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—extraordinary feats of sorcery—just as this is recorded in the Torah and as they themselves relate about various individuals, such as the story of Simon the Magician with the disciples and other similar accounts. Once this point is clear, then any report of this type that contradicts what is reliably established from the prophets comes from Satan, and it may never be invoked as evidence for anything that opposes the confirmed laws brought by the prophets. Rather, such people belong to the same class as the great Dajjāl whom every prophet forewarned against; even Noah warned his people. The Seal of the Messengers said, “There has never been a prophet who did not warn his nation—even Noah warned…”
السَّحَرَةُ مِنَ الْخَوَارِقِ، كَمَا ذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَكَمَا يَذْكُرُونَهُ عَنْ فُلَانٍ وَفُلَانٍ، مِثْلِ حِكَايَةِ سِيمُونَ السَّاحِرِ مَعَ الْحَوَارِيِّينَ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ وَإِذَا كَانَ هَذَا مَعْلُومًا كَانَ مَا يَذْكُرُونَهُ مِنْ هَذَا الْجِنْسِ،
إِذَا كَانَ مُخَالِفًا لِمَا ثَبَتَ عَنِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَلَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُحْتَجَّ بِهِ عَلَى مَا يُخَالِفُ شَرَائِعَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ الثَّابِتَةَ عَنْهُمْ بَلْ هَؤُلَاءِ مِنْ جِنْسِ الدَّجَّالِ الْكَبِيرِ الَّذِي أَنْذَرَتْ بِهِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ كُلُّهُمْ حَتَّى نُوحٌ أَنْذَرَ قَوْمَهُ وَقَالَ:
خَاتَمُ الرُّسُلِ «مَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا قَدْ أَنْذَرَ أُمَّتَهُ حَتَّى نُوحٌ أَنْذَرَ