[
Then when We decreed death for him [Sulaiman
(Solomon)],
nothing informed them (jinn)
of his death except a little worm of the earth which kept
(slowly)
gnawing away at his stick. So when he fell down, the jinn saw clearly that
if they had known the Unseen, they would not have stayed in the humiliating
torment. ] (Saba’:14)
Again, we say, magic is nothing but illusion and imaginative activity. We
would like to explain the other side of magic effects that is based on the
delusion, inspiration and imagination. But in any case it cannot harm or
benefit anyone but with Allah's Will
. Allah All-Mighty says: [
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 Allah’s Leave]
How can magic separate a man from his wife and sows discord between them?…
As aforementioned, magic is but insinuation and illusion,
and no absolutely
material effects for magic on the persons or things as we said what happened
with Pharaoh's magicians deceived the eyes of the people into seeing their
ropes and rods as moving snakes. This is exactly how magic spoils a man's
marriage. Magic effects makes the husband sees his beautiful wife an ugly
one. Moreover, his cleanliness is turned in his eyes into dirt and her scent
will stink for him. Thus, a man hates his wife and divorces her. The case
can be the other way round. Magic can beautify an ugly old woman in a young
man's eye and make him fall in love with and marry her. This man does not
discover the real disaster he faces until the spell of magic wanes.