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To: nickcarraway

There’s a lot more to the story of the Djinns than that. There is an Islamic and Biblical tale about the three Hebrew kings: Saul, David and Solomon.

When Saul was king, he took against the witches who lived as a community in his realm, and ordered them destroyed or banished. However, he soon found himself in need of their services after the death of the prophet Samuel. So he went in secret to one of the few remaining, the Witch of Endor, for her to conjure up the spirit of Samuel. Bad mistake.

In any event, the witches shepherded or otherwise had a relationship with the Djinn, and with them out of the picture, the Djinn were free agents. And thus they stayed through the reign of king David until the time of king Solomon.

By being granted supreme wisdom, Solomon was also given the ability to control and manipulate the Djinn, and finally decided that they were such a nuisance that they needed to be eliminated.

So he ordered all the Djinni into a group of seven(?) lead flasks, which he then closed, and sealed with his signet ring, before casting them into the sea.

Importantly, not all of the Djinn got caught, but those remaining tended to hang out at graveyards, and Allah would at times smite them with meteorites.

Otherwise, there was another group of things called the Abdala, of whom there is a fixed number, who are about on the same par with humans. But they have a different ‘covenant’ with God than do people, and people are supposed to leave them alone.

People hate the idea of leaving anything alone that they are told to leave alone, however, so from there is a whole bunch of speculation as to what the Abdala might be.


51 posted on 09/11/2013 4:05:33 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (The best War on Terror News is at rantburg.com)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
There is an Islamic and Biblical tale about the three Hebrew kings: Saul, David and Solomon.

The only part of the tale that has anything to do with the Bible is that yes, King Saul went to see the witch of Endor. No Jinns in that story or in any other part of the Bible.

The rest is pure Mohammedan gibberish.

54 posted on 09/11/2013 4:13:21 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Revenge is a dish best served with pinto beans and muffins)
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