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52 International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 8 (25): 49-73, Winter 2021
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He said: Yes, ask. He said: down except Iblis. He
why was the name of the was one of the Jinns,
genie; He said: Because they and he broke the
were constantly hidden and Command of his Lord.
behind the curtain and were Will ye then take him
not seen. (Tabarsi, 2002: 2 and his progeny as
and 178) protectors rather than
The derivatives of the term Me? And they are
“genius, soul and Jinn” are enemies to you! Evil
mentioned in 32 Verses in the would be the exchange
Quran, which has 22 times the for the wrong-doers!”.
Jinn itself. (Turahi, 1996: 6 (Quran, 18: 50)
and 27)
In the interpretation of the we read about the head of
Quran, Jinn is a kind of the devils, “Iblis”: “Khan me
creature with intellect and al-Jinn”: From Jinn; And also:
consciousness, and since “And of the evil ones,
humans are unseen in our were some who dived
view, this is called the Jinn for him, and did other
(and the difference between work besides; and it
them and man) That the man is was We Who guarded
tangible and the non- them”. (Quran, 21: 82)
perceptible genius). What in this Verse is as a
Sometimes the term Jinn is devil It has been mentioned in
meant to be “devil” because Verses 12 and 13 of the Surah
Jinn, as we have said before, is of Saba as Jinn, and it is clear
basically the word that these two do not conflict,
“disappearing” in the meaning because we know that the
of each being: “devils” are also from the Jinn.
“Behold! We said to the (Makarem Shirazi, 1995: 5
angels, “Bow down to and 439)
Adam”: They bowed
