WHITE AND BLACK MAGIC IN SHAKESPEARE’S TEMPEST & QURAN’S ANGLES HARUT & MARUT COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

The conflict of the good and the evil is eternal and immortal. This conflict has so many appearances along the lifeline. Also, these appearances use different methods or devices to prove their powers. One of the methods or devices of that conflict is the ‘Magic’. The magic, at the first, has been used by the evil side for achieving bad cases in order to harm and hurt the good side for the evil benefit and targets. This magic is called ‘Black magic’. This magic has created a reaction by the good side for tackling evil works through generating a sort of magic called ‘White Magic’. White magic regards a solution or recovery done by the good power to tackle wicked works of the evil power. The research paper is a comparative study trying to shed light on the magic on terms of Quranic principle representing by the story of two angles called ‘Harut & Marut’ and Shakespeare’s plays called ‘The Tempest’, then, comparing between of them. The research paper will give main definitions of the magic and magical types ‘white and black’ and the applications of the magic through presenting the characters; ‘Prospero’, ‘Ariel’, ‘Sycorax’, who all dealt with magical works ‘black and white’, in The Tempest which regards the last Shakespearian works. Then, research will present the magic aspects in Quran through the story of the two angels ‘Harut & Marut’. Moreover, the research will offer the viewpoint of Quran about the principle of “Universal Law of God” (Sunna Takwiniyah) and how Quran deals with this issue whether is acceptable or not. Also, the research tries to tackles offered by Quran to stand against the danger of magic and what are the alternative suggested to do so.