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Translation of `Jinn`

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    truth
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    Peace
    I deleted all my posts in this thread and I feel a great sense of relief...

    I'm not surprised at all. Your posts were embarassing but what you've done shows cowardliness and means you are untrustable for future conversations as you are liable to do the same thing again. Everything has a consequence.

    If you look at the replies that people have given you, your replies are still quoted within their replies so you cannot escape your statements.

    Your act of deletion was immature, but as long as you've learned something then it may have been worthwhile. Don't put your name to things that will embarass you later.

    Peace.

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      I have read the story of S2S, where she says she has been in contact with invisible spirits like ghosts.
      Since I have never experienced this kind of thing, I do not believe in it. Yet, I am unable to explain what happened to S2S.
      Do such beings really exist? My response is ?I think not, but I don?t know?.

      Anyway, IMHO, this kind of strange beings (whether they exist or not) does not fit in the word jinn in the Quran the jinn, as they are described in the Quran, have nothing to do with genies or ghosts.

      The sunni hold that the jinn referred to in the Quran are such genies/ghosts. They also hold that they can possess humans, and that, then, the possessed persons can be cured by roqya (exorcism).

      What I cannot agree with is that they claim Iblis/Shaytan is a such a genie/ghost.

      For me, Iblis is the archetype of an arrogant mind/person it is arrogance personified. And Shaytan is the archetype of the misleading mind/person.
      Iblis becoming Shaytan means to me that arrogant persons always become misleaders.
      Fighting Shaytan means trying to be aware of all that is misleading around us. To be arrogant is to be like Iblis.

      Thus, When the sunni say Iblis/Shaytan is a genie/ghost, they lose all these lessons of the Quran. Iblis is no longer the arrogant side of us, hence the arrogance of the sunnis. And Shaytan is no longer the misleader, hence the fact the sunnis are so easily misled by their clergymen (the actual shaytans, along with the dictators).

      When you see Iblis/Shaytan as a genie/ghost, you can think you have never had to do with it, and that you are safe with it, as long as you have never lived a paranormal experience. Therefore, this belief hijacks a great part of the spiritual lessons of the Quran.

      My 2 cents?

      Peace

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        Peace

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          unknownuser
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          Peace

          Don't worry about him bro, he is a typical confused ranter

          it is enough we watch Mister Oven teaching us Arabic, it is time to have a good laugh

          Take care mate

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            unknownuser
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            Ahmed Bro,
            Thanks to you and others, I am staying on this forum...
            Salam

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              True_Blue
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              Greetings and Peace,

              I have a question along the same lines as the subject matter of this post. Are these the only four categories of creatures that God has created

              1.) Angels
              2.) Jinns
              3.) Humans
              4.) Animals

              Forgot to add this How come we can only see animals and not the angels and jinns? Your opnions?

              God be praised.

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                arnoldyasin
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                Peace,

                Angel is wrongly translated, mailkah means 'one in control/authority, and refers to anything that fits that title. From forces of nature to kings and so on.
                As for jinn, please read my article to see why the old view doesn't fit

                http//www.free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=6089.0

                It is attached to that post, see below it.

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                  Peace True Blue
                  Allah says in the Quran that the day a community will see Angels, that means their time of reckoning has come. This does not fit with the idea that Angels are not real beings. We will certainly see Angels at the time of our death.
                  PS I will not argue about Jinns as I got slapped by a mod about it...

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                    unknownuser
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                    peace

                    you dont see angels and jinns because they are a test of faith, if you saw them there would be nothing to believe and everything would be pointless. It's like if everybody could see God wouldn't they all believe?

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                      unknownuser
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                      Peace
                      Respectfully
                      I believe the Jinns issues are another ball game altogether.

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                        phoenix1
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                        you dont see angels and jinns because they are a test of faith, if you saw them there would be nothing to believe and everything would be pointless. It's like if everybody could see God wouldn't they all believe?

                        everyone CAN see God.

                        and how does not having invisible beings to blindly believe in make everything pointless?

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                          unknownuser
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                          Peace. The Believers are the ones who when the ignorant address them, they answer Peace - Quran ...

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                            phoenix1
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                            ooohh so I get it, everyone that disagrees with you is ignorant.

                            nabster, you never answered my question. Is it possible for you to be wrong?

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                              unknownuser
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                              Peace

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                                unknownuser
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                                peace

                                you dont see angels and jinns because they are a test of faith, if you saw them there would be nothing to believe and everything would be pointless. It's like if everybody could see God wouldn't they all believe?

                                Exactly

                                I can't believe those literalists who can't believe that they are hidden creatures as Allah told us

                                for them you should see what exists, well do they see God?

                                as you said bro it is all about testing the faith

                                Cheers

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                                  Peace True Blue
                                  Allah says in the Quran that the day a community will see Angels, that means their time of reckoning has come. This does not fit with the idea that Angels are not real beings. We will certainly see Angels at the time of our death.
                                  PS I will not argue about Jinns as I got slapped by a mod about it...

                                  Again bro, how those clear cut literalists can't see the verse you are talking about?

                                  Cheers

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                                    unknownuser
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                                    Peace

                                    Can I ask bro, why you are logging in as a guest?

                                    Cheers

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                                      phoenix1
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                                      peace Ahmed,

                                      Exactly

                                      I can't believe those literalists who can't believe that they are hidden creatures as Allah told us

                                      for them you should see what exists, well do they see God?

                                      as you said bro it is all about testing the faith

                                      Cheers

                                      I see God, and I see God. Both literally and metaphorically.

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                                        peace Ahmed,

                                        Exactly

                                        I can't believe those literalists who can't believe that they are hidden creatures as Allah told us

                                        for them you should see what exists, well do they see God?

                                        as you said bro it is all about testing the faith

                                        Cheers

                                        I see God, and I see God. Both literally and metaphorically.

                                        Peace bro

                                        I think you mean metaphorically only because Allah can't be seen for real yet, no human sae Him for real yet

                                        Salam

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                                          phoenix1
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                                          peace

                                          You cannot see God, but you can see It's signs. The signs are everywhere (and not just in a book).

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