Ruqyah card 3 of 38 · Qur’an

The Reality of Siḥr

وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَا تَتْلُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ عَلَىٰ مُلْكِ سُلَيْمَٰنَ ۖ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَٰرُوتَ وَمَٰرُوتَ ۚ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَآ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌۭ فَلَا تَكْفُرْ ۖ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِهِۦ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَرْءِ وَزَوْجِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا هُم بِضَآرِّينَ بِهِۦ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُوا۟ لَمَنِ ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَٰقٍۢ ۚ وَلَبِئْسَ مَا شَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

Wa ttabaʿū mā tatlū sh-shayāṭīnu ʿalā mulki Sulaymāna wa mā kafara Sulaymānu wa lākinna sh-shayāṭīna kafarū yuʿallimūna n-nāsa s-siḥra wa mā unzila ʿalā l-malakayni bi-Bābila Hārūta wa Mārūt. Wa mā yuʿallimāni min aḥadin ḥattā yaqūlā innamā naḥnu fitnatun fa-lā takfur. Fa-yataʿallamūna minhumā mā yufarriqūna bihi bayna l-marʾi wa zawjihi wa mā hum bi-ḍārrīna bihi min aḥadin illā bi-idhni llāh. Wa yataʿallamūna mā yaḍurruhum wa lā yanfaʿuhum wa la-qad ʿalimū la-mani shtarāhu mā lahu fī l-ākhirati min khalāqin wa la-biʾsa mā sharaw bihi anfusahum law kānū yaʿlamūn.

They followed what the devils recited during the reign of Solomon… Yet they cannot harm anyone through it except by Allah’s permission.

They followed what the devils recited during the reign of Solomon. Solomon did not disbelieve, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and what was sent down to the two angels in Babylon, Harut and Marut. The two did not teach anyone without first saying, “We are only a trial, so do not disbelieve.” People learned from them what could separate a man from his wife. Yet they could not harm anyone with it except by Allah’s permission. They learned what harmed them and did not benefit them. They certainly knew that whoever purchased it would have no share in the Hereafter. How evil was that for which they sold themselves, if only they knew.

How to use: Recite with firm belief that all power belongs to Allah.