The Jinn, Beings of smokeless fire
The unseenBeings of smokeless fire
The Jinnالجن
A hidden creation made from smokeless fire, with free will like humans, some believers and some not.
Allah created the jinn before Adam, from a smokeless flame of fire, and He created jinn and humans only to worship Him. Like us they can choose: some are righteous and some are not. They can see us where we cannot see them. Iblis was one of them. A whole surah, al-Jinn, carries their words.
What does the Quran say?
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
Quran 51:56
What does the hadith say?
The lesson
We share this world, and its test, with another creation.
Who else is linked?
AdamThe Jinn Who ListenedIblisThe Eavesdropping DevilsThe QarinThe Jinn of Sulayman
Source: the Quran · Wikipedia
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
The unseen
- The Angels
- Jibril
- Mikail
- Israfil
- The Angel of Death
- Munkar and Nakir
- Kiraman Katibin
- The Guardian Angels
- The Bearers of the Throne
- Malik, keeper of the Fire
- The Keepers of the Fire
- Ridwan
- Harut and Marut
- The Guests of Ibrahim
- The Angels Who Spoke to Maryam
- The Two Disputants of Dawud
- The Angels of Badr
- The Angels Who Pray for Believers
- The Angels of the Night of Decree
- The Jinn
- The Jinn Who Listened
- The Eavesdropping Devils
- The Qarin
- The Jinn of Sulayman
- The Ifrit of Sulayman
- The Hur al-Ayn
- The Youths of Paradise
- The Beast of the Earth