A sharp distinction is often drawn between these two classes, notably by the Melanesians, several African groups, and others ; the Arab jinn, for example, are not reducible to modified human souls ; at the same time these classes are frequently conceived as producing identical results, e. g. diseases.

The jinn, though, are not necessarily evil ; they could be good-doers or sinners just like humans.

In Islam, the h &# 803 ; ūr or h &# 803 ; ūrīyah () are commonly translated as "( splendid ) companions of equal age ( well-matched )", " lovely eyed ", of " modest gaze ", " pure beings " or " companions pure " of paradise, denoting humans and jinn who enter paradise after being recreated anew in the hereafter.

They were cursing him, holding secret consultations to kill him quietly in the dark of the night so that the Banu Hashim could not discover the murderer and take revenge ; magic and charms were being worked on him so as to cause his death, or make him fall ill, or become mad ; satans from among the men and the jinn spread on every side so as to whisper one or another evil into the hearts of the people against him and the Qur ' an brought by him so that they became suspicious of him and fled him.

Like human beings, the jinn can also be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent.

The Quran states that Satan was a jinn ( as in Islam, angels cannot disobey Allah ) and also he is mentioned with the angels in verses ( 2: 34, 7: 11, 15: 29, 17: 61, 18: 50, 20: 116, 38: 71 ) prior to his fall.

They resemble the jinn ( or genie ) of Arab folklore, and in their humble efforts to help mediate the good and ill fortunes of human life, they resemble the Judeo-Christian guardian angel and adversarial demon, respectively, ( see also, the problem of evil ).

In the Quran, it is stated that humans are created from the earth and jinn from fire in more than one instance and it is also evident from the hadith that the angels were created from light.

The latter suffix applies to sentient beings, e. g., جند jund ' army ', جندي jundī ' a soldier '; جن jinn ( collective ), جني jinnī ( singulative ); زنج zinj ' the negro race ' ( collective ), زنجى zinjī ' a negro ' ( singulative ).

jinn ), are supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings.

* Ḥūr or Houri ( Arabic: ), in Islam, humans and jinn who enter paradise after being recreated anew in the hereafter

In Arabic folklore and common mythology, a Marid ( ), is a jinn associated with open waters of the seas and oceans where it finds sanctuary.

The Quran mentions that the jinn are made of a smokeless and " scorching fire ", and they have the physical property of weight.

The jinn are mentioned frequently in the Quran, and the 72nd sura of the Quran is entitled Sūrat al-Jinn.

Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious, cosmological, mythological, or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings ( such as a God, angels, the jinn, and sky deities like King or Queen of Heaven, Heavenly Father, Heavenly Mother, Son of Heaven, heavenly saints or venerated ancestors ) originate, are enthroned or inhabit.

In Islam, the devil Iblis or Shaytan was a Jinn ( humans are created from Earth, Angels from light, and jinn from ' smokeless fire ').

Since the jinn and humans are the only kinds of creation who have the will to choose, the followers of Iblis could be jinn or human.

It is implied that there are more rules for jinn, but these are the ones applicable to the book:

" In answer, he is given by Allah the whole Qur ' an to show him the Straight Way, which is concluded thus: Man prays to Allah, Who is Lord of dawn, Lord of men, King of men, Deity of men, saying: " I seek refuge only with You for protection from every evil and mischief of every creature, and in particular, from the evil whisperings of devils, be they from among men or jinn, for they are the greatest obstacle in following the Straight Way.

Evil spirits known as jinn -- fiery, intelligent beings that are capable of appearing in human and other forms -- could cause all sorts of malicious mischief.

Marids are often described as the most powerful type of jinn, having especially great powers.

Just as humans are made of clay, and jinn are made of smokeless fire, angels are made of light.

8, that Azazel belongs to the class of " se ' irim ," goat-like spirits, jinn haunting the desert, to which the Israelites were accustomed to offering sacrifice.

Some of the students affected by the phenomenon claimed to have been possessed by spirits, or jinn, displaying histrionic symptoms such as screaming, shaking, and crying.

An Ifrit is mentioned in the Qur ' an, Sura An-Naml ( 27: 39-40 ): An ifrit ( strong one ) from the jinn said: " I will bring it to you before you rise from your place.

However there is the concept of Qareen, which according to Islamic literature, is a jinn.

" The City of Brass " features a group of travellers on an archaeological expedition across the Sahara to find an ancient lost city and attempt to recover a brass vessel that Solomon once used to trap a jinn, and, along the way, encounter a mummified queen, petrified inhabitants, lifelike humanoid robots and automata, seductive marionettes dancing without strings, and a brass horseman robot who directs the party towards the ancient city, which has now become a ghost town.

" The City of Brass " features a group of travellers on an archaeological expedition across the Sahara to find an ancient lost city and attempt to recover a brass vessel that Solomon once used to trap a jinn, and, along the way, encounter a mummified queen, petrified inhabitants, lifelike humanoid robots and automata, seductive marionettes dancing without strings, and a brass horseman robot who directs the party towards the ancient city.

" The City of Brass " features a group of travellers on an archaeological expedition across the Sahara to find an ancient lost city and attempt to recover a brass vessel that Solomon once used to trap a jinn, and, along the way, encounter a mummified queen, petrified inhabitants, lifelike humanoid robots and automata, seductive marionettes dancing without strings, and a brass horseman robot who directs the party towards the ancient city.

" The City of Brass " features a group of travellers on an archaeological expedition across the Sahara to find an ancient lost city and attempt to recover a brass vessel that Solomon once used to trap a jinn, and, along the way, encounter a mummified queen, petrified inhabitants, lifelike humanoid robots and automata, seductive marionettes dancing without strings, and a brass horseman robot who directs the party towards the ancient city.

Such were the conditions when the Holy Prophet was commanded to tell the people: " I seek refuge with the Lord of the dawn, from the evil of everything that He has created, and from the evil of the darkness of night and from the evil of magicians, men and women, and from the evil of the envious ", and to tell them: " I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, and the Deity of mankind, from the evil of the whisperer, who returns over and over again, who whispers ( evil ) into the hearts of men, whether he be from among the jinn or men.

The jinn said :" Read Ayatul Kursi, because that person who recites it upon entering the home, Shaitaan flees like a donkey making a sound from its posterior runs away.

Together, the jinn, humans and angels make up the three sentient creations of God.

The contemporaneous Arabic poet al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī said of her: " al-Khansa ’ is the finest poet of the jinn and the humans.

Unlike humans or jinn, they have no free will and therefore can do only what God orders them to do.

Meccans held that a kind of kinship existed between Allah and the jinn.

In order to test mankind and jinn alike, Allah allowed Iblis to roam the earth to attempt to convert others away from his path.

And We caused a fount of ( molten ) brass to flow for him, and there were jinn that worked in front of him, by the Leave of his Lord, And whosoever of them turned aside from Our Command, We shall cause him to taste of the torment of the blazing Fire.

This plot device dates back to the medieval Arabian Nights tale of " The City of Brass ", in which a group of travellers on an archaeological expedition journey across the Sahara to find a brass vessel that Solomon once used to trap a jinn.

A Iranian art | Persian miniature, Dhul-Qarnayn with the help of jinn, building the Iron Wall to keep the barbarian Gog and Magog from civilized peoples.

The ghul is a fiendish type of jinn believed to be sired by Iblis.

A jinn under the control of Suleiman proposed that he will bring it before Suleiman rises from his seat.