The Demystification of Magic in the <i>Tafsīr al-Manār</i>: An Analysis of the Exegetical and Homiletic Devices Used in the Discussion ‘<i>Mab</i><i>ḥ</i><i>ath al-siḥr wa-Hārūt wa-Mārūt’</i>
The two angels Hārūt and Mārūt are mentioned together with the prophet Solomon in the ‘magic pericope’ of <i>Sūrat al-Baqara</i> (Q. 2:101–103). Rashīd Riḍā and his mentor Muḥammad ῾Abduh rejected the folkloric, mythical legends that surrounded the two angels Hārūt and Mārūt and the imag...
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MDPI AG
2021-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/9/734 |