The Reality of the Two Angels in Teaching People Sorcery
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Question:
Allah. The Honorable Shaykh, what is the reality of the two angels in teaching people sorcery? Is it a test or a fabrication?
Answer:
A test and a trial are the same meaning. The apparent meaning of the verse is that they are two angels from among the angels, and that Allah sent them down as a trial for the servants. They teach people sorcery as a trial for the servants and a test. Therefore, before they teach a person,[Al-Baqarah 2:102], they advise him and explain to him the harm of sorcery, and that it is disbelief in Allah, so do not do it. If he persists and asks to be taught sorcery, then he is the one to be blamed, and he is the one who proceeded to evil, and he failed in the exam and the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), may Allah protect us from it. The apparent meaning of the verse is that they are two angels from among the angels, and that they teach sorcery in order to test people and examine them. They do not teach sorcery out of desire for it, or calling to it, or making people love it, but rather it is a matter of trial and examination.
Allah. The Honorable Shaykh, what is the reality of the two angels in teaching people sorcery? Is it a test or a fabrication?
Answer:
A test and a trial are the same meaning. The apparent meaning of the verse is that they are two angels from among the angels, and that Allah sent them down as a trial for the servants. They teach people sorcery as a trial for the servants and a test. Therefore, before they teach a person,
But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve
وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْ
Source
استتابة الساحر قبل قتله — alfawzan.live
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