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Demon: Djinn
(Arabian) Demons of the dessert, the embodyment of the negative and aggresive nature. They appear as miscellanious animals and humanoids.
Jinn / Djinn or genies are supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings, which occupy a parallel world of humanity. Together, jinn, humans and angels are the three conscious creations of Allah. According to the Koran, there are two creations that have free will human beings and jinn. religious sources say little about them, however, the Quran mentions that geniuses are made of flame without smoke or fire of a scorching wind. "They have the ability to change shape. As human beings, the geniuses can also be good, bad or neutral benevolent. In general it is suggested that the rookie Demonologist should fear the djinn.
The jinn are frequently mentioned in the Koran, and there is a chapter entitled Surat al-Jinn in the Quran. Islamic scholars have held that apostasy is not to believe in a creation of God. Some research by the American Jewish Committee has shown that the belief in spirits has been reduced compared to the belief in angels in other Abrahamic traditions.
Etymology and definitions
Jinn is a collective number word in Arabic, derived from the Arabic root which means JNN "to hide" or "hidden." Other words derived from this root is Majnun "crazy" (literally, "one whose intelligence is hidden '), junūn" madness "and Janin" embryo, fetus, hidden inside the uterus.
JNN the Arabic root meaning "to hide, hide". A word to the garden or Paradise, Paradise, is a cognate of "garden" GAN Hebrew word, derived from the same Semitic root. In arid climates, the gardens must be protected against desertification through the walls, which is the same concept as the word "paradise"-daêza pairi an Avestan word for garden, which literally means "walls have around." Thus, the protection of a garden behind the walls mean that it is hidden from the outside. lexical Arabic and Arabic-English Lexicon Edward William Lane define genius, not only as spirits, but also all hidden over time, state, and even physical darkness.
The genius of the English word derives from the genius of America, which meant a sort of tutelary or guardian spirit thought to be assigned to each person at birth. English borrowed the French descendant of the word, Genie, its first certification in writing in English in 1655, is a plural writing "genyen. The French translators of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights génie used as a translation of genius because it was similar to the Arabic word in sound and meaning. This application was also approved in English and has become dominant.
In Arabic, the word genius is in the number of groups, translated into English as a plural genii, many, genius is in the singular number, used to refer to an individual, which results in the singular in English, a genius. Therefore, "geniuses" of the written English word is treated as a plural.
Existence and use of spirits in other cultures
In mythology Guanches of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, there was a belief in beings that are similar to those geniuses, like the maxi paredros or gods (gods attendant 'national spirits and nature) and tibicenas (evil spirits), and Guayota as hell (god of evil aboriginal) which, like Arabic Iblis, is sometimes identified with a genius.
In Judeo-Christian mythology, the word or the concept of genius, as such, does not occur in the original Hebrew text of the Bible, but the Arabic word genius is often used in several ancient Persian and Arabic translations.
Jinn in the pre-Islamic
Among archaeologists dealing with ancient Middle Eastern cultures, any spirit lower than the angels is often referred to as a genius, especially when describing stone carvings or other forms of art.
Inscriptions found in Northwestern Arabia seem to indicate the cult of genius, or at least their tax status. For example, an inscription from Beth Fasi'el near Palmyra pays tribute to the "Jinnaye", the "good and rewarding gods."
In the next verse, the Qur'an rejects the cult of genius, and stresses that only God should be worshiped:
"They have made the jinn is equal with God, though God created the jinn, and falsely, that has no knowledge attributed to the sons and daughters Praise Him (because He is) above what they describe .! "(Quran 6:100)
Types of jinn include the devil, Ghul, the Marid, ifrit, and geniuses. According to information from the Thousand and One Nights, ifrits seems to be the strongest form of genius, followed by Marids, and then the rest of the forms of genius.
Jinn in Islam
Islamic theology in spirits are said to be creatures with free will, made of smokeless fire by God as human beings were made of clay. According to the Qur'an, jinn have free will, and Iblis abuse of this freedom from God, by refusing to submit to Adam when God commanded the angels and jinn to do so. For disobedience to God, was expelled from Paradise and called "Satan" (Satan). Jinn is frequently mentioned in the Qur'an: Sura 72 (called Surat al-Jinn) is the name of genius, and has a step on them. Another surah (Surat Al-Nas) mentions the Jinn in the last verse. [8] The Qur'an also mentions that Muhammad was sent as a prophet to both "humanity and jinn, and that the prophets and messengers were sent to communities.
Like humans, jinn have free will that allows them to do what you choose (and follow any religion.) They are usually invisible to humans and humans do not appear clearly to them. Geniuses have the power to travel long distances at extreme speeds and is believed to live in remote areas, mountains, seas, trees, and the air in their own communities. Like humans, jinn also be judged on the Day of Judgement and will be sent to heaven or hell according to their works.
Classifications and characteristics
The community social organization of the genius resembles that of humans, for example, are the kings, courts, weddings and rituals of mourning. A few traditions (hadith), are divided into three kinds of geniuses: those who have wings and fly in the air, resembling snakes and dogs, and constantly traveling around. Other reports claim that 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (d. 652), that came to Muhammad when the jinn came to hear his recitation of the Qur'an, described them as creatures of different shapes, like vultures and snakes, other men high in white suit. May even appear as dragons, wild asses, or a number of other animals. In addition to the forms of animals, the geniuses occasionally take human form to deceive and destroy their human victims. Hadith Some have also argued that geniuses can subsist in bones, increasing the meat back as soon as you touch them, and that their animals can live in manure, which will grain or pasture for livestock use geniuses.
Ibn Taymiyyah believed that geniuses were generally "ignorant, untruthful, oppressive and treacherous."
Ibn Taymiyyah believes the account of the genius of much of the "magic" perceived by humans, in cooperation with wizards to pick up objects invisible air, delivering the hidden truths to the magicians, and imitating the voices of those who died during the seance.
In the following verse of the Koran, states that the prophets were sent to the jinn and the men were sent.
"Assembly of Jinns and men! Do not come to you messengers from among you, that sets you My signs, and warning you of the meeting of this your day (the Day of Judgement)? "They will say:" We bear witness against ourselves. "It was the life of this world who deceived them. So against themselves will testify that their unbelief. "(Qur'an 6:130)
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