[26].Surah Ash-Shuara [The Poets]: Ayat 221-223

২২১. আমি আপনাকে বলব কি কার নিকট শয়তানরা অবতরণ করে?
২২২. তারা অবতীর্ণ হয় প্রত্যেক মিথ্যাবাদী, গোনাহগারের উপর। 
২২৩. তারা শ্রুত কথা এনে দেয় এবং তাদের অধিকাংশই মিথ্যাবাদী।  

Ayat 221. Shall I inform you (O people!) upon whom the Shayatin (devils) descend?

Ayat 222. They descend on every lying (one who tells lies), sinful person.

Ayat 223. Who gives ear (to the devils and they pour what they may have heard of the unseen from the angels), and most of them are liars. 

Tafseer of Ayat 221 to 223. Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones descend?  To people who maliciously suggested that the Prophet was possessed or inspired by evil spirits (26:210 above) the reply had already been made, but it is now declared that the suggestion is itself the work of Evil. Behind such suggestions are lying and wickedness, or at best same half-truths caught up in hearsay and twisted so as to show Allah in an evil light. They descend on every lying, wicked person, (Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars.

Narrated by Hazrat Safiyyah, daughter of Abu Ubaid, (May Allah be pleased with them) reported on the authority of some of the wives of the Prophet  SAWW(PBUH) who said : The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, "He who goes to one who claims to tell about matters of the Unseen and believes in him, his Salat (prayers) will not be accepted for forty days.'' [Muslim Book 26, Chapter 33, Hadith # 5540]. 

Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Ash-Shuara Ayat 222. They descend on every lying (one who tells lies), sinful person. and Ayat 223. Who gives ear (to the devils and they pour what they may have heard of the unseen" We learn from this Hadith that visiting soothsayers and astrologers for the purpose of knowing from them what lies hidden in future is such a great offense that he who does it, loses all merits of his forty days Salat. Some people try to detect the culprits involved in a theft case through the so-called fortunetellers or seek their advice in matters relating to business, marriage etc. All such things are unlawful because Allah Alone knows the invisible world.