kriz%skat.usc.edu@usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) (08/24/90)
I was once told that muslims believe in the existance of purely spiritual beings, that are popularly known as ginnies. Is this true, or are ginnies more part of Arab folklore, like say dwarves/elves or vodniks are part of Germanic or Slavic folk-traditions. dennis kriz@skat.usc.edu
zama@midway.uchicago.edu (iftikhar uz zaman) (08/24/90)
Dennis Kriz writes: >I was once told that muslims believe in the existance of purely spiritual >beings, that are popularly known as ginnies. Is this true, or are ginnies >more part of Arab folklore, like say dwarves/elves or vodniks are part of >Germanic or Slavic folk-traditions. The second-last word in the Quran mentions the Jinn specifically (min al jinnati wa al-nas). Whether they are "purely spiritual beings" I don't know. But certainly the Quran contains reference to them (there is also the whole"chapter" --known in Muslim terminology as "sura"--of the Quran which recounts the incident of Jinn coming to meet the Prophet [surat al- Jinn]). There are also a lot of hadiths on the subject. A very reliable and comprehensive book on the subject (unfortunately, in Arabic) is Akam al-Marjan fi Ahkam al-Jann. hadith=saying of the Prophet.
abaza@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (08/25/90)
In article <1990Aug24.050946.14986@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> kriz%skat.usc.edu@usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) writes: > > >I was once told that muslims believe in the existance of purely spiritual >beings, that are popularly known as ginnies. Is this true, or are ginnies >more part of Arab folklore, like say dwarves/elves or vodniks are part of >Germanic or Slavic folk-traditions. > >dennis >kriz@skat.usc.edu Ginnies is a part of the muslim creed (belief). The fact is the satan is one of them. Other ginnies were used by Solomon, in the same way as Solomon (Sulaiman PBUH) used and talked to the animals. I cannot confirm but I was hearing alot about people in the middle east can still use the ginnies. I saw many people that claimed their usage.
kriz%skat.usc.edu@usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) (08/27/90)
Thanks for your replies. Now that I know that ginnies are part of Islamic belief, can someone explain to me how they relate to Angels? Are Angels basically good ginnies, and Satan an evil one? Or are they entities altogether? Catholics believe for instance in guardian Angels, do Muslims believe similarly? dennis kriz@skat.usc.edu
abaza@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (08/30/90)
In article <14657@wpi.wpi.edu> kriz%skat.usc.edu@usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) writes: > > >Thanks for your replies. Now that I know that ginnies are part of Islamic >belief, can someone explain to me how they relate to Angels? Are Angels >basically good ginnies, and Satan an evil one? Or are they entities >altogether? Catholics believe for instance in guardian Angels, do Muslims >believe similarly? > >dennis >kriz@skat.usc.edu There was one question in your old question. "Are the ginies pure spiritual being". We have three classes of creatures. Angeles, who were created without the ability to disobey Allah. Not to say that they are good but because they are made so. Ginnies : Can do good or bad on there choice. We are told that they are created of fire. Satan is one of those who hase chosen to do only bad. The ones who do good will be rewarded and the others will be punished. Humans : Can do good or bad on ther choice. We are told that they are made of the sand. Same as ginnies they will be either reward or punished.
kriz%skat.usc.edu@usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) (08/30/90)
I'd like to correct my question... In article <14657@wpi.wpi.edu> kriz%skat.usc.edu@usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) writes: |Thanks for your replies. Now that I know that ginnies are part of Islamic |belief, can someone explain to me how they relate to Angels? Are Angels |basically good ginnies, and Satan an evil one? Or are they separate entities | ^^^^^^^^ |altogether? Catholics believe for instance in guardian Angels, do Muslims |believe similarly? the word separate (or different) is rather important in that sentence I believe :-) ... serves me right for not checking my note beforehand! (not wishing to be a heretic... :-) dennis kriz@skat.usc.edu