Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn

Index

199 Index ‘Abbas, Ihsan, 124 ’abdal, 25–26, 179 Abraham, 42 al-‘Absi, ‘Antarah ibn Shaddad, 139–40 abu/abi/aba: definition of, 179 Abu al-Qasim, 54, 182 Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, 179 Abu-Hadraj, 67, 94–95, 100, 129, 179 Abu Hanifah, 23 Abu Hurairah, 19–20 Abu Nuwas, 128, 132 Abu Qilabah, 168n. 32 ‘Ad (tribe), 143, 179 Adam: angels and, 43; creation of, 40, 46; gift of animals to, 101–2; Iblis and, 45, 46–47; Qur’an on, 100 adultery, 79–80 ‘afarit. See ‘ifrit afterlife, 19–21, 155n. 24 Ahura Mazda, xv air (element), xii, 32–34, 158n. 6 ‘A’isha/‘A’ishah, 130, 179 al-Ajdar, ‘Amir, 163n. 7, 179 “Ajib and Gharib,” 141 ‘Akk (tribe), 57 Albright, W. F., 38, 159n. 27 Alexander, 54 “Ali the Cairene and the Haunted House,” 29–30 Alu (demon), 72 al-Alusi, Mahmud ibn Abdullah, 172n. 10 al-Alusi, Mahmud Shukri, 146, 165n. 44 al-A‘mash, 51 amulets, 154n. 10 Anat (goddess), 36 Anaximander, 5 Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, 116 androgynous beings, 145–46 Angel of Death, 46 angels, x–xi, xviii, 32, 39–41; battles with jinn, 39–41, 44–47, 49, 160n. 33, 160n. 39; composition of, 47, 48, 52; description of, 34, 52; differences from jinn, 49–52; fallen, 35; as goddesses, 36–37; guardian, 42; in heaven, 39; immortality of, 50, 51; invisibility of, 47; Islam on, 41–44; keeper, 42; as messengers, 41–42, 51; obedience of, 43–44; in Paradise, 20, 155n. 24; in pre-Islamic period, 34–37; seeing God, 155n. 28; as shape-shifters, 48; terrestrial, 49; wings of, 50 Angra Mainyu, 45, 97 animal energy, 74, 89 animal forms, 89–102; in ancient civilizations, 89–92, 170n. 4, 170n. 5, 170n. 10, 170n. 11; of demons, 170n. 5; hinn and, 141–42; in Islam, 92–95; in love stories, 95, 103, 104, 112, 172n. 4; pre-Islamic period, 92; alQazwini on, 172n. 47; serpents, 95–100, 171n. 36 200 | Index animals: in human-jinn interactions, 101–2; humans and jinn as, 172n. 47; in literature, 172n. 47; as mounts for jinn, 92, 170n. 13, 171n. 22; sacred, 90; sixth sense of, 89 Anima Mundi, 134 animic realm. See celestial realm animism, xi, xvi anthropology, evolutional, 169n. 62 Antichrist, 21–22, 155n. 31 Anton, John P., 163n. 22 Anubis, 90 Anwar al-tanzil wa asrar al-ta’wil (al-Baydawi), xxi Apollo, 122, 123 Apollonius, 51 Apology (Socrates), xiv–xv Arabian Nights, The: “Ajib and Gharib,” 141; “Ali the Cairene and the Haunted House,” 29–30; “The Fisherman and the Jinni,” 23, 153n. 1; “Hasan of Basorah,” 154n. 11; initiation stories of, 111–18; on invisibility, 23–24; on jinn’s learning from humans, 29–30; “The King’s Son and the Ogress,” 140–41; love stories of, 108–18; marid in, 142; “The Merchant and the Jinni,” 24, 109–10; “Nur al-din Ali and His Brother Shams al-din Muhammad,” 31; popular Islam and, xx; “Porter and the Three Ladies,” 23–24, 81, 111, 168n. 36, 173n. 25; “Prince Sayf al-Muluk and Princess Badi‘at al-Jamal,” 116–18; “Qamar al-Zaman,” 16, 31; “Sayf al-Muluk and Badi‘at al-Jamal,” 16; on societies of jinn, 16, 154n. 11; “The Tale of Hasan al-Basri,” 113–14, 173n. 31; “The Tale of Janshah,” 111–13, 173n. 29; on wedding night abductions, 110–11 Arabic language, xvi, 29, 157n. 61, 159n. 27 Arabic letters, 82–83 Arab sagas: popular, 174n. 33 Aramaic, Western, 159n. 25 ara-mi-tama, xiii Arberry, Arthur John, xix Arjuna, 115 Art of Chinese Poetry, The (Liu), 133 Asag, 72 ‘asatir, 179 ascension, 161n. 65 al-‘A’sha, 131–32 Asha‘ira school, 22, 179 al-Ash‘ari, Abu al-Hasan, 22 Asma’ allah al-husna, 179 al-Asnam (The Idols), 179 ‘Asr (tribe), 179 Assyria, xiv, 71–72 Assyro-Babylonian culture, 54 astronomical charts, 54 atomic weapons, xvii al-‘Attar, Farid al-din, 53 Avicenna, xvii, 87–88 al-‘Awd, Jiran, 70, 74 ‘azif, 74 al-Azraqi, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah, 65 al-‘azzaf, 167n. 15 ‘Azzah, Kuthayyir, 121, 126–27, 133 ba, xiv Babylonia: animal forms in, 90–91, 170n. 5; divination in, 54–55; gene in, 38; magic in, 71–72; serpents in, 96; spiritual entities of, xiv; witches, 76–77 Bacon, Francis, xviii Balqis, 104, 107, 172n. 4, 179 bani/banu: definition of, 179 Banu ‘Amru ibn ‘Amir (tribe), 63, 129, 179 Banu Ashja‘ (tribe...