Places and geography
Babylon
بابل
All controlled Quran occurrences of Babylon.
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Occurrences in the Quran
They followed what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against the power of SolomonSulayman: the blasphemers Were, not SolomonSulayman, but the evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels Harut and Marut. But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We are only for trial; so do not blaspheme." They learned from them the means to sow discord between man and wife. But they could not thus harm anyone except by Allah's permission. And they learned what harmed them, not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share in the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price for which they did sell their souls, if they but knew!
Hadith mentioning Babylon1 matches
Hadith are later transmitted reports and are shown separately from the Quran text. The links below are exact name or term matches, not a judgement about authenticity or interpretation.
AbuSalih al-Ghifari reported: Ali (once) passed by Babylon during his travels. The mu'adhdhin (the person who calls for prayer) came to him to call for the afternoon prayer. When he passed by that place, he commanded to announce for the prayer. After finishing the prayer he said: My affectionate friend (i.e. the Prophet) prohibited me to say prayer in the gr…