Islam, Arabs, and Intelligent World of the Jinn Quotes

“The Prophet said to the jinni: “This is the stride of a jinni, as well as the tone of his voice!” The jinni replied: “My name is Hamah ibn Laqqis ibn Iblis.” The Prophet said: “Only two generations separate you from him [Iblis].” He replied: “True.” The Prophet asked: “How long have you lived?” The jinni replied: “Almost all of time. I was a small boy when Abel was killed. I believed in Noah and repented at his hands after I stubbornly refused to submit to his call, until he wept and wept. I am indeed a repentant—God keep me from being among the ignorant! I met the prophet Hud and believed in his call. I met Abraham, and I was with him when he was thrown in the fire. I was with Joseph, too, when his brothers hurled him into the well—I preceded him to its bottom. I met the prophet Shu‘ayb, and Moses and Jesus the son of Mary, who told me: ‘If you meet Muhammad, tell him Jesus salutes thee!’ Now I’ve delivered his message to you, and I believe in you.” The Prophet said: “What is your desire, O Hamah?” He said: “Moses taught me the Torah, Jesus the Gospels, can you teach me the Qur’an?” So the Prophet taught him the Qur’an.”
― Amira El-Zein, Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn

“Socrates (d. 399 BCE) wanted religious questions to be treated by revealed decisions from the Pythia of Delphi. He often expressed his belief in a kind of irrational intuition, in what he called the inner voice of the “daemon.” Plato (d. 347 BCE) himself is reputed to have said, “Every daemon is something in between a god and a mortal.”21 He emphasized the importance of rationality, but asserted, however, that divine intentions might be unveiled through utterances that are not due to reason, but to a psychic state of adulation. “Plato considers the daemons, whom we can call genii [jinn] and lares, to be ministers of the gods, guardians of humans, and interpreters for humans should the latter wish anything from the gods.”
― Amira El-Zein, Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn