Aren't the Jinn an inherited belief?
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the World's.
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Many people like to cite that Jinn were copied into Islam just because Jinn were also known as beings before Islam, well this is quite a silly concoction as you'll soon find out Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) willing.
Firstly, people like to assume that Jinn were created as soon as the Qur'an was revealed - not that Jinn existed years before, they forget that because Jinn previously existed and the Qur'an states that we humans can interact with them, we're of course going to have stories of Jinn before the Qur'an. What would you expect?
Furthermore, we must look at the definition of Jinn, to actually see that this isn't a notion brought from previous culture. You'll see that Jinn are mentioned in practically every culture and society that ever existed.
The word Jinn derives from the Arabic root j-n-n (pronounced: jann/ junn جَنّ / جُنّ) meaning "to hide" or "be hidden". Other words derived from this root are majnūn 'mad' (literally, 'one whose intellect is hidden'), junūn'madness', and janīn 'embryo, fetus' ('hidden inside the womb').
As you can see Jinn are literally defined as hidden beings, or beings that cause madness. This definition fits hundreds of other creatures from multiple societies, for example: 'Demons', 'Ghosts', 'Ghouls', 'Evil Spirits', etc. Even Jewish tradition have Dybbuks which are a kind of evil spirit that can possess men and cause them to do evil actions. Some stories have them being "demonic" and some have them being the ghosts of dead people. There are also stories of Ibbur, which are the good version of Dybbuk. All these stories are bound to come from Jinn, it is only that the word Jinn was used by Allah (exalted) because it so easily fits the description of Jinn that we've seen in plenty of societies before Islam.
Jinn is merely just a word which was used previously that fits a previous species created by Allah (swt).
Hope this has helped.
wa Allahu Alam
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Many people like to cite that Jinn were copied into Islam just because Jinn were also known as beings before Islam, well this is quite a silly concoction as you'll soon find out Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) willing.
Firstly, people like to assume that Jinn were created as soon as the Qur'an was revealed - not that Jinn existed years before, they forget that because Jinn previously existed and the Qur'an states that we humans can interact with them, we're of course going to have stories of Jinn before the Qur'an. What would you expect?
Furthermore, we must look at the definition of Jinn, to actually see that this isn't a notion brought from previous culture. You'll see that Jinn are mentioned in practically every culture and society that ever existed.
The word Jinn derives from the Arabic root j-n-n (pronounced: jann/ junn جَنّ / جُنّ) meaning "to hide" or "be hidden". Other words derived from this root are majnūn 'mad' (literally, 'one whose intellect is hidden'), junūn'madness', and janīn 'embryo, fetus' ('hidden inside the womb').
As you can see Jinn are literally defined as hidden beings, or beings that cause madness. This definition fits hundreds of other creatures from multiple societies, for example: 'Demons', 'Ghosts', 'Ghouls', 'Evil Spirits', etc. Even Jewish tradition have Dybbuks which are a kind of evil spirit that can possess men and cause them to do evil actions. Some stories have them being "demonic" and some have them being the ghosts of dead people. There are also stories of Ibbur, which are the good version of Dybbuk. All these stories are bound to come from Jinn, it is only that the word Jinn was used by Allah (exalted) because it so easily fits the description of Jinn that we've seen in plenty of societies before Islam.
Jinn is merely just a word which was used previously that fits a previous species created by Allah (swt).
Hope this has helped.
wa Allahu Alam