The unseen, approached with faith and care.
Jinn are part of Allah's creation. Explore what revelation teaches, where scholars differ, and how to approach the stories people tell—with curiosity, discernment and trust in Allah.
Pick up where you left offوَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍExplore the chapters
English edition- 01foundations
Common misconceptions about jinn
An introduction to the unseen, the nature of jinn, disputed sightings, and the limits of what we can claim to know.
- 02foundations
The origin of jinn, moral responsibility, and the qarin
An inquiry into the elemental creation of jinn, classical debates over their lineage, the reality of moral responsibility, and the nature of the companion devil (qarin).
- 03foundations
Kinds and appearances of jinn
A scriptural and historical examination of the classes, bodily forms, ranks, and cultural symbols associated with jinn, distinguishing authenticated traditions from occult folklore.
- 04foundations
Humans and jinn: abilities, authority, and prophethood
What different abilities reveal—and do not reveal—about humans and jinn, with the scriptural evidence and scholarly debate kept in view.
- 05scholarly debate
Jinn and human relationships: love, marriage, and offspring
An introduction to a disputed subject: affection, intimate encounters, marriage and offspring, with scripture, scholarly opinion and testimony distinguished.
- 06consciousness
Psychedelics and claims of encounters with jinn
An Islamic reading of psychedelic encounter reports, the research behind them, and the difference between spiritual certainty and reliable knowledge.
- 07new age
Channelling and the New Age account of other worlds
How twentieth-century channellers retold creation, prophethood and Satan through beings from the Pleiades and Sirius, and why a Muslim reads that revelation as deception.
- 08testimony
A testimony of possession outside the Muslim world
Kimberly’s account of an occult group, distress and religious relief, examined alongside the original interview and the questions it leaves open.
- 09astronomy
Meteors between astronomy, revelation, and mythology
Shooting stars, the guarding of heaven, the Black Stone, and the meanings people have attached to stones from the sky.
- 10media
Time Bandits and the portrayal of evil in popular culture
A Muslim reading of the comedy's imagined creator, its devil figure, and its portrayal of Mansa Musa.
- 11interviews
Jerry Marzinsky and his interpretation of distressing voices
A psychotherapist's spiritual explanation of voices, the experiences behind it, and the distinction between testimony, treatment claims and Qur'anic teaching.
- 12ruqyah
Ruqyah and possession — examining disputed claims
Two practitioners, their changing views, and the debate over scripture, experience and the limits of claims made in ruqyah.
- 13medicine
Medicine, materialism and the spiritual dimension
What medical explanations can establish, how faith enters the discussion, and why spiritual care and careful diagnosis need room for one another.
- 14jinn
Four conversations on jinn and altered consciousness
A medium's purported messages, a soldier's reported ordeal, Graham Hancock's spiritual search, and a convert's experience with psychedelics.
- 15ruqyah
Ruqyah and psychological distress
A woman's account of psychosis, the limits of an individual recovery story, access to ruqyah, and Jerry Marzinsky's comments on Qur'anic recitation.