Used to argue that Allah permitted or introduced magic through Harut and Marut, framing black magic as part of the speaker's critique of Islamic theology.
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Quran 2:102
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102 and they follow what the Satans recited over Solomon's kingdom. Solomon disbelieved not, but the Satans disbelieved, teaching the people sorcery, and that which was sent down upon Babylon's two angels, Harut and Marut; they taught not any man, without they said, 'We are but a temptation; do not disbelieve.' From them they learned how they might divide a man and his wife, yet they did not hurt any man thereby, save by the leave of God, and they learned what hurt them, and did not profit them, knowing well that whoso buys it shall have no share in the world to come; evil then was that they sold themselves for, if they had but known.
Repeated near the end of the stream to reinforce the claim that black magic in Islamic sources traces back to Allah's allowance through Harut and Marut.
Cited as the Qur'anic passage about Solomon, devils, magic, and Harut and Marut; it was used to argue the Qur'an repeats false Solomonic folklore as if it were real revelation.