Verses about Magic

Then he considered [again];

Say, ‘ I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, ‘ Passing magic.’

And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, ‘ This is a magician and a liar.

Said the eminent among the people of Pharaoh, ‘ Indeed, this is a learned magician

And they said, ‘ No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we will not be believers in you.’

Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?’ And the wrongdoers say, ‘ You follow not but a man affected by magic.’

He said, ‘ Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, ‘ Indeed, this is a learned magician.

Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.

They said, ‘ You are only of those affected by magic.

They said, ‘ You are only of those affected by magic.

But when there came to them Our visible signs, they said, ‘ This is obvious magic.’

But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, ‘ This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers.’

But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, ‘ Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?’ Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They said, ‘ [They are but] two works of magic supporting each other, and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers.’

We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, ‘ You follow not but a man affected by magic.’

And We had certainly given Moses nine evident signs, so ask the Children of Israel [about] when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, ‘ Indeed I think, O Moses, that you are affected by magic.’

Have the people been amazed that We revealed [revelation] to a man from among them, [saying], ‘ Warn mankind and give good tidings to those who believe that they will have a [firm] precedence of honor with their Lord’ ? [But] the disbelievers say, ‘ Indeed, this is an obvious magician.’

So when there came to them the truth from Us, they said, ‘ Indeed, this is obvious magic.’

And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, ‘ Indeed, you are resurrected after death,’ those who disbelieve will surely say, ‘ This is not but obvious magic.’

They would say, ‘ Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic.’

And even if We had sent down to you, [O Muhammad], a written scripture on a page and they touched it with their hands, the disbelievers would say, ‘ This is not but obvious magic.’

And say, ‘ This is not but obvious magic.

And when our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, ‘ This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping.’ And they say, ‘ This is not except a lie invented.’ And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, ‘ This is not but obvious magic.’

And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority

But when the truth came to them, they said, ‘ This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers.’

And they said [to Moses], ‘ O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided.’

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, ‘ This is obvious magic.’

But he turned away with his supporters and said,’ A magician or a madman.’

Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, ‘ A magician or a madman.’

With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], ‘ Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?’

The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],

And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, ‘ We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic].’ And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allah. And the people learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But the Children of Israel certainly knew that whoever purchased the magic would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew.

And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, ‘ O children of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allah to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad.’ But when he came to them with clear evidences, they said, ‘ This is obvious magic.’

[The Day] when Allah will say, ‘ O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, ‘ This is not but obvious magic.’