From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Jinn (الجن) is a category in the ontology which refers to the creations of Allah mentioned in the Quran known as the jinn. This category is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Living Creation Sentient Creation Jinn (الجن)

Quranic Concept Jinn الجن Translation Jinn Transliteration l-jinn Parent category Sentient Creation

Jinn is referred to in verse (55:15) of chapter (55) sūrat l-raḥmān (The Most Gracious):

Sahih International: And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

Related Concepts

There are 2 concepts in this category:

• Iblis (إبليس)
• Satan (الشيطان)

Visual Concept Map

The map below shows the part of the visual ontology for this concept. You can click on other concepts in the map for related information:

Concept map for Jinn. Related concepts are highlighted in blue.

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept jinn:

(subclass jinn sentient-creation)
(instance iblis jinn)
(instance satan jinn)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (32 occurances)
• Genie - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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