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Belief and practice in magic in Islam is "widespread and pervasive" [1] and a "vital element of everyday life and practice", both historically and currently in Islamic culture. [2] While scholars generally agree that the Quranic term siḥr, (usually defined as magic) is forbidden in Islam, there is less agreement on how siḥr is defined. [3]
Given the moral ambivalence ascribed to supernatural agents in Islamic tradition, exorcisms can be addressed to both good and evil spirits. [6] Jinn are thought to be able to enter and physically possess people for various reasons, while devils (shayāṭīn) assault the heart (qalb) and attempt to turn their victims to evil. [7]
Divination and magic in Islam encompass a wide range of practices, including black magic, warding off the evil eye, the production of amulets and other magical equipment, evocation, casting lots, and astrology. [18] Legitimacy of practising magic is disputed. Most Islamic traditions distinguish between good magic and black magic.
Miracles in Islam play less of an evidentiary role. [30] The Quran is considered the main miracle of the Prophet Muhammad, though the Quran mentions miracles like Jesus talking in infancy. [30] In Sunni Islam, karamat [31] refers to supernatural wonders performed by Muslim saints.
Discerning the precise meaning of the word gharāniq has proven difficult, as it is a hapax legomenon (i.e. used only once in the text). Commentators wrote that it meant "the cranes ". The Arabic word does generally mean a "crane" – appearing in the singular as ghirnīq, ghurnūq, ghirnawq and ghurnayq , and the word has cousin forms in other ...
'adversary') is an evil spirit in Islam, [2] inciting humans and jinn to sin by whispering (وَسْوَسَة waswasa) in their hearts (قَلْب qalb). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] According to Islamic tradition , though invisible to humans, shayāṭīn are imagined to be ugly and grotesque creatures created from the nar as-samum "poisonous fire", a ...
In Islamic folklore, the afarit became a class of chthonic spirits, inhabiting the layers of the seven earths, [16] [17] generally ruthless and wicked, formed out of smoke and fire. [ b ] [ 18 ] Despite their negative depictions and affiliation to the nether regions, afarit are not fundamentally evil on a moral plane; they might even carry out ...
Superstition in Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی توهم پرستی) is widespread and many adverse events are attributed to the supernatural effect. [1] [2] Superstition is a belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events, such as astrology, omens, witchcraft, etc., that contradicts natural science. [3]