وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَا تَتۡلُوا۟ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینُ عَلَىٰ مُلۡكِ سُلَیۡمَـٰنَۖ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَیۡمَـٰنُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ یُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَمَاۤ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلۡمَلَكَیۡنِ بِبَابِلَ هَـٰرُوتَ وَمَـٰرُوتَۚ وَمَا یُعَلِّمَانِ مِنۡ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ یَقُولَاۤ إِنَّمَا نَحۡنُ فِتۡنَةࣱ فَلَا تَكۡفُرۡۖ فَیَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنۡهُمَا مَا یُفَرِّقُونَ بِهِۦ بَیۡنَ ٱلۡمَرۡءِ وَزَوۡجِهِۦۚ وَمَا هُم بِضَاۤرِّینَ بِهِۦ مِنۡ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَیَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا یَضُرُّهُمۡ وَلَا یَنفَعُهُمۡۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمُوا۟ لَمَنِ ٱشۡتَرَىٰهُ مَا لَهُۥ فِی ٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ مِنۡ خَلَـٰقࣲۚ وَلَبِئۡسَ مَا شَرَوۡا۟ بِهِۦۤ أَنفُسَهُمۡۚ لَوۡ كَانُوا۟ یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝١٠٢
wa-ittabaʿū mā tatlū l-shayāṭīnu ʿalā mul'ki sulaymāna wamā kafara sulaymānu walākinna l-shayāṭīna kafarū yuʿallimūna l-nāsa l-siḥ'ra wamā unzila ʿalā l-malakayni bibābila hārūta wamārūta wamā yuʿallimāni min aḥadin ḥattā yaqūlā innamā naḥnu fit'natun falā takfur fayataʿallamūna min'humā mā yufarriqūna bihi bayna l-mari wazawjihi wamā hum biḍārrīna bihi min aḥadin illā bi-idh'ni l-lahi wayataʿallamūna mā yaḍurruhum walā yanfaʿuhum walaqad ʿalimū lamani ish'tarāhu mā lahu fī l-ākhirati min khalāqin walabi'sa mā sharaw bihi anfusahum law kānū yaʿlamūn
Abdel Haleem: and followed what the evil ones had fabricated about the Kingdom of Solomon instead. Not that Solomon himself was a disbeliever; it was the evil ones who were disbelievers. They taught people witchcraft and what was revealed in Babylon to the two angels Harut and Marut. Yet these two never taught anyone without first warning him, ‘We are sent only to tempt- do not disbelieve.’ From these two, they learned what can cause discord between man and wife, although they harm no one with it except by God’s leave. They learned what harmed them, not what benefited them, knowing full well that whoever gained [this knowledge] would lose any share in the Hereafter. Evil indeed is the [price] for which they sold their souls, if only they knew

Interlinear Analysis

1
wa-ittabaʿū
اتَّبَعَ
Root: ت ب ع
Verb
2
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
3
tatlū
تَلَى
Root: ت ل و
Verb
4
l-shayāṭīnu
شَيْطان
Root: ش ط ن
Noun
5
ʿalā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
6
mul'ki
مُلْك
Root: م ل ك
Noun
7
sulaymāna
سُلَيْمان
Noun
8
wamā
ما
Root: م ا
Prep.
9
kafara
كَفَرَ
Root: ك ف ر
Verb
10
sulaymānu
سُلَيْمان
Noun
11
walākinna
لٰكِنّ
Root: ل ك ن
Prep.
12
l-shayāṭīna
شَيْطان
Root: ش ط ن
Noun
13
kafarū
كَفَرَ
Root: ك ف ر
Verb
14
yuʿallimūna
عَلَّمَ
Root: ع ل م
Verb
15
l-nāsa
ناس
Root: أ ن س
Noun
16
l-siḥ'ra
سِحْر
Root: س ح ر
Noun
17
wamā
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
18
unzila
أَنزَلَ
Root: ن ز ل
Verb
19
ʿalā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
20
l-malakayni
مَلَك
Root: م ل ك
Noun
21
bibābila
بابِل
Root: ب ا ب ل
Noun
22
hārūta
هارُوت
Noun
23
wamārūta
مارُوت
Noun
24
wamā
ما
Root: م ا
Prep.
25
yuʿallimāni
عَلَّمَ
Root: ع ل م
Verb
26
min
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
27
aḥadin
أَحَد
Root: أ ح د
Noun
28
ḥattā
حَتَّى
Root: ح ت ى
Prep.
29
yaqūlā
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
30
innamā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
31
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
Noun
32
fit'natun
فِتْنَة
Root: ف ت ن
Noun
33
falā
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
34
takfur
كَفَرَ
Root: ك ف ر
Verb
35
fayataʿallamūna
يَتَعَلَّمُ
Root: ع ل م
Verb
36
min'humā
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
37
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
38
yufarriqūna
فَرَّقُ
Root: ف ر ق
Verb
39
بِهِۦ
bihi
Noun
40
bayna
بَيْن
Root: ب ي ن
Noun
41
l-mari
مَرْء
Root: م ر أ
Noun
42
wazawjihi
زَوْج
Root: ز و ج
Noun
43
wamā
ما
Root: م ا
Prep.
44
هُم
hum
Noun
45
biḍārrīna
ضارّ
Root: ض ر ر
Noun
46
بِهِۦ
bihi
Noun
47
min
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
48
aḥadin
أَحَد
Root: أ ح د
Noun
49
illā
إِلّا
Root: إ ل ا
Prep.
50
bi-idh'ni
إِذْن
Root: أ ذ ن
Noun
51
l-lahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
52
wayataʿallamūna
يَتَعَلَّمُ
Root: ع ل م
Verb
53
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
54
yaḍurruhum
يَضُرَّ
Root: ض ر ر
Verb
55
walā
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
56
yanfaʿuhum
نَفَعَ
Root: ن ف ع
Verb
57
walaqad
قَد
Root: ق د
Prep.
58
ʿalimū
عَلِمَ
Root: ع ل م
Verb
59
lamani
مَن
Root: م ن
Noun
60
ish'tarāhu
اشْتَرَى
Root: ش ر ي
Verb
61
ما
Root: م ا
Prep.
62
لَهُۥ
lahu
Noun
63
فِي
Root: ف ي
Prep.
64
l-ākhirati
آخِر
Root: أ خ ر
Noun
65
min
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
66
khalāqin
خَلاق
Root: خ ل ق
Noun
67
walabi'sa
بِئْسَ
Root: ب أ س
Verb
68
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
69
sharaw
شَرَ
Root: ش ر ي
Verb
70
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
Noun
71
anfusahum
نَفْس
Root: ن ف س
Noun
72
law
لَو
Root: ل و
Prep.
73
kānū
كانَ
Root: ك و ن
Verb
74
yaʿlamūna
عَلِمَ
Root: ع ل م
Verb