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Al-Jinn [1] (Arabic: الجن, “The Jinn”) is the 72nd chapter of the Quran with 28 verses . The name as well as the topic of this chapter is jinn . In the Quran, it is stated in that humans are created from the earth and jinn from smokeless fire.
Throughout the Quran, humans and jinn (al-ins wa-l-jinn) appear frequently as a pair, designating their equal status in regards of their creation and rejecting that jinn share divinity with the Creator. [46] (p181) [6] The term ins derives from anisa, which means "to be familiar with", and refers to recognisable familiar human beings.
Maalik, chief of the angels guarding Hellfire (jahannam), mentioned in the Quran. [29] (Angel) Malik Gatshan, king of all jinn living on Mount Qaf. [30] (Genie) Marid, a powerful rebellious demon, who assaults heaven in order to listen to the angels, mentioned in Quran. [31] (Demon) Matatrush, angel guarding the heavenly veil.
In the Quran, Surah 15:27 and 55:15, jânn (in contrast to many translations of the Quran using the term jinn instead) is said to be created from fire, and taken to be the ancestor of all jinn. Mufassir (authorized exegetes of the Quran) disagree if this refers to Iblis or to a separate creature who is father of all jinn, in contrast to Iblis ...
The baqarah (Arabic: بَقَرْة, cow) of the Israelites [3]; The dhiʾb (Arabic: ذِئب, wolf) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph, and who was blamed for his disappearance [22] [23]
In Islam Jinn are intellectual creatures who, like humans, have received the Revealed Law, and will be accounted for on the Day of Judgement. [63] Jinn, like humans, have the capability and choice of both good and evil, and according to the Quran, will be judged by God for such choices come judgment day. [64]
Therefore before humans, the hinn, binn, timm, rimm, jann, and jinn resided on the earth. These six periods symbolize negative progress, until humans emerge; thus the first letters of the first four circles mean Habtar (here referring to the personification of evil) and the latter referring to jann and jinn as subordinates of the devil.
The idea that jinn as well as humans could find salvation was widely accepted, based on the Quran (Q.55:74) where the saved are promised maidens "untouched before by either men or jinn" – suggesting to classical scholars al-Suyūṭī and al-Majlisī that jinn also are provided their own kind of houri maidens in paradise.