asalam alaikum
I had recently been reading a translation of a book by a Saudi scholar about Jinn from the Islamic perspective.
They are made from fire or the invisible heat that you can see above any burning flame. This gives them the ability to be invisible or shimmery. It also makes them lightweight and thus they are able to achieve great speeds.
Quran mentions jinn and informs us about what they are made of. It talks about two jinn (among others), one Azazeel (commonly known as Shaitaan or Iblees), who was a very learned jinn but his pride got him to be cursed. The other one mentioned was in the court of Hazrat Suleman elayhay salam (Solomon) and he bought the throne of the Queen of Sheeba in the blink of an eye to the court of Hazrat Suleman AS.
Example 1:
[ Allah ] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the immortal."
Example 2:
[Solomon] said, "O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?"
A powerful one from among the jinn said, "I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy."
Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, "I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you." And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, "This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous."
The abilities some (or all) jinn have from these examples: they can change form to become another man or animal etc, they can move over huge distances in the blink of an eye and can display enormous amount of strength (like the one who brought the throne, which was very heavy and very huge).
Come to think of it, where have you read about these abilities, super fast, fly through the air, change form, be invisible, be extremely strong, do telepathy or hypnotism or mind control ... does it all ring a bell?
Super heroes, Superman, Flash, The Hulk, Spiderman, and the list is endless.
All these abilities are known as Superhuman abilities, which suggest that "normal" humans cannot do all this, but "Super humans" (more than humans) are capable of one or more of these abilities.
Super heroes are what boys (and girls) look up to and want to be like. So what is wrong here?
Allah has made humans as the Ashraf-ul-Makhlooq [best of all creations], not the angles, and not the jinn and none of the animals or even the planets, stars and anything and everything else under the Arsh [throne] of Allah.
If, for any reason, Allah had wanted humans to have all these abilities, then it would have been really easy for Allah to let us have these qualities and make us better than the rest in terms of these abilities, but Allah chose not to give it to us. Rather, these were given to the jinn or to some animals [like tigers run fast or some animals camouflage well]. Does that make them super human abilities or in fact, "SUB Human" abilities?
Some food for your thought! If you come up with something regarding this, do write back.
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