The remaining portion was…