Besides these two Surahs, there are 330 other verses in the Qur'an which begin with the word qul say.
Question of Reciting Charms and Amulets in Islam The third thing that arises in connection with these Surahs is whether recitation of charms and amulets has any place in Islam, and whether such recitation is by itself efficacious or not.
Imam Ali found a rope with several knots.
Later, when at Madinah storms of opposition were raised by the hypocrites, Jews and polytheists, the Holy Prophet was instructed to recite these very Surahs, as has been mentioned in the above cited tradition from Hadrat Uqbah bin Amir.
This practice is condemned in verse 4.
He or she is so beautiful or handsome! Not only this: they also allege that if this is accepted as true, it might well be that the Prophet might have been prompted to make the claim to Prophethood through magic and the Prophet by misunderstanding might have thought that an angel had come to him.