![]() Whether or not they do have that power to effect such change in the world, and whether people can with the help of such devils, effect such change and harm other people, this now is a question among Muslims. Some Muslims may think that there are evil forces that are out there, Satan and his entourage, who can help people to perform such magical feats, which is what we call black magic because we're now dealing with evil spirits. Can persons who are not prophets of God perform such tricks? Such magical feats? This now becomes an issue for discussion. ![]() That would naturally predispose many Muslims to think that magic can occur. Nonetheless, this is the story and this is how it is told in the Quran. There may be some Muslims who think the scientific order of things is so well in place that we should give some other interpretation to these passages. At least this is how the Quran has been generally interpreted. This is God's intervention causing his staff to change into a serpent or his hand to become so glowing white that this clearly is a sign that something supernatural is going on. Yet, what Moses did wasn't magic from the Quran’s perspective. They used some kind of psychological trick or like an illusion. Some others thought that no, what they did was not real, they just bewitched the eyes of the people. Some are willing to say that people can cause the natural order to change with this kind of magic. Muslim scholars thought about this and took different attitudes towards this. They cast their staffs, and the Quran says in the 116th verse of the seventh surah, “They bewitch the eyes of the people, and cause them to fear”. The Pharaoh says "this obviously looks like magic, so I'll get the magicians." He talks to his advisors and they call for the best magicians to come forward for a contest and see whose magic is superior. He withdraws his hand from his cloak and his hand is very white. ![]() He was able to cast his staff and the staff turned into a serpent. It all began when Moses came to the Pharaoh and the Pharaoh said "Show me something that would demonstrate that God is with you". It is mentioned that in the seventh chapter of the Quran, Moses has this confrontation with the magicians.
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