Magic and the Supernatural - Lancaster University

Orchida Ismail and Lamya Ramadan
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superhuman force that is much stronger and superior. However, the plain truth has
to be that even with the prompt of the Jinn, man has full choice of which path he
will take. Evil lurks not in the form of Jinn, but deep in the souls of men.
Depicting some examples from Naguib Mahfouz’s adaptation of Arabian
Nights, shows typical instances of man/Jinn encounters. His stories of men
performing horrible deeds of rape and murder, or women disappearing, or people
struck by madness are realistic. Yet Jinn have nothing to do with it. There is
always man’s contribution of which way to act. It could even be safe to refute that
Jinn bring the worst in men in favour of the confirmation that Jinn bring out the
reality of men.
Notes
1 I.B. Sayed, The Jinn: A Scientific Analysis, Retrieved on 4 th February 2010 from
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/truth-zone.
2 Holy Quran, An English Translation, Surrah (chapter) Al Hijr, Noor Foundation-
International, 1977, pp. 26-27.
3 Mission Islam, The World of the Jinn, Retrieved on 1 st January 2010 from
http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/worldjinn.html.
4 A.I. Ibntaymiah, Essays on the Jinn, trans. A.A. Bilal Philips, Retrieved on 2nd
January 2010, http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/worldjinn.html.
5 E.W. Lane, Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, East West
Publications, 1936.
6 Ibid., p.12
7 Ibid., p.12
8 Ibid., p. 7
9 Ibid., p. 34.
10 Ibid., p. 43
11 Holy Quran, Surrah Al-Jinn, pp. 3-5.
12 A. El-Zein, Islam, Arabs and the Intelligent World of the Jinn. Syracuse
University Press, 2009.
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2009.
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