In which chapters of the Holy Quran are the verses related to magic included?
Dear Brother / Sister,
Some of the chapters and verse numbers related to magic and magicians are as follows:
Yunus, 10/75:
“Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs with Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin.”
Yunus, 10/82:
“And Allah by His words doth prove and establish His truth, however much the sinners may hate it.”
al-Falaq, 113/1-5:
“Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn, from the mischief of created things; From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads; from the mischief of those who practice secret arts; and from the mischief of the envious one as he practices envy.”
al-Baqara, 2/101-102:
“And when there came to them an apostle from Allah, confirming what was with them, a party of the people of the Book threw away the Book of Allah behind their backs, as if (it had been something) they did not know! They followed what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against the power of Solomon: the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but the evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels Harut and Marut. But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: “We are only for trial; so do not blaspheme.” They learned from them the means to sow discord between man and wife. But they could not thus harm anyone except by Allah’s permission. And they learned what harmed them, not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share in the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price for which they did sell their souls, if they but knew.”
Ta-Ha, 20/56-73:
“And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and refuse.”
“He said: ‘Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy magic, O Moses?’”
“But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where both shall have even chances.”
“Moses said: ‘Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up.’”
“So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came (back).
“Moses said to him: ‘Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration.’”
“So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret.”
“They said: ‘These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away with your most cherished institutions.’”
“Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried) ranks: He wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand.”
“They said: ‘O Moses! Whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?’”
“He said, ‘Nay, throw ye first!’ Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in lively motion.”
“So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.”
“We said: ‘Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand.’”
“Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes.”
“So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said, ‘We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.’”
“(Pharaoh) said: ‘Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? Surely this must be your leader, who has taught you magic! be sure I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will have you crucified on trunks of palm-trees: so shall ye know for certain, which of us can give the more severe and the more lasting punishment.’”
“They said: ‘Never shall we regard thee as more than the Clear Signs that have come to us, or than Him Who created us! so decree whatever thou desirest to decree: for thou canst only decree (touching) the life of this world.’”
“For us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our faults, and the magic to which thou didst compel us: for Allah is Best and Most Abiding.’”
ash-Shuara, 26/183-189:
“And withhold not things justly due to men, nor do evil in the land, working mischief.”
“And fear Him Who created you and (who created) the generations before (you).”
“They said: ‘Thou art only one of those bewitched.’”
“Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think thou art a liar.”
“Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful.”
“He (Shuayb) said: ‘My Lord knows best what ye do.’”
“But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.”
ash-Shuara, 26/29-51:
“(Pharaoh) said: ‘If thou dost put forward any god other than me, I will certainly put thee in prison.’”
“(Moses) said: ‘Even if I showed you something clear (and) convincing’.”
“(Pharaoh) said: ‘Show it then, if thou tellest the truth.’”
“So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain (for all to see).”
“And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all beholders.”
“(Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: ‘This is indeed a sorcerer well- versed.’”
“His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery; then what is it ye counsel?”
They said: “Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while), and dispatch to the Cities heralds to collect.”
“And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed.”
“So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a day well-known.”
“And the people were told: ‘Are ye (now) assembled?’”
“That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win”
“So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: ‘Of course - shall we have a (suitable) reward if we win?’”
“He said: ‘Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person).’”
“Moses said to them: ‘Throw ye - that which ye are about to throw.’”
“So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: ‘By the might of Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly win.’”
“Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake.”
“Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration.”
“Saying: ‘We believe in the Lord of the Worlds.’”
“The Lord of Moses and Aaron.”
“Said (Pharaoh): ‘Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? surely he is your leader, who has taught you sorcery! but soon shall ye know! Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross.’”
“They said: ‘No matter! For us, we shall but return to our Lord.”
“Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our faults, that we may become foremost among the believers.”
ash-Shura, 42/46-50:
“And no protectors have they to help them, other than Allah. And for any whom Allah leaves to stray, there is no way (to the Goal).”
“Hearken ye to your Lord, before there come a Day which there will be no putting back, because of (the Ordainment of) Allah. that Day there will be for you no place of refuge nor will there be for you any room for denial (of your sins)!”
“If then they run away, We have not sent thee as a guard over them. Thy duty is but to convey (the Message). And truly, when We give man a taste of a Mercy from Ourselves, he doth exult thereat, but when some ill happens to him, on account of the deeds which his hands have sent forth, truly then is man ungrateful.”
“To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He wills (and plans). He bestows (children) male or female according to His Will (and Plan).
“Or He bestows both males and females, and He leaves barren whom He will: for He is full of Knowledge and Power.”
al-A'raf, 7/104-122:
“Moses said: ‘O Pharaoh! I am an apostle from the Lord of the worlds,’
“One for whom it is right to say nothing but truth about Allah. Now have I come unto you (people), from your Lord, with a clear (Sign): So let the Children of Israel depart along with me.”
“(Pharaoh) said: ‘If indeed thou hast come with a Sign, show it forth,- if thou tellest the truth.’”
“Then (Moses) threw his rod, and behold! it was a serpent, plain (for all to see)!”
“And he drew out his hand, and behold! it was white to all beholders!”
“Said the Chiefs of the people of Pharaoh: ‘This is indeed a sorcerer well- versed.’”
“His plan is to get you out of your land: then what is it ye counsel?”
“They said: ‘Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while); and send to the cities men to collect.’”
“And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed.”
“So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh: They said, ‘of course we shall have a (suitable) reward if we win!’”
“He said: ‘Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person).’”
“They said: ‘O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?’”
“Said Moses: ‘Throw ye (first).’ So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them: for they showed a great (feat of) magic.”
“We put it into Moses's mind by inspiration: ‘Throw (now) thy rod’ and behold! It swallows up straight away all the falsehoods which they fake!”
“Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect.”
“So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and were made to look small.”
“But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration.”
“Saying: ‘We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,’”
“The Lord of Moses and Aaron.”
al-A'raf, 7/130-132:
“We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of droughts) and shortness of crops; that they might receive admonition.”
“But when good (times) came, they said, ‘This is due to us.’ When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! In truth the omens of evil are theirs in Allah’s sight, but most of them do not understand!.”
“They said (to Moses): ‘Whatever be the Signs thou bringest, to work therewith thy sorcery on us, we shall never believe in thee.’”
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