It is narrated that, in the reign of SOLOMON, a group of people practised sorcery and magic. Solomon worked against that, and ordered the sorcerer's notes and scripts be collected and stored in a safe. When SOLOMON died some people got access to the notes and documents, and started with teaching and publishing the occult knowledge. Some of the unbelievers availed themselves of the opportunity, and propagated that;- ``king SOLOMON was not an Apostle of God, and he rather was a magician!'' They composed and published many tales of occult powers, by which they attributed the power that SOLOMON had, to magic! while SOLOMON dealt in no arts of sorcery, which to him such arts, seemed evil and blasphemy.

      Some of the Israelites too, instead of sticking to the plain BOOK OF REVELATION, and seeking to do the will of God, ran after all sorts of sorcery and occult knowledges which were mostly false and evil.

      When our prophet Mohammand (AS), declared through the verses of QURÄN that; SOLOMON too, was an apostle of God; the Jews were amazed, and asked each other: ``Is that not strange that Mohammad introduces SOLOMON as a prophet of God, and not a king and magician?!''

      In fact this assertion of the Jews, was a grave scandal on SOLOMON the apostle of God, as well as excommunicating the apostle, and accusing him of heresy.

      Any how! This was another phase of mischiefs and evil deeds of the Jews who accused the apostle of Allah of being a magician.

      The HOLY QURÄN, reveals through the verse NO. 102:

      ``The Jews followed what SATANS recited to people in the reign of SOLOMON, who never disbelieved, and never practised sorcery and magic to reach a goal; but SATANS disbelieved and taught people sorcery and magic. The Jews also followed that which was revealed to the two angels Harut and Marut, while the two only meant to teach people how could they averse and neutralize magic power, and the effect of sorcery. Therefore they taught no one without saying: `We are here for trial! So do not blaspheme, and misuse not our teachings.''

      To make it short, the two angels came down in such a time that the oven of sorcery and magic was very hot, and the power of evil pretended to force the laws of nature and the will of God - a pretence that was mere heresy and bare blasphemy, and the two angels tried to save the plain hearted people of falling into the snare of the magicians, and sorcerers.

      But the Jews who were among the evil doers learned from the two angels, that which they thought they could use it in mischievous ways, for causing injury and sowing discord between sexes. On the other hand, God's power was over all the powers, and they could not hurt anyone thereby, except by Allah's permission. Therefore their magical power was limited to the extent to which God permitted the evil to work. Then God's Grace protected all who sought HIS Guidance and who repented and returned to HIM.

      As a matter of fact, the Jews learned what hurt them and not what profitted them! They knew this fact that those who practised magic had no share in the life to come; and that was the evil to which they sold their souls!