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/d͡ʒɪn/ · noun
(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc..
Even the sad jinn within the graven image slept[.]
There not only jewels but also dangerous jinn abide: the inconvenient or resisted psychological powers that we have not thought or dared to integrate into our lives.
Surah 18:50: 'And We told the Angels "prostrate yourselves before Adam". So they all prostrated themselves, except Iblees who was one of the jinn.
The second context in which jinn occurs in the Qur'an is where we find both ins and jinn are mentioned together. Ins is a collective noun signifying humans, recognisable familiar human beings.
Use jinn when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jinn means (Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc..
Common synonyms include jann, jinni, genie.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Even the sad jinn within the graven image slept[.]
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