The Vengeful Djinn: Unveiling the Hidden Agenda of Genies Read Online Free PDF

Al-Hijr 15.26-42, but is slightly different: "And indeed,
Allah created man from sounding clay of altered black and smooth
mud. The djinn, Allah created aforetime from smokeless fire and the
angels from light. " No one really knows how long ago djinn were
created, or what their past and current population number could
be. However, there is a great deal of information about this ancient
race of beings in the mythologies of the cultures of the Far and
Middle East-but not in the Western Hemisphere.
    Archaeologists agree that when dealing with the ancient legends
of a Middle Eastern culture, any spirit below an angel and not human can be referred to as a djinni. The idea of the djinn pre-dates
Islam. The ancient Persians believed injainni and jaini, evil spirits
of both genders who lived in an invisible world and often interacted with humans in different ways. They brought pleasures like fine food and gold, but also delivered disease and death. Inscriptions from northwest Arabia dating to three thousand years ago indicate worship of djinn-like beings called ginnaye, the "rewarding
gods," also known as the "gods of pleasure and pain." In most of
these early legends, these gods could be benevolent, but then suddenly without warning or cause, turn malevolent. These beings are
similar to early Western European concepts of demons, who were
summoned to teach the sciences and medicine, and locate buried
treasure. If the summoner didn't perform the proper ritual or exercise extreme caution, the demon could instantly change into a
hideous killing monster.

    Djinn and Fallen Angels
    The Christian faith believes a certain angel most beloved by God
was tired of serving and decided to do things his own way. This
rebel angel, known as Lucifer, conspired with other powerful angels to overthrow God and become the new masters of the universe. As a result, a war among the angels broke out. In the end,
Lucifer and one-third of the heavenly host were cast into hell. In
another version of this story, Lucifer and the angels of heaven were
forced by God to bow before man, His most perfect creation. Lucifer convinced a great number of other angels that they were the
true first-born, and that man should bow before them. God sensed
Lucifer's excessive pride and disobedience, and so he and his minions were thrown out of paradise. According to Roman Catholic
belief, after the Fall, God made a deal with Lucifer, allowing his
demonic horde to test the human race by using enticing, tempting
thoughts to encourage actions that would take humankind away
from the Creator's grace.
    In the Islamic faith, there are no fallen angels. Muslim people
believe that angels were created from pure light and have no free will. Thus, they are above sin and can only do the work of Allah (God). However, there is a similar story in the Qur'an of a powerful being who fell from God's grace and was shunned forever. This being, whose power was almost equal to an angel's, was a djinni named Iblis.' The story goes that God orders all the angels to bow before Adam, the first human. All the angels obeyed God's command except for Iblis, the leader of the djinn, who had access to heaven. This lone djinni was proud and arrogant, and felt that he and the other djinn were superior to the new creation:

    It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels prostrate to Adam, and they prostrate; not so Iblis; He refused to be of those who prostrate.
    (Allah) said: "What prevented thee from prostrating when I commanded thee?"
    (Iblis) said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay."
    (Allah) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures). Be thou among those who have respite."
    (Iblis) said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on thy straight way: Then I will assault them from before them and behind them,