Jinn in pre-Islamic mythology:
For the ancient Semites, jinn were spirits of vanished ancient peoples who acted during the night and disappeared with the first light of dawn; they could make themselves invisible or change shape into animals at will; these spirits were commonly believed to be responsible for diseases and for the manias of some lunatics. Types of jinn include the ghul (night shade, which can change shape), the sila (which cannot change shape) and the ifrit.
The Arabs believed that the jinn were spirits of fire, although sometimes they associated them with succubi, demons in the forms of beautiful women, who visited men by night to copulate with them until they were exhausted, drawing energy from this encounter just as a vampire is supposedly sustained by his victim’s blood.
Jinn in Islam:
Muslims believe that jinn are real beings. The jinn are said to be creatures with free will, made of smokeless fire by God (the literal translation being “subtle fire”
Muslims believe that jinn are real beings. The jinn are said to be creatures with free will, made of smokeless fire by God (the literal translation being “subtle fire”, i.e. a fire which does not give itself away through smoke), much in the same way humans were made of a metaphorical clay. In the Qur’an, jinn are frequently mentioned and Sura 72 of the Qur’an named Al-Jinn is entirely about them. In fact, the prophet Muhammad was said to have been sent as a prophet to both “humanity and the jinn.”
The jinn have communities much like human societies: they eat, marry, die, etc. They are invisible to humans, but they can see humans. Sometimes they accidentally or deliberately come into view or into contact with humans.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn
Lil Queen…if I got you thinking, that all Im trying to do here…thats it…please “try” though…feel free
THANKS CONRAD. Im just a normal guy, very loving by nature, but also very protective of the people and ideas I love. Im agnostic and I am a realist, even more than Islam, what I despise most is political correctness, at least Muslims have an excuse for their ignorance.
LIL Queen: Thats a nice devise of Islam isnt it, naturally critics of Islam are not likely to like the prophet and are very likely to hate him as a result of the hatred he preaches (60.4)…so we have a circular problem…make your faith based on “knowledge” yet dont allow yourself to recieve “knowledge”.
Queen, you dont know it, but youve already lost a little bit of Islam. My experience is that non-arab Muslims, who are open enough to do any analysis, no matter how meek yours was, will leave Islam. Arab Muslims are much harder cause they see Islam as synmous with their race.