THE UNSEEN

An important, if not the most crucial, tent of Islam is steadfast belief in the unseen: heaven, hell, angels, demons, spirits.

It is said that Allah created mankind from earthen clay on a Friday, but on Thursday, he created jinn, or spirit creatures. These spirits have different corporeal forms, some half-animal, half-man, some intangible, some deceptively humanlike. Their morality lies on a spectrum — some are sympathetic to humans, others revel in their misfortune or take delight in punishing them for misdeeds, and others yet help us if it is in their self-interest.

It seems to me that Allah made jinn and mankind in each other’s image.

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