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JINN IN THE QUR'AN

JINN ARE CREATED TO WORSHIP ALLAH
I only created jinn and man to worship Me. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 56)

JINN ARE CREATED OUT OF FIRE
We created the jinn before out of the fire of a searing wind. (Surat al-
Hijr, 27)

JINN CAN NEVER BRING THE LIKE OF THE QUR'AN
Say: 'If both men and jinn banded together to produce the like of this
Qur'an, they could never produce anything like it, even if they backed
each other up.' (Surat al-Isra, 88)

SURAT AL-JINN IN THE QUR'AN
Say: 'It has been revealed to me that a band of the jinn listened and
said, "We have heard a most amazing Recitation. It leads to right guid-
ance so we believe in it and will not associate anyone with our Lord. He
– exalted be the Majesty of our Lord ! –has neither wife nor son. The
fools among us have uttered a vile slander against Allah. We did not
think it possible for either man or jinn to tell a lie against Allah. Certain
men from among mankind used to seek refuge with certain men from
among the jinn but they increased them in wickedness. They thought –
as you also think – that Allah would never raise up anyone. We tried, as
usual, to travel to heaven in search of news but found it filled with
fierce guards and flaming fires. We used to sit there on special seats to
listen in. But anyone listening now finds a fiery flaming fire in wait for
him. We have no idea whether evil is intended for those on the earth, or
whether their Lord intends them to be rightly guided. Among us there
are some who are righteous and some who are other than that. We fol-
low many different paths. We realised we would never thwart Allah on
earth and would never thwart Him by flight, and when we heard the
guidance, we believed in it. Anyone who believes in his Lord need fear
neither belittlement nor tyranny. Some of us are Muslims and some are