Some sects say: Sorcery is a science, and they cite the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And he who had with him knowledge of the Book…” How do we respond to them?
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The student: …… regarding sorcery being a science, and they cited this verse
The Shaykh : Sorcery? We say: Sorcery is a science. Did not Allah the Exalted say about the two angels:[Al-Baqarah 2:102] There is no doubt that it is a science.
The student: … this verse
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct. It is as if they want to say that this is a sorcerer who has knowledge from the Book. He said:[An-Naml 27:40] He did not say: knowledge of sorcery. Furthermore, sorcery cannot change realities. Sorcery creates illusions, meaning it makes the bewitched person see the stationary as moving and the moving as stationary. As for [cut]
The Shaykh : Sorcery? We say: Sorcery is a science. Did not Allah the Exalted say about the two angels:
But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic]." And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife.
وما يعلمان من أحد حتى يقولا إنما نحن فتنة فلا تكفر فيتعلمون منهما ما يفرقون به بين المرء وزوجهThe student: … this verse
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct. It is as if they want to say that this is a sorcerer who has knowledge from the Book. He said: