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  2. Jinn - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. al-Jānn - Wikipedia

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    Sahih Muslim describes al-Jann as being created out of a mixture of fire, contrasted with the angels created from light and humans created from clay-mud. [10] Another hadith, mentioned in the collection of Al-Tirmidhi, reports that Muhammad sought refuge in God from al-Jann, the father of jinn, until Surah Al-Nas and Surah Al-Falaq had been ...

  4. List of spiritual entities in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Binn, predecessor of the jinn. Often paired with hinn. Extinct. (Demon) Bīwarāsp the Wise, jinn-king in the epistle The Case of the Animals versus Man, written by the Brethren of Purity. (Genie) Bubu, jinn seen by children. (Genie) Buraq, the winged horse-like heavenly ride that carried the Muhammad in his Night Ascension. (Other)

  5. Al-Jinn - Wikipedia

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    Although Al-Jinn is a Meccan surah, it is generally agreed that it was revealed much later than any other sura contained in Juz' Tabāraka -lladhi (which covers surahs 67 to 77). Abdullah Yusuf Ali says that it is "tolerably certain" that Al-Jinn was revealed around 2 B.H. when Muhammad was evangelising near present-day Ta'if. [2]

  6. Night hag - Wikipedia

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    A supernatural being, commonly known as a jinn (cin in Turkish), comes to the victim's room, holds him or her down hard enough not to allow any kind of movement, and starts to strangle the person. To get rid of the demonic creature, one needs to pray to Allah by reading Al-Falaq and Al-Nas from the Qur'an. Moreover, in some derivatives of the ...

  7. Hinn (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In his work Al-Bidāya wa-n-Nihāya, he relates that the Hinn and binn were exterminated by the jinn, so that the jinn could dwell on the earth. [7] Although many sources describe the hinn and binn as powerful gigantic primordial creatures, Al-Jahiz mentions them as a "weak type" of demons in his Kitāb al-Ḥayawān. [8]

  8. Mosque of the Jinn - Wikipedia

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    The Mosque of the Jinn (Arabic: مسجد الجنّ, romanized: Masjid al-Jinn) [1] [2] [3] is a mosque, located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, [4] near Jannat al-Mu'alla. [5] It is also known as the Mosque of Allegiance [6] [3] (Arabic: مسجد بِيعات, romanized: Masjid Biy‘āt) [7] and the Mosque of Guards [3] (Arabic: مسجد الحرس, romanized: Masjid al-Ḥaras) [1] because the city ...

  9. Throne Verse - Wikipedia

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    Al-Suyuti narrates that a man from humanity and a man from the jinn met. Whereupon, as means of reward for defeating the jinn in a wrestling match, the jinn teaches a Quranic verses that if recited, no devil (šayṭān) will enter the man's house with him, which is the "Throne Verse".