Cinlerin Beşer Peygambere İman Etmelerinin Kelâmî Mahiyeti
Theological Nature of the Jinn’s Belief in Human Prophet

Summary/Abstract: Jinns, whose existence is established by the scriptures, are beings of intelligence and will. In the verses, Allah states that he created jinn and humans only to serve Him (al-Dhāriyāt, 56) and says, “O jinn and human community; Didn't there come to you prophets from among yourselves who told you about My signs and warned you that this (terrible resurrection) day would come?”(al-An‘ām, 130), declaring that jinn and human bot are responsible so they will be held accountable in the hereafter. In another verse Allah draws attention to the sunnahtullah (natural/social law) in this regard by saying,, “If there were angels residing on the earth (instead of people), we would certainly have sent down an angelic prophet from the sky to them.” (al-Isrā, 95). Despite this clear divine statement, with the creation of human beings on earth, two views have emerged, one held that the jinn are subordinate to human prophets in religion and the other exclusive this to the Prophet Muhammad. The Qur’ān's verses about jinn have a great role in shaping these views. In sūrahs al-Ahqāf, and Jinn, it is stated that a group of jinn, who listened to the Prophet's recitation of the Qur’ān and believed in him, went to their own people and called them to faith. An apparent inconsistency arises between the Qur’ānic verses, which state that prophets were sent to each of the thaqalayn from their own kind, and the view that jinn are subject to human prophets in religion. Because making jinn, who are a different species from human beings, the subject of the practical provisions of the Qur’ān, which focuses on human nature and life, means that they are ontologically identified with humans, which is inconsistent with the scriptures. So, contrary to the widespread discourse on this matter, fact that the faith of the jinns in Prophet Muhammad, must have a different meaning than the subordination of humans to human prophet. The aim of this study is to reveal this difference.

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