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Originally Posted by Rocket Man
In the Qu'ran, the djinn are a non-angelic spirit made of "smokeless fire." The word means hidden or concealed.
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Although there is a major strain of Islamic folklore which identifies them as angels who refused to take sides in the Rebellion. They were cast out of Heaven for not serving God, but not bound in Hell because they didn't rebel. A similar origin for the Faerie folk is postulated in European Christian folklore.