Satan is a powerful black
magician himself and he
can cast various sorts of
powerful black magic
spells. He teaches the magicians, under his
control, new tricks of casting spells. This has
been mentioned in Surah Baqarah, verse:102
ﻭَﺍﺗَّﺒَﻌُﻮﺍْ ﻣَﺎ ﺗَﺘْﻠُﻮﺍْ ﺍﻟﺸَّﻴَﺎﻃِﻴﻦُ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﻠْﻚِ ﺳُﻠَﻴْﻤَﺎﻥَ ﻭَﻣَﺎ ﻛَﻔَﺮَ ﺳُﻠَﻴْﻤَﺎﻥُ ﻭَﻟَـﻜِﻦَّ
ﺍﻟﺸَّﻴْﺎﻃِﻴﻦَ ﻛَﻔَﺮُﻭﺍْ ﻳُﻌَﻠِّﻤُﻮﻥَ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱَ ﺍﻟﺴِّﺤْﺮَ ﻭَﻣَﺎ ﺃُﻧﺰِﻝَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺍﻟْﻤَﻠَﻜَﻴْﻦِ ﺑِﺒَﺎﺑِﻞَ
ﻫَﺎﺭُﻭﺕَ ﻭَﻣَﺎﺭُﻭﺕَ ﻭَﻣَﺎ ﻳُﻌَﻠِّﻤَﺎﻥِ ﻣِﻦْ ﺃَﺣَﺪٍ ﺣَﺘَّﻰ ﻳَﻘُﻮﻻَ ﺇِﻧَّﻤَﺎ ﻧَﺤْﻦُ ﻓِﺘْﻨَﺔٌ ﻓَﻼَ ﺗَﻜْﻔُﺮْ
ﻓَﻴَﺘَﻌَﻠَّﻤُﻮﻥَ ﻣِﻨْﻬُﻤَﺎ ﻣَﺎ ﻳُﻔَﺮِّﻗُﻮﻥَ ﺑِﻪِ ﺑَﻴْﻦَ ﺍﻟْﻤَﺮْﺀِ ﻭَﺯَﻭْﺟِﻪِ ﻭَﻣَﺎ ﻫُﻢ ﺑِﻀَﺂﺭِّﻳﻦَ ﺑِﻪِ ﻣِﻦْ
ﺃَﺣَﺪٍ ﺇِﻻَّ ﺑِﺈِﺫْﻥِ ﺍﻟﻠّﻪِ ﻭَﻳَﺘَﻌَﻠَّﻤُﻮﻥَ ﻣَﺎ ﻳَﻀُﺮُّﻫُﻢْ ﻭَﻻَ ﻳَﻨﻔَﻌُﻬُﻢْ ﻭَﻟَﻘَﺪْ ﻋَﻠِﻤُﻮﺍْ ﻟَﻤَﻦِ
ﺍﺷْﺘَﺮَﺍﻩُ ﻣَﺎ ﻟَﻪُ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻵﺧِﺮَﺓِ ﻣِﻦْ ﺧَﻼَﻕٍ ﻭَﻟَﺒِﺌْﺲَ ﻣَﺎ ﺷَﺮَﻭْﺍْ ﺑِﻪِ ﺃَﻧﻔُﺴَﻬُﻢْ ﻟَﻮْ ﻛَﺎﻧُﻮﺍْ
ﻳَﻌْﻠَﻤُﻮﻥَ ) 2:102(
• 2:102 (Asad) and follow [instead] that which
the evil ones used to practice during
Solomon's reign - for it was not Solomon who
denied the truth, but those evil ones denied it
by teaching people sorcery [82] -; and [they
follow] that which has come down through the
two angels in Babylon, Hurut and Marut-
although these two never taught it to anyone
without first declaring, "We are but a
temptation to evil: do not, then, deny [God's]
truth!" [83] And they learn from these two
how to create discord between a man and his
wife; but whereas they can harm none thereby
save by God's leave, they acquire a knowledge
that only harms themselves and does not
benefit them - although they know; indeed,
that he who acquires this [knowledge] shall
have no share in the good of the life to come.
[84] For, vile indeed is that [art] for which
they have sold their own selves -had they but
known it! -
