entity_relationships: 1426
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| relationship_id | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1426 | ENT_ISR_WATCHERS | received_as | ENT_ISL_HARUT | medium | Quran 2:102 describes Harut and Marut as two angels in Babylon who taught magic to humans, warning them it was a trial. Scholars including Geiger (1833) and Sidersky (1933) connect Harut and Marut to the Watcher tradition of 1 Enoch 6-11: divine beings who descend, transmit forbidden knowledge (sorcery, weaponry, cosmetics) to humanity, and whose activity constitutes a cosmic sin. The Babylonian setting of Quran 2:102 parallels the Apkallu tradition. Confidence medium: the Quran does not explicitly call them fallen angels, and the connection to the Watchers is scholarly reconstruction. | SRC_HADITH_GENERAL | reviewed | PER_ISL_EARLY |