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21 OCT 21 :: My favorite legend says that Solomon gave the ring to one of his bird-like jinn to carry to the Queen of Sheba but the poor creature got lost and accidentally dropped it into the sea where it became the Cumoro island |
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21 OCT 21 :: Al Tabari says in the great jinn war many of them were driven the islands. @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: Yet jinn also are related to the immediate geography Some jinn become custodians of human history, residing in ruins @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: Islands are also said to be unique homes of the jinn. @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: Socotra near Yemen is said to be the home of many jinn while in the adventures of Buluqiya he is informed one of the islands he visits is the realm of the jinn king Sakhr. @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: These are related or similar to the Jinn Mosque in Mecca, which commemorates the site the jinn gathered to hear Muhammad recite the Qur’an. @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: The Queen of Sheba is known as Bilqis, she is the daughter of a Yemeni King, Al Hadhad. @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: A thread on the realms of the jinn @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: Similarly in many African tellings people who have wronged the jinn find themselves in wide open spaces surrounded by whispers and glimpses of mighty court as they face trial before the jinn king @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: In Arabian tribal understanding the desert itself is the realm of the jinn. Stories tell of travelers walking the desert only to suddenly find themselves in a different realm, the home of the jinn.@aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: We also hear of jinn living among humans. In the narrations of Damiri we are frequently told holes in the grounds and wells are places jinn haunt. @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: Jinn are deeply connected to the natural world and so many are said to live in trees, caves, and mountains. @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: We find similar language in travelogues of special islands full of jinn and creatures of all sorts @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: Certain mountains have a unique connection to jinn. @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: The sa’alin are a particular trickster jinn said to harass people from trees @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: Jinn are even said to haunt bathrooms, they are the khubuth wa khabaith @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: The jinn are ambivalent beings capable of good and evil. Some however are forces of chaos with the power to wreak havoc. One such jinn is the Red Wind, Al Ahmar |
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21 OCT 21 :: The idea of jinn homelands and spaces speak to the imagined geography of Muslims but also the belief that the earth is shared and humanity is not alone @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: Older memory reflects the folk belief of jinn hanging out in house hold plumbing. People are advised to ask permission before pouring hot water down a drain. @aaolomi |
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21 OCT 21 :: Finally there is the hamzaad, a jinn doppelganger. The hamzaad is derived from the Islamic concept of the qareen, a jinn assigned to tempt each human through life. @aaolomi |
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