What are the Jinn?

Gin and jinn are pronounced the same way. Both are spirits in a bottle.

Legend has it that a jinn cannot be without its tonic

As a Muslim i am so happy to see someone that put so much effort to search and understand something so deeply connected to our culture and religion and treating our views on it with so much respect, this video is just top notch.

Stories about the jin always give me the chills

Jinn: I shall grant you 3 wishes Me: I wish for a world without lawyers Jinn: Done, you have no more wishes Me: But you said 3 Jinn: Sue me.

There's this famous story my mom keeps telling about a group of women in Kuwait who's job is to bang on drums, not sure what the right term is, but one day these women were invited by a family to make some noise in their wedding, the women ofcourse accepted the offer and went there, they noticed that the groom and the bride wore different kind of clothing, it was colorful and very out of this world but the women didn't care about it and thought this was a tradition, and things got weirder as they celebrated for hours past midnight when the family started hopping as they were dancing, and what they saw was not feet but hoofs, the women quickly fled out of the house in a frightening way as an old man approached them outside and asked them "what are you doing inside that ruined house" the women turned around and noticed the house was abandoned long ago, the old man told them about the jinn that lived there and how they were causing a lot of noise. Sorry for the bad vocabulary, I hope I made the story clear.

am just so proud of you for your pronunciation for Arabic, specially with the Ghul most foreigners could never say this pronounce of the "g", this shows you doing great job with your researches and although everything else about the video is historically correct it's not just some stupid foreign based shallow knowledge on the middle east mythology or religion nah you actually do the work with precision and that's a Quality content for me.

In Pakistan we have heard so many stories of Jinns and how to avoid them. Jinns are said to be prevalent in Sweet shops (Mithai shops) and Milk shops. I was also taught to always throw out bones from food like chicken etc because they are one of the favourite foods of Jinns. I have also heard and keep hearing to not stand under a tree at the time of maghrib because of non believing mischevious Jinns. One more thing I can remember is to stand in corridors and hallways during maghrib prayer time as Jinns also use them and sometimes they get angry that someone is standing in the way and they hit them. There are many more stories that everyone hears all the time

Years ago when I was teaching in Saudi Arabia, a friend and I drove deep into the desert. The full moon enchanted us to get lost in an ancient riverbed. Hours later, we finally spotted our car. A group of bedouins were circling our campfire. We shouted "salam aleikum" three times, but nobody answered. Feeling uneasy, we got closer. The men turned into rocks and bushes...a desert mirage! Later, my Saudi students mooted it was no mirage; we probably had met a band of afreet or jinns, and my boys weren't joking.

Fun fact: If you watched Clash of the Titans, in the desert, the weird creatures that saved them from the giant scorpions were actually "Jins" and they spoke classical Arabic.

Fantastic! Folklore cannot, and should not, be disregarded. Listening to your stories reminds me that at certain point in time we were all sitting in front of a bonfire, listening to stories (i.e. the explanations of things...) Thanks so much for your stories!

I can't overstate just how cool I find the idea of religious jinn, particularly the idea of Christian and Jewish jinn! Lots of great info here, amazing stuff!

The Chinese word 精 is pronounced exactly the same as Jinn and means pretty much the same. It could mean spirit, energy, soul, essence, etc. When combined with other words, 精 could also mean alluring (evil or enchanting) spirit/ghost.

I used to go on Reddit and read stories of American soldiers encounters with Jinn while roaming the desert of Iraq

I must say I love the accuracy of your pronunciation of the Arabic words 😊

I could say that you covered all the aspects of Gin and all information needed about this topic which is really fascinating carry on bro 👏

My Berber North African grandmother told me that Jinns prefer dirty unclean areas. They often like to reside near a body of water, ponds, creeks and rivers. They like to move around at night and they are very very active at dusk. They can turn into humans or animals . She said if you see a frog with the markings on its back resembles the shape of 2 arabic letters together “lam” & “alif” ( لا ), run forest run ! 😂

Surat an-Jinn is one of my favorite things about the Quran - it's an entire sura talking about the religious status of non-human intelligences. This feels so relevant to our modern age, as we develop things like AI.

As Muslim, I must say, it is a very well researched video, very good job and keep it up.