What are the Jinn?
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In this second video in our Shocktober 2020 series, we explore the king of mythical creatures in the middle east - the Jinn. What are some of the misconceptions about these creatures, and what different kinds are there out there?
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Sources/Further Reading:
Lebling, Robert & Tahir Shah (2014). "Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar. I.B. Tauris.
Henninger, Joseph (2004). "Beliefs in Spirits among the Pre-Islamic Arabs". In "Magic and Divination in Early Islam". Edited by Emile Savage-Smith. Ashgate Publishing Company.
#Jinn #Arabia #Genie
Gin and jinn are pronounced the same way. Both are spirits in a bottle.
Yeahhh
Smarrtt
@Michael Mugambi Mutugi i do not worship the god who easily can be killed by his own creations, if he can't safe himself from harm, why i must trust my life to him ?
@Michael Mugambi Mutugi How someone can take someone’s sins! This is gross injustice, would you agree to get a traffic ticket for someone else’s overspeeding?
I’m trying to sleep and your stupid brilliant comment made me laugh and woke me up 😤😁
Legend has it that a jinn cannot be without its tonic
Good comment!
I have seen this comment before in other jinns videos 😏
Whats a tonic? A potion or cure or energy drink?
@@stylomojo All of the above if you mix it with beefeater.
@@stylomojo liquors.. Gin and tonic
As a Muslim i am so happy to see someone that put so much effort to search and understand something so deeply connected to our culture and religion and treating our views on it with so much respect, this video is just top notch.
The thing is, he is looking at Islam as a myth and folklore. Its just something ''cool'' to look at. These type of morons think Islam, Christianity and Judaism, and all other religions are the same. As Muslims we know what's what.
are all jinn voiced by robin williams or will smith?
I'm glad you're happy your poisonous culture is being met with respect. American culture and the bible can be poisonous too so this isnt a xenophobic comment but poison is poison
I am not muslim but growing up we would hear stories of people making deals with "jinis" as we call them here in kenya and these deals would always end in death... there's even a haunted house in the neighbourhood (within nairobi) of someone who died for making such a deal. Anyone who tried demolishing the house ended up dead as well. Scary stuff. In mombasa a city in kenya, such stories go deep (they had alot of intaraction with arabs traders in the past)
God knows better
am just so proud of you for your pronunciation for Arabic, specially with the Ghul most foreigners could never say this pronounce of the "g", this shows you doing great job with your researches and although everything else about the video is historically correct it's not just some stupid foreign based shallow knowledge on the middle east mythology or religion nah you actually do the work with precision and that's a Quality content for me.
Humans killed the ogre race of jinn before the flood, led by King Mahaliel
There's this famous story my mom keeps telling about a group of women in Kuwait who's job is to bang on drums, not sure what the right term is, but one day these women were invited by a family to make some noise in their wedding, the women ofcourse accepted the offer and went there, they noticed that the groom and the bride wore different kind of clothing, it was colorful and very out of this world but the women didn't care about it and thought this was a tradition, and things got weirder as they celebrated for hours past midnight when the family started hopping as they were dancing, and what they saw was not feet but hoofs, the women quickly fled out of the house in a frightening way as an old man approached them outside and asked them "what are you doing inside that ruined house" the women turned around and noticed the house was abandoned long ago, the old man told them about the jinn that lived there and how they were causing a lot of noise. Sorry for the bad vocabulary, I hope I made the story clear.
Bro, great story . Thank you . My wife is Arab and I was always wondering why them make such noise at weddings. Now I understand why.
Fun story
It’s an old thing that evil doesn’t like the drum beat
This is a very well known story is about the traditional Kuwaiti singer Nora and her band where allegedly this story happened to her and her band where they went to sing at a wedding which is something common in the Arabian peninsula, turned out they were group of jinn and she had to keep singing even after she knew they were jinn because she was scared. Now this story we don't know if its real or not but knowing what jinn are capable of it won't be surprising if it did happen, because there are many stories like this one.
@@shawnahall7246 in the Arabian peninsula its quite the contrary, they like drums and people summon them by it, we even have certain type of music to sing if we want to summon those jinns . It's really interesting to know that in other traditionas jin don't like drums where are you from if I may ask I am just curious 😅
The Chinese word 精 is pronounced exactly the same as Jinn and means pretty much the same. It could mean spirit, energy, soul, essence, etc. When combined with other words, 精 could also mean alluring (evil or enchanting) spirit/ghost.
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Look on the stand for the "Jinn" at 11:11. It looks a heck of a lot like 重, doesn't it?
It's also a beautiful girl's name.
@@gabrielleangelica1977 As long as we're not hunting her next! :-D :-D :-D :-D Certain spirits belong in bottles.
now I'm scared.
In Pakistan we have heard so many stories of Jinns and how to avoid them. Jinns are said to be prevalent in Sweet shops (Mithai shops) and Milk shops. I was also taught to always throw out bones from food like chicken etc because they are one of the favourite foods of Jinns. I have also heard and keep hearing to not stand under a tree at the time of maghrib because of non believing mischevious Jinns. One more thing I can remember is to stand in corridors and hallways during maghrib prayer time as Jinns also use them and sometimes they get angry that someone is standing in the way and they hit them. There are many more stories that everyone hears all the time
That is all bidah, please don't follow action as it is not part of sunnah.
The bone thing is not bidah, it’s from Sahih Muslim. During the night of the Jinn, it was revealed that the Jinn eat bones and their animals (they have their own beasts) eat animal dung, so the prophet SAW told the Sahara to stop using them for istinja (wiping themselves after going to the bathroom)
Acording to hadits, only moslem jinn see bones from halal meats as a delicious meats, and non-believer jinn see that bones as a disguisting meats. Sorry for my english.
Stories about the jin always give me the chills
Me too 😢
I'm sure they're aliens
@@--novus-ordo-secrolum-un--8820 hhh😂
And that's how they get you.
Jinn: I shall grant you 3 wishes Me: I wish for a world without lawyers Jinn: Done, you have no more wishes Me: But you said 3 Jinn: Sue me.
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😂😂😊
@@AdamAlways i will
Yes
Credit goes to Attorney Tom
Fun fact: If you watched Clash of the Titans, in the desert, the weird creatures that saved them from the giant scorpions were actually "Jins" and they spoke classical Arabic.
Lotta gems in those movies
I did notice that
And they had to make it's finisher move a suicide explosion smh
@@hoplite723 Ikr... That was quite idiotic. They should have just parted ways somewhere instead of making him explode that blue thing inside its body.
Now I gotta watch it again lol
I can't overstate just how cool I find the idea of religious jinn, particularly the idea of Christian and Jewish jinn! Lots of great info here, amazing stuff!
Of course they are! They're like us. Before humans come to existence, Muslims believed Jinns overruled the earth, they even have their own saints and prophets, but due to the majority of them being cruel and savage and refuse to be in the right path, they were banished and Adam and Eve were created. Even though they're incorporeal, they acknowledged the existence of humans, some of the pious ones were eager to follow the teaching that has been given to humans. Even prophet that created a religion would have Jinns followers. Some of them are as so old and others were young, the young ones were usually not entitled to the truth directly so they sought humans for truth. Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, etc? Yes. They're almost like humans
@Ching Vang they are aliens but technically not since they belong to earth like us so we are kin to a degree but they mostly live underground or under the ocean in big cities probably some are the famously known reptilians who knows eh?
As a Muslim, I myself is a bit skeptical of Jinn but I do believe on the 'unseen' as I call them. I can't "see" them but I have always been more sensitive. As I said, I'm still bit skeptical. So when someone years ago (back when I was a college student) told me if my mother is a devout Muslim, I was surprised. I said yes. I never told this person abt my mother. We were barely friends. He said my mother is safe, that she's "guarded" by a Muslim Jinn which take form as a white tiger. I still couldn't believe this claim but that person somehow knew my mother always did Tahajud (a prayer done at midnight). And he said the Muslim Jinn loved to be by her side as she pray. My mother did mention that whenever she did Tahajud, she always smells of Jasmine. My other friend who can "see" spirits always told me. Smells can also identify what kind of spirit you deal with. The evil ones usually smell like burnt wood or trash or smth rotten while the good ones smell nice like flowers.. my brain told me to believe it but the other half of my brain says no. 😂
there is no recorded in Islamic traditions about Christians Jinn or Jewish Jinn. In Islam only divided in 2 type of Jinn, Muslim Jinn and Non Muslim Jinn. Why only have term "muslim"? Because Muslim means "someone who submitted to only one God (Allah)". There is no Jewish Jinn because they are not Jewish but there is jewish myth that talking about shedim (jinn) become Jewish because some of the shedim are believed to be followers of the law of Moses and consequently good. Christian Jinn? I don't know but if they are exist then they are part of Non Muslim Jinn. I believe china folk religion worship a jinn (spirit) even Hindus because Hindu worship all of things include spirit. Then it will became conclusion Jinn or Spirit is not only in Middle East but worldwide.
There are no Christian Djinn.
Fantastic! Folklore cannot, and should not, be disregarded. Listening to your stories reminds me that at certain point in time we were all sitting in front of a bonfire, listening to stories (i.e. the explanations of things...) Thanks so much for your stories!
Its not all folklore, its a fundemental part of believing in God, the angels and the other side the devil and the djinn.
@@orwellianyoutube8978 Fine, it's mythology, then
@@Yosef9438 How much do you know about Islam? Because judging by your childish ignorant comments not very much. At least have the decency not to be such an arrogant little twerp and act as if you know what you’re talking about.
@@Yosef9438 no
It’s a belief in Islamic religion not folklore or myths please be respectful
Years ago when I was teaching in Saudi Arabia, a friend and I drove deep into the desert. The full moon enchanted us to get lost in an ancient riverbed. Hours later, we finally spotted our car. A group of bedouins were circling our campfire. We shouted "salam aleikum" three times, but nobody answered. Feeling uneasy, we got closer. The men turned into rocks and bushes...a desert mirage! Later, my Saudi students mooted it was no mirage; we probably had met a band of afreet or jinns, and my boys weren't joking.
Oh God! Are you okay now?
I always hear that their favorite place is the desert. And what you said now really confirms that.
@@cartoonnetworkfakevideos1910 well he is telling his story so yes 😂😂🤣
fun fact about the jinn, somehow they could know where paradise was and try to spy on what's going on between God and angels.
@@Azoz-bu7ck as a Muslim and mostly reading about only these topic I heard mostly jinns live around the oceans or sea areas
My Berber North African grandmother told me that Jinns prefer dirty unclean areas. They often like to reside near a body of water, ponds, creeks and rivers. They like to move around at night and they are very very active at dusk. They can turn into humans or animals . She said if you see a frog with the markings on its back resembles the shape of 2 arabic letters together “lam” & “alif” ( لا ), run forest run ! 😂
Amazigh grandmothers are awesome I've been raised by my Grand grandmother when my mom passed Away she told me lots of phenomenal stories including jinns , therjo a goul woman who eats lost kids lol good memories , may Allah bless all grandmas and grandpas 🤲
I was thought to always avoid such areas or things like washing clothes and looking at the mirror at night time.
My grandma said the love toilets.
When I was in Morocco on holidays my cousins would come to stay at our big house for the time we were there . We were told those stories by my stepsister who was much older than us. One night I went to one of the toilets In The house and my silly cousins would turn off the light from outside so that I can be scared and scream so that the jinn that lives in the drains would come do me something, based on some stories that we were told . Apparently you have to respect them as they live in unclean areas and if you scream after sunset, pour hot water in the drain , cook at night they can come out as you would of scared / disturbed them and do you something to get back at you 🤣🤣 bruh I was so scared and they were all outside laughing while I was crying my eyes out . I never screamed tho 😭😭
@@ajalahupfront Once I was awoken at night with a heavy weight on my chest. At that moment i saw 3 shadows in humanoid form; 2 near the ceiling and one on my chest. They came for me because i used the toilet at my workplace in the night with no lights on. Probably i offended them or something.
I must say I love the accuracy of your pronunciation of the Arabic words 😊
I could say that you covered all the aspects of Gin and all information needed about this topic which is really fascinating carry on bro 👏
I used to go on Reddit and read stories of American soldiers encounters with Jinn while roaming the desert of Iraq
wtf which subreddit i need to know
ilcarnifex r/paranormal
Osuman AAA r/paranormal
@@ezix3753 thank you:) 👍
Whaaaat now I wanna read them too
8:10 not to make any confusion, iblis in islam is 100% jinn, but he was in the presence of angels when god created our father adam because iblis was said to be very righteous before that instance
Yep!😊❤☝🏾️📖🕋
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if you read 18:50, GOD categorises Iblis as one of the Malaika/Governors. Jinn are a section of the malaika made from a mixture of fire. why do you think youve never heard of a 3rd creation typein pervious scripture?
@@numayrrahman825 Just like not all of bani Adam "humans" are believers, also not all jinns are bad. But also not all jinns are malaika brother, some are devils some are righteous and others here and there. Iblis was amongst the very righteous that he was in the presence of God with the angels, but after he disobeyed like the verse you mentioned in surah kahf, he was sentenced for punishment, but then he asked God for that punishment to be delayed until judgment day"قال انظرني إلى يوم يبعثون", and God as he planned with his utmost wisdom he allowed him, and the story is mentioned in surah baqara.
@@numayrrahman825 It is not true, Allah said that Iblis was one of Jinn who refused the commands of Allah إلا إبليس كان من الجن ففسق عن أمر ربه He was present amongst angels, but it does not mean he was one of them... Jinn are well know creatures mentioned in Quran and hadiths, and no where it is said they are a class of angels, they are different creatures who are made from fire, and angels are created from light.
Your voice is so satisfying to listen to.
I have to say i absolutely love the background!!!
So if you're being lured in a romantic way to the Moroccan desert it's always important to look at her feet.
😂😂😂😂 how do you know that!!! Did you met her 😂
:joy: Don't worry about that
she’d literally be a heifer
Right, but what would magically powerful jinn stop them from making their feet appear right or at least hide them in some manner?
@@JaleelBeig exactly it's not a jinn it's a story parents used to tell their children to stop them from wandering too far.
Surat an-Jinn is one of my favorite things about the Quran - it's an entire sura talking about the religious status of non-human intelligences. This feels so relevant to our modern age, as we develop things like AI.
They are diffidently exists ... according to science we live in 11 dimension world ...human can only feel only 3 dimension ... so the different is that Jin live in a dimension that human cannot feel .
Peace be upon you, read Nahjul Balagha insha Allah.
Wow
And they maybe technologically far more advanced than us, because they created by god long before human.
@@ibrahimsaputra No they are technologically weak they rely on their supernatural powers more Humans are the only creatures of God who have wisdom
I just discovered your channel. I watched the movie 3000 Years of Longing last night and it sparked my curiosity of Jinn. Thank you for making such quality videos and your voice is perfect; so calm and relaxing. Wonderful.
Your videos are so open minded, I love it!!
12:52 I don't think that the reason why the prophet asked his companions to avoid that place is because it was inhabited by Djins. First of all, neither the prophets nor his companions were afraid of Djins. The reason is because those places were inhabited by people who disobeyed God and disbelieved their prophet "Saleh", so God sent his wrath upon them. That is why the only time when they had to go through it, the prophet asked his companions to go in a state of fear and submission to God even and seek refuge from Him as His wrath is still upon places like those.
Thats true جزاك الله خيرا ❤️
Exactly
R u still brainwashed they were all demon worshippers of the black and white magic. Its all devil thats the point but u dont c that
@@bass9351 hahaha ! Please don't reply to my comment if you're just gonna say something stupid
I am a Muslim and I want to say that this video is very fascinating as well as informative. Keep up the good content. There are many things which I didn't know earlier like the different categories of Jinns but now I know.
I think one thing he forgot to mention here is that the Jewish concept of Shedim, may be where Jinn also come from, as Muslims believe that the Torah was one of the first revealed books and that also mentioned Shedim.
Jinn are created from smokeless fire. If you’re wondering what that is, it is what we call electricity. That is why some genies are usually portrayed as having a blue color, and the same applies to the color of the “gods” that some Hindus worship. Genies came to many nations and deceived the people into believing that they are the gods. Often these “gods” are blue, which is the color of electricity( also what lighting, blueish white (fire), is made of. Many genies in old tales are known for saying “I hear and obey”, or your “wish is my command”, which is what modern technology companies are trying to provide us with. With Siri for example, you speak, Siri hears, and does it’s best to obey. Technology companies often use the blueish colors to symbolize the future, for example if you look up “artificial intelligence” on google, and go to the images, you’ll see strange robotic faces many of which have bright blue light and run on electricity aka smokeless fire.
Do keep in mind though that when it comes to stuff like this, there are Islamic concepts of Jinn, and then there is the added folk lore. Of course, since the youtuber is not an Islamic scholar, and it wasn't his intention to target Muslims, he didn't focus on this, but it's for this reason I recommend taking the content with a grain of salt.
@@-Z.E.R.E.E.N- so how do you believe in them if they're corrupted? Isn't it the god of Islam that sent the Torah and gospels? Are his words corruptable?
@Yuuto Nosuri I assume you are Japanese. Japanese uses Kanji = Han Writing. Gaijin is a Chinese word = 外人= outside-person, outsider. It has nothing to do with the Sanskrit "djinn". That is why Chinese is not an alphabetic-phonetic language. It has nothing to do with Hooked on Phonics cassette tapes, ok?
Everything is spot on! I'm very impressed, I just want to point out the part about Madain Saleh when the Prophet PBAH would pass by it he would do what you mentioned but for a different reason it is because it was a place where a past tribe were tortured for a really bad sin they committed so places like this for example the dead sea are places people should avoid because they're places of torture, I would advise anyone reading this to research about the sin committed because honestly I don't want to give out false information.
God punished the people of Thamud for their cruelty and idol worshipping
Generational curses, I was thinking today about how now in India they re-use holy flowers turned into insence, I question can we be cursed by their sins or prayers?. I get what you’re saying and believe it. Same with Aborginal sites and places where they died.
@@micro2945wait, that not location for "قوم لوط" get annihiliated?
Great video, thanks for your time!
The dark, lightly lit background theme and talking about Jinns.🥶 Clever setup
Yea when I sometimes watch this video I cant sleep without staying still.
There's another interesting category of Jinn called "Qarin". I'm not sure whether it is a widely accepted concept in other islamic cultures, but it is said that Qarin is a type of Jinn that's accompanying men since birth until the time of their death (quite a similar concept with Daemons in greek mythology). In Islam, It is believed that human soul resides in another realm after death in the spirit world and not wandering around as ghosts. Hence many islamic scholars/spiritual teachers here leaning towards the theory that the presumed dead spirits/ghosts are the Qarins that took the shape of their human counterparts instead of the human spirit themselves.
Good point. They are also the ones that help sorcerers and fortune tellers who can communicate with jinns by telling them things about the person visiting.
Yeah it's true he well always try to destroy your well even prophet Mohammed pbuh have one but allah make that qarin accept Islam
in western culture, Qarin is doppelganger. Qarin can be good or evil depend on our behaviour.
I am a Muslim and yes this is true. There is a jinn and two angels that is assigned to everyone human once they are born and remain with them until the time of judgement. These angels and jinn will testify for or against you on the day of judgement. I've nvr heard of Muslim scholars saying that ghosts are just jinns in their human forms tho.
Qarin is as fas as I know not a jhin it's just a kind mirror of urself. It's not bad nor good. It's does feel and get angry and sad when u get angry or sad, but these feelings are forced on him. When u get sad or very angry u basically forcing these emotions on ur qarin, but it doesn't like so it might make itself noticeable by pinching u in sleep, to give a sign to stop being sad, mad, angry or whatever bad emotion u feeling. They can be called by a meditator to search for a missing person and that I did witness. On Judgment day it will convince as a witness of ur doings. That's what I know about them.
Beautifully researched , and great presentation.
That is a very accurate presentation! 😳😳 Im impressed!
Your channel is wildly underrated. Other channels with similar formats have a million subs, and not even half as captivating.
Most people don't like unbiased facts
naa he needs to work on graphics, presentation n other stuff.
Jinns are “present” throughout Africa as well, this is a pre-Islamic thing, probably across the world.
True like in the coast of Kenya. But Islam gave an explanation to it and gave the name
Well as far as I know according to muslim believe jinn has exist since ancient time. Before Adam
@@farrelbagus4057 Exactly, Satan himself is a jinn
Jinns are creatures of Allah and Qur'an gave a real explanation who really they are unlike those mythological stories.
@@user-ox1mv7bw3u they are?!!!
You doing a really good job by researching islam to tell about jinn. I'm really amazed. Keep up the good work. 👍
Great coverage of the subject. Thanks for this
This video is really good, great job man! I'm of a bedouin heritage and I remember when I was a kid and we would go camping and when it started to get dark my grandma used to say "Don't wander too far or you might see a ghul." that terrified me tbh lol. As a middle eastern Muslim I assure you we still strongly believe in Jinn, it's because of both religion and culture. We had Jinn stories before Islam and after Islam came. Allah SWT explicitly talked about them in the Quran, so there's no way we would deny it or be skeptic about it.
I live in europe an all Muslims here believe in Jinn too
@@penthactussoul2634 Haha, True. I think because it’s part of both our culture and religion.
@@mojeo5 I think its mainly religion because many germans, french etc didnt even know about Jinn until they converted to Islam.
@@penthactussoul2634 Interesting. Europeans culturally don’t believe in the paranormal world. But if you look at the pre Islamic era in the Arab world, you’ll see they believed in Jinn.
@@mojeo5 Thats what I mean. Muslims in europe dont believe in Jinn because they were culturally influenced by the pre-islamic arabs. They were religiously influenced.
So we have lots of different “Cin” storties where I am from(Turkey). But this story I heard I cannot forget. Agriculture is a big part of village life in anatolia and during the summer months people mostly went to reap their crops or water the crops before dawn sometimes even midnight, this meant that you had to walk alone in the dark for 15-20 minutes until you reached the fields. So in this particular story a man who lived with his wife and had no children went outside to go to his fields. While he was walking he heard a wedding noice from the distance and this is very weird considering it was a weekday, but he eventually reached the fields and watered his plants. He took the same road back to his house keep in mind it was still dark outside. He was exhausted and kept stopping in between then suddenly he saw the wedding and “the people” also saw him. They invited him to the wedding saying: “you must feel exhausted, come eat and drink with us” to which he couldn’t say no. He sat down and ate of their food and just watched as they were celebrating and dancing. It was getting late and the sun was rising. He just then realized what was happening, when he looked at their feet, it was reversed so this is when he realized they weren’t humans. When he realized this he fell into sleep. When her wife had alerted the other villagers because her husband hadn’t come home(there are lots of wolfs and bears here) they had all begun to search for him, he was later found in the middle of the fields next to the road he took. He was covered in mud and was in shock. The second story: Hamam’s are Turkish bathhouses and we have specific streets in each city filled with hamam’s. So this one takes place in one of them. One day a man was walking down hamamstreet and he had this sudden urge of going to a hamam. He went inside and bought the ticket from the only worker. then went through the inside door where you get your specific hamam cloth after that he changed and went inside. It was packed inside so he decided first to lay down a bit on the big heated stone in the middle of the hamam. So after a while of staying in there he realized something off with the people in there. Their feet were reversed and this made him wary of his situation, he went and changed back into his clothes and went as fast as possible to the worker of the hamam. He said that there were “cin’s” inside and they were bathing. To which the worker replied how do you know that they are cin’s, he said that their feet were reversed. The worker than said calmly “Look at my feet was it just like this”. It indeed was like that. The man was scared and quickly left the building, he kept running without looking back until he found some people on the next street to show them the building. So he took them to the street, then to the specific building. From the outside it looked normal, but the hamam was closed. Then the people who had followed him said that this building was originally a Hamam but was out of use for a long time. They later called the police and opened the door, they had found a used cloth and bought ticket lying around in the building.
What do you mean with reversed feet?
@@onkelirohsjasmintee5613 the heels are pointed forward and toes to the back. Inverse, vice versa, reverse,…
@@bumin6451 i never heard that jinn look like that and im Turkish too.
@@onkelirohsjasmintee5613 most known physical attribute of a cin they say. They can’t copy human feet I guess?
We have different version of this story in Najd Arabia: There was a Bedouin traveler in the desert, and he saw a source of light, possibly a fire of people in Bedouin tent, so he went to them, and they welcomed him and hosted him generously; He sat down with them, and they generously served him dinner; But before he ate, he said: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, suddenly everything disappeared and he found himself in the middle of nowhere. It was then that he knew they were not human.
Thanks so much for a great video - learnt a lot!!
15:00 - the collection of these stories , was one of the most popular TV program in India(Alif-laila) from 2000-10. I remember me , my siblings, and my grandparents used to tune the channel (sab-tv) , 5 min before . Even though I am not muslim , i always felt connected to the show😌
amazing show honestly, i still have the book for it which is written in urdu
By the way, one interesting fact about Jinn or genies is that the word genius is derived from Latin word meaning "guardian deity or spirit", and the Arabic word is pronounced Abqari, the root of this word refers to a valley that was inhabited by Jinn
genie=genius in French ..most geniuses are possessed by jinns
Jin is from janna which means in arabic hidden , So jin means in arabic hidden and also mention in Quran So jin is arabic word
@@rajababy2009 Yes, but from Alexander the Great to Cesar and Rome, cultures and languages got mixed and mutually influenced each other. Not saying you are wrong, only that both could be true.
I was also going to mention the Latin root of genius as possibly being related to the Arabic Jinn. I am more inclined to take a metaphorical view of all this, and at least as far as the Latin word genius, say this is what would be called in modern spiritual context our "higher selves", or universal consciousness.
I wanted to clarify that the story of the prophet Muhammad passing quickly through Madain Saleh and asking his followers to avoid this location is because it is the place where Qaum Saleh lived(the people whom prophet Saleh was sent to) and they were published by God because of their sins. So the reason of this being "the place is haunted" was never suggested by anyone as far as I know
This makes sense. Thank you.
I think you meant "Punished" by Allah, by published
They were punished by Allah because they mistreated a she-camel. Today Madain Saleh is a tourist attraction and the guides will tell the visitors about the place when the nabateans lived there.
Bro this guy know but he lie a loot and say bullshits with no offense
@@thesolitude it was not as simple as mistreating a she-camel, if your interested in learning and understanding the entire history i’ll be more than happy to recommend youtube videos and books
Extremely interesting!! Thank you!
As Muslim, I must say, it is a very well researched video, very good job and keep it up.
we already know😶
jin can fall in love with humans and make their love lives miserable from jealousy... maybe thats why ur still single 🤔
@Margaret L. great minds think alike
😱😱 jokes aside, I once was told there was a spirit who was in love with me. 😂
If they think you’re pretty they can possess you
My daughters and I are very spiritual and live together. I think we all encountered the same jinn at night. After sharing our story he had intercourse with us in the same fashion. He repeatedly slept with me while in the presence of my newly found boyfriend so much until my boyfriend would get upset and leave. Not sure who summoned him but we had to figure a way to get rid of him once and for all. This was not an easy task.
@@lesiaambrose7011 what did you have to do i think this is happening to me 🥺
Both of your accents are glorious... your English and also your Arabic pronunciations! 🙌🏾👍🏽
Well done. This is best video for introducing jinns to people.
excellent research carried out for the video
I souldn't be watching this at night while about to sleep, alone.
@Bandichod Madabandichod Dude!!!!
@Smile MotherLover No man. 😅😅 I slept after reciting the three Quls and Ayatul Kursi three times each. Have made it an everyday thing now. :D
Weird. I could sleep alone in a cemetery or any of those random ruins without a scrap of fear. Well, apart from that of mosquitoes. I feel bad for people who suffer from irrationality and the mental pain it causes.
I genuinely wanted to be frightened. The content, however, is friendly, rich and quite amusing .
@@prawnmikus my therapist explained to me that sensitive people tend to feel these entities
Growing up in the Catholic/ Christian tradition I love learning about subjects like these so much. Great video. Thank you 👍
you really surprised me wih the amount of information you just threw on this video... i never expected someone from the west to be familiar with the soufi practises in north Africa.. it was a pleasure to listen to you sir
This is so interesting. I recall reading a story book as a child about a Persian Folklore with 2 bros. One bro had to go on a long journey to find his luck. And the luck was a sleeping djinn. Then I watched American Gods and off cause the different versions of Aladdin. The Hallmark one , Disney and another one . I like folklore, mythology and religious history over time 🥰❤️
You missed major part from the Quran on Jinns...Allah talks about Prophet Sulaiman alaihi salaam was given authority to rule over these creatures
@@ExecutionerHopkins Baqarah 2:102
That’s how he performed his magic. It’s one of my favourites 🧞♂️
I think other Abrahamic religions believe in this too
@@musicguy20 Prophet Sulaiman (A) 's super natural powers are not considered as 'Magic', because it's clearly said in Baqarah 2:102 "........ whoever buys into magic would have no share in the Hereafter. Miserable indeed was the price for which they sold their souls, if only they knew!"
@@muzibkhan2337 I don’t care what you call it. It’s magic. They just couldn’t reconcile the mistake they made using Abrahamic stories and forbidding magic when making up Islam. Supernatural = Magic.
Wow....this was really educational. I am from Trinidad and Tobago and we have a folklore character that is similar to one of the jinns you described. Although we have a lot of Muslims the character is actually derived from our French and African influences. She is called a La D'ablesse (translated to "devil woman") and pronounced as " la jah bless". She is a beautiful woman who wears white and a very large hat. She walks with a limp and makes a sound when she walks as she has a cow's hoof in place of one of her feet.
intresting, cuz ablesse is the name of satan/devil.
Soun like jumbi to me
Sounds like hachisakusama from the japanese folklore. They said it makes a disturbing sounds when ever this large or tall women is around, like Po-Po-Po. So that was the source of that sounds? It has a cow’s hoof on its foot. 😨 now it's clear
*The ETERNAL GOD would do anything for you!! Even out of love for you he went to the cross as a human!!* Philippians 2:5-8
Sounds like the word Iblis!
Salaam Wilaykum! Good stuff bro thank you for this! Learn something new everyday. Alhamdulilloah!
Dude i love you channel
I really love how we all came from one place, even if none of us know exactly what it is.
We do... evolution
@@charliebowen5071 evolution (correctly) explains how, but not why
@Superboy Prime evolution is a big study with massive evidence. I don’t think anyone can debunk evolution by now. With such massive evidences.
@@rewer tbh the evolution theory is bullshit if this is true we should see monkeys transforming before our very eyes
@@No12Talk2 evolution theory isn't bs because we DO see monkeys evolving. in Africa they have begun to use tools themselves.
Magicians use jinn to to perform black magic, and jinns only help them through a binding of a contract. Also known as "selling your soul to the devil." Some rural regions in south Asia consider them as spirits with special power and give offerings to them for luck etc. According to Islamic history, jinns were scared of humans but it was the human who started to give undue reverence to the creatures and took jinns as deities and worshipped them. And the jinns been mischievous began to deceive and played on the misconceptions.
All the jinns are not mischievous, some are well cultured, well behaved, pious and helpful. Allah knows well.
Its true ppl began to fear them. All that poltergeist nonsense is just jinns messing with ppl. Not all of the jinns are bad though.
@@g.rahmathullahrahmathullah6053 helpful? For? (:
High politics and other elites use them as well
See real meanings of word Jin and variations of it here kzhead.info/sun/ZKxpftGvg355oYU/bejne.html
I love the vibe you set, so mythical.
شرح الجن والسحر kzhead.info/sun/orCJn9OEf52Yh3A/bejne.html
Good one mate
“Smokeless fire” is another way to describe plasma Or electricity!🧐
Hmm, our brains run on electrical impulses and the jinn were considered a source of inspiration for people, “like a possession”. 🤔 Intriguing thoughts you’ve provoked.
@@zebdawson3687 awesome, Allumdulliah!
@@zebdawson3687 these governments are well aware of these jinn beings. All the devices require WiFi , AI newsfeeds,...etc. is all part of their agenda Or aJinnda👨🏾🔧
@@thinkinsidetheboxsquarecir3303 I absolutely loved that pun! 😂
@@zebdawson3687 😆👍🏾
Wow!! I got chills from listing to you!! I’m from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 and we definitely believe that Jinn exists. My Grandma used to tell us to be carful when we go to an empty place specially if was outside in the desert. In fact they teach us to be careful where to step in and never pour a water or throw trash in an empty place in the desert, because the Jinn kids might be staying there so u don’t want to harm them or they’ll get mad and come after you! And always say the name of god ! Bismillah, or we say peace upon you when we enter an empty place to show them that we came in peace!! Moreover we have a special prayers to say in order to protect us from the evil ones.
I also would like to mention that some of the good Jinn be helping Sheikh’s out by reveling to them the places of the black magic, or the curse that has been done to human!
This is exactly my mom told me too. She also told me too recite Ayatul Kursi 9 times if encounter with them
@leptismagna10 what proof have you that they do not exist?? I'm not saying they do, but consider the fact that we are constantly learning and advancing in ways we never thought possible! It just goes to show how little we really know! Just think, only 200 years ago, something like, "television" would have been considered witchcraft!
@leptismagna10 So you're saying all that can be scientifically proven or explained has already been invented, or discovered?? What I'm saying is that maybe we are not yet at a point where we are able to prove or scientifically explain the existence of such things!? Look at how much has already been discovered just in the last 100 years!
@leptismagna10 Do you know exactly at what point "electromagnetic radiation" had been discovered??
Great great video.... Thank you for doing this. It was fantastic.
Loved every moment of this video
I have seen it several years ago, 2x. First time '98 second time 2005. When I described to people (Christians) what I saw they didn't want to talk about it. When I described it to some Muslim people they described it as a Jinn. Thank you for this video.
What did you see?
Yeah. We wanna know, man
@@7Cymatix @MrMysteryMan Ktk I see only now this msg, after receiving another message. Both times it happened in areas where garbage is. The first time in '98, was coming back home from city walking. There was a container at the end of the street, normally there are 2 containers now there were 3. From one container there was a loud sound coming as if something is seeking food. It was no dog, as the sound was too loud to be created by an animal. I didn't feel comfy, took my keys from my pocket. This created a sound. When I had the keys in my fist, yes I was somehow scared and feeling uncomfortable. This area where the containers were is normally very soft light, now it was somehow more light than usual. Then suddenly there was an entity standing beside the container. I am tall, 207cm (6 foot 9), this entity was much taller as I am. Was dressed in all black, didn't see feet, and was as if was floating above the ground. The arms were long, very long, near knees. Long black hair. Was keeping the arms next to the body and was looking at me. There were eyes, but I didn't see the rest of the face, no mouth nose... only white... I shit myself. I turned my head to the left, then back to right. The container was gone, and the entity was gone. Years later I had another experience, was driving my bike past a garbage company. Saw more of them. Was not prepared for this, so drove faster away. Came back after that several times, but have not seen it again. Whatever the message may be, back then I didn't know how to handle and would experience fear and not feeling comfy. Now, many years later after many different experiences seeing entities in other postures. I think I would not walk away but go there or stand and see what the message is. But again, who knows now how I would react then. This entity I would describe as male, as that was the feeling it gave me.
_I live in a christian country. My relatives would often say to ignore things you see that other people cant because theyre probably malevolent and will disturb you more if they noticed you keep looking at them_
@@Discontinuedalready7372 yeah, same with Muslims, we just ignore them. But if they're always disturbing, we need to do some action against them. Living in this world, we have our own place and need to respect each other's lives.
Jinns be like: we live in a society
That made me laugh 🤣
Where honor is a distant memory. Isn’t that right... Solomon 👹
socities*
@@riiddisbuk2496 they do just like how animals live in their own societies
@@mr.frizzyizz5058 They have their own socities. There were creatures who were over powered by the miracle of Solomon to do his bidding, including but not limited to building monuments for him. So if they can build for him a temple, a palace, and many other things by force, then you can expect them to build socities for themselves just like human beings do. They are creatures of free will and intellect just like us, after all.
Many thanks, that was an excellent lecture, I learnt a lot in thirty minutes.
I love love your production 💚
I’m Arab and it’s my first time on this channel and I have to say, I’m shocked how good and detailed your work is! Like the origins of the words and so on 👍👍 Subscribed 🔥
But its all cultural informations Not the islamic prespective Because its not as interesting as the stories
Exceptional presentation! Very well researched. Your professional & academic overview is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your efforts.
wish i'd found this channel sooner. really interesting topics. : )
Thank you sir. Quite informative
Once when I was deployed to the middle east. We had just arrived at our firing point in the middle of nowhere. While checking my equipment I looked up and saw what looked to me like a "bad guy" in a man dress holding and AK-47 and carrying a briefcase. I smacked my NCO on his shoulder and drew down on the guy, My NCO and I both had this guy in our sights and had flicked off the safety. For whatever reason my eyes got a little blurry just then and I rubbed them. When I looked back I could see that the perceived "bad guy" was one of my buddies who was dressed in a uniform just like mine carrying an M16A2 and an Air Filter from a truck. I yelled WAIT! and then it seems we both snapped out of it. He had seen the same thing I was seeing. I have talked to other veterans who had very similar experiences. We all blamed it on the Jinn. Its probably more likely a mixture of fatigue and your brain finding what you're always looking for on its own.
That's scary!
Muslims have to believe in these little goblins/spirits/jinns because their desert Arab prophet did in 610CE. Fortunately for us in the West, 1400 years later, we don't have to believe this nonsense!
Sleep depravation and heat exhaustion.
@@philiphall4640 you don t need believe in them. They believe in you.
@@philiphall4640 haha there's always that one bitter guy lmao
Btw in the original story of Aladdin, "The Thief of Baghdad", the Genie is reffered to as marid which in arabic means giant, to get close to the picture there's a film in the 30s that was more accurate to the original story and there's also alot of other adaptions
brilliant video mate. Thank you very much.
Such beautiful paintings
I can also add: Jinn can also take on the forms of humans and appear to them. In Islam they are responsible for powers of magicians and soothsayers as well. (they make pacts with the magician or soothsayer for giving them stuff basically). They are also responsible for many pagan religions. Humans can also be a shaytan so, that's a thing too.
Mark Zuckmberg 😶
@@Randomguy.01 he could indeed be one. The Human Shayateen (Plural of Shaytan) aren’t humanoid demons or something. They are normal humans like us who were Born and can get sick etc, they only worship and serve the Jinns. And it’s a well established theory or Fact that the richest and most popular people are in fact devil worshippers.
Can you explain a bit more in detail?
one more thing to add is that they live with us but cant see them because they live in a parallel dimension, and can be contacted through supernatural means.
It’s so crazy to me that some people actually believe this
True, but there are some people that can see them.
@@tangchan6221 I don't believe, I see these things as a cultural thing
@@MysticK111 my aunt sees spiders crawling under her skin and on the walls around her. Doesn’t make them true, just makes her crazy.
@@jbeil-byblosbaalback6850 I would assume you’re not muslim then.
Really great video, well explained
I enjoyed this video. Thank you!
Jiin are similar in many ways to the Celtic faeries. Both often guard treasure, and both hang out near ruins- faeries are often found living at megalithic structures.
The Japanese Oni are all in the same realm too, and probably others from around the world. These things are so wide a varied they pretty much encompass all supernatural myths in folklore that aren't on the level of gods.
The strange thing is that they exist in different civilizations with different names.. Civilizations that have never met each other, and they are all gathered on the same stories and specifications.
@@gos12345678910 The same thing can be found with monomyths like the story of Orpheus in the Underworld or Flood stories. Humans are just kind of gravitate towards the same ideas no matter where they are. Culture is more of an aesthetic than a foundation in a lot of ways.
It's because all those so-called imaginary creatures are jinns, it's just that they have different names in different cultures.
@@ilhamh4359 what if they are the fallen angels? There are lots of different types you know?
Very informative. I am Egyptian and I used to hear scary stories about Jinn when I was a child. They are to many children and adults in my culture are associated with the fear of darkness esp. we used to have lots of electricity outage. Now with more reliable electricity, lit streets and 24 hour tv channels nobody talks about them as much.
Egyptian😂😂😂
I ,too, used to hear stories about Jinn but not any more. Technology is ending fairy tales.
الجني الازرق راح مع وجود الكهرباء .. اليوم طيب بكره يذكر التاريخ كان في شي ينير الحياه ويسموزها الكهرباء وحسنها تظهر قصص الجن من جديد 🤣🤣🤣
@@nellyaura4481 you think so? Hahaha! Not hardly! PeterPandemia is one they started ! Go look up what CERN IS ABOUT! They are trying to open up the gates of HELL! It's actually what the movie ghostbusters was based on.
Not hearing about them anymore cause you're probably in an urban area. Go to ant desolate or rural area and you'll hear the nightmare stories of jinn
I love this channel ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for this video, plenty of sources 😊
I love your videos and i respect how much effort you put into making them. I just wanted to point out that most of the mythology om Jinn you mentioned in the video aren't mentioned in the Quran but rather wide spread amongst Arabs and Muslims in generals through oral stories and cultural mythology.
Although it's origins may be somewhat rooted in Arabia, the interpretation of Jinns as actual creatures is very common in Islamic societies around the globe, especially in Asia, where more than 60% of the worlds Muslim population lives. Many people accept their presence as a part of the reality (driven by real life experiences), not just a myth full of ambiguity.
Much like belief in ghosts, sprites, fairies, etc., in some cultures.
Thank you. From Cairo Egypt
This video deserves one zillion views. Very informative, good job! Keep it up
You truly do your research and detail!!!thank you for educating me on some of your teachings...
Would love to have a more in depth video on the jinn and there subtypes. Also would be nice to have a video about the dajjal.... This video was quite ensightful and have watched it numerous times.
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Interesting that in Disney's animated Aladdin series, Ifrits are addressed and discussed at depth. Really detailed historical lore for a kid's show.
I thought the only Ifrit from the series was that ice nutcase who wanted to bury Agrabah under 100 ft of snow.
When your grandma finds out you lit all her good candles, she's gonna be pissed!
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@@joslynmuyet Omg Joslyn you're beautiful! Not simping just had to drop this as it is
I'm Moroccan and I loved hearing you mention Morocco
Props dude you even got the pronunciation right
It's a bit similar to the huldrefolk in traditional Scandinavian folklore. The name means "hidden people" and are often associated with elves, wights, gnomes, and other spirits. They can at times bring disease and bad luck, or seduce people, but sometimes do nice things, especially if you give them gifts.
Yes exactly
Hey just found your channel yesterday, love it, as someone whom is going to school for a minor in history from the 4th-18th century with a focus on religious histories and death history so love this channel! 💜💜
I hope you read about islam from muslims and read about it by your self I've heard that their is many wrong information about islam in the westernworld studying books
His pronunciation is so good
This was an extremely good review of the jann