Verse from The Noble Qur'an

لَّقَدْ كَانَ فِي يُوسُفَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ آيَاتٌ لِّلسَّائِلِينَ

7. Verily, in Yûsuf (Joseph) and his brethren, there were Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) for those who ask.

The Noble Qur'an (12: 7)

قَالَ أَلْقُوْاْ فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْاْ سَحَرُواْ أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَاءوا بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ

116. He [Mûsa (Moses)] said: "Throw you (first)." So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them, and they displayed a great magic.

The Noble Qur'an (7: 116)

وَاتَّبَعُواْ مَا تَتْلُواْ الشَّيَاطِينُ عَلَى مُلْكِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَلَـكِنَّ الشَّيْاطِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ عَلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّى يَقُولاَ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلاَ تَكْفُرْ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِهِ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَزَوْجِهِ وَمَا هُم بِضَآرِّينَ بِهِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ اللّهِ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلاَ يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُواْ لَمَنِ اشْتَرَاهُ مَا لَهُ فِي الآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلاَقٍ وَلَبِئْسَ مَا شَرَوْاْ بِهِ أَنفُسَهُمْ لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ

102. They followed what the Shayâtin (devils) gave out (falsely of the magic) in the lifetime of Sulaimân (Solomon). Sulaimân did not disbelieve, but the Shayâtin (devils) disbelieved, teaching men magic and such things that came down at Babylon to the two angels, Hârût and Mârût, but neither of these two (angels) taught anyone (such things) till they had said, "We are only for trial, so disbelieve not (by learning this magic from us)." And from these (angels) people learn that by which they cause separation between man and his wife, but they could not thus harm anyone except by Allâh's Leave. And they learn that which harms them and profits them not. And indeed they knew that the buyers of it (magic) would have no share in the Hereafter. And how bad indeed was that for which they sold their ownselves, if they but knew.

The Noble Qur'an (2: 102)

Explanatory Notes

The True Meaning of Envy

Allah (God) Almighty explains to us in details in the Noble Qur'an the true meaning of Envy. Such that envy can be understood completely from the story of Joseph peace be upon him (PBUH) in the Noble Qur'an, where Allah (God) Almighty states that in the story of Joseph PBUH and His brethren there are answers and signs for those who ask and ponder about matters.

Allah (God) Almighty explains to us what envy is from the answer of the father of Joseph PBUH (i.e. Jacob PBUH). Where Jacob PBUH told His son not to tell the vision he had from Allah (God) Almighty to His brothers because Jacob PBUH was concerned that the brothers of Joseph PBUH would envy him (which means to wish for a blessing from Allah (God) Almighty to go away). Then Jacob PBUH told His son that after they envy him they would make a physical effort and action to make this blessing go away.

Thus from this story it can be deduced that envy is the wishing of something good to go away from a person and making a physical action and effort to make it happen. And not by unseen mystical forces that are emanated from the eyes of the person who envies. 

The True Meaning of Magic

If a person wanted to know what is magic then he or she should ponder and reflect upon the verses of the book of Allah (God) Almighty (i.e. The Noble Qur'an)And if a person does that then he or she would discover that magic is mentioned in two places in the Noble Qur'an, which are:

1. In the description of the action of the magicians of the Pharaoh of Egypt, in the sense that Allah (God) Almighty describes how they made people see a matter in a way which does not reflect its true nature. Allah (God) Almighty states that the magicians placed the people in an environment which generates fear and apprehension, then they made something move and the people thought that these moving objects are snakes. Thus Allah (God) Almighty teaches us that the first kind of magic is the illusion created by placing the person in fear and apprehension, then the movement of an object such as cloth, stick, etc. can befool the person in thinking that it is something else.

2. The other place where magic is mentioned in the Noble Qur'an is verse 102 of chapter two. Where Allah (God) Almighty tells us that the devils teach people magic and the question here is with regards to the nature of the magic of Satan?

We find the answer to the above question in the same verse where Allah (God) Almighty teaches us that one form of the magic of Satan is to separate between couples. This is done by the companion devil of the husband whispering to him with a voice exactly like the voice he thinks with ideas he hears them in his head about his wife that she is cheating on him, she is bad, etc., also the companion devil of the wife whispers to her bad ideas about her husband. Thus the companion devil makes the wife and husband see each other in a distorted and untrue way and this is the magic of the Devils.

So Allah (God) Almighty teaches us that magic is as stated above and there is no other form of magic whatsoever.