and Talut, for his part, received them from Labid ibn al-Aʿsam, the Jewish sorcerer who cast a spell on the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him.

Al-Jaʿd’s exposure to the environment in which he was raised:
It is said that this al-Jaʿd was from Harran, a town that contained a great many people of the same persuasion.