Harut and Marut – The Fallen Angels

Before starting the story, let’s have some introspection!

Al Qatada’s Version

Catada [Qatada] tells us that before a month had passed, they fell into temptation for Zohra: one of the most beautiful women (according to Ali, she was queen of a city in Persia). She had filed a suit in their court. When they saw her, they fell in love with her and sought to have her, but she refused and went away. The second day, she came again, and they again asked for her, but she said, “Nay,” unless ye worship what I worship and bow down to this idol, or kill a soul, or drink wine. They replied, “We can’t do these things, which God hath forbidden”; she departed. On the third day, she came holding a cup of wine and cajoled them again. When the angels approached her, she repeated her demand to sin. The angels hesitated and remarked, To pray to other than God is a serious thing, and so is the killing of anyone; the slightest of the three sins is to drink wine.
Afterward, they drank the wine; while intoxicated, they committed adultery. Someone witnessed the scene, and they slew that person. It is further informed that they worshipped an idol as well. 

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