2 Minute Worlds

I’m sure all of you are aware of the arabic word “Jinn” which literally means “invisible” this is the root word for all the subsequent words that are invisible, for instance “jineen”, the embryo in womb, but what we are going to talk about in the context of this word “jinn” is a creature very much alive,  a very much eating and sleeping creature and why can our eyes not see them?

The answer lies in Al-Quran:

Surah Rahman 55:15 

وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ

“We created the jinn with an angry flame of fire”

Surah Hijr 15:27

وَالۡجَـآنَّ خَلَقۡنٰهُ مِنۡ قَبۡلُ مِنۡ نَّارِ السَّمُوۡمِ‏

“and before the humans …we created the jinn with a flame of fire.”

Allah has created these beings with a composition different than ours and Hazrat Ayesha (r.a) narrates (Silsilah Sahiha 3155) that Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) informed that Allah created angels with “NUR” (a cold light), the jinn with fire and humans, with what has been explained to you.

It makes one thing very clear that similar to the angels jinns are made of material which has not been explained to us and we cannot even see that material. But why can we not see that material?. I have already explained that in the Chapter of Angels.

The jinns are mentioned 29 times in Quran, infact one entire chapter of Quran is named after them i.e. Surah Jinn.

Considering all this, a Muslim cannot discard the existence of the jinn as a separate creation like us.

To be continued…