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What are The Jinn

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The jinn are a world of their own, different from that of the humans or the angels . They do, however, possess some characteristics in common with humans, such as the ability to think and reflect. similarly, they also have the ability to chose between the path of good and the path of evil in the same manner as humans. they, though, differ from humans in other characteristics, including one very important characteristic: their origin. They are called jinn because they are obscured from human sight,  (INNA HOO YARLA KUM HOO WA WA qabeela hOO MIN HAISOO LAA TARAO NA HUM)  "  Lo ! He SeeS you , he and his tribe, from whence you seem not"  (al-Araaf  2 7 ). Their Origin Allah has informed us that the jinn have been created from fire as He Says in the Quran,  (a'al ja'aanna khalaqna hoo min qablu min'naari assamoo mi) '' And the jinn did we creat aforetime of essential fire" (al-hijr 27). in Surah al-Rahman (Ver...