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Al-Baqarah 2:102

And follow that which the devils falsely related against the kingdom of Solomon. Solomon disbelieved not; but the devils disbelieved, teaching mankind magic and that which was revealed to the two angels in Babel, Harut and Marut. Nor did they (the two angels) teach it to anyone till they had said: We are only a temptation, therefore disbelieve not (in the guidance of Allah). And from these two (angles) people learn that by which they cause division between man and wife; but they injure thereby no-one save by Allah's leave. And they learn that which harmeth them and profiteth them not. And surely they do know that he who trafficketh therein will have no (happy) portion in the Hereafter; and surely evil is the price for which they sell their souls, if they but knew

Al-A'raf 7:112

To bring each knowing wizard unto thee

Yunus 10:76

And when the Truth from Our presence came unto them, they said: Lo! this is mere magic

Al-Hijr 15:15

They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched

Ta-Ha 20:66

He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic, appeared to him as though they ran

Al-Mu'minun 23:89

They will say: Unto Allah (all that belongeth). Say: How then are ye bewitched

Ash-Shu'ara 26:40

(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners

An-Naml 27:13

But when Our tokens came unto them, plain to see, they said: This is mere magic

Ghafir 40:24

Unto Pharaoh and Haman and Korah, but they said: A lying sorcerer

Adh-Dhariyat 51:52

Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman

men who are steadfast, truthful, obedient, spend (in the way of Allah) and implore the forgiveness of Allah before daybreak

Imagine, then, when Allah will say: 'Jesus, son of Mary, recall My favour upon you and your mother, and when I strengthened you with the spirit of holiness so that you talked to men in the cradle and also when you became of age; and when I taught you the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel; and when, by My leave, you fashioned from clay the likeness of a bird and you breathed into it, and by My leave it became a bird; you healed, by My leave, the blind from birth and the leprous; and when, by My leave, you caused the dead to come to life. And recall when I restrained the Israelites from you when you came to them with clear proofs whereupon those of them who disbelieved said: "This is nothing but clear magic

(O Messenger!) Had We sent down to you a book incribed on parchment, and had they even touched it with their own hands, the unbelievers would still have said: 'This is nothing but plain magic

The elders of Pharaoh's people said: 'Surely this man is a skilful magician

And the magicians came to Pharaoh and said: 'Shall we have a reward if we win

Moses said: 'You throw.' So when they threw [their rods], they enchanted the eyes of the people, and struck them with awe, and produced a mighty sorcery

and the magicians flung themselves prostrate

And they said to Moses: 'Whatever sign you might produce before us in order to enchant us, we are not going to believe you

Does it seem strange to people that We should have revealed to a man from among themselves, directing him to warn the people (who lie engrossed in heedlessness); and to give good news to the believers that they shall enjoy true honour and an exalted status with their Lord? (Is this so strange that) the deniers of the truth should say: 'This man is indeed an evident sorcerer

Moses said: 'Do you say this about the truth after it has come to you? Is this sorcery? You call this sorcery although sorcerers never come to a happy end

And Pharaoh said (to his) men: 'Bring every skilled sorcerer to me

And when the sorcerers came Moses said to them: 'Cast whatever you wish to cast

Then when they had cast (their staffs), Moses said: 'What you have produced is sheer sorcery. Allah will certainly reduce it to naught. Surely Allah does not set right the work of the mischief-makers

And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and [before that] His Throne was upon the water that He may test you, who of you is better in conduct If you were to say (O Muhammad): 'All of you will surely be raised after death', then those who disbelieve will certainly say: 'This is nothing but plain sorcery

We are well aware of what they wish to hear when they listen to you and what they say when they confer in whispers, when the wrong-doers say: "You are only following one who is bewitched

We granted Moses nine clear signs. Ask the Children of Israel about that: when these signs came forth, Pharaoh said to him: "Moses, I think that you are bewitched

He said: "Have you come to us to drive us out of our land by your sorcery

We shall confront you with a sorcery like your own. So appoint a day when both of us might meet face to face in an open space; an appointment which neither we nor you shall fail to keep

Some of them said: "These two are magicians, who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and to destroy your excellent way of life

And throw down what is in your right hand; it will swallow up all that they have wrought. They have wrought only a magician's stratagem. A magician cannot come to any good, come whence he may