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Harut and Marut (Arabic: هاروت وماروت) are the two angels mentioned in the second surah of the Qur'an who were present during the reign of the prophet Solomon and according to some narratives those two angels were in the time of Hazarat Idrees and were located at a location called Babel. The Qur'an indicates that they were a trial for the people and through them the people were tested with sorcery. (Sura Al-Baqara, verse 102).

In the Qur'an

The story of Harut and Marut is revealed in the second surah (chapter), of the Qur'an, entitled "Al-Baqara" or "The Cow" . It appears in the 102nd Ayah, or verse, and forms part of a narrative concerning the people who followed sorcery.

They followed what the Satans gave out during the reign of Solomon. Solomon disbelieved not, but the Satans disbelieved, teaching men sorcery and such things that came down upon the two Angels at Babel, Harut and Marut, but neither of these two taught anyone till they had said, "We are only for trial, so disbelieve not." And they learnt that which caused separation between a man and his wife, but they could not thus harm anyone except by Allah's leave. And they learnt that which harmed them and profited them not. And indeed they knew that the buyers of it would have no share in the Hereafter. And how bad indeed was that for which they sold their own selves, if they but knew. And if they had believed and guarded themselves from evil and kept their duty to Allah, far better would have been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew! (Al-Baqarah, 102, 103)

Muslim interpretations

Story of Harut and Marut

This story must be started with the following Ayats:

And they followed what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve ." And they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allah . And the people learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But the Children of Israel certainly knew that whoever purchased the magic would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew. And if they had believed and feared Allah, then the reward from Allah would have been better, if they only knew. {Surah Baqarah; Ayat: 102-3}

Two angels of Allah(swt) named Harut and Marut came to humankind in the city of Babylon and taught magic to humanity for the first time. There are many versions of this story - but, please note that Angels can not disobey Allah(swt)

They came and taught human magic with the permission of Allah(swt). In additional to that, they used to warn everyone before teaching them magic by saying that, we are sent as a test from Allah(swt) and practicing magic results to disbelieve.

Non-Muslim interpretations

European interpretations

William St. Clair Tisdall claims that Harut and Marut are two ancient Armenian deities, worshipped by the Armenians before their conversion to Christianity. They are said to be assistants of the goddess Spandaramit. They were the special promotors of the productiveness and profitableness of the earth. Horot and Morot also appear in the Avesta as Haurvat (or Haurvatat) and Ameretat, "abundance" and "immortality".

The English orientalist and scholar David Samuel Margoliouth asserted that Harut and Marut were none other than Jannes and Jambres, the two magicians mentioned in II Timothy 3:8 as being the Egyptian magicians who withstood the prophet Moses in the court of the pharaoh in Exodus 7:8-12.

The story of Harut and Marut has a parallel in the apocryphal Jewish text The Book of Enoch, however, in that book the angels are named “Uzzah, Azzah and Azael." They are described teaching sorcery to the generation of Enoch which allows them to summon the “sun and moon, star and constellations” down to serve their idols.”

References

1. Surah Baqarah; Ayat: 102-3 in Quran.com
2. Everything about Magic and Jinn in islam-beliefs.com
3. How black magic started
4. The Story of Harut and Marut as per Ibn Kathir
5. William St. Clair Tisdall, The Original Sources of the Quran
6. David Samuel Margoliouth. Originally published in The Muslim World, Vol. XX, 1930, pp. 73-79.
7. Reed, A. Y. https://www.academia.edu/269741/_From_Asael_and_%C5%A0emihazah_to_Uzzah_Azzah_and_Azael_3_Enoch_5_7-8_and_the_Jewish_Reception-History_of_1_Enoch_ Originally published in Jewish Studies Quarterly

External links

• Template:Fr icon Sunni point of vue about Harut et Marut (at-tawhid.net)

• Angels in Islam
• Articles about multiple people in the Quran
• Quranic figures
• Duos
• Fallen angels