W hen I wrote the post of my visit to see the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) , you may be wondering how that can be? To tell you the truth I felt the same way. But it is a norm for great learned people of the past to have experience of dreaming the great Prophet. I think it all decided by Allah swt to have a glimpse of the sweetness of faith. It is all about our intention in this life. What we actually want in the inner recesses of our hearts. What you want is what you get. I will also like to give some information of what I do in my daily life. 12 years ago I got the opportunity of a book on Islam. Therein I found a story of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw. It is reported that ‘ Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him, requested further information about Allah’s injunction of the Keys of the Treasure of the Heavens and the Earth (mentioned several times in the Quran). The Prophet saws said to him “You have inquired of me something which nobody has ever asked me befo...
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I have read your book on the jinn and I thought it was real good and you have opened up the door to raise deeper questions concering the jinn.
I have recently wrote some research on the jinn, which is very extensive and any body can download it at the link below:
http://www.freewebs.com/tawhiyd2/jinn.htm
I really enjoyed your book on the Jinn. I do have a question. You mentioned that the word Jinn comes from a contraction of an Arabic word which is found in 105/4. I have quoted the comment from your article below:
"The word teenin is clay and sijjeelin is baked or heated clay. So the development of Jinn comes by slashing the si and the li with a shortened vowel will form a new unique word as Jinn. When 18/50 translated as ‘ who of the Jinn’ means the heated or baked clay."
This is very fascinating to me especially considering information that the above commentator sent me on the word shaytaan. In another book on Jinn the author says the word shaytaan is a contraction of the Arabic words Shay and tiyn. Shay meaning thing and tiyn meaning clay.
Could you share more information with me on the origins of these two words. Did the words Jinn and Shaytaan exist in Arabic language before Al Quran? Or were these words created by Allah to describe aspects of His creations to us In Al Quran, meaning, did they appear for the first time in Al Quran?
I would appreciate your response. You can also take a look at my blog at the following link and contact me any time at my email address which is listed at my blog. The link is: http://astounding-tales.blogspot.com/
Peace