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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ} [البقرة: 102]

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[Machine] Aasif was Sulaiman bin Dawud's scribe, and he knew the Greatest Name. He used to write everything that Sulaiman commanded him and buried it beneath his throne. When Sulaiman died, the devils took out what Aasif had written and added magic, lies, and disbelief between each line. They claimed that these were the actions done by Sulaiman, and the ignorant people, their fools, cursed him. Their scholars stood with them, and their ignorant ones continued to curse him until Allah revealed, "And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Sulaiman. It was not Sulaiman who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved" [Al-Baqarah 102].  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ آصِفُ كَاتِبَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَكَانَ يَعْلَمُ الِاسْمَ الْأَعْظَمَ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ يَأْمُرُهُ بِهِ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَيَدْفُنُهُ تَحْتَ كُرْسِيِّهِ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَخْرَجَتْهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ فَكَتَبُوا بَيْنَ كُلِّ سَطْرٍ مِنْ سِحْرٍ وَكَذِبٍ وَكُفْرٍ فَقَالُوا هَذَا الَّذِي كَانَ يَعْمَلُ سُلَيْمَانُ بِهَا فَأَكْفَرَهُ جُهَّالُ النَّاسِ وَسُفَهَاؤُهُمْ وَسَبُّوهُ وَوَقَفَ عُلَمَاؤُهُمْ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ جُهَّالُهُمْ يَسُبُّونَهُ حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ {وَاتَّبَعُوا مَا تَتْلُوا الشَّيَاطِينُ عَلَى مُلْكِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَلَكِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ كَفَرُوا} [البقرة 102]