Jinns

senekerk wrote: � Andalus asks: It was not a leap for me. Jinn are simply another class of beings. I have a question for you: You believe in an unseen God who was able to Create the Universe and all life, and you believe in unseen beings who interact with man and carry messeges from God and may offer some protection from time to time that you call angles, but unseen beings that interact with man called Jinn are difficult to believe? My problem has more to do with acceptance then with belief.� My ego tells me that God made me ( human beings) and we are special.� If I admitt, give into, accept Jinns, then I also have to accept that I am not as special to God as I thought.� ( this is probably faulty thinking) I have to surrender that Allah is God and can �create whatever he wants.� I have to be willing...... again I have to surrender to what ever Allah does and my selfish and self-centered thinking bulks at this Angels don't marry do they??

You are correct, you need to defeat those thoughts of yours. �God is sufficent for all His creatures' needs, wants, and everything else. �He is the Sustainer and Protector of all that exists and is not begotten nor begets.

Angels are a totally dfferent creation from jinns, animals, and humans. �They were created from light. �They have no free will and do not live lives outside of serving Godin whatever He orders. �They do not marry, have families, etc.


Edited by Knowledge01

i still find it strange that they marry, have children etc.  if they were like angel it wld be easier to accept

Morocco was my real introduction to a world where many interact with the
jinn in their day-to-day life.

Examples -
1) Pouring hot water down a drain is a way to irritate jinn and you will
hear many Moroccans say "Bismillah" before pouring (unless they wait for
it to cool)
2) What we might classify as bipolar, autistic or schizoid can sometimes
be diagnosed as being meskoon, or "inhabited" (with jinn)
3) Children left alone to cry in the dark, in a wet place (bathroom, etc),
near the dead (cemetaries, butcher stalls, etc) are susceptible to attacks
by the jinn.

It is a belief held by Muslims of every class; i.e; the well-heeled educated
as well as the desperately poor and illiterate.   In my life and experience, I
have never encountered a Moroccan who has given the existence of the
Jinn a second thought - Jinns simply are.

Well - that's probably enough Jinn talk for me this Friday morning!
Have a blessed and prayerful day everyone,
Jamal Morelli

al hamdulilah (praise be to Allah).