And they followed what the devils taught during the reign of Salomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but it was the devils who disbelieved. They taught the people witchcraft and what was revealed in Babylon to the two angels Harut and Marut. They did not teach anybody until they had said, “We are a test, so do not lose faith.” But they learned from them the means to cause separation between man and his wife. But they cannot harm anyone except with God's permission. And they learned what would harm them and not benefit them. Yet they knew that whoever deals in it will have no share in the Hereafter. Miserable is what they sold their souls for, if they only knew.
و از آنچه ديوان در [روزگار] پادشاهى سليمان مى‌خواندند پيروى كردند، و سليمان [هرگز دست به سحر نيالود و] كافر نشد بلكه ديوان كافر شدند كه به مردم جادو مى‌آموختند و [نيز] از آنچه بر آن دو فرشته، هاروت و ماروت، در بابل فرود آمده [پيروى كردند] و اين دو هيچ كس را نمى‌آموختند مگر اينكه مى‌گفتند: ما آزمونيم، پس كافر مشو و آنها از آن دو چيزى مى‌آموختند كه با آن ميان مرد و همسرش جدايى افكنند، و اينها با آن بى‌اذن خدا به هيچ كس گزندى نمى‌توانستند رسانيد و آنچه مى‌آموختند آنان را زيان داشت و سود نمى‌رسانيد، و [جهودان‌] نيك مى‌دانستند كه هر كه خريدار آن