Created from smokeless fire before humanity, the Ifrit are among the oldest supernatural beings. In Suleiman's (Solomon's) court, it was an Ifrit who offered to bring the throne of Bilqis (Queen of Sheba) from Yemen to Jerusalem in an instant.
Assumes many forms, often appearing as enormous smoke or flame. In human form, a massive powerful figure. Its true form sheds heat and light.
Can traverse great distances in moments. Prodigious physical strength — capable of construction beyond human ability. Master of fire. Highly intelligent and cunning. Can be bound by the name of God.
Weaknesses
- mantraBismillah — name of God binds and repels
- ritualSolomonic seal (ring of Suleiman)
Wards
- mantraRecitation of Surah Al-Jinn (Quran, chapter 72)
Djinn
The class of supernatural beings created from smokeless fire in Islamic cosmology — a parallel civilization to humanity, capable of belief or unbelief, with their own prophets, society, and judgment before God.
Jann
The weakest class of djinn in Islamic tradition, associated with desert winds and taking the form of snakes or whirlwinds, dwelling in empty wilderness and posing little threat to those who know the proper invocations.
Shaitan
A class of corrupted djinn who follow Iblis and dedicate themselves to leading humans astray — distinct from Iblis himself, the Shayatin are a species of evil djinn who whisper doubts and temptations into the minds of the living.
Nasnas
A half-human djinn creature of Arab folklore — possessing only half a face, one arm, one leg, and half a torso — descended from the union of a shaitan and a human, moving by leaping and highly dangerous to encounter.
Marid
The most powerful class of jinn in Islamic tradition — beings of the sea, associated with the deep ocean, storms, and the granting of wishes at terrible cost. The classic genie of the Arabian Nights.
Sila (Si'la, Si'lat)
A jinn-like, chiefly female shapeshifting spirit from Arabian folklore, the Sila (Si'la/Si'lat) is associated with desolate desert places where it misleads travellers, seduces men, and may intermarry with humans. Early sources equated it with the ghoul; later traditions treat it as the female counterpart of ghoul-type beings.
Community Record
- [1]The Quran. Surah Al-Naml 27:39 — the Ifrit offering Solomon the throne of Bilqisliterary
- [2]Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn. El-Zein, Amira. 2009. Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn. Syracuse University Press.academic