and follow what the devils recited over the Kingdom of Solomon. Solomon did not disbelieve, it is the devils who disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was sent down upon the angels Harut and Marut in Babylon. They did not teach anyone, until both had said: 'We have been sent as a trial; do not disbelieve' From them they learned how they might separate a husband and his wife. However, they did not harm anyone with it, except by the permission of Allah. Indeed, they learned what harms them and does not profit them, yet they knew that anyone who buys it would have no share in the Everlasting Life. Evil is that for which they have sold their souls, if they but 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