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Shaitan

A shaitan or shaytan (Arabic: شَيْطَان, romanizedšayṭān, Hebrew: שָׂטָן, "devil", "satan", or "demon", plural: šayāṭīn (شَيَاطِين)) is an evil spirit in Islam, inciting humans and the jinn to sin by "whispering" (وَسْوَسَة, waswasa) in their hearts (قَلْب qalb).[2][3] Although invisible to humans, shayāṭīn are imagined to be ugly and grotesque creatures created from Hellfire.[4][5](p21)

Depiction of one of the shayāṭīn by Siyah Qalam, c. 14th/15th century. The art-style of Uighur or Central Asia origin, was used by Muslim Turks to depict various legendary beings.[1]

The Quran speaks of various ways that the shayāṭīn tempt humans into sin. They may teach sorcery, float below the heavens to steal the news of the angels, or lurk near humans without being seen. Iblīs, called ash-Shayṭān ("the Devil" or "Satan"), is their leader. Ḥadīth literature holds the shayāṭīn responsible for various calamities which may affect personal life. Both the ḥādīth literature and Arab folklore usually speak of the shayāṭīn in abstract terms, describing their evil influence only. For example, according to one ḥādīth narration, during Ramadan they are said to be chained in Hell.

According to Muslim philosophical writings, the shayāṭīn struggle against the noble angels in the imaginal reality called 'ālam al-mithāl or 'ālam al-malakūt over the human mind, consisting of both angelic and devilish qualities. Some writers describe the shayāṭīn as expressions of God's fierce attributes and actions.

Etymology and terminology edit

The Arabic term Šayṭān (Arabic: شَيْطَان) originated from the triliteral root š-ṭ-n ("distant, astray") and is cognate to Satan. It has a theological connotation designating a creature distant from the divine mercy.[6] In pre-Islamic Arabia, this term was used to designate an evil spirit, but only used by poets who were in contact with Jewish and Christian tribes.[7] According to Muslim scholar Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar, Šayṭān in the Arabic language refers to every rebellious person.[8]

With the emergence of Islam, the meaning of shayāṭīn moved closer to the Christian concept of devils.[9] The term shayāṭīn appears similarly in the Jewish Book of Enoch, denoting the hosts of Satan.[10] The term ultimately derives from the Jewish Book of Job. Taken from Islamic literary sources, the term shayāṭīn may be translated as "demons", "satans", or "devils".[11]

In the Quran edit

In the Quran, shayāṭīn are mentioned as often as angels. The shayāṭīn are mentioned less frequently than Šayṭān,[12](p278) but they are equally hostile to God's order (sharīʿa). They teach sorcery to humans (2:102),[12](p278) inspire their friends to dispute with the faithful (6:121),[12](p278) make evil suggestions (23:97)[12](p278) towards both humans and jinn (6:112),[13] and secretly listen to the council of the angels (Quran 15:16–18).[14] Quran 26:95 speaks about the junud Iblīs, the invisible hosts of Iblīs (comparable to the junud of angels fighting along Muhammad in Quran 9:40).[15] Yet, despite the reluctant nature of the shayāṭīn, they are ultimately under God's command, working as his instruments and not forming their own party.[12](p278) According to Quran 38:36-38, God made the shayāṭīn slaves for Solomon,[12](p278) God assigns the shayāṭīn as companions to the unbelievers (7:27),[12](p278) and God sends the shayāṭīn as enemies to misbelievers to incite them against each other (19:83).[12](p278) It is God who leads astray and puts people on the straight path. Both good and evil are caused by God in Islam.[12](p279)

A single Šayṭān (the Devil, mostly thought of as Iblīs)[12](p275) caused Adam to eat from the forbidden tree, arguing, God only prohibited its fruit, so they shall not become immortal, as narrated in Quran 7:20.[12](p276) He makes people forgetful (6:6812:42),[12](p276) protects wicked nations (16:63),[12](p276) encourages to murder (28:15) and rebellion (58:10),[12](p276) and betrays his followers, as seen in the Battle of Badr (8:48).[12](p276) Quran 2:168 explicitly warns people not to follow the Šayṭān, implying that humans are free to choose between the path of God or the one of Šayṭān.[12](p277) But Šayṭān only promises delusion (4:120).[12](p276) Quran 3:175 portrays Šayṭān as a false friend, who betrays those who follow him.[12](p277) Šayṭān can only act with God's permission (58:10).[12](p276) The Quranic story of Iblīs, who represents the shayāṭīn in the primordial fall, shows that the shayāṭīn are both subordinative and created by God.[12](p277-278) Šayṭān proclaims that he fears God ('akhafu 'llah), which can mean both, that he is revering or frightened about God (the latter one the preferred translation).[12](p280)

In the ḥādīth literature edit

The ḥādīth narrations are more related to the practical function of the shayāṭīn in everyday life. They usually speak about šayṭān, instead of Iblīs or shayāṭīn, given the ḥādīth literature links them to their evil influences, not to them as proper personalities.[16](p46) Yet, ḥādīth narrations indicate that they are composed of a body. The shayāṭīn are said to eat with their left hand, therefore Muslims are advised to eat with their right hand. (Sahih Muslim Book 23 No. 5004)[17] Shayāṭīn, although invisible, are depicted as immensely ugly. (Sahih Muslim Book 26 No. 5428) The sun is said to set and rise between the horns of a šayṭān and during this moment, the doors to hell are open, thus Muslims should not pray periodically at this time.[16](pp. 45–60) (Sahih Muslim 612d Book 5, Hadith 222) The shayāṭīn are chained in hell during Ramadan (Sahih al-Bukhari 1899).[18]: 229  Shayāṭīn are sent by Iblis to cause misery among humans and return to him for report. (Muslim 8:138)[16](pp. 54) A šayṭān is said to tempt humans through their veins. (Muslim 2174)[16](pp. 74) Shayāṭīn try to interrupt ritual Muslim prayer, and if a šayṭān succeeds in confusing a Muslim, the Muslim is supposed to prostrate two times and continue. (Sahih Bukhari 4:151)[16](pp. 51) Satan and his minions battle the angels of mercy over the soul of a sinner; however, they are referred to as "angels of punishment" instead of shayāṭīn. (Sahih Muslim 612d: Book 21, Hadith 2622)[16](p56)

Muslim scholarly interpretation edit

When it comes to the issue of invisible creatures, mufassirs usually focus on shayāṭīn and evil jinn and although they are similar in threatening humans, they are distinguished by one another. While the jinn share many attributes with humans, like having free will, and the ability to reason, and thus different types of believers (Muslims, Christians, Jews, polytheists, etc.), the shayāṭīn are exclusively evil. Further, the jinn have a limited lifespan, but the shayāṭīn die only when their leader ceases to exist.[19][20](p21) The father of the jinn is Al-Jann and the father of the shayāṭīn is Iblis.[a]

In Tafsir al-Kalbi about Ibn 'Abbas, he is quoted as saying: Iblis is cursed and made his soldiers two teams, so he sent one team of them to the humans and another team to the jinn. In another account of him, the jinn are offspring of al-jann, unlike devils. The devils were born by Iblis and they perish only with him and the jinn die including the believer and the infidel (...) — Mahmud al-Alusi, "The Spirit of Meaning", Surah 6:112

Engku Ansaruddin Agus states that jinn, shaitan, and iblis are three different things; Iblis is the name, given by God, to an angel (Azazil) who disobeyed. Shaitan is a title for those who join Azazil's army, trained to destroy humans.[23] Abu Mufti distinguishes in his commentary of Abu Hanifa's "al-Fiqh al-absat" that all angels, except Harut and Marut, are obedient. But all shayāṭīn, except Ham ibn Him ibn Laqis Ibn Iblis, are created evil. Al-Damiri reports from ibn Abbas, that the angels will be in paradise, the shayāṭīn will be in hell, and among the jinn and humans, some will be in paradise and some will be in hell.[5](p20)[24] Only humans and jinn are created with fitra, meaning both angels and shayāṭīn lack free will and are settled in opposition.[25]

Neither the origin of the shayāṭīn nor their creation is described in the Quran.[12](p278) Since their leader describes themselves in the Quran as being "created from fire", shayāṭīn are thought to be created from that. More precisely, sometimes considered the fires of hell in origin.[26][27][28] Most mufassirs agree that the shayāṭīn are the offspring of Iblis.[12](p278)[7][29] Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi reports that God offered Iblis support by giving him offspring, which are the shayāṭīn.[30] Others describe the shayāṭīn as fallen spirits (sometimes heavenly jinn, sometimes fiery angels), outcast from the presence of God.[31] Ibn Barrajan argues that the angels consist of two tribes: One created from light and one from fire, the latter being the shayāṭīn.[32] Ibn Arabi describes the jinn as fire-made spiritual entities from the spiritual world. When they disobey God, they turn into shayāṭīn.[33] Qadi Baydawi argues that shayāṭīn are perhaps not essentially different from angels, but differ only in their accidents and qualities.[34]

Since the term shaitan is also used as an epithet to describe malevolent jinn (and humans), it is sometimes difficult to properly distinguish between shayāṭīn and evil jinn in some sources.[35](p87)[18](p3) Generally, Satan and his hosts of devils (shayatin) appear in traditions associated with Jewish and Christian narratives, while jinn represent entities of polytheistic background.[b]

Shayāṭīn are linked to Muslim ritual purity. Ritual purity is important in attracting angels, while shayāṭīn approach impurity and filthy or desacralized places.[36] Before reciting the Quran, Muslims should take wudu/abdest and seek refuge in God from the shayāṭīn.[12](p279) Reciting specific prayers[c] is supposed to protect against the influence of the shayāṭīn.[37]

Cosmology edit

Islamic philosophical cosmology divides living beings into four categories: animals, humans, angels, and shayāṭīn. Al-Farabi (c. 872 – 950/951) defines angels as reasonable and immortal beings, humans as reasonable and mortal beings, animals as unreasonable and mortal beings, and shayāṭīn as unreasonable and immortal beings.[38] He supports his claim with the Quranic verse in which God grants Iblīs respite until the day of resurrection.[39]

Likewise, al-Ghazali (c. 1058 – 19 December 1111) divides human nature into four domains, each representing another type of creature: animals, beasts, devils, and angels.[40] Traits humans share with bodily creatures are animals, which exist to regulate ingestion and procreation and the beasts, used for predatory actions like hunting. The other traits humans share with the jinn[d] and root in the realm of the unseen. These faculties are of two kinds: That of angels and the shayāṭīn. While the angels endow the human mind with reason, advise virtues, and lead to worship of God, the šayṭān perverts the mind and tempts it to commit lies, betrayals, and deceits, thus abusing the spiritual gift. The angelic nature instructs how to use the animalistic body properly, while the šayṭān perverts it.[42] In this regard, the plane of a human is, unlike who's of the jinn and animals, not pre-determined. Humans are potentially both angels and devils, depending on whether the sensual soul or the rational soul develops.[5](p43)[43]

The Brethren of Purity understand shayāṭīn as ontological forces, manifesting in everything evil.[44] Following the cosmology of Wahdat al-Wujud, Haydar Amuli specifies that angels reflect God's names of light and beauty, while the shayāṭīn God's attributes of "Majesty", "The Haughty" and "Domineering".[45] Ibn Arabi, to whom Haydar Amuli's cosmology is attributed to, although making a clear distinction between the devils and the angels, interpreted shayāṭīn as beings of a similar function to that of angels, as sent and predescribed by God, in his Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya.[46]

Sufi writers connect the descriptions of shayāṭīn mentioned in hadith literature to human psychological conditions. Devilish temptations are distinguished from the angelic assertions, by that the angels suggest piety by sharia, the shayāṭīn against God's law and sinful acts.[47] He further elaborates an esoteric cosmology, visualizing a human's heart as the capital of the body, in constant struggle between reason ('aql) and carnal desires invoked by the shayāṭīn.[48] Ali Hujwiri similarly describes the shayāṭīn and angels mirroring the human psychological condition, the shayāṭīn and carnal desires (nafs) on one side, and the spirit (ruh) and the angels on the other.[49] The evil urges related to the al-nafs al-ammarah in Sufism are also termed div.[50][51]

Popular culture edit

In 2008 Hasan Karacadağ published the movie Semum about one of the shayatin.[e] The devil was released from hell. Jealous of humans, the devil seeks out to harm and torment humans, and takes possession over the body of a woman.[53]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ A minority of scholars, such as Hasan Basri and Muqatil ibn Sulayman, disagreed with this view, holding that Iblis is both the father of the jinn and shayāṭīn and accordingly equated with Al-Jann.[21] The Mu'tazila, inspired by the disciples of Hasan Basri, are said to hold that not shayāṭīn, but jinn, whisper to humans. Simultaneously, demonic possession, commonly associated with the jinn, is rejected.[22]
  2. ^ From T. Nünlist (2015) Dämonenglaube im Islam[18]: 286 
    TRANSLATION: (in English)
    "Simplified, it can be stated that devils and Iblis appear in reports with Jewish background. Depictions, whose actors are referred to as jinn are generally located apart from Judeo-Christian traditions."[18]: 48, 286 
    ORIGINAL: (in German)
    "Vereinfacht lässt sich festhalten, dass Satane und Iblis in Berichten mit jüdischem Hintergrund auftreten. Darstellungen, deren Akteure als jinn bezeichnet werden, sind in der Regel außerhalb der jüdischen-christlichen Überlieferung zu verorten."[18]: 48, 286 
  3. ^ like "A'uzu Billahi Minesh shaitanir Rajiim" or specific Surahs of the Quran, like "An-Naas" or "Al-Falaq"
  4. ^ here referring to unseen creatures in general[41]
  5. ^ TRANSLATION: (in English)
    "Based on a hadith, Karacadağ argued that Semum was not a Jinn and came from the same lineage as Satan." ORIGINAL: (in Turkish)
    Karacadağ, bir hadisten yola çıkarak Semum'un bir Cin olmadığını ve Şeytan ile aynı soydan geldiğini savundu.[52]

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This article is about the concept of purely evil spirits in Islamic cosmology For the specific devil in Islam see Iblis For the mythological figure in Middle Eastern religions see Azazil Shaytan and Sheitan redirect here For other uses see Shaitan disambiguation A shaitan or shaytan Arabic ش ي ط ان romanized sayṭan Hebrew ש ט ן devil satan or demon plural sayaṭin ش ي اط ين is an evil spirit in Islam inciting humans and the jinn to sin by whispering و س و س ة waswasa in their hearts ق ل ب qalb 2 3 Although invisible to humans shayaṭin are imagined to be ugly and grotesque creatures created from Hellfire 4 5 p21 Depiction of one of the shayaṭin by Siyah Qalam c 14th 15th century The art style of Uighur or Central Asia origin was used by Muslim Turks to depict various legendary beings 1 The Quran speaks of various ways that the shayaṭin tempt humans into sin They may teach sorcery float below the heavens to steal the news of the angels or lurk near humans without being seen Iblis called ash Shayṭan the Devil or Satan is their leader Ḥadith literature holds the shayaṭin responsible for various calamities which may affect personal life Both the ḥadith literature and Arab folklore usually speak of the shayaṭin in abstract terms describing their evil influence only For example according to one ḥadith narration during Ramadan they are said to be chained in Hell According to Muslim philosophical writings the shayaṭin struggle against the noble angels in the imaginal reality called alam al mithal or alam al malakut over the human mind consisting of both angelic and devilish qualities Some writers describe the shayaṭin as expressions of God s fierce attributes and actions Contents 1 Etymology and terminology 2 In the Quran 3 In the ḥadith literature 4 Muslim scholarly interpretation 5 Cosmology 6 Popular culture 7 See also 8 Notes 9 ReferencesEtymology and terminology editThe Arabic term Sayṭan Arabic ش ي ط ان originated from the triliteral root s ṭ n distant astray and is cognate to Satan It has a theological connotation designating a creature distant from the divine mercy 6 In pre Islamic Arabia this term was used to designate an evil spirit but only used by poets who were in contact with Jewish and Christian tribes 7 According to Muslim scholar Umar Sulaiman Al Ashqar Sayṭan in the Arabic language refers to every rebellious person 8 With the emergence of Islam the meaning of shayaṭin moved closer to the Christian concept of devils 9 The term shayaṭin appears similarly in the Jewish Book of Enoch denoting the hosts of Satan 10 The term ultimately derives from the Jewish Book of Job Taken from Islamic literary sources the term shayaṭin may be translated as demons satans or devils 11 In the Quran editThe examples and perspective in this Shaitan skewed towards specific strands within Islam and do not represent a full view of the subject In the Quran shayaṭin are mentioned as often as angels The shayaṭin are mentioned less frequently than Sayṭan 12 p278 but they are equally hostile to God s order shariʿa They teach sorcery to humans 2 102 12 p278 inspire their friends to dispute with the faithful 6 121 12 p278 make evil suggestions 23 97 12 p278 towards both humans and jinn 6 112 13 and secretly listen to the council of the angels Quran 15 16 18 14 Quran 26 95 speaks about the junud Iblis the invisible hosts of Iblis comparable to the junud of angels fighting along Muhammad in Quran 9 40 15 Yet despite the reluctant nature of the shayaṭin they are ultimately under God s command working as his instruments and not forming their own party 12 p278 According to Quran 38 36 38 God made the shayaṭin slaves for Solomon 12 p278 God assigns the shayaṭin as companions to the unbelievers 7 27 12 p278 and God sends the shayaṭin as enemies to misbelievers to incite them against each other 19 83 12 p278 It is God who leads astray and puts people on the straight path Both good and evil are caused by God in Islam 12 p279 A single Sayṭan the Devil mostly thought of as Iblis 12 p275 caused Adam to eat from the forbidden tree arguing God only prohibited its fruit so they shall not become immortal as narrated in Quran 7 20 12 p276 He makes people forgetful 6 6812 42 12 p276 protects wicked nations 16 63 12 p276 encourages to murder 28 15 and rebellion 58 10 12 p276 and betrays his followers as seen in the Battle of Badr 8 48 12 p276 Quran 2 168 explicitly warns people not to follow the Sayṭan implying that humans are free to choose between the path of God or the one of Sayṭan 12 p277 But Sayṭan only promises delusion 4 120 12 p276 Quran 3 175 portrays Sayṭan as a false friend who betrays those who follow him 12 p277 Sayṭan can only act with God s permission 58 10 12 p276 The Quranic story of Iblis who represents the shayaṭin in the primordial fall shows that the shayaṭin are both subordinative and created by God 12 p277 278 Sayṭan proclaims that he fears God akhafu llah which can mean both that he is revering or frightened about God the latter one the preferred translation 12 p280 In the ḥadith literature editThe ḥadith narrations are more related to the practical function of the shayaṭin in everyday life They usually speak about sayṭan instead of Iblis or shayaṭin given the ḥadith literature links them to their evil influences not to them as proper personalities 16 p46 Yet ḥadith narrations indicate that they are composed of a body The shayaṭin are said to eat with their left hand therefore Muslims are advised to eat with their right hand Sahih Muslim Book 23 No 5004 17 Shayaṭin although invisible are depicted as immensely ugly Sahih Muslim Book 26 No 5428 The sun is said to set and rise between the horns of a sayṭan and during this moment the doors to hell are open thus Muslims should not pray periodically at this time 16 pp 45 60 Sahih Muslim 612d Book 5 Hadith 222 The shayaṭin are chained in hell during Ramadan Sahih al Bukhari 1899 18 229 Shayaṭin are sent by Iblis to cause misery among humans and return to him for report Muslim 8 138 16 pp 54 A sayṭan is said to tempt humans through their veins Muslim 2174 16 pp 74 Shayaṭin try to interrupt ritual Muslim prayer and if a sayṭan succeeds in confusing a Muslim the Muslim is supposed to prostrate two times and continue Sahih Bukhari 4 151 16 pp 51 Satan and his minions battle the angels of mercy over the soul of a sinner however they are referred to as angels of punishment instead of shayaṭin Sahih Muslim 612d Book 21 Hadith 2622 16 p56 Muslim scholarly interpretation editWhen it comes to the issue of invisible creatures mufassirs usually focus on shayaṭin and evil jinn and although they are similar in threatening humans they are distinguished by one another While the jinn share many attributes with humans like having free will and the ability to reason and thus different types of believers Muslims Christians Jews polytheists etc the shayaṭin are exclusively evil Further the jinn have a limited lifespan but the shayaṭin die only when their leader ceases to exist 19 20 p21 The father of the jinn is Al Jann and the father of the shayaṭin is Iblis a In Tafsir al Kalbi about Ibn Abbas he is quoted as saying Iblis is cursed and made his soldiers two teams so he sent one team of them to the humans and another team to the jinn In another account of him the jinn are offspring of al jann unlike devils The devils were born by Iblis and they perish only with him and the jinn die including the believer and the infidel Mahmud al Alusi The Spirit of Meaning Surah 6 112 Engku Ansaruddin Agus states that jinn shaitan and iblis are three different things Iblis is the name given by God to an angel Azazil who disobeyed Shaitan is a title for those who join Azazil s army trained to destroy humans 23 Abu Mufti distinguishes in his commentary of Abu Hanifa s al Fiqh al absat that all angels except Harut and Marut are obedient But all shayaṭin except Ham ibn Him ibn Laqis Ibn Iblis are created evil Al Damiri reports from ibn Abbas that the angels will be in paradise the shayaṭin will be in hell and among the jinn and humans some will be in paradise and some will be in hell 5 p20 24 Only humans and jinn are created with fitra meaning both angels and shayaṭin lack free will and are settled in opposition 25 Neither the origin of the shayaṭin nor their creation is described in the Quran 12 p278 Since their leader describes themselves in the Quran as being created from fire shayaṭin are thought to be created from that More precisely sometimes considered the fires of hell in origin 26 27 28 Most mufassirs agree that the shayaṭin are the offspring of Iblis 12 p278 7 29 Abu Ishaq al Tha labi reports that God offered Iblis support by giving him offspring which are the shayaṭin 30 Others describe the shayaṭin as fallen spirits sometimes heavenly jinn sometimes fiery angels outcast from the presence of God 31 Ibn Barrajan argues that the angels consist of two tribes One created from light and one from fire the latter being the shayaṭin 32 Ibn Arabi describes the jinn as fire made spiritual entities from the spiritual world When they disobey God they turn into shayaṭin 33 Qadi Baydawi argues that shayaṭin are perhaps not essentially different from angels but differ only in their accidents and qualities 34 Since the term shaitan is also used as an epithet to describe malevolent jinn and humans it is sometimes difficult to properly distinguish between shayaṭin and evil jinn in some sources 35 p87 18 p3 Generally Satan and his hosts of devils shayatin appear in traditions associated with Jewish and Christian narratives while jinn represent entities of polytheistic background b Shayaṭin are linked to Muslim ritual purity Ritual purity is important in attracting angels while shayaṭin approach impurity and filthy or desacralized places 36 Before reciting the Quran Muslims should take wudu abdest and seek refuge in God from the shayaṭin 12 p279 Reciting specific prayers c is supposed to protect against the influence of the shayaṭin 37 Cosmology editThis article is written like a personal reflection personal essay or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor s personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style December 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Islamic philosophical cosmology divides living beings into four categories animals humans angels and shayaṭin Al Farabi c 872 950 951 defines angels as reasonable and immortal beings humans as reasonable and mortal beings animals as unreasonable and mortal beings and shayaṭin as unreasonable and immortal beings 38 He supports his claim with the Quranic verse in which God grants Iblis respite until the day of resurrection 39 Likewise al Ghazali c 1058 19 December 1111 divides human nature into four domains each representing another type of creature animals beasts devils and angels 40 Traits humans share with bodily creatures are animals which exist to regulate ingestion and procreation and the beasts used for predatory actions like hunting The other traits humans share with the jinn d and root in the realm of the unseen These faculties are of two kinds That of angels and the shayaṭin While the angels endow the human mind with reason advise virtues and lead to worship of God the sayṭan perverts the mind and tempts it to commit lies betrayals and deceits thus abusing the spiritual gift The angelic nature instructs how to use the animalistic body properly while the sayṭan perverts it 42 In this regard the plane of a human is unlike who s of the jinn and animals not pre determined Humans are potentially both angels and devils depending on whether the sensual soul or the rational soul develops 5 p43 43 The Brethren of Purity understand shayaṭin as ontological forces manifesting in everything evil 44 Following the cosmology of Wahdat al Wujud Haydar Amuli specifies that angels reflect God s names of light and beauty while the shayaṭin God s attributes of Majesty The Haughty and Domineering 45 Ibn Arabi to whom Haydar Amuli s cosmology is attributed to although making a clear distinction between the devils and the angels interpreted shayaṭin as beings of a similar function to that of angels as sent and predescribed by God in his Al Futuhat al Makkiyya 46 Sufi writers connect the descriptions of shayaṭin mentioned in hadith literature to human psychological conditions Devilish temptations are distinguished from the angelic assertions by that the angels suggest piety by sharia the shayaṭin against God s law and sinful acts 47 He further elaborates an esoteric cosmology visualizing a human s heart as the capital of the body in constant struggle between reason aql and carnal desires invoked by the shayaṭin 48 Ali Hujwiri similarly describes the shayaṭin and angels mirroring the human psychological condition the shayaṭin and carnal desires nafs on one side and the spirit ruh and the angels on the other 49 The evil urges related to the al nafs al ammarah in Sufism are also termed div 50 51 Popular culture editIn 2008 Hasan Karacadag published the movie Semum about one of the shayatin e The devil was released from hell Jealous of humans the devil seeks out to harm and torment humans and takes possession over the body of a woman 53 See also editSatan Asrestar Dajjal Div mythology Ghoul Marid Qareen Superstitions in Muslim societiesNotes edit A minority of scholars such as Hasan Basri and Muqatil ibn Sulayman disagreed with this view holding that Iblis is both the father of the jinn and shayaṭin and accordingly equated with Al Jann 21 The Mu tazila inspired by the disciples of Hasan Basri are said to hold that not shayaṭin but jinn whisper to humans Simultaneously demonic possession commonly associated with the jinn is rejected 22 From T Nunlist 2015 Damonenglaube im Islam 18 286 TRANSLATION in English Simplified it can be stated that devils and Iblis appear in reports with Jewish background Depictions whose actors are referred to as jinn are generally located apart from Judeo Christian traditions 18 48 286 ORIGINAL in German Vereinfacht lasst sich festhalten dass Satane und Iblis in Berichten mit judischem Hintergrund auftreten Darstellungen deren Akteure als jinn bezeichnet werden sind in der Regel ausserhalb der judischen christlichen Uberlieferung zu verorten 18 48 286 like A uzu Billahi Minesh shaitanir Rajiim or specific Surahs of the Quran like An Naas or Al Falaq here referring to unseen creatures in general 41 TRANSLATION in English Based on a hadith Karacadag argued that Semum was not a Jinn and came from the same lineage as Satan ORIGINAL in Turkish Karacadag bir hadisten yola cikarak Semum un bir Cin olmadigini ve Seytan ile ayni soydan geldigini savundu 52 References edit Coruhlu Yasar Turk Sanatinda Kotu Ruhlar MSGSU Sosyal Bilimler 1 21 2020 59 88 R M Savory Introduction to Islamic CivilizationCambridge University Press 1976 ISBN 978 0 521 09948 6 p 42 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