Authored by: Dr. Raza Abdullah Pasha (ḥafiẓahullāh)
Answer:
The Jinn are a distinct nation, belonging to the unseen world.
Allah ﷻ states:
إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ
"Indeed, he (Satan) and his tribe see you from where you do not see them."
[Al-Aʿrāf: 27]
Knowledge of anything concerning the Jinn is limited solely to revelation — that is, the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Anyone who speaks about them beyond what is established in the Qur'an and Sunnah is merely speculating or fabricating lies upon Allah and His Messenger ﷺ.
Allah ﷻ also says:
عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا ﴿٢٦﴾ إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ رَصَدًا ﴿٢٧
"(He is) Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His unseen to anyone. Except a messenger whom He has approved, and indeed, He sends before him and behind him observers."
[Al-Jinn: 26–27]
There are more than forty verses in the Qur'an that discuss the Jinn nation.
In Sūrat al-Jinn, numerous aspects of their nature and behavior are described, which help us understand how we may relate to them — but only within the bounds of what Allah has revealed.
Answer:
The Jinn are a distinct nation, belonging to the unseen world.
Allah ﷻ states:
إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ
"Indeed, he (Satan) and his tribe see you from where you do not see them."
[Al-Aʿrāf: 27]
Knowledge of anything concerning the Jinn is limited solely to revelation — that is, the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Anyone who speaks about them beyond what is established in the Qur'an and Sunnah is merely speculating or fabricating lies upon Allah and His Messenger ﷺ.
Allah ﷻ also says:
عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا ﴿٢٦﴾ إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ رَصَدًا ﴿٢٧
"(He is) Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His unseen to anyone. Except a messenger whom He has approved, and indeed, He sends before him and behind him observers."
[Al-Jinn: 26–27]
There are more than forty verses in the Qur'an that discuss the Jinn nation.
In Sūrat al-Jinn, numerous aspects of their nature and behavior are described, which help us understand how we may relate to them — but only within the bounds of what Allah has revealed.
