Who are Harut and Marut ؟
Harut and Marut
God Almighty said: “And they followed what the devils recited during the reign of Solomon, and Solomon did not disbelieve, but the devils disbelieved. They teach the people magic and what was revealed to the two angels in Babylon. Tut and Marut, and they did not teach anyone until they had said, “We are only a test, so do not disbelieve.” Then they learned from them what they used to separate between a man and his wife, and what they are. They are harmful With it from anyone except by the permission of God, and they learn that which will harm them and not benefit them, and indeed they know that whoever buys it will have no share for him in the Hereafter, and miserable is what they bought. themselves, if they only knew.” (102) Al-Baqarah.
Referring to what was confirmed by most scholars and sheikhs, that the Jews rejected the Book of God and followed the books of magic and sorcery that spread in the time of our Master Solomon, peace be upon him, where the devils would ascend to heaven, and they would eavesdrop on the words of the angels who spoke about what would happen, God willing, on earth of various matters, so they would inform the priests. Thus, they claim that they know the unseen, and the priests speak to the people and they find it as they said, so they added seventy words to each word, and they wrote that down in books that they read and taught the people what is in them, and this was widespread in the time of Solomon, peace be upon him, so the Jews claimed that the jinn know the unseen, and that magic is knowledge. Solomon, and over him he ruled over all the humans, jinn, birds, and winds that he possessed.
God Almighty responded by acquitting his Prophet Solomon by saying: (And Solomon did not disbelieve, but the devils disbelieved), and God sent down these two angels, Harut and Marut, to teach people magic as a test from Him, the Almighty, and to distinguish between magic and miracles, and to protect them from evil. Harut and Marut do not teach magic to anyone until they warn him, and tell him that they are a test from God, and that whoever learns magic and practices it has disbelieved, and whoever is wary of doing it remains steadfast in faith, so Harut and Marut teach people the magic that separates spouses, and causes disagreement, conflict, and discord between them, so people learn what it is. It harms them and harms others, and does not benefit them in the afterlife, but they cannot harm anyone except with His permission, Glory be to Him, because magic does not affect itself, but rather by God’s command and will with His creation. The Jews chose to be preoccupied with magic, and how miserable they chose an alternative to the true Book of God, and preferred it to faith, and if they had believed, it would have been better for them. As for the reason for the revelation of the verse and the mention of Harut and Marut, is that the Jews of Medina did not ask the Messenger Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, about a matter except that he answered them, and when They asked him about magic, God Almighty revealed these verses to tell them the story. God sent down these two angels to differentiate between the people between the truth that came to Solomon and God completed it with what He had for Solomon, and the falsehood that the priests brought of magic and sorcery, to differentiate between miracle and sorcery.
