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{{Quote|{{Quran|27|20-23}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|27|20-23}}| | ||
And he took a muster of the Birds; and he said: "Why is it I see not the Hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees? I will certainly punish him with a severe Penalty, or execute him, unless he bring me a clear reason (for absence). But the Hoopoe tarried not far: he (came up and) said: "I have compassed (territory) which thou hast not compassed, and I have come to thee from Saba with tidings true. I found (there) a woman ruling over them and provided with every requisite; and she has a magnificent throne.}} | And he took a muster of the Birds; and he said: "Why is it I see not the Hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees? I will certainly punish him with a severe Penalty, or execute him, unless he bring me a clear reason (for absence). But the Hoopoe tarried not far: he (came up and) said: "I have compassed (territory) which thou hast not compassed, and I have come to thee from Saba with tidings true. I found (there) a woman ruling over them and provided with every requisite; and she has a magnificent throne.}} | ||
=== The existence of magic === | |||
''Main article: [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Witchcraft and the Occult]]'' | |||
The verse 113:4 (Those who blow on knots), is believed to be referring to those who practice magic,<ref>https://surahquran.com/english-aya-4-sora-113.html</ref><ref>https://versebyversequranstudycircle.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/tafseer-of-surah-al-falaq-part-4/</ref> with knots being commonly associated with magic in antiquity.<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/1520741</ref> | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|113|1-5}}|1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn | |||
2. From the evil of what He has created | |||
3. And from the evil of the utterly dark night when it comes | |||
<b>4. And from the evil of those who blow on knots | |||
5. And from the evil of the envious when he envies</b>}} | |||
And verse 113:5 (evil of the envious when he envies) is believed to be referring to a superstitious belief known as 'The Evil Eye', a physical and mental supernatural condition that affects those who envy, further explained in the [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Witchcraft and the Occult|main article]]. | |||
At least once, angels ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harut_and_Marut#:~:text=Harut%20and%20Marut%20(Arabic%3A%20%D9%87%D9%8E%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8F%D9%88%D9%92%D8%AA,Babylon%20and%20teach%20humans%20magic. Harut and Marut] are named in this verse) and satans (believed to be jinn) teach humans magic: | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran2|102}}|and they follow what the Satans recited over Solomon's kingdom. Solomon disbelieved not, but the Satans disbelieved, <b>teaching the people sorcery,</b> 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.}} | |||
There is no evidence that magic is real. | |||
===Living inside a big fish=== | ===Living inside a big fish=== | ||