Jinn
From the looks of the moon I could judge it was past midnight. The sky was very dark and the weather was very windy. The rustling of trees constantly caught my attention as I rode by on my horse. The rhythmic thumps of the hoofs beat straight into my mind causing a hypnotic trance, and yet I had one thing on my mind-to arrive home safely. Upon reaching the center of the wooded region, I spotted something on the ground. I maneuvered the horse to stop in an attempt to see what it was. Lying on the earth was a goat that looked like it had been ill for a while. I decided to take it with me in order to bring home at least a feast. It took me a few minutes to saddle the goat on the back of the horse before I began my journey home. Everything was going very well until I marked that the horse was beginning to move slower than before. He would not accelerate or even try to gain speed. As the journey progressed, so the slower the horse moved. I also noticed that the front of the horse began to rise up, which meant that the rear was falling. I had never seen such actions happen in an animal like this one. With sheer instincts I decided to look behind me to see what was going on and what I saw I could never forget. The goat had tran
When my grandfather told me this story exactly as written, the first word that came into my mind was Jinn. A Jinni (plural Jinn) in Islamic beliefs is a supernatural spirit below the level of angels and devils. Nursi states that there are three classes of Jinn: "Ghul (treacherous spirits of changing shape), ifrit (diabolic, evil spirits), and sila (treacherous spirits of invariable form) constitute classes of Jinn."(25) He also states that Jinn are beings of flame who are capable of assuming animal or human form and are said to dwell in all conceivable inanimate objects-stone, trees, ruins-underneath the earth, in that air and fire. (33) Along with Nursi, Deedat states that they are all free from physical restraints: In order to bring more sensibility into this phenomenal and yet very eerie subject, a few more stories based on some aspect of truth will help to enlighten the minds of readers following the description of such creatures. One night in Afghanistan, after my grandfather finished reading the Koran, he turned the light off and locked the chain on his side of the door. He then went to lay down on his bed. A few minutes later my grandfather heard a type of rattle. When he looked up, he realized someone had taken the chain off the door. He thought that was impossible since he was alone in his room. In great panic he stood up and placed the chain back on the door and quickly ran back to his bed. A few minutes later he heard the same rattle and decided to look and see what is was. To his amazement he saw that the chain was moving by itself. Immediately after that, the door began to open. My grandfather lay on his bed; too terrified to move. A few seconds after the door opened, a few little bodies of some sort began to appear in his room. These beings began to move closer to my grandfather until they were resting on his stomach. He told me that they looked sort of like small dwarfs. My grandfather said their faces were too hideous to look at. In all this fear he closed his eyes and began to recite a prayer, which fortunately helped him. In a split second they were all
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Approximate Word count = 1408
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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