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  2. Jinn - Wikipedia

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    The Singer Ibrahim and the jinn. Ibrahim has been imprisoned by his master Muhammad al-Amin and visited by a jinn in guise of an old man. The jinn offers him food and drink and is so impressed by Ibrahim's voice that he convinces Muhammad to free him. [51] In Quranic interpretation, the term jinn can be used in two different ways: [52] (p12) [10]

  3. Genies in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Genies or djinns are supernatural creatures from pre-Islamic and Islamic mythology. [1] [2] [3] They are associated with shapeshifting, possession and madness.[1] [2] In later Western popular representation, they became associated with wish-granting [1] [3] and often live in magic lamps or bottles.

  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. Spirit possession and exorcism in Islam - Wikipedia

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    The jinn can be good or evil and inflict act autonomously or inflict harm when enslaved through magic. [24] [25] [21] Since jinn share their bodily nature with humans, jinn may also possess people because they fell in love with them, often resulting in alleged intercourse between these two. [18] Jinn may also possess someone to take revenge if ...

  6. Ifrit - Wikipedia

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    Just as with jinn, an ifrit might possess an individual. Such persons gain some abilities from the ifrit, such as getting stronger and more brave, but the ifrit renders them insane. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] With the aid of a magical ring, the afarit might be forced to perform certain orders, such as carrying heavy stones.

  7. Islamic mythology - Wikipedia

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    Jinn, created from a mixture of fire and air or smokeless fire (marigin min nar): that exist between both visible and invisible realms of life. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] [ 62 ] Jinn are creatures who have existed in Arabia before the establishment of Islam , and are believed to be capable of great mystical powers.

  8. Sara Sharif was punished because she had a ‘jinn in her ...

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    Beinash Batool, 30, Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, 42, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, are accused of a campaign of abuse culminating in her murder.

  9. al-Jānn - Wikipedia

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    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 ...