Dear Hasan,
I think both clay and fire can be understood metaphorically.
warmest, Susan
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From: Hasan Elias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, March 18, 2007 10:19 pm
Subject: genies :)
To: Baha'i Studies <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu>
> Thanks for answer Susan, if there are made of fire, are they human
> like us, what the fire means?
> Thanks again.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:
> Dear Hasan,
>
> You mean genies or jinn, not genius. :-}
>
> Besides the quote from the letter written on behalf of the
> Guardian
> which you cited, I can add a little more which I think I got from
> Khazeh at one point or another. According to the Qur'an the Jinn
> are
> made from fire, unlike humanity which was made from clay. It was
> for
> this reason that Shaytan (Satan) one of the Jinn refused to bow
> down
> and worship Adam which God commanded him, saying arrogantly that
> he
> was of pure fire whereas Adam was made of clay. It was this sin
> which
> caused Satan's fall.
>
> The Baha'i Writings consistently use the term 'jinn' in a symbolic
> manner and reject the notion of ghosts, goblins and things that go
> bump in the night as the quote you cited indicated. In the Amr va
> Khalq, vol. 2, pp 161-164 'Abdu'l-Baha suggests that while the
> jinn
> might signify be people who are created with the fire of the love
> of
> God, etc. it can also refer to people who reject God's
> Manifestation
> (hence Adam) because of their haughtiness and arrogance. But there
> is another passage, where He suggests that jinn are those persons
> whose belief or denial is hidden and unknown.
>
>
> warmest, Susan
>
>
>
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