The Mystery of Iniquity: The Truth About the Demons, Jinn, Iblis

The Mystery of Iniquity: The Truth About the Demons, Jinn, Iblis

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Hindu Demons/Djinns/gods = Blue/Dead/Underworld

Blue-Skinned Demons, Monsters, and Gods

                           

Detail of Blue demon and snakes with another demon, Tomb of the Blue Demons, Necropolis of Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy. 5th century BC, Etruscan

Last week my students and I were discussing the blue demons that are found in some Etruscan tombs. We were exploring two different reasons which might explain why these demons have blue skin. One theory is that the blue skin is a depiction of rotting human flesh: these demons are embodiments of death.1 A different, yet also related theory, is that the blue color relates to the skin discoloration which occurs when someone is bit by a deadly, poisonous snake, specifically an adder.

During this discussion, two different students mentioned that the blue skin reminded them of demons and religious figures found in other cultures. I never thought too deeply about how blue skin appears in different cultures across the world, and I thought I’d make a little compilation of a few noteworthy examples.

Soga Shôhaku, (1730-1781), Sessen Doji (Sessendoujizu) scene with a blue oni, detail from a hanging scroll. Ink on silk, about 1770s, Keishouji Temple.

The oni is an ogre or troll, and it is a common figure in Japanese folklore. They have distinctive long horns, which makes them appear to be a combination of both beasts and humans. Onis most commonly appear with blue, red or green skin, and they are often clad in tiger skin. One particular representation of the oni that I like is from the 18th century (shown above), in a painting by Soga Shôhaku. Here, an oni is used to depict a demon from the Sessen Doji tale.

In thinking about the various colors which can be used for the oni’s skin, I wonder if color is supposed to suggest that the figure is inhuman. From what I can tell, the color of the skin doesn’t matter (since red, blue, and green are all used), but all of the colors are very different from how human skin actually appears. To me, the blue skin of the no suggests that the figure is otherworldly, which by extension makes the figure seem more threatening to me. The creators of the film Avatar used blue skin for the same reason; they played with modern associations regarding skin color and race to make sure that moviegoers could perceive these figures not only as aliens, but as Others.

Krishna Fluting for the Gopis, page from an illustrated Dashavatara series, ca. 1730. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 10 1/4 x 8 in.

In some cases, though, the color blue has much more significance than to draw a visual distinction of difference between a the figure-in-question and a human audience. Such is the case with Hindu art, in which more than one blue-skinned figure appears. Perhaps the most common figure who can appear with blue skin is Vishnu (who can also appear with blue skin as Krishna, considered by many to be an avatar of Vishnu). Some claim that the blue skin in this religious context has positive connotations, suggesting the sky and the limitlessness of the sky and universe. Blue also references life and the forces of life, since bodies of water can appear blue. Finally, others assert that the color blue in Hinduism is used to describe manliness, bravery, a stable mind and a depth of character. How curious that the color blue can suggest a depth of character in Hinduism, whereas the blue color in Japanese folklore seems to suggest an inhuman creature (which perhaps implies a lack of character or positive human feeling, right?)!

Vishnu Vishvarupa, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, ca. 1800-20 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 38.5 x 28cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London

I know of a few other instances where blue-skinned figures appear, too. In Balinese culture the traditional gods can appear with blue skin. A traditional Balinese monster, the oguh-oguh, also can appear with blue skin (although various colors are used to depict the oguh-oguh, so the color doesn’t seem to be a qualifying feature).

Blue demons

    Exorcism, sorcery and time-honoured superstitions persist in Egypt despite the current wave of religious conservatism, writes Gamal Nkrumah

    “Not necessity, not desire. No, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything, health, food, a place to live, entertainment, they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied” – Friedrich Nietzsche

   

   

    Blue demons, Al-Afarit Al-Zurq, are a peculiar feature of colloquial Egyptian Arabic. The connotations of colours exist in all cultures. In much of Asia, orange, yellow and reds of all shades denote spirituality: the colour favoured by Buddhist monks. In the West, blue was traditionally considered the colour of devotion and spiritual consecration. The Virgin Mary is invariably depicted wearing blue. Not so in Egypt, where the very word blue, navy as opposed to cerulean, is a demonic symbol.

   

    Ironically, some of the colours associated with the very essence of Egypt, “Nila” or Nilotic, are also ill omens. Gattak Nila, “Go to Hell,” is to this day a popular colloquial Egyptian curse unheard of in other Arabic dialects. And, so is kohli, the colour of Egyptian women’s cosmetic fixture and beautifying accessory, kohl, a black galena. Kohl, or black eyeliner, reflecting the almond-shaped eye of the god Horus, was the most powerful of cosmetics that ostensibly had bewitching magical powers.

   

    Casting out demons is a venerable tradition that has survived for many millennia in Egypt. The intriguing aspect is that the spine-chilling sorcerers responsible were not traditionally Egyptian. At some distant historical point in time it became prevalent to attribute illness or a spate of ill-fortune to spirit possession.

   

    I came across Basma, not her real name, by sheer coincidence. I name her Basma because of her sweet smile. Basma means “smile”, a fairly common name in Egypt. “I am Tunisian,” she introduced herself by saying. “

   

    Tunisian-Italian.” “Then you must be the daughter of Hannibal,” I said in jest. “That is very unusual,” she chuckled. “No one has ever called me that before,” she said and searched for images of Hannibal, the Great Carthaginian warlord who crossed the Alps in a vain attempt to conquer Rome, on her iPad.  

   

    “I am writing an article about exorcism and sorcery in contemporary Egypt,” I ventured. “Wow, no kidding, my mother is a witch. We are not on speaking terms,” she gasped for breath. “Clashing with your mother is a curse in Islam. You are doomed,” I replied. “No, not if she is a witch,” came her prompt reply. In Egypt, Moroccans and Tunisians, people from North Africa, the Arab Maghreb, are considered the most feared kind of sorcerers. Incidentally, they are also the most venerated and holiest of saints.

   

    Galena, a black ore derived primarily of lead, has been used in Egypt since time immemorial as an eyeliner and is composed of two components, lauroinite and phosgenite. Curiously neither of the two minerals is readily available in Egypt. These minerals must have come from distant lands across the sprawling deserts surrounding Egypt’s Nile Valley, explaining the ancient association with the Maghreb.

   

    The later, represented as the “Land of the Dead,” is associated with the sunset and the netherworld. Kohl was used not only as an adornment and to prevent ocular infections, but also to ward off evil spirits. Only when the deceased applied eye-makeup, kohl, did he enter the realm of the god Osiris, “Lord of the Afterlife,” in ancient Egypt. So was alchemy a metaphor for what Basma’s mother did? No, like so many sorcerers she was an alchemist of bloodcurdling incantations.

   

    Petite, plump and greying Nesma, another sorceress, led the zar procession, hurling her toff, or Egyptian tambourine, and leading the dancers into a frenzy that supposedly is designed to exorcise evil spirits and demons.

   

    Ancient Egyptian magical spells implied that symbolic or ritual actions had practical purposes for mortals in this life and in the afterlife to assist the dead to rebirth. Lector priests in ancient Egypt were the primary practitioners of the art of magic and sorcery, the custodians of secret knowledge. Ironically, in Islam the art is known as Alm Al-Ghaib, or «science of the unknown or unseen,» and is likewise seen as a means to ward off the hazards of fate.

   

    Wise women were consulted in ancient times, and they still perform the same function in contemporary Egypt. Amulets were and are indispensable. When I started researching exorcism and sorcery in contemporary Egypt, I was under the impression that only women were possessed by evil spirits. It is a common sexist belief, and it is hogwash.

   

    The zar is an ancient ritual that persists to this day in contemporary Egypt even though it is frowned upon by religious zealots who perceive it to be a kind of pre-Islamic heresy. The women dance in a trance-like fashion, twisting and turning until the bedeviled one hurls herself into the midst of the dancers and begs the sheikha, or exorcist, to stop tormenting her.

   

    The divinatory arts have long been closely associated with pagan, animistic, and in Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula with Africa south of the Sahara and India. Notwithstanding their specific connection with pre-Islamic Arabia, they survived both Christianity and Islam in the collective folk memory.

   

    The fine art of exorcism is practiced by Muslims and Coptic Christians alike, except that among Muslims a sheikh is summoned to exorcise the demons just as a priest does with Christians. The Muslim sheikh recites the Qur’an even as the Christian priest uses the cross to cast out demons. Nevertheless, Muslims often attend Church exorcism ceremonies even as Christians occasionally are seen at Muslim exorcism rituals.

   

    The Biblical Gerasene Demonaic survives in the collective psyche of contemporary Egypt. A colleague of mine once recalled how a relative of his was saved from demons by a saintly sheikh. “She was a young woman, beautiful but deeply troubled. She visited many medical practitioners and psychiatrists, but she still remained a tortured soul. Her family instinctively knew that she needed spiritual support. And so a sheikh was summoned,” he said.

   

    “Her submissive solicitations mysteriously metamorphosed into contentious threats and she adopted a menacing demeanor. Her voice changed into that of a man. She growled and four strong young men had to restrain her. ‘What is your name,’ the sheikh demanded. ‘My name is Legion, for we are many,’ scowled the demon.” The story was eerily reminiscent of the Biblical Gerasene demon mentioned in the Gospel of Mark.

   

    “I adjure by God, do not torment me,” is a plea often repeated by demons to this day. When confronted with the cross of a Christian priest or the Qur’anic recitals of a Muslim sheikh, they become aggressive and self-destructive. Priest and sheikh command the demons to depart; they remonstrate and ultimately yield.

   

    In the Biblical book of Ephesians, we read of the “cosmic powers of darkness.” Again, colour is accentuated. “The Kingdom of Darkness” is the implacable enemy of the “Kingdom of Light”. This is a concept common in Christianity and Judaism, but it is also articulated in Islam. However, its roots predate the monotheistic religions and go back to the ancient Iranian religious philosopher Zoroaster. He extrapolated the pantheon of ancient Iranian gods into “Dark and Evil” versus “Light and Good” forces: Angra Mainyu, or destructive mentality, versus Spenta Mainyu, or “progressive mentality.”

   

    Somehow, the ancient myths have prevailed. The Biblical “Sons of God” versus the “Daughters of Men” in the book of Genesis was interpreted by the founder of Christian chronology Julius Africanus (160-240 CE) as the righteous sons of Adam and the evil descendants of Cain. Nevertheless, the sexist implications tenaciously have lingered on over the centuries.

   

    In pre-Islamic Arabia, the three chief goddesses, daughters of Allah, were Al-Uzza, Allat and Manat. They were removed from the Qur’an as part of the infamous “Satanic Verses”. Curiously enough, they survive as demons and reappear as central features of exorcism superstitions.

   

    Later, I discovered that men, too, were subjected to demonic possession. Scorpion charmers and cobra manipulators, mostly men, are as common today in Luxor and Upper Egypt as they were during the days of the pharaohs.

   

    The tale of a young man, I will call him Hassan, is indicative. He was supposedly possessed by an evil spirit, a female spirit to be precise. He used to attend the Sufi processions and moulids, or festivals, in the Al-Hussein district in the heart of Islamic Cairo. The demon in his case was the goddess Allat.

   

    A friend witnessed an unscheduled performance of the pre-Islamic Arabian goddess. A sheikh was summoned to exorcise Allat. Hassan’s voice turned into that of an embittered and bellicose woman. Goddess in Arabic is ilahah, and hence in a manner of speaking Allat implies the feminine plural of “Legion”. Allat is also an ancient Mesopotamian appellation of the “Goddess of the Netherworld”.

   

    Allat was also venerated in Carthage, contemporary Tunis, under the name of Allatu. My mind raced back to Basma. According to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, the pre-Islamic Arabs believed in two gods: Allah and Allat. Hassan was a student of history.   

   

    “I want him to be blinded, so that he will not set eyes on any other women, for I have been in love with him for years and I cannot let go,” the she-devil screeched. “Leave him from his foot,” the sheikh insisted. And I recalled something the Tunisian Basma had told me: that a demon’s blood was blue.

   

    Indigo, the colour of the Nile at midnight, is to this day considered a fateful hue and is associated with yet another female demon, the “Bride of the Nile”. This particular demon was supposed to lure handsome young men into the depths of the river at night. In ancient times, an unfortunate virgin was sacrificed to placate the river and hence the festival of the “Bride of the Nile” began.

   

    There is also the curious question of what religion demons adopt. Another possessed man, Ibrahim, was asked to relinquish the animism of the demon who bedeviled him. “I would like you to convert to Islam before you leave him,” the sheikh requested. The demon resisted at first and then reluctantly consented. “Fly to Mecca and see the Kaaba,” the sheikh demanded. Demons are believed to be either Muslim, Christian or atheist.  

   

    Apparently, the demon did fly to Mecca and returned in an ecstatic state. “I believe,” the demon conceded. “Islam is a beautiful religion”. And he left the bedeviled youth.  

   

    Magic is also a feature of the silver screen. Egyptian cinema has made sorcery and exorcism a recurrent theme in countless films. Afrita Hanem, «Madam Demon», is one classic film starring legendary dancer Samia Gamal and singer/songwriter Farid al-Atrash. Al-Taweiza, meaning pouches, lockets or amulets, pendants with prayers or Qur’anic verses, is another classic Egyptian film dealing with the belief in the protective powers of amulets. It features Mahmoud Yassin, Yousra and Abla Kamel. Last but not least, and perhaps the most poignant of these films, is Al-Ins Wa-l-Jinn, or “Man and Genie.”  

   

    The film features actress Yousra and veteran actor Adel Imam. The jinn, of course, are notorious supernatural creatures born of fire, but whose blood is blue. They can be evil, but they can also be benevolent. They cooperate with magicians and fortune tellers. Their existence is sanctioned in Islam, and there is a Surat al-Jinn (“Chapter of the Genies» in the Qur’an.  

   

    Again, the Biblical appellation «Legion» springs to mind, for in Arabic the word jinn is a collective number. Marid is the most powerful form of the jinn, loosely translated as “giant.” But demons are as much a part of the Christian folklore of Egypt as they are a presence among Muslims.

   

    The Church of the Moqattam, meaning «cut off» in Arabic, is located on an ancient ridge overlooking eastern Cairo that in ancient times was a quarry for the limestone used in the construction of pyramids and temples.

   

    Legend has it that Coptic Pope Abraham of Alexandria referred to it in order to prove to the Shia Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz that the Christian Gospel is true when it professes that if one has faith then like a grain of mustard it can move a mountain. The Caliph gave the Pope and his servant Simon the Cobbler three days, after which the Coptic Christians of Egypt would be butchered. Sure enough the mountain moved.    

   

    Despite confessional schisms, there was an early interchange of religious concepts, and the lives of Christians in Egypt were spared and pluralism assured. The Caliph’s own mother was also a Christian.

   

    Al-Muizz acquired a reputation for deviousness, and he later disappeared in the wilderness. His followers today are the Druze of Syria and Lebanon. Farid al-Atrash, the star of Afrita Hanem, was himself a Druze from Syria who charted his artistic career in Egypt. The Moqattam Church, hewed in a cave in the mountain, has become one of the most venerable venues of exorcism.

   

    Years ago, intrigued by the subject, I visited the Morqosiya Church in downtown Cairo, the Church of Saint Mark. There I found a wizened Coptic Christian priest known for his powers of exorcising evil spirits. There were thousands of spectators when I visited the Church, and I watched a procession of seven women possessed by demons. It was a spell-binding affair. The women screeched and howled grotesquely.

   

    The priest sat majestically in the centre next to the altar, as if on a splendid throne. The Church was bathed in surreal light as if the dome was a celestial sphere, like in a planetarium. The priest gave a loud cry, brandished his cross, and the demons vanished without a fight.

Angels and Upper Spiritual World = Emerald/World of Angels/Greenery/Paradise

The Jinn are beings created with free will, living on Earth along with mankind. The Arabic word "Jinn" (جانّ) is from the verb "Janna" (جَنَّ) which means to hide or conceal. They are often physically concealed from mankind as their description suggests. This is one of the reasons why some people have denied their existence.

As well the bulk of Muslimin, themselves having little or no knowledge of the matter, are opt to believe that the jinn are "ghosts" (خَيَال), various Barzakhi apparitions, or schizophrenic "possessions." Incidentally, the later are often accompanied by the the release of telekinetic rage, and respond subjectively to treatment from the given religious traditions of the "possessee" as well as by the command that the given "exorcist" can psychically muster over the possession. Thus, when the treatment or "exorcism" works, those involved who mistakenly believe the controlling personalities to be spirits take the often delayed success as verification of their interpretation of the cause and nature of the affliction.

It is essential that it be made clear that such occurrences are the product of sexual abuse often manifesting in pubescent girls though rare exceptions of males do exist. These are in NO WAY the result of a jinni - which is a PHYSICAL BEING - possessing the body of a human being. Such a belief is predominantly Christian superstition and has NO BASIS in Islam.

The true origins of the Jinn can be traced from the Qur'an and the Ahadith. Allah says:

"Verily We created man of sounding clay of black mud altered. And We created the Jinn before that from the smokeless flame of fire." Al-Qur’an, Sura 15:26-27

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ وَالْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ

Thus the Jinn were created, by Al-Mala'ikah, before man. While both were developed from pre-existing genetic material of an existing parent species, neither was wholly a product of natural selection and evolutionary development permitted to take its course. Though abrupt and unprecedented, the creation of both species was in fact destined by Allah ta'ala, for an end result that has yet to finish playing out.

As for their physical origin, then Muhammad, al-khatam al-anbiyah Muhammad (sal) has confirmed the above Ayah when he said: "The Mala'ikah were created from Light and the Jinn from smokeless fire.” It is this description of the Jinn which tells us so much about them. Because they were created from the element (so to speak) of fire, their nature has generally been fiery and thus their relationship with man has been built upon this volatile nature.

The creation of Jinn was also reported by Ibn Abbas: "Two thousand years before (mankind) was created, there were Jinn on (the Earth), and they caused corruption on it and shed blood. Then Allah sent against them an army of Mala'ikah who beat them and cast them away to islands in the seas. So, when Allah said: 'I am placing (mankind) generations after generations on Earth.'" They (Al-Mala'ikah) said, "Will You place therein one who will cause corruption and shed blood?" (Al-Baqarah 2:30), That is: "Just as those Jinn did" Then Allah said: "I know that which you do not know.'"

Herein we are told that 2,000 years before the Malaki engineering of the human prototype Adam an-Nabi (as), the Jinn species had "come upon" the Earth. This begs the question of if they came "upon" the Earth 2,000 years before the creation of Adam (as), then what were they (or their parent species for that matter) "upon" before?

It is not coincidence that literally EVERY culture and tradition records this pre-Adamic history, with its extremely advanced technology, flying disks, large headed, blue-skinned, giant race. Some of the most notorious legends are of the Antediluvian "Atlantis" and "Mu" or "Lemuria."

In many aspects the Jinn are very similar to us. They eat and drink, they marry (or fornicate in some cases), have children and they die. Their life span however, is generally far greater then ours is today. There is naturally a reason for this, though a detailed explanation is beyond the scope of this text. Like us, they will also be subject to a Final Judgment by Allah ta'ala. They will be present with mankind on Yawm ad-Din and will either Ascend to Jannah or be caste into Jahannam.

Like humans beings, jinn are also required to worship Allah and follow Islam. Their purpose in life is exactly the same as ours, as Allah says:

"I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me." - Al-Qur’an, Sura 51:56

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

Jinn can thus be Muslims or non-Muslims. However, due to their fiery and volatile nature the majority of them are non-Muslim; non-Submissive to Allah. These disbelieving Jinn are also called Shaiyatin (شياطين). As well, the Shaiytani nature of the jinn that has corrupted mankind's pure, fitrah instincts also referred to simply as the "Shaiytan" (شَيْطان), from the Hebrew "Satan" (שָׂטָן). It is this Shaiytan which Muhammad (sal) said flows through mankind's veins. It is this "Shaiytan ar-Rajim" which we seek protection in Allah from. As for the Jinn who become Muslimin, many of them did so in the time of Muhammad, al-khatam al-anbiyah (sal) when a group of them were amazed by the recitation of the Qur'an. Muhammad, al-khatam al-anbiyah (sal) was instructed to tell the Ummah of this event:

"Say: It has been revealed to me that a group of Jinn listened and said; 'Indeed we have heard a marvelous Qur'an. It guides unto righteousness so we have believed in it, and we will never make partners with our Rabb.'" Qur'an, Sura 72:1-2

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا

It was required that this be publicized because the jinn species CAN repent and CAN be redeemed. There is no need for our species' to war along genetic lines. However, in the war against kufr and oppression both human and jinn Muslimin of both jinn and men are allies with common aims and common enemies.

Ibn Abbas recorded that once Rasul'ullah (sal) said that he was commanded by Allah to recite the Holy Qur’an to the jinn and to warn them.  He asked his companions as to who would like to accompany him to the recital.  None uttered a word save ibn Mas'ud.  Rasul'ullah (sal) asked thrice but every time there was silence and none replied.  Ibn Mas’ud says that he was taken to the cave called Shab al-Haiyhun which is on the top of a mountain near Makkah.  Arriving at the place, Rasul'ullah (sal) drew a circle round ibn Mas’ud and commanded him never under any circumstances to step out of the circle, until he returns to him and going forward stood there and started reciting the Holy Qur’an and it was night.  Ibn Mas’ud says that he saw huge birds and huge serpents that began to gather and started making peculiar noises and he got frightened and became anxious for the safety of Rasul'ullah (sal).  In the sky, he saw a black patch of a cloud like smoke and at dawn everything parted away and Rasul'ullah (sal) returned to Ibn Mas’ud.  Rasul'ullah (sal) asked Ibn Mas’ud as to what he saw and Ibn Mas’ud related his experience.  Rasul'ullah (sal) said it was a gathering of about 12,000 jinn to whom Sura 113 of the Holy Qur’an was recited.

"And whosoever responds not unto the Summoner unto Allah, yet he can frustrate not Allah’s Will in the Earth, and there shall not be for him, other than Him, any guardians; these are in manifest error."  Al-Qur'an, Sura 46:32

وَمَن لَّا يُجِبْ دَاعِيَ اللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مِن دُونِهِ أَولِيَاء أُوْلَئِكَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ

Qummi says that Rasul'ullah (sal) once went to the market place, Akkaza, along with Zaid ibn Haritha to preach the Risalat'ul-Islam.  On his way back to Makkah he stayed in the valley of Najbah for the night and when he recited the Holy Qur’an, there also assembled some jinn, one of the groups carried the Risalat'ul-Islam to his kind.

Abdullah Ibn Masud narrated: "Rasul'ullah (sal) ordered me to follow him, on the night of the Jinn. I went with him until we reached the height of Makkah... (Muhammad, al-khatam al-anbiyah) said: 'I was promised that the Jinn and human will believe in me. As to the human they believed in me, as to the Jinn you have seen.' He continued: 'I feel that my end is drawing near.' I said: 'O Rasul'ullah, won't you make Abu Bakr as your Khalif?' He turned away from me, so I realized that he disagreed; I said: 'O Rasul'ullah, won't you make Umar as your Khalif?' He turned away from me, so I realized that he disagreed; I said: 'O Rasul'ullah, won't you make `Ali as your Khalif?' He said: 'Him! By the One whom there is no god beside Hu, if you chose him and obeyed him Hu (Allah) entered you into Paradise all together.'"

Non-Shi'a references:

• Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v8, p314
• Also mentioned by al-Tabarani

The Concealed Ones

Jinn is a term used as a generalization derived from the root word "Janna" meaning "covered" or "protected," because of their being concealed from sight, and quite literally "covered" over by the surface of the Earth. As Al-Qur'an says, "O Bani Adam! Let not Shaiytan seduce you as he caused your parents to go forth from Jannah and tore off from them their covering that he might manifest their shame to them. Surely he sees you, he and his tribe, from whence you see him not. Lo! We have made the Shaiyatin protecting friends for those who disbelieve." Al-Qur'an, Sura 7:27

يَا بَنِي آدَمَ لاَ يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْءَاتِهِمَا إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ تَرَوْنَهُمْ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاء لِلَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Above is a picture from an Arabic publication, claimed to be of a creature photographed in a cave. Reportedly the man who took the photograph was killed and the camera was retrieve by his companion. This cannot be confirmed first hand, but it is interesting the commonalities that we see in this picture. For one, the head is large like an "alien." The skin is bluish-pale and devoid of any pigment. The ears are pointed and the creature in general looks more carnivoristic than a mammilian human.

Quite literal in its meaning, this term "jinn" applies to a variety of beings of another species - as well as intermediary and hybrid species - who live or originated from a place that is "covered over" or "concealed" from mankind. This place is referred to in Greek mythology as "Hades" (hadeV) and by the Bani Isra'il as "Sheol" (שְׁאוֹל). It is the "Underworld" - literally a world that exists beneath us where the jinn are protected from our planet's proximity to the sun, and the weather conditions that they did not evolve around.

The term hell is cognate to "hole" (cavern) and "hollow." It is a substantive formed from the Anglo-Saxon helan or behelian, "to hide". This verb has the same primitive as the Latin occulere and celare and the Greek kalyptein.

It is well known that Sa’d ibn ‘Ubadah was killed by the jinn when he urinated in a cave opening in the ground in which was their dwelling place, and they said, “We have killed the leader of Khazraj Sa’d ibn ‘Ubaadah; we struck him with an arrow and we did not miss his heart.”

For this reason, as narrated Abdullah ibn Sarjis: "An-Nabi prohibited to urinate in a hole."

Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 1, Number 0029:

'Abd Allah b. Sarjis reported: "An-Nabi prohibited to urinate in a hole. Qatadah was asked about the reason for the disapproval of urinating in a hole.  He replied: 'It is said that these (holes) are the habitats of the jinn.'"

Sunan Abu Dawud Volume 1 Chapter 14 Number 29.

The fact that their concealment from human beings is the origin of this terminology "jinn" is exemplified in the fact that there are various types of "jinn" reported, with many vastly different features. These are not one distinct species, but rather an original parent species, and then strains derived from it.

"The jinn are of three types: a type that has wings, and they fly through the air; a type that looks like snakes and dogs; and a type that stops for a rest then resumes its journey."

Notes: Shaykh al-Albaani said in al-Mishkaat (2/1206, no. 4148): al-Tahhaawi and Abu'l-Shaykh reported it with a saheeh isnaad

A Yazidi artistic rendition of Iblis, the so-called "Malak Ta'us" of that kaffir religion. Notice the undeniable correlation to the so-called "gods" of the Hindu's including the visual allegory of the individual having an extra set of arms (as if to imply some sort of omnipotence in his ability to perform a multitude of tasks at once).

The type that has wings is like the "Peacock Angel" or "Malak Ta'us" (مَلَاك طاوُوس) of kuffar like the Yazidi's who hold Iblis as an "Angel" with Feathered Wings. The Angelic wings are covered with "eyes" like that of a Peacock.

Of the Angelic species called the "Ofanim" in the Tanakh, it is described:

"As for their wings, they were high and full of fear Erah (יִרְאָה, Fear), and they four had their wings full of eyes round about." Ezekial 1:18

וְגַבֵּיהֶן--וְגֹבַהּ לָהֶם, וְיִרְאָה לָהֶם; וְגַבֹּתָם, מְלֵאֹת עֵינַיִם סָבִיב--לְאַרְבַּעְתָּן

This is very similar to the description given of the Malak Ta'us, or Peacock Angel. The Ofanim would thus be akin to this. We must bear in mind that as Mala'ikah the Ofanim were very similar to the "Dragon" Mala'ikah called the "Serafim" or "Firey Serpents." Accordingly, we see the Meso-American societies describing their "gods" as "Feathered Serpents." In short, all of these vast correlations are far to numerous to be mere coincidence. They are all in fact pointing us towards a composite image of the originators of ancient Antediluvian civilizations, set up by "those who descended" upon this planet, and those jinn who control the world still today from behind the scenes.

Mayan's and similar societies all have "Winged Serpent" mythology; often saying that such beings originated from the Heavens themselves.

"And (remember) when your Rabb said to the Mala'ikah: 'I am going to create a Adam from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud. So, the Mala'ikah prostrated themselves, all of them together. Except Iblis - he refused to be among the prostrators. (Ar-Rabb) said: 'O Iblis! What is your reason for not being among the prostrators?' [Iblis] said: 'I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from sounding clay of altered, black smooth mud. (Ar-Rabb) said: 'Then, get out from here, for verily, you are Rajim (an outcast or a cursed one).'" Qur'an, Sura 15:28-34

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلاَئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ فَسَجَدَ الْمَلآئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ إِلاَّ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَى أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَقَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلاَّ تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَقَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍقَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

Thus, Iblis notes three contentions with this new creation. First that he was created from Earth and not of the home of the Mala'ikah. Secondly, that  he was "altered," an engineered, artificial creation. Mankind being a creation that had not naturally evolved; and thus, in Iblis' mind, did not yet warrant the position of Khalifat'ullah. Thirdly, we see the origins of racism itself, that mankind was engineered from an Earthly species; black from melanin, to protect from this planet's proximity to the Sun.

"When the Chief Ruler realized that the people were exalted above him and could think better than he, he wanted to grasp their thought. He did not know that they surpassed him in thought, so that he would be unable to grasp them. He devised a plan with his Authorities, who are his Powers. Together they raped Sophia (Wisdom), and produced something repulsive: Fate, the final, fickle bondage. Fate is like this because the powers themselves are fickle. To the present day Fate is tougher and stronger than anything else that gods, Angels, Demons, and all the generations of human beings may confront. For from Fate have come all iniquity, injustice, and blasphemy, the bondage of forgetfulness, and ignorance, and all burdensome orders, weighty sins, and great fears. Thus all of creation has been blinded so that none might know the God who is over them all. Because of the bondage of forgetfulness, their sins have been hidden. They have been bound with dimensions, times, and seasons, and Fate is lord of all."

Notes: The Secret Book of John, from Marvin W. Meyer's The Secret Teachings Of Jesus: Four Gnostic Gospels, pp. 84-85, pub A.D.1984

The use of personification, or perhaps reverse personification, is key to note here. "Sophia" or "Wisdom" is embodied as a woman raped by the so-called "Chief ruler and his authorities." Interestingly "those who descended" did not merely rape "Wisdom" but they did rape and seduce an innumerable amount of human women. Thus the author of this Gnostic text used the legends of actual historical occurrences of rape and hybridization, to correlate the abandonment or perhaps perversion of wisdom with the actions of the jinn's rape and eugenics experiments.

"... [the Rulers] threw Mankind into great distraction and into a life of toil, so that Mankind might be occupied by worldly affairs, and might not have the opportunity of being devoted to the Holy Spirit."

Hypostasis of the Archons, from Willis Barnstone's The Other Bible, p. 77, pub. A.D. 1984

"The first ruler formulated a plan with his powers. He sent his Angels to the daughters of humanity, that they might take women and raise a family for their pleasure... They created a Counterfeit Spirit...in order to adulterate souls through this spirit. The Angels then changed their appearance to look like the partners of these women, and filled the women with the spirit of darkness that they had concocted, and with evil. They brought gold, silver, presents, copper, iron, metal, and all sorts of things. They made the people who followed them suffer, leading them astray and deceiving them. These people grew old without experiencing pleasure, and died without finding truth or knowing the God of Truth. In this way all of creation was forever enslaved, from the beginning of the world until now. The Angels took women, and from the darkness they produced children similar to their spirit. They closed their minds, and became stubborn through the stubbornness of the Counterfeit Spirit, until the present day."

The Secret Book of John, from Marvin W. Meyer's The Secret Teachings Of Jesus: Four Gnostic Gospels, pp. 84-85, pub

The above text - rediscovered only a little over a half a century ago in Nag Hammadi, Egypt - agrees that the jinn were able to shape-shift, and also that they descended upon the Earth to "enslave creation." This is the reality that is all too harsh for most to confront; that being that the modern world, and most of human history itself has no independently "human" meaning. That is, the modern human experience is the experience of slavery. That is not to say that mankind is not given token notes of value, token meal tickets. However, a token for food, clothing and what can in many cases BARELY be considered "shelter," DO NOT make an individual given said token ANY LESS A SLAVE! It is for this reason that Muhammad (sal) said:

“If you can, do not be the first one to enter the marketplace. And do not be the last to leave it. For they are the places of Shaiytan and therein he raises his banner.”

لا تكون ان استطعت اول من يدخل اسوق ولا اخر من يخرج منها فانها معركة الشيطان وبها ينصب رايته

Iblis, the "devil," is not called the "Deceiver" because he is incapable of fooling the world. On the contrary, Sefer Ha'Berashit, the Book of Genesis, tells us that this "Serpent," this "Nachash" was the "most crafty" of all the creatures.

"You belong to your father, the Deceiver, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." John 8:44

אַתֶּם מֵאֵת אֲבִיכֶם הַשָּׂטָן הִנְּכֶם וַתִּתְמַכְּרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּתַאֲוַת אֲבִיכֶם הוּא הָיָה רֹצֵחַ נְפָשׁוֹת מֵרֹאשׁ וּבְמוֹ־אֱמֶת א עָמַד כִּי אֱמֶת אֵין־בּוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר כָּזָב מִלִּבּוֹ הוּא דֹבֵר כִּי־מְשַׁקֵּר הוּא וַאֲבִי כָל־מְשַׁקֵּר׃

We are told that his native tongue is deception. It is his very nature. So when human beings think of someone trying to fool us, we think within the context of the mammalian, human mind, not within the context of the reptilian, serpent mind of the jinn.

"And the Taniyn Ha'Gadol (Great Crocodile) was cast out, that ancient Nachash (Serpent), called the Deceiver, and Satan, which deceives the whole world. He was cast down into the Earth, and his Malakim (Angels) were cast down with him." Revelation 12:9

וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ אֶת־הַתַּנִּין הַגָּדוֹל הוּא הַנָּחָשׁ הַקַּדְמֹנִי אֲשֶׁר קָרְאוּ לוֹ שׂוֹטֵן וְשָׂטָן אֲשֶׁר הִדִּיחַ כָּל־ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־מַלְאָכָיו עִמּוֹ הִשְׁלִיכוּ אָרְצָה׃

In fact, we see that Iblis, the Devil has "deceived the whole world." Yet still so many Jews, Christians and Muslims imagine that they would know if they were being deceived. They do not know that in reality their entire lives are nothing but a lie. This entire "civilization" is nothing but a prison for slave-labor. Day in and day out we must slave, either in the work force, or later in our down time as consumers. All proceeds funnel down to the Jinn, and all work is done for their benefit. We do not decide what type of work we wish to do, we decide what will pay enough for us to be able to survive; for most either under the poverty line, or barely treading water above it.

Many wishfully imagine that slavery has ended. On the contrary, slavery not only never ended, it has expanded. However, knowing that overt slavery was causing problems of instability, it became imperative to shift to a more subtle form of slavery; one where the masses are given value-less pieces of paper, with the portrait of Freemason, slave-owning rapists. These pieces of paper gave the illusion that one is not being enslaved, in the same way that the history books do not record that Columbus enslaved indigenous peoples of the Canary Islands by making them mine gold for 3 month periods at a time, only to be given a worthless copper coin to wear around their necks as a symbol that protected them from having both of their hands chopped off by the rapist taskmasters. While given a coin - technically currency - they were nonetheless slaves.

In the same way, what would happen should we decide to stop working today? In centuries past we could claim our own land and work it to get our sustenance. Not so any more. What Revelation calls the "##### that sits on many waters," the United States of America, surrounded by many bodies of water, automatically owns everything. If you want land, you must pay them money that they created. If you want shelter, you must pay them money that they created. If you want food or clothing, you must pay them money that they created.

This is far from having the right to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness" that the founding lawyers vainly promised. So this is far from freedom. Like the rapists that came with Columbus, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF ###### is giving us value-less paper, not backed by a Gold-Standard, nor printed on anything of inherent value. They tell us, either work, die or be locked up in a cage. This is far from freedom. This is slavery and extortion, plain and simple.

So in centuries past, day to day slavery might be looking over your shoulder for the taskmaster, and trying to avoid the whip. Nowadays it is looking in your rear-view mirror for police, and trying to avoid the baton, the tear gas, the rubber-bullets or being shot because the alleyway was too dark like in the case of Timothy Thomas or the keys in your hand looked like a weapon like in the case of Amadou Diallo. Nothing has changed.

Iblis: Amir Al-Jinn

"I saw Watchers in my vision, the dream-vision. Two (men) were fighting over me, saying...and holding a great contest over me. I asked them, 'Who are you, that you are thus empo[wered over me?' They answered me, 'We] [have been em]powered and rule over all mankind'. They said to me, 'Which of us do yo[u choose to rule (you)?' I raised my eyes and looked.] [One] of them was terri]fying in his appearance, [like a s]erpent, [his] cl[oa]k many-colored yet very dark...[And I looked again], and...in his appearance, his visage like a viper, and [wearing...] [exceedingly, and all his eyes...]" "[I replied to him,] 'This [Watcher,] so is he?' He answered me, 'This Wa[tcher...] [and his three names are Belial and Prince of Darkness] and King of Evil.'" - "Testament of Amram" (4Q535, Manuscript B)

Again we see the reference to "visage like a viper." This is unmistakably Zahiri. Moreover, there is reference to "all his eyes," making it clear that this is in fact the so-called "Malak Ta'us" of the Yazidi cult, and one of the "feathered serpents" of the ancient Meso-Americans.

"Surely, Shaiytan is an enemy to you, so take him as an enemy. He only invites his Hizb (followers) that they may become the dwellers of the blazing Fire." Al-Qur’an, Sura 35:6

إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا إِنَّمَا يَدْعُو حِزْبَهُ لِيَكُونُوا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ

Iblis is a literal being as "real" as "you" or "i." The Qur'an tells us that he is our open Enemy, so we should take him as an enemy. That is, we should plot and plan against him just as we would do so against any perceptible enemy.

The Shaiytan can be human or jinn

"And so We have appointed for every Nabi enemies - Shaiyatin among mankind and jinn, inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion. If your Rabb had so willed, they would not have done it, so leave them alone with their fabrications." The Noble Qur'an - Al-An'aam 6:112

وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نِبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَاطِينَ الإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُورًا وَلَوْ شَاء رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ

"And let not Shaiytan hinder you, Verily, he to you is a plain enemy." Al-Qur’an, Sura 43:62

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

The Qur'an tells us time and time again that the Shaiytan is an enemy to us. We are told to constantly guard against the Shaiytan. We are told that this Shaiytani tendency - within both mankind and jinn - is what leads us to the HellFire. It is not simply that the jinn themselves are the Shaiytan, for Al-Qur'an tells us clearly that "the Shaiyatin among mankind and jinn." The term "Shaiytan" (شَيْطان) is rooted in the Hebrew "Satan" (שָׂטָן) meaning simply "Adversary," or "Enemy." Thus we are told in the Qur'an that the Shaiytan is our plain enemy, our open enemy. We must consider this on both an internal and external level; both batini and zahiri. For while the Shaiytan is internal, Iblis and the Jinn species he commands are external

"The wife of An-Nabi (sal) and Safiyyah (ra) said: 'Rasul'ullah (sal) was in seclusion in the masjid. I came to visit him at night time and conversed with him. Then I got up to leave and return to my house and he got up with me to accompany me. Two men from the Ansar walked passed us (ra) and when they saw An-Nabi (sal) they hurried. Rasul'ullah (sal) then said:  'Come Here! She is Safiyyah bint Hayy.' The two men then said: 'How free is Allah from all shortcomings O Rasul'Allah. Then Rasul'ullah (sal) said: Indeed Shaiytan flows through the Son of Adam like the blood flows (in his veins) and I feared that he might throw some evil into your hearts so that such and such might be said.' [Reported by Bukhari]

Jinn are living beings and have life-spans that pass away

“Everyone on it must pass away. And there will endure for ever the Face of your Rabb, the Rabb of glory and honor. Which then of the bounties of your Rabb will you two deny?” Al-Qur’an, Sura 26-28

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

“I seek refuge, by your Glory, the One, whom there is no god only You, the One who does not die, and the jinn and mankind do die.”

Sahih al-Bukhari, reported by Ibn Abbas

اعوذ بعزتك الذي لا إله إلا انت الذي لا يموت والجن والانس يموتون

The Jinn are physical and take human form. Ahadith provide countless proofs of this that are seemingly disregarded by the masses of the Ummah in favor of a view that the Jinn are some etheral ghost-like beings. Consider the following Hadith about the PHYSICAL manifestation of a Shaiytan who was stealing food. A ghost or insubstantial being would have absolutely no use for the food of Dunya. Yet in the following Hadith we see this criminal jinni repeatedly returning to steal more and more food:

Rasul'ullah (sal) deputized me to keep Sadaqa (al-Fitr) of Ramadan. A comer came and started taking handfuls of the foodstuff (of the Sadaqa) [stealthily]. I took hold of him and said, "By Allah, I will take you to Rasul'ullah."

He said, "I am needy and have many dependents, and I am in great need."

I released him, and in the morning Rasul'ullah (sal) asked me, "What did your prisoner do yesterday?"

I said, "O Rasul'ullah! The person complained of being needy and of having many dependents, so, I pitied him and let him go."

Rasul'ullah (sal) said, "Indeed, he told you a lie and he will be coming again."

I believed that he would show up again as Rasul'ullah (sal) had told me that he would return. So, I waited for him watchfully. When he (showed up and) started stealing handfuls of foodstuff, I caught hold of him again and said, "I will definitely take you to Rasul'ullah."

He said, "Leave me, for I am very needy and have many dependents. I promise I will not come back again." I pitied him and let him go.

In the morning Rasul'ullah (sal) asked me, "What did your prisoner do?"

I replied, "O Rasul'ullah! He complained of his great need and of too many dependents, so I took pity on him and set him free."

Rasul'ullah (sal) said, "Verily, he told you a lie and he will return."

I waited for him attentively for the third time, and when he (came and) started stealing handfuls of the foodstuff, I caught hold of him and said, "I will surely take you to Rasul'ullah as it is the third time you promise not to return, yet you break your promise and come."

He said, "(Forgive me and) I will teach you some words with which Allah will benefit you."

I asked, "What are they?"

He replied, "Whenever you go to bed, recite Ayat'ul-Kursi - 'Allahu la ilaha illa huwa-l-Haiy-ul Qaiyum...' till you finish the whole verse. (If you do so), Allah will appoint a guard for you who will stay with you and no shaiytan will come near you till morning. "

So, I released him. In the morning, Rasul'ullah (sal) asked, "What did your prisoner do yesterday?"

I replied, "He claimed that he would teach me some words by which Allah will benefit me, so I let him go."

Rasul'ullah (sal) asked, "What are they?"

I replied, "He said to me, 'Whenever you go to bed, recite Ayat'ul-Kursi from the beginning to the end - 'Allahu la ilaha illa huwa-lHaiy-ul-Qaiyum...' He further said to me, '(If you do so), Allah will appoint a guard for you who will stay with you, and no shaiytan will come near you till morning.' (Abu Huraira or another sub-narrator) added that they (the companions) were very keen to do good deeds."

An-Nabi (sal) said, "He really spoke the truth, although he is an absolute liar. Do you know whom you were talking to, these three nights, O Abu Huraira?"

Abu Huraira said, "No."

He said, "It was shaiytan."

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith Vol.3 No.505B Narrated by Abu Huraira

The species of Jinn that we are speaking are physical creations of Allah, made before mankind, and originating on another planet. This is said on the authority of Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (as), who said similarly that there is life on other planets and the the jinn species originated therefrom.

The Jinn Are Alien

Jabir asked, "What are the shining stars, which are at a fixed distance from us and are always in motion?"

Ja'far as-Sadiq (as) replied, "Each star is a small universe within the great universe. It is a collection of heavenly bodies, i.e. a sun and it's satellites. They are in perpetual motion so that they may not fall down and break up. If their movement stops, the universe will come to an end. It is perpetual motion, which creates life. In other words perpetual motion itself is life. If the motion stops, life would cease to exist."

Jabir asked, "What is the shape and form of stars in space?"

Ja'far as-Sadiq (as) replied, "Some stars are solid, some liquid and some in gaseous state."

Jabir said in wonderment, "How can we believe that stars may be in a gaseous state. Is it possible for gases to shine as the stars do at night?"

Ja'far as-Sadiq (as) said, "Not all the stars, but only those which are very hot, are in the form of gas. Excessive heat turns them into gas and makes them shine, just as very high temperature of our sun makes it shine. It is also in a gaseous state."

Jabir asked, "How does the movement of stars keep them from falling?"

Ja'far as-Sadiq (as) said, "Put a stone in a sling and swing it round your head. The stone will stay in the sling so long as you are rotating it. But as soon as you stop the rotation, the stone will fall down on the ground. In the same way the perpetual motion of stars keeps them from falling down."

Jabir asked, "Are their human beings in the stars? You have said just now that each star is a collection of heavenly bodies."

Ja'far as-Sadiq (as) replied, "I cannot say that there are human beings in other worlds, but I can say that there are living beings, whom we cannot see because of the great distance between us."

Jabir said, "What is the proof that there are living beings in other worlds?"

Ja'far as-Sadiq (as) replied, "It is my belief that Allah, Who has created the Universe, knows everything. In Hu's Book, the Holy Qur'an, Hu has mentioned the name of Jinn. They are living beings, which cannot be seen. Perhaps the Jinn, who are in other worlds, may be like us."

Maghze Mutafakkir Jehan Shi'a, Kaukab `Ali Mirza translation, pp. 134

We know that the A'immah (as) were not prone to open speculation. Thus, the use of the term "perhaps" can clearly be seen as an affirmation stated with caution. It was not caution due to the Imam's (as) own uncertainty (of which there was none), but rather caution as to how Jabir and other's would receive the profundity of what he was saying. That being that the stars themselves are part of other planetary solar-systems, and that in some of those there are other living beings "like us" in that they are also intelligent life. When asked for "proof" - not conjecture - the Imam (as) referred to the Book of Allah's own mention of Al-Jinn. They, Imam (as) said, are "in other worlds."

To refer back to the Qur'an, Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (as) was affirming the Qur'an's mention of Al-Jinn. He was not and COULD NOT have been speculating, even if he in fact may have cautiously approached the subject and seemed to be making an educated guess. We know from a myriad of Ahadith that the A'immah (as) did not speculate openly. Moreover, Usul al-Kafi states that the A'immah (as) are permitted to refuse to answer anything they want.

As well, Usul al-Kafi tells us that if there is anything unknown by the A'immah (as) and they wish to know it, the answer will be relayed to them.

`Ali ibn Muhammad and others have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ayyub ibn Nuh from Safwan ibn Yahya from ibn Muskan from Badr ibn al-Walid from abu al-Rabi‘ al-Shami from abu `Abd'ullah (as) who has said the following. "Would the Imam (as) like to know he would know."

Usul al-Kafi: Hadith 667, Ch. 46, h 1

Abu `Ali al-Ash‘ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan from ibn Muskan from Badr ibn al-Walid from Abu al-Rabi‘ from Abu ‘Abdallah (as) who has said the following. "Would the Imam (as) want to know he would know."

Usul al-Kafi: Hadith 668, Ch. 46, h 2

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from ‘Umrah ibn Musa from Musa ibn Ja‘far from ‘Amr ibn Sa‘id al-Mada’ini from Abu ‘Ubayda al-Mada’ini from Abu ‘Abdallah (as) who has said the following. "When the Imam (as) would will to know something Allah will grant him such knowledge."

Usul al-Kafi: Hadith 669, Ch. 46, h 3

So we simply cannot accept that Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (as) "didn't know" the answer to this subject that he was speaking so relatively openly regarding. The conclusion? What Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (as) was saying is absolutely correct.

"Living Creatures"

Although many Muslimin are unaware of the fact, the Qur'an explicitly mentions the existence of extraterrestrial life as well. So it is not merely on the explanations of the Imam (as) that we must rely. Rather, Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (as) was explaining a very difficult to accept concept to his disciple, which was and is also verifiable by the Qur'an.

In Sura 42, Ayah 29 of the Qur'an, we are told, "Among Hu's signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the living creatures that Hu has scattered through them: and Hu has power to gather them together when Hu wills."

وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَاء قَدِيرٌ

The word "sama," (السَّمَاء) translated "heavens," is also the Arabic for "sky." One may object that the verse refers to creatures in the sky (which would be birds), not in the heavens. However, birds are mentioned separately from creatures of the heavens in 24:41, "Do you not see that it is Allah Whose praise all beings in the heavens and on earth do celebrate, and the birds (of the air) with wings outspread?"

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالطَّيْرُ صَافَّاتٍ كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُ وَتَسْبِيحَهُ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

In a note to 42;29, Muhammad Asad states, "In the Quran, the expression 'the heavens and earth" invariably denotes the universe in its entirety.'"

The Qur'an mentions that inanimate objects also worship Allah: "Do they not look at Allah's creation, (even) among (inanimate) things - how their (very) shadows turn round, from right to left, prostrating themselves to Allah..."  Al-Qur'an, Sura 16:48

أَوَ لَمْ يَرَوْاْ إِلَى مَا خَلَقَ اللّهُ مِن شَيْءٍ يَتَفَيَّأُ ظِلاَلُهُ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَالْشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِلّهِ وَهُمْ دَاخِرُونَ

Therefore, may not the creatures spoken of in 42:29 in the heavens, be inanimate creatures of Allah. Absolutely not. For in Sura 16:49 the Qur'an states, "And to Allah prostrates whatsoever living creatures are in the heavens and whatsoever is in the Earth, and the Mala'ikah (also), but they are not proud."

وَلِلّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَالْمَلآئِكَةُ وَهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

The word translated "living creatures" here is the same as that in 42:29 - "Dabbatun" (مِن دَآب). Yusuf `Ali says, "Dabbatun: beasts, living, crawling creatures of all kind." Thus, "Dabbatun" is stated among the Mala'ikah, but it is also contrasted with them, so as to make it clear that "living creatures" OTHER than the Mala'ikah are in fact to be found in the "heavens and Earth."

This is the same word used in 2:164, "Most surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day, and the ships that run in the sea with that which profits men, and the water that Allah sends down from the cloud, then gives life with it to the earth after its death and spreads in it all animals, and the changing of the winds and the clouds made subservient between the heaven and the earth, there are signs for a people who understand."

إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلاَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْفُلْكِ الَّتِي تَجْرِي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنفَعُ النَّاسَ وَمَا أَنزَلَ اللّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاء مِن مَّاء فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الأرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّحَابِ الْمُسَخِّرِ بَيْنَ السَّمَاء وَالأَرْضِ لآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

"And Allah has created from water every living creature: so of them is that which walks upon its belly, and of them is that which walks upon two feet, and of them is that which walks upon four; Allah creates what He pleases; surely Allah has power over all things." Al-Qur'an, Sura 24:45

وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَابَّةٍ مِن مَّاء فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَى بَطْنِهِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَى رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِي عَلَى أَرْبَعٍ يَخْلُقُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاء إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Commenting on 42:29, Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmani says, "From the verse it appears that like on the Earth, there are some kinds of animals - living creatures - in the heavens also."

On the same verse, Yusuf `Ali comments, "Life is not confined to our one little planet. It is a very old speculation to imagine some life like human life on the planet Mars... it is reasonable to suppose that Life in some form or other is scattered through some of the millions of heavenly bodies scattered through space."

From such remarks, the reader will realize that Muslim scholars are well aware of the fact that 42:29 clearly mentions the existence of aliens.

Sura 27:65 commands, "Say: None in the heavens or on Earth, except Allah, knows what is hidden: nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up."

قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ

This shows that, like humans, there are other creatures in the Universe that will also be raised from the dead.

We are told in 19:93-96, "Not one of the beings in the heavens and the Earth but must come to (Allah) Most Gracious as a servant. He does take an account of them (all), and has numbered them (all) exactly. And everyone of them will come to Hu singly on the Yawm ad-Din. On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, will (Allah) Most Gracious bestow love."

إِن كُلُّ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِلَّا آتِي الرَّحْمَنِ عَبْدًا  لَقَدْ أَحْصَاهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّا  وَكُلُّهُمْ آتِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَرْدًا  إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ الرَّحْمَنُ وُدًّا

From these verses we learn that there are alien life forms that, like us, will also be judged according to the works that they do during their lives. Among them are Al-Mu'minin. Therefore, naturally, there will also be those aliens who are kuffar. The Mu'minin will be rewarded. The life forms being described in the above verses can hardly be expected to be microorganisms. The Qur'an is referring to creatures of a level of development that makes them morally accountable beings. They must be organisms possessing qualities which we would ascribe to intelligent life forms.

Ayat'ullah

Sura 6:104 says, "Momentous signs have come to you from your Rabb. Hu that sees them shall himself have much to gain, but he who is blind to them shall lose much."

قَدْ جَاءكُم بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ عَمِيَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَا أَنَاْ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ

"And they swear by Allah with the strongest of their oaths, that if a sign came to them they would most certainly believe in it. Say: Signs are only with Allah; and what should make you know that when it comes they will not believe?" Sura 6:109

وَأَقْسَمُواْ بِاللّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ لَئِن جَاءتْهُمْ آيَةٌ لَّيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا الآيَاتُ عِندَ اللّهِ وَمَا يُشْعِرُكُمْ أَنَّهَا إِذَا جَاءتْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ

"And to Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: 'O my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than Hu; clear proof indeed has come to you from your Rabb; this is Allah's she-camel for you - a sign, therefore leave her alone to pasture on Allah's Earth, and do not touch her with any harm, otherwise painful chastisement will overtake you.'" Sura 7:73

وَإِلَى ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُواْ اللّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـهٍ غَيْرُهُ قَدْ جَاءتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ هَـذِهِ نَاقَةُ اللّهِ لَكُمْ آيَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِي أَرْضِ اللّهِ وَلاَ تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوَءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Clearly, a sign is something which we can see, or at least, experience with our senses. Otherwise, it would not be a sign. Some signs are those that Allah showed to humans in the past. Other signs remain for Allah to show us in the future: "We shall show them Our signs in the furthest regions and within themselves until it will be manifest unto them that it is the Truth. Does not your Rabb suffice, since Hu is Witness over all things?" Al-Qur'an, Sura 41:53

سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

Thus, Sura 41:53 proclaims a prophecy that there will come a time when human beings will realize and come in direct, acknowledged contact with extraterrestrial intelligent beings.

In Sura 55:33-34,we are addressed, "O you assembly of Jinn and men! If it be you can pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the Earth, pass! Not without authority will you be able to pass! Then which of the favors of your Rabb will you deny?"

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍفَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

We are told in Sura 29:22, "Neither on Earth nor in heaven shall you be beyond reach: nor have you any guardian or helper besides Allah."

وَمَا أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاء وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

Al-Mala'ikah and their "Fortresses" in Space

"And certainly We have made strongholds in the Heavens and We have made it fair seeming to the beholders." Al-Qur'an, Sura 15:16

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَاء بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

Al-Malaikah have made beautiful strongholds, or fortresses in the Heavens. The limited understanding of man will grasp at straws to explain away Ayaat such as this, but the Reality of the matter is found in it's Zahiri, literal wording.

"And We guard it against every accursed Shaiytan." Al-Qur'an, Sura 15:17

وَحَفِظْنَاهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

These fortresses or strongholds of the Heavens are protected from the Shaiyatin. That is to say that the Shaiyatin have the limited ability to Ascend to at least some of these stronghold by means of their technologies. Thus these are protected from the jinn ash-Shaiyatin. Again, these are literal, Zahiri Ayaat.

"But he who steals a hearing, so there follows him a clear, visible flame." Al-Qur'an, Sura 15:18

إِلاَّ مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ

The "clear, visible flame" by definition cannot be Batini, as it is said to be "clear and visible." So what could this mean? Clearly the Zahiri wording of these Ayaat state that there are strongholds or fortresses in the Heavens or outer space. These were created by Al-Malaikah as the Qur'an states. They were fortified to protect against the jinn ash-Shaiyatin, who have the technological capability to ascend or fly to them. And when such a Shaiytan may steal a hearing, through the use of stealth, he is pursued by a visible, clear flame that is fired by Al-Malaikah. There is no ambiguity in these Ayaat beyond the contortions which the dumbstruck mind seeks to bend them in.

The Jinn Species In Space

"O company of jinn and men, if ye have power to penetrate (all) regions of the heavens (outer space) and the earth, then penetrate (them)! You will never penetrate them save with permission. Then which of the favors of your Rabb will you two (jinn and men) deny? Which of the favors of your Rabb will you two (jinn and men) deny? There will be sent, against you both, the flame of fire and a smoke: no defense will you have." Al-Qur’an, Sura 33-35

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ فَبِأَيِّ آلَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ

Special attention should be paid to the terminology employed in these Ayaat. It is not said that the jinn were merely trying to invade Jannah (though this too has been the case since Iblis was driven out). It is said that the jinn were invading the "heavens" which literally refers to the distant sky and what is beyond the Earth's atmosphere. This is where the "strongholds" or "fortresses" of the Mala'ikah species were and are. They are mentioned in great detail in both the Books of Enoch and in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

“And we have sought to reach the heaven (outer space), but found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires. And verily, we used to sit there in stations, to (steal) a hearing, but any who listen now will find a flaming fire waiting for him in ambush” Al-Qur’an, Sura 72:8-9

وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَاء فَوَجَدْنَاهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ الْآنَ يَجِدْ لَهُ شِهَابًا رَّصَدًا

What is being described in these Ayaat is clearly a result of the Mala'ikah learning how to deal with the treachery of the jinn species. Were this "flaming fire" Divine in origin then we would expect it to have remained constant. Allah's knowledge is Limitless. There are no bounds to it. Yet we are told that the jinn "used to sit there in stations" to spy on al-Mala'ikah. "But any who listen now will find a flaming fire." Thus this use of "now" as opposed what the jinn "used to" do demonstrates that this change in consequence was a PHYSICAL result of the Mala'ikah defending themselves against the jinn species espionage. Where this some magical flame from Allah then it would have been constant.

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "When Rasul'ullah  was taken on the Night Journey, he saw an evil jinn, seeking him with a torch of fire. Whenever Rasul'ullah  turned, he saw him. Jibril said to him, 'Shall I teach you some words to say? When you say them, his torch will be put out and will fall from him.' Rasul'ullah said, 'Yes, indeed.' Jibril said, 'Say, 'I seek refuge with the Noble Face of Allah and with the complete words of Allah which neither the good person nor the corrupt can exceed, from the evil of what descends from the sky and the evil of what ascends in it, and from the evil of what is created in the earth and the evil of what comes out of it, and from the trials of the night and day, and from the visitations of the night and day, except for one that knocks with good, O Merciful!"

Hadith - Al-Muwatta 51.10

Audhu bi wajhi'llahi' l-karim wa bi kalimati'llahi't-tammati. Allati la yujawazu hunna barra wa la fajir, min sharri ma yanzil min as-sama, wa sharri ma yaruju fiha, wa sham ma dhara' fi'l-ard, wa sharri ma yakhruju minha, wa min fitani'l-layli wa'n-nahar, wa min tawariqi'l-layli wa'n-nahar illa tariqan yatruq bikhayr ya Rahman!

Notice the order of "descends" before "ascends," indicating that evil originally descended from the sky and later ascended into it.

The Throne of Iblis In the Sea

Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal relates that Jabir said that Muhammad, al-khatam al-anbiyah (sal) said, "Iblis places his throne on the sea. Then he sends forth his armies. the nearest of them to him in rank is the greatest in sedition. One of them comes and says, 'I did such-and-such.' He says, 'You did not do anything.' Then another comes and says, 'I did not leave him until I split him from his wife." He brings him near-or clasps him-and says, 'You did well.'"

Dagon or Atargis Dagon was the god of the Philistines. The idol was represented in the combination of both man and fish.

Aristotle's friend Eudoxus (who visited Egypt) said that the Egyptians had a tradition that Zeus could not walk because "his legs were grown together." This sounds like an amphibious creature with a tail for swimming instead of legs for walking. It is like the semi-divine creature "Oannes," reputed to have brought civilization to the Sumerians, who was amphibious, had a tail instead of legs, and retired to the sea at night. As well one cannot overlook the mermaid-like appearance of the Mesopotamian "Dagon."

Eudoxus referred to "Zeus" because to the Greeks this was the name of the chief "god." However, since he was referring to the Egyptians, and we know that the Egyptians did not use such a name as Zeus, then he must be correlating the Greek chief "god" with the Egyptian chief "Osiris."

"None of you should walk with just one sandal. Shaiytan walks with one sandal." Muhammad, al-khatam al-anbiyah (sal)

Notes: Muslim, Abu Da ud, at-Tirmidi and ibn Majah all mention it

Jinn Al-Amaar: Jinn-Human Hybrids

“Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinn will have touched before them.” 55:56

فِيهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ

In many instances, stories are being told of some men marrying one of the jinn or of some woman being proposed to by one of the jinn. As-Suyuti mentioned a few reports from the early generations pointing to the occurrence of marriage between the jinn and humans.

How is it that spirit could beget offspring with flesh or flesh beget offspring with spirit? From a rational and scientific perspective, it is clear that jinn are just as physical as human beings and they replicate physically and sexually just as we or any other physical species do.

"Wherein both will be those (virgins) restraining their glances upon their husbands. Then which of the favors of your Rabb will you two (men and jinn) deny? Whom no man or jinn yatmithhunna (has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse) before them." Qur'an, Sura 55:72-74

أَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَا أَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنشِؤُونَ  نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَاهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَاعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ

This Ayah of the Qur'an, without question informs us that it is possible for women to have sexual intercourse with jinn. Thus, this discussion must be considered a real and tangible issue for those who believe in the infallibility of the Qur'an.

"And now, the Nefilim, who are produced from spirits and flesh, shall be called evil Refa'im upon the earth, and on the Earth shall be their dwelling. Evil Refa'im have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil Refa'im on Earth, and evil Refa'im shall they be called. [As for the Refa'im of Shamayim, in Shamayim shall be their dwelling, but as for the Refa'im of the Earth which were born upon the Earth, on the Earth shall be their dwelling.] And the Refa'im Ha'Nefilim afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the Earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offenses. And these Refa'im shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them." - 1 Enoch 8-12

The translation from the ancient Synatic Hebrew into Ethiopic Amharic, later into Greek and English somewhat obscures the original meaning of the Book of Enoch. The term "Nefilim" (נָפִילִים) - as will be later discussed - is synonymous with the Jinn species.

In the Synatic, the term "nefesh," (נֶפֶשׁ) which is akin to the `Arabic "nafs" (نّفس) means either soul, spirit, or self. In the English the term for "Refa'im" used in the Books of Enoch is "spirit" or "ghost." So, in English, while the translation appears to be saying that non-corporal ghosts ejaculated and fertilized the ovums of corporal, human women, the fact of the matter is that "spirit" would be "ruach" (רוּחַ), or "nefesh" (to name a few), and it is bypassed here. Thus, if the term "nefesh" were to be used here, the passage can be demystified by rendering it as "evil ones" as in "they shall be called 'evil ones'," or simply "they shall be called evil" or interpreted "they shall be evil," just as "they shall be called Holy" would be rendered as "they shall be Holy." This passage is simply saying that because of their evil roots and origins, the Nefilim, and their hybrid progeny shall be evil.

Now if we are to take this "spirit" notion seriously, let us look at the Hebrew term for "ghosts." It is in fact "Refa'im" (רְפָאִים), absolutely no different than the term given in the Tanakh for the vampire hybrid progeny of the Nefilim, who later became the inhabitants of Filisti. More about the Nefilim, Refa'im and the assimilation of the Refa'im into the Tribe of Benyamin will be discussed later in this text.

It is unquestionable though, that the term for "ghost" is Refa'im (רְפָאִים), and that the Tanakh says that these "ghosts" were NOT incorporeal spirits departed from bodies. Rather, the Rafa'im are time and time again depicted as a bloodthirsty, cannibalistic and warring tribe. Yet something about this tribe made them later become synonymous with "ghosts," or "phantoms," at least linguistically so.

As for the quote: "They take no food but never the less hunger and thirst," this refers to their vampiric sustenance on blood. There can be no doubt as to what the Books of Enoch are telling us about the Jinn.

The Jinn and Vampires Are One and the Same

"Certain persons of our people have narrated from Muhammad ibn `Ali from Yahya ibn Musawir from Sa‘d al-Askaf who has said the following. 'On one of the occasion of my meeting with Abu Ja‘far (as) when I went to see him he asked me to wait until the sun became very hot on me. I tried to follow the shadow from the sun. Not very long thereafter a people came out of his presence that looked like locusts dressed in large gowns and very pale and slim due to extensive worshipping. Their beautiful scene made me to forget other things. When I went in the presence of the Imam (as) he said, "I am afraid I caused you hardships." I said, "Yes, it was difficult but, by Allah, I forgot other things when I saw them. A people passed by the like of whose beauty I had not seen before. They looked like locusts and pale and slim due to worshipping a great deal." The Imam (as) said, "O Sa‘d , did you see them?" I said, "Yes, I saw them." The Imam (as) said, "They are your brethren from Jinn." The narrator has said that he asked The Imam (as), "Do they come to you?" He said, "Yes, they come to us for religious instructions and to learn the lawful and unlawful matters."

Usul Al-Kafi Book 4, Chapter 98: Hadith Number 1027, Ch. 98, h 1

We are told several things here about the Jinn. First and most important is that they are PHYSICAL beings. They are not "spooky" ghosts. There is certainly something enigmatic about them in all reports, and something clearly metaphysical to some extent.. Nonetheless substantially they are physical beings and all Shi'a Ahadith report them as physical - not spiritual beings.

Secondly we are told that they look like locusts, and are pale and slim. It is reported that this is "due to worshipping a great deal." Wa-Allahu `alim.

Thirdly, it is reported that their reason for visiting the Imam (as) was "for religious instructions and to learn the lawful and unlawful matters." Of course any living being would need the tafsir of the A'immah (as) to interpret and understand the Qur'an. However, we are reminded herein of the fact that the Qur'an is for mankind AS WELL AS Al-Jinn, and also that there are certain ACTS, dietary concerns, issues of physical cleanliness and the like that the Jinn were in need of explanation of.

A mask rendition of El Chupacabra, based on witness descriptions. Remarkably identical with universal descriptions of shape-shifting "vampires."

Bearing in mind their appearance, and it's similarity to the global accounts of "vampires" the above Hadith can be understood with great depth. The Qur'an guides us to the Halaal wa-Tayyib, but for the Jinn who themselves are "vampires" explicit tafsir was necessary so as to keep them from oppression and sin.

Thus, still today there are reports from Central America of "El Chupacabra" (the Goat Sucker); a species of being with "alien" like eyes, wings, and fangs, that emerges at night and sucks the blood out of goats but does not harm humans. In North America there are hundreds of reports of "cattle mutilations" where there are teeth punctures in the corpse, and all the blood is found drained out. Recall the Torah's Noachide prohibition against mankind consuming the blood:

Artist's rendition of "El Chupacabra," based on witness sightings. Notice the similarity between this species and vampires as well as "aliens." Clearly this cannot be taken as a completely accurate portrayal of the jinn species, but it does point us in the direction of a mental composite image.

"Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eat." Genesis 9:4

אַךְ-בָּשָׂר, בְּנַפְשׁוֹ דָמוֹ לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ.

Similar statements are made in Leviticus 19:26, 17:10,12 and Deuteronomy 12:16,23,25, and 15:23. The Torah identifies blood with life: "...for the blood is the life" Deuteronomy 12:23

"But make sure that you do not partake of the blood. For the blood is the life, and you must not consume the life with the flesh." Deuteronomy 12:23

רַק חֲזַק, לְבִלְתִּי אֲכֹל הַדָּם, כִּי הַדָּם, הוּא הַנָּפֶשׁ; וְלֹא-תֹאכַל הַנֶּפֶשׁ, עִם-הַבָּשָׂר.

What is the prohibition against consuming the blood, unless there were in existence those who in fact were already doing just that? The Books of Enoch address the reason for the Great Flood of Nuh an-Nabi's (as) area, and states that it was brought on in order to wipe out the "Nefilim" (Jinn), who "came down" to Earth and began creating havoc through their murder, oppression as well as rape and creation of a hybrid "jinn al-`amaar" species of "refa'im."

So after the flood we have the prohibition against following in their ways and in their dietary habits. Unlike the jinn, mankind is predominantly mammalian. We are based on the primate DNA strain. As such our original diet was one of an herbivorous primate. Over the years that some jinn DNA was bread into the human genome, through marriage - but more often than not rape - some requirements or rather desire for animal flesh arose in the human species.

`Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Hassa’n from Ibrahim ibn ’Isma‘il from ibn Jabal who has said the following. "Once we were in front of the door of the house of Abu ‘Abdallah (as) that a people who looked like Indian gypsies came out with loin clothe and covering on them. We asked Abu `Abdallah (as) about them and he said, 'They were your brethren from Jinn.'"

Usul Al-Kafi Book 4, Chapter 98: H 1028, Ch. 98, h 2

History bears record that such "Indian gypsies" were reputed to have migrated to Eastern Europe, and Romania in particular. While many of such jinni bloodlines assimilated and diluted in the gene pool of their neighbors, some "royal" bloodlines were meticulously, even religiously preserved (as they are in various still-existing "royal" bloodlines as well).

Romania, and specifically, Transylvania therein, is where the most notorious vampire legends originate. None is more infamous than that of "Vlad the Impaler," who was famous for impaling fields of Muslimin and dining on their blood. Claims were often made that after this champion of Christendom martyred Muslimin, he would sit among their slowly dying bodies - impaled on spears - and would even dip bread in their split-open stomachs. Slowly dying, they were forced to suffer and watch these as the last images their Earthly eyes took in.

As his bloodline was "Dracule," or "the order of the Dragon," he later earned the legendary name of "Dracula," as he is known in the West; where he enjoys a cult following and popular obsession found throughout movies, novels and video games. Like other famous jinn like Bulus ad-Dajjal, he was reported to have risen after being killed, shape shifting into a winged, bat-like creature with fangs and the like. Reports of him being extremely photosensitive and large- headed also prevail and are noted by the famous vampire-obsessed Bram Stoker.

Ahmad ibn Idris and Muhammad ibn Yahya have narrated from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Kufiy from ibn al-Faddal from certain person of our people from Sa‘d al-Askaf who has said the following. "Once I to ask permission to meet Abu Ja‘far (as). I found saddles of camels lined up in front of the door and noises coming very loud and then a people came out with turbans like those of the Indian gypsies. I asked Abu Ja‘far (as) about them and said:

"May Allah take my soul in service for your cause. Today it took a long time to receive permission to meet you. I saw a people coming out with turbans whom I could not recognize." He said, "Do you know, O Sa‘d, who they are?"

I said, "No, I do not know." The Imam (as) said, "They were your brethren in religion from Jinn. They come to us for religious instructions, to learn the lawful and unlawful matters and the principles of their religion."

Usul Al-Kafi Book 4, Chapter 98: H 1029, Ch. 98, h 3

Ultimately, some of the most obvious correlations between the Jinn and what have been mythically called "vampires" lies in the notion that both hunt at night, shape-shift, have fangs, are photosensitive and the like. It is logical that the two legendary beings are in fact one and the same.

Rasul'ullah (sal) said: “Close your doors and cover your vessels and tie up your water skins and put out your lamps, for Shaiytan (and the jinn) do not open a closed door, nor do they take off a cover or untie water skins.”

Hadith - Sahih Bukhari 4:533, Narrated Jabi bin 'Abdullah

The Indian traditions of Hinduism and Tantric Yoga were all originated from the interaction of jinn and human women. The jinn were the ruling elite of Asia before the Great Flood of Nuh an-Nabi (as). Iblis was the Commander of them, and is still worshipped at the "Supreme personality of the Godhead" by Hindu's.

Jinn Transportation and Invisibility

Again we are told that the Jinn came for religious instruction as Muslimin. We are told that they were of the appearance of Indian gypsies. That is their turbans were tied in the traditional Indian way, and due to facial features and whatnot they were thought to have been Indian gypsies.

One thing that this should prompt us to recall is the "gods" of the Hindu religion are in fact Jinn. They are of a pale, bluish complexion, extremely tall, fanged and in all ways resemble the `Arabian and Persian descriptions of jinn. Even Disney's "Aladdin" portrayed a cartoon Jinni as blue skinned.

The chief "god" of the Hindu religion is in fact Iblis himself (whom they call "Vishnu"). The traditions of "Tantra" often tell of and visually depict images of tall, fanged, blue-skinned jinn "gods" having sex with light-skinned Indian, human women. All of these universal commonalities from culture to culture are far to great to be mere coincidence.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Ibrahim ibn abu al-Balad from Sadir al-Sayrafi who has said the following. "Abu Ja‘far (as) asked me to help him in a few things in Maina. I left and when reached Fajj al-Rawha’ a man waved to me with his cloths. The narrator has said that I turned to him and I though he was thirsty. I offered the cup but he declined saying, "I do not need it." He gave a letter with its ink still not dried up. The narrator has said that when looked at it, it had the seal of Abu Ja‘far (as) on. I asked him when were you in the presence of Abu Ja‘far (as)?" He said, "Just now I was in his presence." In the letter there were few things that he had commanded me to do. When looked around there was no one with me." The narrator has said that "Then I went to meet Abu Ja‘far (as) and said, may Allah take my soul in service for your cause, a man came to me with your letter the ink of which was not yet dried up." He said, "O Sadir, we servants from Jinn. When we would need a thing to happen quickly we send them to do it."

Usul Al-Kafi Book 4, Chapter 98: H 1030, Ch. 98, h 4

We are told in the above Hadith that the jinn have the capacity - either metaphysically or technologically - to be transported very quickly. While there are implications that this is metaphysical in nature, there is no reason to demand that it be so, or to demand that metaphysics and technology do not at some point intersect entirely. If a person from a so-called "first world" industrialized society were to visit a primitive tribe with the most modern technology, then they might be regarded as a "god." Their ability to fly from one end of the world to the other in a very short span of time would seem super-natural. So there is not NECESSARILY the need to believe that the jinn have the innate capacity to teleport. This may well be technological in nature, through the use of wormhole technology or some other means.

We must not forget that if the Jinn were naturally as powerful as they have historically taken such great pains to make themselves seem, then it would seem pointless for them to hide from us in the modern era, regardless of our disproportionately higher number compared to them.

A demonstration of optical camouflage technology at the Tokyo University in Tokyo Feb. 5. This photo was taken through a viewfinder that provides with a combined image of moving images taken behind Obana and him wearing a luminous jacket that makes a transparent effect. (CBS/AP)

It should be noted that Japanese scientist Professor Susumu Tachi has already developed a seeming "Invisibility Cloak." Engineering Professor Susumu Tachi is in the early stages of technology that he says will eventually enable camouflaged objects to be virtually transparent by wearing an optical device.

Professor Tachi demonstrated the technology on Wednesday. In a photo of graduate student Kazutoshi Obana, it appears as if three men walking in the background can be seen 'through' Obana's green overcoat.

The retroreflective material of the coat acts as a screen and gives a transparent - or invisible - effect.

The technology could be useful in medicine, where surgeons might use it during operations to avoid having their fingers or surgical tools block their view. In aviation, ####### floors could become "invisible" to assist pilots in landing. Professor Tachi hopes to have a commercially viable system within a few years.  

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/10/national/main540069.shtml

In a similar vein, it has also relayed that there was once an army of jinn laying in wait to ambush Imam `Ali (as). Imam (as) was notified of this, and ran towards them on the other side of the hill they were approaching behind. He drew his sword and began slicing through them. As a matter of retreat, those who were not yet killed began to disappear. Imam `Ali (as) remarked that had they not done this, he would have surely killed each and every one of them.

In this tradition which has become well-known about Rasul'ullah (sal) sending him to the valley of the jinn. Jibra'il had told him that groups of them had gathered to plot against him. Imam `Ali (as) took the place of Rasul'ullah (sal) and through Allah was sufficient for the Mu'minin against the plotting (of the jinn). He repelled them from the Mu'minin through his strength by which he was set apart from the rest of them.

Muhammad ibn Abi al-Sirri al-Tamimi reported on the authority of Ahmad ibn al-Faraj, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Nahdi, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Wabira ibn al-Harith, on the authority of Ibn al-'Abbas, who said:

When an-Nabi (sal) set out against the Banu-l-Mustaliq, he avoided the road. Night came and he stopped near a rugged valley. Towards the end of the night, Jibra'il (as) came down to tell him that a group of unbelieving jinn had gone into the valley with the intention of plotting against him and causing harm to his Companions. He called for Amir al-Mu'minin (as) and told him: "Go to this valley, those of the jinn who are enemies of Allah, who want (to attack) you, will come against you. Repel them with the strength which Allah, the Mighty and High, has given you. You will be protected by the names of Allah, the Mighty and High, which Hu has specially endowed you with knowledge of."

He sent with him a hundred men from different groups among the people. He told them: "Stay with him and obey his orders."

Amir al-Mu'minin (as) set out for the valley. When he was near the side of the valley, he ordered the hundred men who had accompanied him to stand close to the side and not to do anything until he gave them permission. He went forward and stood at the edge of the valley. He sought refuge with Allah from his enemies and he named Allah, may Hu's Name be magnified. He signaled to the people who had followed him to come closer. They came closer and there was a gap between him and them of the distance of a bow-shot. Then he began to go down into the valley when a hurricane arose, which almost made the people fall on their faces because of its violence. They could not keep their feet on the ground because of terror of opposition and terror of what would come upon them. Amir al-Mu'minin (as) shouted: "I am `Ali ibn Abi Talib ibn `Abd'ul-Muttalib, the testamentary trustee of authority (wasi) of the Rasul'ullah (sal) and his cousin. Defy (us) is if you want to."

Persons in the form of gypsies appeared before the people who seemed to have torches of fire in their hands and they dried up (all) the sides of the valley. Amir al-Mu'minin (as) penetrated deep into the valley, while reciting the Qur'an and signaling to right and left with his sword. It was not long before the persons became like black smoke. Amir al-Mu'minin (as) magnified Allah. Then he climbed back the way he had come down. He stood with the people who had accompanied him. The place became yellow as a result of what had happened to it. The Companions of Rasul'ullah (sal) said to him: "Abu al-Hasan ('Ali), we almost died of fear and anxiety for you because of what you met. It was worse than (anything else) that has happened to us."

"When the enemy showed themselves to me," he told them, "and I shouted the names of Allah, the Exalted, among them, they became smaller and I knew the terror which had come upon them. Therefore I went into the valley without any fear of them. If they had remained in substantial forms, I would have attacked them to the last one. God was sufficient (protection) against their plotting and He was sufficient (help) for the Muslims against their wickedness. The rest of them will go ahead of me to the Rasul'ullah in order to (confess that they) believe in him."

Amir al-Mu'minin (as) returned with those who had been with him to the Rasul'ullah (sal). He gave him the news. (Rasul'ullah) was delighted with him and prayed for his well-being. Then he said to him: "`Ali, those whom Allah filled with fear through you have come ahead of you to me. They submitted to Islam and I accepted their submission."

Then he continued the journey with all the Muslimin and they passed through the valley in safety and without fear.

Alki ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from the person who he mentioned from Muhammad ibn Jahrash who has said that Halima daughter of Musa has said the following. "Once I saw ar-Ridha (as) standing at the door of the firewood room and he was whispering but I would not see anyone else around. I then asked him, 'My master, who are you talking to?' He said, 'This is ‘Amir al-Zahra’i. He has come to ask a few questions and he has certain complains.' I then asked, 'My master, I would like to hear his words.' He said, 'If you would hear his words you will have fever for one year.' I said, 'My master, I like to hear him.' He said, 'All right, then listen.' I listened and I heard something like a whistle. I then felt fever for one year."

Usul Al-Kafi Book 4, Chapter 98: H 1031, Ch. 98, h 5

The Jinn Are Reptilian

Muhammad ibn Yahya and Ahmad ibn Muhammad have narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from Ibrahim ibn Hashim from ‘Amr ibn ‘Uthman from Ibrahim ibn Ayyub from ‘Amr ibn Shimr from Jabir from abu Ja‘far (as) who has said the following. "Once when Amir al-Mu’minin (as) was on the pulpit a serpent entered from one of the doors of the masjid. People wanted to kill him. Amir al-Mu’minin (as) asked them to leave him alone. They left him alone. The serpent began to crawl to the pulpit. He stretched and saluted to Amir al-Mu’minin (as). Amir al-Mu’minin (as) made a gesture to him to wait until the sermon is completed. When the sermon was completed he came to him and said, "Who are you?" He said, "I am ‘Amr ibn ‘Uthman, your deputy among the Jinn. My father has died and he has asked me in his will to come to you and find out your instructions and that is why I am here. What do you command me to do and what do you see." Amir al-Mu’minin (as) said, "I ask you to be pious before Allah and go back and act as the successor of your father among the Jinn. I appoint you as my deputy over them." The narrator has said that ‘Amr then said farewell to Amir al-Mu’minin (as) and left as his deputy over the Jinn. I asked The Imam (as), may Allah take my soul in service for your cause, does ‘Amr fulfill that obligation on him?" He said, "Yes, he does so."

Usul Al-Kafi Book 4, Chapter 98: H 1032, Ch. 98, h 6

In a hadith from Abu Saeed Khudri, it is believed that a jinn came in the form of a gigantic serpent. It is narrated that:

“A sahabi, returning from the battle of Khandaq saw his newly wed wife stood outside their house [having rushed out of the house, presumably in indecent attire]. He could not bear this sight and got extremely angry . He pointed the spear (at her), which he had in his hand , and asked her for an explanation. She asked him to go inside the house and see what was there before taking any further action against her. She was obviously scared by what she had seen. He entered the house and saw a huge python. He (thought he) killed the python but as he was returning, it suddenly attacked him and it was not known which of the two had died first. Upon learning about the above incident, an-Nabi remarked, “Indeed you will find some inhabitants within your household, so whenever you come across any of these warn them three times, if they go away it is alright otherwise you may kill them.”  

Clearly this "huge python" was more than a mere snake. He was an anthropomorphic reptile. Certainly no merely snake, with its tiny brain and almost non-existent comprehension, would "go away" when warned thrice. Thus, we know that this would necessitate said snake comprehending the language of the one warning. For the "snake" to understand this, his brain would definitely have to be larger than that of a mere snake that we are accustomed to observing. Similarly in the Torah we are told of a "Nachash" or "serpent" who - according to Seferim Ha'Aggadot - was anthropomorphic and had oral conversations with Adam and Hawwah (as).

Iblis himself is said to have come in the form of an old man on the day of Badr (the famous battle in the year 2 A.H.). He tried to uplift the morals of the kafir fighters but when he saw the army of the Mala'ikah descending to aid the Muslimin, he fled.

Muhammad ibn Abu Yahya said that his father told that he and his companion went to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri to pay a sick visit to him. He said: "Then we came out from him and met a companion of ours who wanted to go to him. We went ahead and sat in the masjid. He then came back and told us that he heard Abu Sa'id al-Khudri say: Rasul'ullah said: 'Some snakes are jinn; so when anyone sees one of them in his house, he should give it a warning three times. If it return (after that), he should kill it, for it is a Shaiytan (adversarial jinni).'"

Hadith - Sunan of Abu Dawud, Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri

...The snake stirred on the end of the spear and the youth fell dead. No one knew which of them died first, the snake or the youth. That was mentioned to Rasul'ullah  said, "There are jinn in Madinah who have become Muslim. When you see one of them, call out to it for three days. If it appears after that, then kill it, for it is a shaytan." "'

Hadith - Al-Muwatta 54.33

The "gods" of Old

''Jinn are said to have come the Earth ages before man existed. They were the first of Earth's masters. They built huge cities whose ruins still stand in forgotten places. Aeons later many Jinn were forced to flee the Earth while other were imprisoned. Still others roam desolate places to this day. The Jinn are said to be invisible to normal men.

"Irem is very important to Arab magic. 'Irem al Imad' (Irem of the Pillars) is the city's name in Arabic. It is particularly believed by the Arabs that Irem was built by the Jinn under the direction of Shaddad, Lord of the tribe of Ad. The tribe of Ad, according to legend, was a race roughly equivalent to the Hebrew 'Nefilim' (giants). In some versions of this myth Shaddad and the Jinn built Irem before the time of Adam. The Muqarribun (Arab magicians) have important beliefs about Irem and its significance. The Muqarribun, whose traditions predate Islam, believe that Irem is a locale on another level of reality, rather than a physical city like NY or Tokyo. The 'Pillars' in 'Irem of the Pillars' has a hidden meaning. Among Arab mystics pillar is a code name for 'elder' or 'old one'. Thus 'Irem of the Pillars' is really 'Irem of the Old Ones'."

Bedouin Shaman's (Fugara) Of Jordan http://www.acacialand.com/ndex2.html

Every ancient society spoke of beings coming down from the Heavens. The Meso-Americans had their "Feathered Serpent gods" who ate hearts, drank blood and raped virgins. The Sumerians, Babylonians also had a secretive pantheon of "Serpent gods" who hid from the public in pyramid-ziggurats, just as did those of Meso-America. The Greeks and Romans claimed that their "gods" were anthropomorphic, but if they were in a fight with "mortals" or with other "gods" then they would revert to their "true" form as "fish-men." The Sumarians also claimed that "Dagon" was a "fish man." The Dogon of Mali, Africa claimed that a reptilian-amphibious race came to Earth from Syrius and taught them. The primitive Dogon know information about the Syrius solar system that we have only had the technology to confirm since 1997. The Zulu of Africa also speak of these beings, describing them as modern day "UFO" accounts tell, yet saying that the smooth outer appearance is a body suit that takes "three new saw blades" to cut through; beneath it revealing a reptilian body of the same human-like form. Ancient Peruvians use to deform their children's skulls to make them resemble the "egg-head" shape of the jinn. Many of the skulls found through excavation proved to have been deformed into such a shape, yet others still have the same shape yet show no scientific evidence of having been "molded" that way unnaturally.

Busts have been found of two of the six female children to Nefertiti and Akhenaten (Musa). One might be of Meritaten, the eldest. The unusual family traits are obvious.

In the image to the left you will see the carved depiction of the ancient Sumarian and Babylonian "gods" who were said to live within the man-made "Mountains" or Ziggurats, to conceal their appearance from the masses.

These are the jinn, the Nefilim and they are also what people have been saying for thousands of years are "aliens."

"Nefilim" (נְּפִלִים) means "those who came down," or "those who fell;" meaning "those who descended to our planet." This is obviously where the Christian misunderstanding of Jinn being "fallen angels" originated. Today it is still taken for granted that Life might have only developed on Earth. This is despite the fact that the majority of people (even the majority of scientists), ignore the discovery of living organisms on the moon of Jupiter, Europa.

"One Day Hu will gather them all together, and say to the Mala'ikah, 'Was it you that these men used to worship?' They will say: 'Be You Glorified. You are our Guardian, not them! No, but they worshipped the jinn; most of them were (only) believers in them.'" Al-Qur'an, Sura 34:40-41

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ أَهَؤُلَاء إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم بَلْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ الْجِنَّ أَكْثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤْمِنُونَ

"And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the Face of the Earth, and daughters were born unto them"

וַיְהִי כִּי הֵחֵל הָאָדָם, לָרֹב עַל פְּנֵיהָאֲדָמָה; וּבָנוֹת, יֻלְּדוּ לָהֶם.

"that the B'nei Elohim saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose."

וַיִּרְאוּ בְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם, כִּי טֹבֹת הֵנָּה; וַיִּקְחוּ לָהֶם נָשִׁים, מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בָּחָרוּ

"The Nefilim were in the Earth in those days, and also after that, when the B'nei Elohim came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown." - Sefer Ha'Berashit (The Book of Genesis) 6:1-2, 4

הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ, בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם, וְגַם אַחֲרֵי כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם, וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם: הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מ ;ֵעוֹלָם, אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם

It is worthy of note that "El" is both a Hebrew Name for the father and king of many high ranking Mala'ikah and it is the supreme, ancient Canaanite polytheistic deity. So the "B'nei Elohim", or in some cases "B'nei El" refers not to the "Sons of God" as Jews and Christians misunderstand alike. Such terminology would be "B'nei Eloah." While admittedly, later the terminology became confused and many Jews began referring to Allah ta'ala as "El" rather than "Ha'Eloah," at the time of the recording of the Torah, there can be no doubt that the terminology was employed very deliberately. This topic alone could easily fill volumes.

"El" is the specific name of a deified being. "Eloah" is more vague meaning "god," akin to the `Arabic "ilah." The B'nei El are therefore specific Mala'ikah who are the progeny of the being called "El," who came to be perceived as a, or the, "God in the sky," or "Father in Heaven." This is not the Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent Creator of ALL that we, as Muslimin, worship ALONE as "Al-ilah," the ONE and the ONLY God; who is without partners or equals; who begets not, nor is Hu begotten.

The root of Nefilim is "nefel" (נֵפֶל) which means: "untimely birth, abortion, miscarriage." "Nefal" was a term in ancient Mesopotamia for "Greece" or namely "Europe."  

The Torah says: "the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown" (הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מ ;ֵעוֹלָם, אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם). This is the apparent and common translation. However, it is slightly slanted.

הֵמָּה = they

הַגִּבֹּ = electricity, reactivity, or "the response" or "the protection" or "the lair/den"

רִים = important

אֲשֶׁר = who

מ = from

עוֹלָם = world, universe

אַנְשֵׁי = men from, inhabitants from

הַשֵּׁם = the reputation, the name

This is a clear reference to the ancient "heroes" which were deified into godhood. Interestingly “hagevo” (הַגִּבֹּ) means "reactivity" and also "electricity," though that is not the apparent translation of it here, as it is more or less dropped from the translation, or an obscure meaning is given to it. They seem to change it to mean "of old" as גַּב means both "protection" and also "rear" or "back." Nonetheless, with the Hay, as it appears in the Torah, it either means "of the back" or "reactivity/electricity." So, without vowels, the verse can clearly be translated as:

"They were the mighty ones [made] of electricity (or radioactive energy) - of [notorious] reputation - who were inhabitants from the universe."

Now let us also make note that in Sefer Ha'Berashit 6:1-2, 4 verse 1 is rendered: "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the Face of the Earth, and daughters were born unto them." While verse 4 reads: "The Nefilim were in the Earth in those days, and also after that, when the B'nei Elohim came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown."

The difference is clear. Verse 1 says that men, human beings began to multiply "on the Face of the Earth." Verse 4 says that the Nefilim were "in the Earth in those days," and of course... "also after that" still today. The difference is that the Bani Adam dwell upon the surface, the "Face of the Earth," while the jinn species dwell "in the Earth." As the proverb states, "the Devil is in the details."

"The Book of Giants was another literary work concerned with Enoch, widely read (after translation into the appropriate languages) in the Roman empire....The 'giants' were believed to be the offspring of fallen angels (the Nefilim; also called Watchers) and human women." - Robert Eisman and Michael Wise, The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered

In The Book of Giants (i.e., 4Q531, 6Q8 Frag. 2 and 4Q530 Col. 2, the name of one of the giants is "Gilgamesh," the Babylonian hero and subject of a great epic written in the third millennium B.C.E.

On a parchment fragment 4Q201(En ara) copied ca. 200-150 B.C.E. found at Qumran: 13. [They (the leaders) and all ... of them took for themselves] wives from all that they chose and [they began to cohabit with them and to defile themselves with them]; and to teach them sorcery and [spells and the cutting of roots; and to acquaint them with herbs.] And they become pregnant by them and bore giants three thousand cubits high ...]

These and their descendants are often mentioned in the early books of the Tanakh until the last of them were finally killed off. They were known as the Refaim, Emim, Anakim, Horim, Avim, and Zamzummim. Some scholars accurately hypothesize that this tradition of giants born from the union of gods and humans formed the basis for the demigod of Greek mythology

Interestingly the root of Nefilim is shared with the term "Hifil" meaning "to fall" or more correctly "to land." In modern Hebrew this is used in reference to aircraft landing. In Revelation this was undoubtedly the term used in the original Hebrew to describe the descend of Iblis to the planet Earth:

"There was war in the sky. Mikha'el and his Malakim (Angels-Messengers) made war on the Taniyn (Dragon-Crocodile). The Taniyn (Dragon-Crocodile) and his Malakim made war. They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in Shamayim. The great Taniyn was thrown down, the Ancient Nachash (Serpent), he who is called the Accuser and Ha'Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the Earth, and his Malakim were thrown down with him. I heard a loud voice in Shamayim, saying, 'Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Malkhut Ha'Elohenu (Kingdom of our God), and the authority of Hu's Mashiach; for the accuser of our brothers has [been] Hifil (From the same root as Nefilim. Ancient meaning: "thrown down, caste down," Modern day meaning: "Landed Aircraft"), who accuses them before Elohenu day and night. They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, (meaning the hoax by which `Isa faked his death and escaped to plot the assassination of Nero and the capture of Paul... See "The Greatest Story NEVER Told"), and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death. Therefore rejoice, Shamayim, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the Earth and to the sea, because the Accuser has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time." Revelation 12:7-12

וַתְּהִי מִלְחָמָה בַּשָּׁמָיִם מִיכָאֵל וּצְבָאָיו עָרְכוּ קְרָב עִם־הַתַּנִּין וְהַתַּנִּין וּצְבָאָיו נִלְחֲמוּ עִמָּם

וְא יָכְלוּ לָהֶם וּמְקוֹמָם א נִמְצָא עוֹד בַּשָּׁמָיִם

וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ אֶת־הַתַּנִּין הַגָּדוֹל הוּא הַנָּחָשׁ הַקַּדְמֹנִי אֲשֶׁר קָרְאוּ לוֹ שׂוֹטֵן וְשָׂטָן אֲשֶׁר הִדִּיחַ כָּל־ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־מַלְאָכָיו עִמּוֹ הִשְׁלִיכוּ אָרְצָה

וָאֶשְׁמָע קוֹל גָּדוֹל בַּשָּׁמַיִם לֵאמֹר הַיּוֹם בָּאָה יְשׁוּעַת אֱהֵינוּ גְּבוּרָתוֹ וּמַלְכוּתוֹ וּמֶמְשֶׁלֶת מְשִׁיחֹ כִּי־הוּרַד שׂוֹטֵן אַחֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר־עָמַד לְשִׂטְנָם לִפְנֵי אֱהֵינוּ יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה

וְהֵם גָּבְרוּ עָלָיו בְּדַם הַשֶּׂה וּבְעֵדוּת פִּיהֶם וְא־אָהֲבוּ אֶת־נַפְשָׁם עַד־מָוֶת

עַל־כֵּן רָנּוּ שָׁמַיִם וְצַהֲלוּ אַתֶּם הַשֹּׁכְנִים שָׁם אוֹי לְישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ וּלְשֹׁכְנֵי הַיָּם כִּי־יָרַד אֲלֵיכֶם הַשָּׂטָן וַחֲמָתוֹ גְדוֹלָה מִדַּעְתּוֹ כִּי תִקְצַר עִתּוֹ

"And his tail swept away a third of the stars of Shamayim and threw them to the Earth. And the Taniyn (Crocodile/Dragon) stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child." Revelation 12:4

וַיִּסְחַב בִּזְנָבוֹ שְׁלִישִׁית מִן־כּוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵם אָרְצָה וַיַּעֲמֹד הַתַּנִּין לִפְנֵי הָאִשָּׁה לְעֵת לִדְתָּהּ לִבְעַ אֶת־בְּנָהּ בְּהִוָּלְדוֹ׃

"It [the Little Horn] grew up to Tzava Ha'Shamayim (the Army of the Two Heavens) and caused some of the Army (Tzava) and some of the stars to fall to the Earth, and it trampled them down." Daniel 8:10

וַתִּגְדַּל, עַד צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם; וַתַּפֵּל אַרְצָה מִן הַצָּבָא וּמִן הַכּוֹכָבִים, וַתִּרְמְסֵם

Interestingly the term for Liar is "Shaq'ran" (שַׁקְרָן). Sheqer (שֶׁקֶר) itself means Lie - though in relation to false prophets it means "Falsity" or "Self-Deceived." Most often this term itself was in fact used for a False-prophet. Thus Paul was called "Sheqer" in the Dead Sea Scrolls, which is the exact equivalent of the `Arabic "Dajjal" (دَجَّال).

The Hebrew term for Antichrist is Mashiach Sheqer (שֶׁקֶר מָשִׁיחַ). From the same root, Qeren (קֶרֶן) means "Horn" as well as "beam of Light," thus indicating the relationship to the "Horn" described in Sefer Daniyel. Qaran (קָרַן) means to radiate or shine, as the Dajjal is said to appear as a Malak Ha'Aur (מַלְאָךְ הַאוֹר) or "Emissary of Light."

"In that Day YHWH will punish Leviathan the fleeing Nachash (Serpent), with Hu's fierce and great and mighty Sword, even Leviathan the twisted Nachash (Serpent); and Hu will kill the Taniyn (Crocodile/Dragon) who lives in the Sea."

בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִפְקֹד יְהוָה בְּחַרְבּוֹ הַקָּשָׁה וְהַגְּדוֹלָה וְהַחֲזָקָה, עַל לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ, וְעַל לִוְיָתָן, נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֹן; וְהָרַג אֶת הַתַּנִּין, אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּם

Recall the Hadith stating that the Throne of Iblis is in the Sea...

Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians feared and worshipped the crocodile. They depict many anthropomorphic "crocodile-men" in hieroglyphics. As well Freemason and Illuminati rituals still use the crocodile mask in their satanic rituals. In fact many Jewish scholars believe that the plague commonly assumed to be a plague of frogs was in fact of crocodiles. The Nile Crocodile is the largest in the world and is notorious for coming on shore and attacking humans. The Egyptians also feared and worshipped a particular anthropomorphic being who they called the "Great Crocodile." This "Great Crocodile" led the Egyptians to believe that he himself was god of the Nile River. Heziqial an-Nabi (as), "Yechezkel" in Hebrew, refers to the "Great Crocodile" in Chapter 29:3

"Speak, and say: Thus says Adonai YHWH: 'Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh King of Egypt, Taniym Ha'Gadol (the great Dragon-crocodile) that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said: 'My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.'"

דַּבֵּר וְאָמַרְתָּ כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, הִנְנִי עָלֶיךָ פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם, הַתַּנִּים הַגָּדוֹל, הָרֹבֵץ בְּתוֹךְ יְאֹרָיו:  אֲשֶׁר אָמַר לִי יְאֹרִי, וַאֲנִי עֲשִׂיתִנִי.

The translation of Leviathan (לִוְיָתָן), is "Sea Monster" or "Cetus." Cetus is a constellation and is traditionally thought of as being the beast the swallowed Yunas an-Nabi (as). However, the Whale Shark of the Mediterranean is also called "Cetus" or "Leviathan" simply because this terminology came to mean "Sea Monster."

Cetus, the whale or the sea monster, is the fabled creature sent by Neptune to devour Andromeda. Cetus was turned to stone when Perseus showed the monster the head of Medusa. Pliney and Solinus wrote that the monsters bones were taken to Rome by Scaurus, the skeleton measured forty feet in length and the vertebrae were six feet in circumference. Cetus actually occurs in writing long before the Greeks, and some debate has ensued whether the sea monster was actually Draco, Hydra or Serpens. Cetus is drawn sometimes swimming in the river Eridanus, but is more usually drawn resting on the banks of the river with its forepaws dipping into the river.

Cetus correlates with the constellation of Draco. This would thus make Cetus or Leviathan in Hebrew a synonym for Taniyn. Thus Revelation speaks of:

"There was war in the sky. Mikha'el and his Malakim (Angels-Messengers) made war on the Taniyn (Dragon-Crocodile). The Taniyn and his Malakim made war. They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in Shamayim (the Two Heavens). The great Taniyn was thrown down, the ancient Nashach (serpent), he who is called the accuser and Ha'Satan (הַשָׂטָן), the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the Earth, and his Malakim were thrown down with him." Revelation 12:7-9

This is also testified to in the descent of the constellation Draco, 12,500 years ago, as noted Egyptological scholar Graham Handcock points out. The Pyramid like structures of the far East, Egypt and Meso-America all monumentally express this area in terms of reflecting it through the constellation patterns visible in their specific region at that same exact time. This undoubtedly became revered as the time of the descent of the ancient mushrikin's "Dragon" who taught mankind the arts and sciences in exchange for human sacrifice and virgin so that he and his jinn could drain the sexual jing from the virgins who would have the highest amount of bio-energy or "Chi," and then kill them and eat their heart and drink their blood as was a common claim from every ancient society that partook in human sacrifice and worshipped anthropomorphic reptilian or amphibious "gods."

"And YHWH sent Serafim (Fiery Serpents) among the people, and they bit/stung the people; and many people of Israel died." Numbers 21:6

וַיְשַׁלַּח יְהוָה בָּעָם, אֵת הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְּׂרָפִים, וַיְנַשְּׁכוּ, אֶת הָעָם; וַיָּמָת עַם רָב, מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל

Throughout these passages we see different serpent, reptilian and amphibious terms used for Iblis and the jinn. They are called "Firey Serpents," Iblis is called "Sea Monster," as well as "Crocodile," and "Serpent." Certainly these various species are being referenced to describe a species of beings that the average person is expected to have no knowledge of. The Anbiyah (as) are saying that they are Fiery Reptilian-Amphibious creatures, and Revelation makes it clear that they come from "Shamayim" (שָׁמַיִם) meaning "the Two Suns," or the "Place/System of Two Suns" a term used for "Heavens" or "Outer Space."

The Books of Idris an-Nabi (as)

"O Bani Adam! let not the Shaiytan cause you to fall into affliction as he expelled your parents from the Garden, pulling off from them both their covering that he might show them their evil inclinations, Indeed he (Iblis) and his tribe watch you from a position where you cannot see them; surely We have made the Shaiyatin to be the guardians of those who do not believe." Al-Qur'an, Sura 7:27

يَا بَنِي آدَمَ لاَ يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْءَاتِهِمَا إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ تَرَوْنَهُمْ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاء لِلَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ

i[ . . . Ha]noch, after we taught him 2[ . . . he was with the Malakim of El] six full jubilees 3[ . . . the la]nd, into the midst of the B'nei Adam and he test)fied against them alI 4[ . . . ] and also against the watchers. And he wrote all [ . . . ] heaven and the ways of their hosts and [ho]ly ones 6[ . . . SO th]at the ri[ghteous ones] shall not commit error [ . . . ] 4Q227 Frag. 2

“As He has created, and appointed, men to understand the word of knowledge, so He created and appointed me to reprove the Watchers, the B'nei Shamayim.” The Book of Enoch 14:3

Translated in Amharic somewhere between 165 BC and the start of the Christian era, this erroneously presumed pseudepigraphal (i.e. falsely attributed) work has as its main theme the story behind the descent of the Nefilim. Yet not the fall of Mala'ikah in general, but those which were originally known as `irnim (עֵרָנִיים), "those who watch," literally the "aware ones" the "conscious ones" or traditionally "watchers" as the word is rendered in English translation.

The Book of Enoch tells the story of how 200 rebel "Watchers," decided to transgress the heavenly laws and "descend," "Nafel" (נָפַל) on to the plains and take wives from among mortal kind. Recall that the term for "to land an aircraft" is Hefil (הֻפַּל), from the same root. The "landing" site given for this event is the summit of Hermon, a mythical location generally associated with the snowy heights of Mount Hermon in the Ante-Lebanon range.

"The depravity of mankind, which began to show itself in the time of Enosh, had increased monstrously in the time of his grandson Yared, by reason of the fallen Malakim. When the Malakim saw the beautiful, attractive daughters of men, they lusted after them, and spoke: 'We will choose wives for ourselves only from among the daughters of men, and beget children with them.' Their chief Shemhazai said, 'I fear you will not put this plan of yours into execution, and I alone shall have to suffer the consequences of a great sin.' Then they answered him, and said: 'We will all swear an oath, and we will bind ourselves, separately and together, not to abandon the plan, but to carry it through to the end.' Two hundred Malakim descended to the summit of Mount Hermon, which owes its name to this very occurrence, because they bound themselves there to fulfill their purpose, on the penalty of Herem, anathema. Under the leadership of twenty captains they defiled themselves with the daughters of men, unto whom they taught charms, conjuring formulas, how to cut roots, and the efficacy of plants. The issue from these mixed marriages was a race of giants, three thousand ells tall, who consumed the possessions of men. When all had vanished, and they could obtain nothing more from them, the giants turned against men and devoured many of them, and the remnant of men began to trespass against the birds, beasts, reptiles, and fishes, eating their flesh and drinking their blood. Then the Earth complained about the impious evil-doers. But the fallen angels continued to corrupt mankind. Azazel taught men how to make slaughtering knives, arms, shields, and coats of mail. He showed them metals and how to work them, and armlets and all sorts of trinkets, and the use of rouge for the eyes, and how to beautify the eyelids, and how to ornament themselves with the rarest and most precious jewels and all sorts of paints. The chief of the fallen Malakim, Shemhazai, instructed them in exorcisms and how to cut roots; Armaros taught them how to raise spells; Barakel, divination from the stars; Kawkabel, astrology; Ezekeel, augury from the clouds; Arakiel, the signs of the earth; Samsaweel, the signs of the sun; and Seriel, the signs of the moon. While all these abominations defiled the earth, the pious Enoch lived in a secret place. None among men knew his abode, or what had become of him, for he was sojourning with the Malakim Watchers and holy ones. Once he heard the call addressed to him: "Chanoch, you scribe of justice, go unto the Watchers of Shamayim, who have left the high Shamayim, the eternal place of holiness, defiling themselves with women, doing as men do, taking wives unto themselves, and casting themselves into the arms of destruction upon earth. Go and proclaim unto them that they shall find neither peace nor pardon. For every time they take joy in their offspring, they shall see the violent death of their sons, and sigh over the ruin of their children. They will pray and supplicate evermore, but never shall they attain to mercy or peace." Seferim Ha'Aggadot, Section 3, "The Fall of the Angels"

The 200 rebels realize the implications of their transgressions, for they agree to swear an oath to the effect that their leader Shemyaza would take the blame if the whole ill-fated venture went terribly wrong.

After their descent to the lowlands, the Watchers indulge in earthly delights with their chosen "wives," and through these unions are born giant offspring.

In between taking advantage of human women, the 200 rebel "Watchers" spent their time imparting the heavenly secrets to those who would prove to be. One of their number, a leader named Azazel is said to have "taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals and the art of working them," indicating that the Watchers brought the use of metal to mankind.

"We sent aforetime Our Rusul with Clear Signs and sent down with them the Book and the Balance, that men may stand forth in justice; and We sent down Iron, in which is (material for) mighty war, as well as many benefits for mankind, that Allah may test who it is that will help, Unseen, Hu and Hu's Rusul: For Allah is Full of Strength, Exalted in Might (and able to enforce Hu's Will)." Al-Qur'an, Sura 57:25

لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَنزَلْنَا مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْمِيزَانَ لِيَقُومَ النَّاسُ بِالْقِسْطِ وَأَنزَلْنَا الْحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأْسٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُ وَرُسُلَهُ بِالْغَيْبِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ

He also instructed them on how they could make "bracelets" and "ornaments" and showed them how to use "antimony," a white brittle metal employed in the arts and medicine.

To the women Azazel taught the art of "beautifying" the eyelids, such as we see prominent hieroglyphics of  Egyptian women who served him (when he was known as "Osiris"), and the use of "all kinds of costly stones" and "coloring tinctures," presupposing that the wearing of make-up and jewelry was unknown before this age. In addition to these, Azazel stood accused of teaching women to indulge in promiscuity. This clearly draws us back to the traditions of Tantra, and the art work rendering light-skinned human woman having sex with the blue-skinned, fanged jinn.

Other "Watchers" stood accused of revealing to mortal kind the knowledge of more scientific arts, such as astronomy, the knowledge of the clouds, or meteorology; the "signs of the earth," presumably geodesy and geography, as well as the "signs," or passage, of the celestial bodies, such as the sun and moon. Their leader, Shemyaza, is accredited with having taught "enchantments, and root cuttings," a reference to the magical arts. One of their number taught "the bitter and the sweet," surely a reference to the use of herbs and spices in foods, while instructing men on the use of "ink and paper" implying that the Watchers introduced the earliest forms of writing. Far more disturbing is that these rebel "Watchers" were said to have shown "the children of men all the wicked smitings of spirits and demons, and the smitings of the embryo in the womb, that it may pass away." In other words they taught women how to abort babies.

"And they began to sin against birds, and against animals, and against reptiles, and against fish, and they devoured one another's flesh, and drank the blood from it. Then the Earth complained about the lawless ones. And Azazel taught men to make swords, and daggers, and shields, and breastplates. And he showed them the things after these, and the art of making them; bracelets, and ornaments, and the art of making up the eyes, and of beautifying the eyelids, and the most precious stones, and all kinds of colored dyes. And the world was changed. And there was great impiety, and much fornication, and they went astray, and all their ways became corrupt. Amezarak taught all those who cast spells and cut roots, Armaros the release of spells, and Baraqiel astrologers, and Kokabiel portents, and Tamiel taught astrology, and Asradel taught the path of the Moon. And at the destruction of men they cried out; and their voices reached Heaven. And then Mikhael, Gabriel, Suriel and Uriel, looked down from Heaven and saw the mass of blood that was being shed on the earth and all the iniquity that was being done on the earth. And they said to one another: 'Let the devastated Earth cry out with the sound of their cries, up to the Bab Shamayim. And now to you, Oh Holy Ones of Shamayim, the souls of men complain, saying: 'Bring our complaint before the Most High.' And they said to their Lord, the King: 'Lord of Lords, El Elohim, King of Kings! Your glorious throne endures for all the generations of the world, and blessed and praised! You have made everything, and power over everything is yours. And everything is uncovered, and open, in front of you, and you see everything, and there is nothing that can be hidden from you. See then what Azazel has done; how he has taught all iniquity on the Earth and revealed the eternal secrets that are made in Shamayim. And Shemyaza has made known spells, he to whom you gave authority to rule over those who are with him. And they went into the daughters of men together, lay with those women, became unclean, and revealed to them these sins. And the women bore refa'im, and thereby the whole Earth has been filled with blood and iniquity. And now behold the souls which have died cry out and complain unto the Bab Shamayim, and their lament has ascended, and they cannot go out in the face of the iniquity which is being committed on the Earth. And you know everything, before it happens, and you know this, and what concerns each of them. But you say nothing to us. What ought we to do with them, about this?" - The Book of Enoch, Section entitled "Rebels Among the Watchers."

These lines concerning the forbidden sciences handed to humanity by the rebel Watchers raises the whole fundamental question of why the jinn should have possessed any knowledge of such matters in the first place. Why should they have needed to work with metals, use charms, incantations and writing; beautify the body; employ the use of spices, and know how to abort an unborn child? None of these skills are what one might expect "ghosts" or spirits to possess, not unless they were physical beings in the first place.

This revelation of previously unknown knowledge and wisdom seems like the actions of a highly advanced species (of the Mala'ikah and subsequently the jinn) passing on some of its closely-guarded secrets to a less evolved culture still striving to understand the basic principles of life.

More disconcerting were the apparent actions of the now fully grown Nefilim, for it says:

"And when men could no longer sustain them, the Nefilim turned against them and devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones."

By now the cries of desperation from mankind were being heard loud and clear by the Mala'ikah who had remained loyal to Jannah. One by one they are appointed by Allah to proceed against the rebel Watchers and their offspring, who are described as "the bastards and the reprobates, and the children of fornication." The first leader, Shemyaza, is hung and bound upside down and, myth holds that, his soul was banished to become the stars of the constellation of Orion. The second leader, Azazel, is bound hand and foot, and cast for eternity into the Wilderness. Upon him are placed "rough and jagged rocks" and here he shall forever remain until the Yawm ad-Din when he will be "cast into the fire" for his sins. For their part in the corruption of mankind, the rebel Watchers are forced to witness the slaughter of their own children - who are in fact the jinn who once ruled the surface of the ante-deluvian world - before being cast into some kind of heavenly prison, seen as an "abyss of fire."

The Nefilim in Sheol (Underground/Underworld)

In Sura 65:12, we are informed, "Allah is Hu Who created seven heavens, and of the earth the same number; the decree continues to descend among them, that you may know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah indeed encompasses all things in Knowledge."

اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَمِنَ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ الْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا

Space is divided into seven zones or levels, and likewise, as Yusuf ` Ali puts it, "the crust of the earth is built up of geological strata one above another." In the oral traditions of the Bani Isra'il a similar and detailed concept is relayed, that also correlates with all other existing globally unanimous traditions of the "Inner Earth."

"When Adam was cast out of Pardes (Paradise), he first reached the lowest of the seven earths, the Erezt, which is dark, without a ray of light, and utterly void. Adam was terrified, particularly by the flames of the ever-turning sword, which is on this earth. After he had done penance, El led him to the second earth, the Adamah, where there is light reflected from its own sky and from its phantom-like stars and constellations. Here dwell the phantom-like (Refai) beings that issued from the union of Adam with the spirits. They are always sad; the emotion of joy is not known to them. They leave their own earth and repair to the one inhabited by men, where they are changed into evil spirits. Then they return to their abode for good, repent of their wicked deeds, and till the ground, which, however, bears neither wheat nor any other of the seven species. In this Adamah, Qayin, Hebel, and Shet were born. After the murder of Habel, Qayin was sent back to the Erezt, where he was frightened into repentance by its darkness and by the flames of the ever-turning sword. Accepting his penitence, El permitted him to ascend to the third earth, the Arka, which receives some light from the sun. The Arka was surrendered to the Qayinites forever, as their perpetual domain. They till the ground, and plant trees, but they have neither wheat nor any other of the seven species. Some of the Qayinites are giants, some of them are dwarfs. They have two heads [figuratively], wherefore they can never arrive at a decision; they are always at loggerheads with themselves. It may happen that they are pious now, only to be inclined to do evil the next moment. In the Ge, the fourth earth, live the generation of the Tower of Babel and their descendants. El banished them thither because the fourth earth is not far from Gehenna, and therefore close to the flaming fire. The inhabitants of the Ge are skilful in all arts, and accomplished in all departments of science and knowledge, and their abode overflows with wealth. When an inhabitant of our earth visits them, they give him the most precious thing in their possession, but then they lead him to the Neshiah, the fifth earth, where he becomes oblivious of his origin and his home. The Neshiah is inhabited by dwarfs without noses; they breathe through two holes instead. They have no memory; once a thing has happened, they forget it completely, whence their earth is called Neshiah, 'forgetting.' The fourth and fifth earths are like the Arka; they have trees, but neither wheat nor any other of the seven species. The sixth earth, the Ziah, is inhabited by handsome men, who are the owners of abundant wealth, and live in palatial residences, but they lack water, as the name of their territory, Ziah, 'drought,' indicates. Hence vegetation is sparse with them, and their tree culture meets with indifferent success. They hasten to any water spring that is discovered, and sometimes they succeed in slipping through it up to our earth, where they satisfy their sharp appetite for the food eaten by the inhabitants of our earth. For the rest, they are men of steadfast faith, more than any other class of mankind. Adam remained in the Adamah until after the birth of Shet. Then, passing the third earth, the Arka, the abiding place of the Qayinites, and the next three earths as well, the Ge, the Neshiah, and the Ziah, El transported him to the Tebel, the seventh earth, the earth inhabited by men. Qayin knew only too well that his blood-guiltiness would be visited upon him in the seventh generation. Thus had El decreed against him. He endeavored, therefore, to immortalize his name by means of monuments, and he became a builder of cities. The first of them he called Hanoch, after his son, because it was at the birth of Chanoch that he began to enjoy a measure of rest and peace. Besides, he founded six other cities. This building of cities was a godless deed, for he surrounded them with a wall, forcing his family to remain within. All his other doings were equally impious. The punishment El had ordained for him did not effect any improvement. He sinned in order to secure his own pleasure, though his neighbors suffered injury thereby. He augmented his household substance by rapine and violence; he excited his acquaintances to procure pleasures and spoils by robbery, and he became a great leader of men into wicked courses. He also introduced a change in the ways of simplicity wherein men had lived before, and he was the author of measures and weights. And whereas men lived innocently and generously while they knew nothing of such arts, he changed the world into cunning craftiness." - Seferim Ha'Aggadot, Section 3, "The Progeny of Qayin"

Qatadah related from 'Abdullah ibn Sarjas who said, "Rasul'ullah forbade urination into a hole (cave opening)." Said Qatadah, "What is disliked about urinating into a hole?" Said he, "It is the residence of the jinn."

Hadith - Ahmad, an-Nasa'i, Dawud, al-Hakim and al-Baihaqi [Ibn Khuzaimah and Ibn as-Sakin classified it as sahih]

The New Testament book called "Second Peter," written by an unknown writer in the second Christian century, uses the Greek word "tartarus" (which is translated "hell") to refer to "...pits of nether gloom" where the Allah would "keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment" 2 Peter 2:4-10

ei gar o qeoV aggelwn amarthsantwn ouk efeisato, alla seiraiV zofou tartarwsaV paredwken eiV krisin throumenouV, kai arcaiou kosmou ouk efeisato, alla ogdoon nwe dikaiosunhV khruka efulaxen, kataklusmon kosmw asebwn epaxaV, kai poleiV sodomwn kai gomorraV tefrwsaV [katastrofh] katekrinen, upodeigma mellontwn asebe[V]in teqeikwV, kai dikaion lwt kataponoumenon upo thV twn aqesmwn en aselgeia anastrofhV errusato: 8blemmati gar kai akoh o dikaioV egkatoikwn en autoiV hmeran ex hmeraV yuchn dikaian anomoiV ergoiV ebasanizen: oiden kurioV eusebeiV ek peirasmou ruesqai, adikouV de eiV hmeran krisewV kolazomenouV threin, malista de touV opisw sarkoV en epiqumia miasmou poreuomenouV kai kuriothtoV katafronountaV. tolmhtai, auqadeiV, doxaV ou tremousin blasfhmounteV,

The New Testament book called "Jude," also written by an unknown writer, claims that persons who "acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust" would be kept in "...eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day." Jude 1:6-7

aggelouV te touV mh thrhsantaV thn eautwn archn alla apolipontaV to idion oikhthrion eiV krisin megalhV hmeraV desmoiV aidioiV upo zofon tethrhken: wV sodoma kai gomorra kai ai peri autaV poleiV, ton omoion tropon toutoiV ekporneusasai kai apelqousai opisw sarkoV eteraV, prokeintai deigma puroV aiwniou dikhn upecousai.

Both "Second Peter" and "Jude" refer to the story of the Mala'ikah (Sefer Ha'Berashit 6) whose lust for human females led to being cast into "nether gloom" to await judgment. Specifically this means that because of the mischief they caused in altering the human genome, and in corrupting and manipulating human affairs, they were imprisoned within the underworld by the Mala'ikah species.

The Jinn, Messiah and the Antichrist in Meso-America

Xolotl is usually depicted as a fully canine creature or cynocephalic (dog-headed). Sometimes Xolotl is depicted as a dog with backwards feet, noting the awkwardness of his bow-legged walking. Just as often however, he is depicted in fully human form, though he is recorded and depicted as blind in the right eye.

Another controversial point that i brought up was the notion of `Isa (as) in Meso-America. However, this to is highly demonstrable through even a peripheral examination of history.

The Aztecs venerates an ancient personage that they themselves never came in contact with. "Quetzalcoatl," the "Feathered Serpent" or "Precious Twin," is called by this term, yet he is depicted as a human being who never appears as a "Feathered Serpent." Thus, it seems that this description is rooted in the believe of the Aztecs that all "gods" were "Feathered Serpents." Since the Aztecs themselves were not personally in contact with Quetzalcoatl, it is all the more likely that this terminology got introduced through the mythization of the traditions originating somewhere around the Epi-Olmec culture, Moche and the Teotihuancan cultures.

It must be kept in mind that despite "Quetzalcoatl" being an Aztec name, the cultures preceding them had their name for him as well, and applying their own unique attributes to him. Quetzalcoatl himself goes by the names of Gukumatz, Nine Wind, and Kukulcan among others. These are the most common names found in the general Aztec and Mayan cultures, with Quetzalcoatl maintaining a host of messianic individuals with whom he is intimately connected with or represented by. There are also certain gods that Quetzalcoatl is involved with most of the time as well, such as Xolotl, Tlaloc, Xipe, and Tezcatlipoca. These "upper level" gods are either contrary, complimentary, or both at the same time towards Quetzalcoatl, creating a sense of duality around these myths.

Quetzalcoatl is the "god" of intelligence and self-reflection. Quetzalcoatl is the brother of Tezcatlipoca. His "twin-brother" is Xolotl. One representation of Quetzalcoatl is "Ehecatl," the Wind God. Attention should be paid to this, as "Wind," "Breath" and "Spirit" are all the same term "Ruach" (רוּחַ) in Hebrew. The Qur'an calls `Isa Al-Masih (as) the "Ruh Allah" or "Spirit of Allah."

Tezcatlipoca Yaotl is the patron of the warrior, as Tezcatlipoca Telpochtli he stands for eternal youth. He is the brother of Quetzalcoatl and apparently representative of Yaqub (ra).

Xolotl, meaning "the Double," also termed "the Shape shifter," the Evening Star, the Lord of the West. He is called the "Twin of Quetzalcoatl" though they are not related by parentage, nor are the similar in appearance. He is called the "Twin" because shortly after Quetzalcoatl came on a boat from the East, taught the Meso-Americans Islam - as well as to stop human and animal sacrifices and to eat an animal free diet - an "Imposter Twin" of Quetzalcoatl named "Xolotl" came to their land, impersonating Quetzalcoatl, and performing great wonders to try to prove his identity. He was seen shape shifting between human and "Serpent" form, and ultimately he returned the Meso-Americans to flesh eating, as well as animal and human sacrifice. He is described in no uncertain terms as "Bowlegged and blind in the right eye." His identity is clearly that of Paul, the Antichrist. Interestingly "Axolotl" is a type of Mexican salamander, which appears to have its name influenced by Xolotl the reptilian shape shifter.

Xolotl is usually depicted as a fully canine creature or cynocephalic (dog-headed). Sometimes Xolotl is depicted as a dog with backwards feet, noting the awkwardness of his bow-legged walking. According to myth, the 1,600 heroes created by Ometecuhtli created humans by sending Xolotl to fetch a bone from the Underworld. They then sprinkled their blood on this bone to create a boy and a girl, who Xolotl raised on thistle milk.

With the comparison to the dog noted, one should recall the words of the Qur'an al-Karim with regards to Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal:

“And recite to them the narrative of him to whom We give Our communications, but he withdraws himself from them, so the Shaiytan overtakes him, so he is of those who go astray. And if We had pleased, We would certainly have exalted him thereby; but he clung to the earth and followed his low desire, so his parable is as the parable of the dog; if you attack him he lolls out his tongue; and if you leave him alone he lolls out his tongue; this is the parable of the people who reject Our communications; therefore relate the narrative that they may reflect.” Al-Qur’an, Sura 7:175-176

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِيَ آتَيْنَاهُ آيَاتِنَا فَانسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَـكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ذَّلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Imam Muhammad ibn `Ali al Baqir (as) said: "Though it relates to Balaam, but Allah intends to set an example for those who receive true guidance from Allah, yet prefer to act according to their own desires in order to lay hands on the worldly gains."

As mentioned in numerous earlier teachings, Bi`lam ben Be'or is none other than "Paul," the founder of Christianity, the Antichrist; Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal.

The Jinn "gods" of Hinduism

There is surely no greater example, nor a more ancient, of the fingerprint of the jinn "civilizations" left upon this planet than in India. Still today we can hear and read of the mythized tales of Hinduism's blue-skinned "gods" and their ancient exploits. Like the Malak Ta'us of the Yazidi's and the jinni descriptions of `Arabia, the so-called "gods" of Ancient India were reportedly tall and blue-skinned.

Interestingly the name "Krishna" (supposedly the son of Vishnu), is etymologically related to the term for "black." Yet over time the man claiming to be "Krishna" was described as deep blue. This was explained to be the result of a venomous snakebite with the poison flooding his system and turning the skin the characteristic blue. While there is much overt mythization to such an explanation, we cannot overlook the correlation with the vampiric mythology of one turning into a vampire after a bite from an extant vampire. Moreover, the claim that this was from a "venomous snakebite" is quite telling. Once again, we have run up face to face with the literal, tangible jinn on Earth.

Above is a picture of Krishna (Al-Masih ad-Dajjal), the "son" or progeny of Vishnu (Iblis). Notice the peacock plumage of the headdress.

It is not coincidental that when the European Christian missionaries went to India, they found the translation for their "Christ" - who was none other than Bulus ad-Dajjal - was in fact "Krishna" the son of the blue-skinned "Vishnu."

As for who the original Indian "Krishna" was... The earliest reference we have to him is in the Chandayoga Upanishad, where Krishna, son of Devaki, is described as a great scholar. It is curious to note that the first reference we ever have of this supposed "god" refers to his intellectual accomplishments and not, as is usual, to his saving powers of strength. Most scholars are agreed that Krishna in his present form was not a literal Vedic hero but an amalgamation of local culture heroes with the great character of that name in the epic, the Mahabharatha. It was this mythic hero - whether real or amalgamated - that Bulus ad-Dajjal hijacked the identity of - changing him from "black" to "blue."

Aliens in the Vedas

Only a few years ago, the Chinese discovered some Sanskrit documents in Lhasa, Tibet and sent them to the University of Chandrigarh to be translated. Dr. Ruth Reyna of the University said recently that the documents contain directions for building intergalactic spaceships.

Their method of propulsion, she said, was "anti-gravitational" and was based upon a system analogous to that of "laghima," the unknown power of the ego existing in man's physiological makeup, "a centrifugal force strong enough to counteract all gravitational pull." According to Hindu Yogis, it is this "laghima" which enables a person to levitate.

Dr. Reyna said that on board these machines, which were called "Astras" by the text, the ancient Indians could have sent a detachment of men onto any planet, according to the document, which is thought to be thousands of years old. The manuscripts were also said to reveal the secret of "antima;" "the cap of invisibility" and "garima;" "how to become as heavy as a mountain of lead." Recall the modern day invisibility suits and the traditions of jinn invisibility.

Indian scientists did not take the texts very seriously, but then became more positive about the value of them when the Chinese announced that they were including certain parts of the data for study in their space program. This was one of the first instances of a government admitting to be researching anti-gravity.

The manuscripts did not say definitely that interplanetary travel was ever made but did mention, of all things, a planned trip to the Moon, though it is not clear whether this trip was actually carried out. However, one of the great Indian epics, the Ramayana, does have a highly detailed story in it of a trip to the moon in a Vimana (or "Astra"), and in fact details a battle on the moon with an "Asvin" or "Atlantean airship."

The so-called "Rama Empire" of Northern India and Pakistan developed at least fifteen thousand years ago on the Indian sub-continent and was a nation of many large, sophisticated cities, many of which are still to be found in the deserts of Pakistan, northern, and western India. Rama existed, apparently, parallel to the Atlantean civilization in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, and was ruled by "enlightened Priest-Kings" who governed the cities, The seven greatest capital cities of Rama were known in classical Hindu texts as "The Seven Rishi Cities."

According to ancient Indian texts, the people had flying machines which were called "Vimanas." The ancient Indian epic describes a Vimana as a bi-level, circular aircraft with portholes and a dome, much as we would imagine a flying saucer.

It flew with the "speed of the wind" and gave forth a "melodious sound." Interesting to correlate are the Ahadith about Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal that state that "He will travel fast like wind behind clouds."

There were at least four different types of Vimanas; some saucer shaped, others like long cylinders. The ancient Indian texts on Vimanas are so numerous, it would take volumes to relate what they had to say. The ancient Indians, who manufactured these ships themselves, wrote entire flight manuals on the control of the various types of Vimanas, many of which are still in existence, and some have even been translated into English.

Are we to imagine that they went to such lengths to document technology that did not in fact exist?

The Samara Sutradhara is a scientific treatise dealing with every possible angle of air travel in a Vimana. There are 230 stanzas dealing with the construction, take-off, cruising for thousand of miles, normal and forced landings, and even possible collisions with birds. In 1875, the Vaimanika Sastra, a fourth century B.C. text written by Bharadvajy the Wise, using even older texts as his source, was rediscovered in a temple in India. It dealt with the operation of Vimanas and included information on the steering, precautions for long flights, protection of the airships from storms and lightening and how to switch the drive to "solar energy" from a free energy source.

The Vaimanika Sastra (or Vymaanika-Shaastra) has eight chapters with diagrams, describing three types of aircraft, including apparatuses that could neither catch on fire nor break. It also mentions 31 essential parts of these vehicles and 16 materials from which they are constructed, which absorb light and heat; for which reason they were considered suitable for the construction of Vimanas. This document has been translated into English and is available by writing the publisher: "Vymaanidashaastra Aeronautics" by Maharishi Bharadwaaja, translated into English and edited, printed and published by Mr. G. R. Josyer, Mysore, India, 1979. Mr. Josyer is the director of the International Academy of Sanskrit Investigation located in Mysore.

There seems to be no doubt that Vimanas were powered by some sort of "anti-gravity." Vimanas took off vertically, and were capable of hovering in the sky, like a modern helicopter or dirigible. Bharadvajy the Wise refers to no less than 70 authorities and 10 experts of air travel in antiquity. These sources are now lost.

Vimanas were kept in a Vimana Griha, a kind of hanger, and were sometimes said to be propelled by a yellowish-white liquid, and sometimes by some sort of mercury compound, though writers seem confused in this matter. It is most likely that the later writers on Vimanas, wrote as observers and from earlier texts, and were understandably confused on the principle of their propulsion. The "yellowish white liquid" sounds suspiciously like gasoline, and perhaps Vimanas had a number of different propulsion sources, including combustion engines and even "pulse-jet" engines. It is interesting to note, that the Nazis developed the first practical pulse-jet engines for their V-8 rocket "buzz bombs." Hitler and the Nazi staff were exceptionally interested in ancient India and Tibet and sent expeditions to both these places yearly, starting in the 30's, in order to gather esoteric evidence that they did so, and perhaps it was from these people that the Nazis gained some of their scientific information!

Adolf Hitler was also a member of the Freemasonic "Thule," society, which believed that a tall, bluish race of extraterrestrials lived within the Earth.

Hitler was also reported to have often awakened in the middle of the night screaming in terror , claiming that a "blue man" was standing in his room, though his aids never saw any such individual at any time.

According to the Dronaparva, part of the Mahabarata, and the Ramayana, one Vimana described was shaped like a sphere and born along at great speed on a mighty wind generated by mercury. It moved like a UFO, going up, down, backwards and forewords as the pilot desired. In another Indian source, the Samar, Vimanas were "iron machines, well-knit and smooth, with a charge of mercury that shot out of the back in the form of a roaring flame." Another work called the Samaranganasutradhara describes how the vehicles were constructed. It is possible that mercury did have something to do with the propulsion, or more possibly, with the guidance system. Curiously, Soviet scientists have discovered what they call "age-old instruments used in navigating cosmic vehicles" in caves in Turkestan and the Gobi Desert. The "devices" are hemispherical objects of glass or porcelain, ending in a cone with a drop of mercury inside.

It is evident that ancient Jinn in India flew around in these vehicles, all over Asia, to "Atlantis" (or its equivalent) presumably; and even, apparently, to South America. Writing found at Mohenjodaro in Pakistan (presumed to be one of the "Seven Rishi Cities of the Rama Empire") and still undeciphered, has also been found on Easter Island. Writing on Easter Island, called Rongo-Rongo writing, is also undeciphered, and is uncannily similar to the Mohenjodaro script.

"Bhima flew along in his car, resplendent as the sun and loud as thunder... The flying chariot shone like a flame in the night sky of summer ... it swept by like a comet... It was as if two suns were shining. Then the chariot rose up and all the heaven brightened."

Compare this to the allegorical description of the second Book of Kings.

"And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both asunder; and Eliyahu went up by a whirlwind into Shamayim." Melekhim Beyt (II Kings) 2:11

וַיְהִי, הֵמָּה הֹלְכִים הָלוֹךְ וְדַבֵּר, וְהִנֵּה רֶכֶב-אֵשׁ וְסוּסֵי אֵשׁ, וַיַּפְרִדוּ בֵּין שְׁנֵיהֶם; וַיַּעַל, אֵלִיָּהוּ, בַּסְעָרָה, הַשָּׁמָיִם.

It does not serve to reason that there were literally "horses of fire" since horses are terrestrial beings, and not "heavenly." Thus we should reason that the "horses" of fire are those aspects of the "flying chariot" that served its propulsion. "Horses of fire" could then easily be rendered "engines" had the author being technologically informed as to what this was. Correlative to this, we still refer to an engine's "horse power."

"And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire flashing up, so that a brightness was round about it; and out of the midst thereof as the color of electrum, out of the midst of the fire." - Ezeqiel 1:4

וָאֵרֶא וְהִנֵּה רוּחַ סְעָרָה בָּאָה מִן-הַצָּפוֹן, עָנָן גָּדוֹל וְאֵשׁ מִתְלַקַּחַת, וְנֹגַהּ לוֹ, סָבִיב; וּמִתּוֹכָהּ--כְּעֵין הַחַשְׁמַל, מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ.

In the Mahavira of Bhavabhuti, a Jain text of the eighth century culled from older texts and traditions, we read: "An aerial chariot, the Pushpaka, conveys many people to the capital of Ayodhya. The sky is full of stupendous flying-machines, dark as night, but picked out by lights with a yellowish glare."

The Vedas, ancient Hindu poems, thought to be the oldest of all the Indian texts, describe Vimanas of various shapes and sizes: the "ahnihotra-vimana" with two engines, the "elephant-vimana" with more engines, and other types named after the kingfisher, ibis and other animals.

The Jinn "gods" of Egypt

Osiris (Iblis), the father of Horus (Al-Masih ad-Dajjal), who is blind in the right eye.

According to legend, "Osiris" was born in Thebes, the son of the earth-god "Geb" and the sky-goddess "Nut;" upon birth a loud voice was said to have proclaimed at his birth the coming of the universal lord. He was recognized by his grandfather Ra as the heir to his throne, which he assumed after his father Geb retired to the heavens, taking his sister "Isis" as his queen.

Osiris was a just and well-loved ruler and Lawgiver of Egypt. His brother "Set" (the "god" of the desert), who was in fact Set ibn Adam (as), supposedly envied his power and favor, and contrived to entrap him. While Osiris was abroad with his adviser Tahuti, instructing the men of other lands in agriculture and religion, his wife Isis ruled Egypt in his place.

Note the correlation of agriculture as the Yazidi's claim that their "Malak Ta'us" created the domestic grain; something which modern science is at a loss to explain the creation of by ancient and primitive hunter-gatherer tribes (when modern people can still not replicate it).

Additionally, it was said that besides agriculture, this "Osiris" was traveling abroad to teach religion. Recall the quote from Plato about how his chief "god" lived inside the Earth and was "the interpreter of all religion."

Set seized upon Osiris' absence to make a sarcophagus of the precise dimensions to accommodate his brother's body. Set then arranged for a great feast in honor of his brother's return. After all had had their fill of drink, Set produced the richly ornamented sarcophagus, and offered possession of it to anyone who could fit inside it. Osiris, being greedy and dimwitted, accepted the offer, and as soon as he had laid down in the sarcophagus, Set slammed the lid shut, locked it, and with the assistance of his seventy-two comrades, hauled if off and threw it in the Nile, which carried it away. Set then claimed the throne of Egypt.

According to the mythization of actual history, after a lengthy search, Isis recovered the sarcophagus, and hid it away. However, Set discovered it - he seized the body of Osiris, cut it into fourteen pieces and scattered them all over Egypt. Isis set forth in a reed boat to recover the pieces, and succeeded in finding all but one, the penis, which had been devoured by a fish. With the assistance of her sister Nephthys, her nephew "Anubis" and "Tahuti," she reassembled them, binding them together in the wrappings of a mummy.

Isis then begat a son, Horus using the body of her dead husband. There appears to be reference to a reengineering of Osiris as Horus in some manner. It is for this reason that Horus is considered both the son of Osiris and Osiris himself. To avenge the death of his father, Horus set out to make war against Set. The battle was fierce, and Set was said to have blinded the right eye of Horus. Nevertheless, Horus managed to survive in the end; but as he was about to kill his enemy, Isis intervened and allowed Set to escape.

Horus claimed the throne of his father which had been re-appropriated by Set, then resolved to find his father's corpse and restore him to life. Isis recovered the 14 scattered parts of his dismembered body and restored him to life. One of the most important aspects of this legend is the notion that Osiris remained in the underworld as king, while his posthumous son Horus became king of the living. Under the direction of Tahuti, he recited a series of incantations over his father's body and embraced him, transferring to him his own vitality. Accordingly, he then gave him his eye, which Set had previously torn from his face. Upon eating the eye, Osiris recovered his consciousness, and arose as Monarch of the Dead and Lord of the Underworld.

Notes: Budge, Sir E.A. Wallis; The Gods of the Egyptians [1904], Dover, NY 1969

Bullfinch, Thomas; The Age of Fable, 1855; republished by Mentor, New York 1962

Forlong, J.G.R.; Faiths of Man, a Cyclopaedia of Religions [Bernard Quaritch, 1906], University Books, NY 1964

Herodotus; The Histories [c. 430 b.c.e.], transl. by Aubrey de Sélincourt [1954]; revised, with an introduction and notes by A.R. Burn; Penguin, London 1972

Meyer, Marvin W.; The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook, Harper Collins, San Francisco 1987

Nagel, Georges; "The `Mysteries' of Osiris in Ancient Egypt" [1944] in The Mysteries, Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Bollingen Series ###.2, edited by Joseph Campbell, Princeton/Bollingen, Princeton NJ 1955/1978

Plutarch; "On Isis and Osiris (De Iside et Osiride)" transl. by Frank Cole Babbitt, in Plutarch's Moralia, Vol. V, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1969

Viaud, J.; "Egyptian Mythology" in The New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, Hamlyn, NY 1959/1968

Zimmerman, J.E.; Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Harper & Row, NY 1964

In Egyptian mythology Horus was the god of light who personified the life-giving power of the Sun. He was usually represented as a falcon-headed man wearing a sun disk as a crown. Again recall the words of `Isa al-Masih (as) who warned that our Adversary comes to us as "an Angel of Light."

Horus was the child of Osiris and Isis and supposedly the brother of Set. According to legends, he avenged his father's murder by martyring Set or alternatively being judged to be in the right by the gods and becoming the ruler of Egypt. Since Horus is in fact a composite of Qabil and his descendant Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal, we know that "Set" was NOT killed but rather was judged to be in the wrong by the so-called "gods" of Egypt, who were in actuality jinn.

Set was said to be the son either of Nut and Geb or of Nut and Ra, and the brother of Isis, Osiris and Nephthys. Nephthys was sometimes given as his consort, although he is more commonly associated with the foreign, Semitic goddesses Astarte and Anat. This is not mere coincidence that he is called the "god of the desert," and bears the name of the desert dwelling son, and legitimate heir of Adam (as).  It is worthy of note that the pig was taboo in Set's religion, lending more credence to the notion of him being the successor of Adam an-Nabi (as).

For a while during the third millennium B.C.E., Seth replaced Horus as the guardian of the pharaohs. When the story of Set's murder of Osiris and his eighty year war against Horus gained currency, Horus was restored to his preeminence. This fact is note that the identification of Set as evil or good was in dispute and did change depending on whether the rule of Egypt was serving Iblis or serving our Rabb.

Osiris/Iblis taking time out to get a back rub from two of his human chattle slaves. It's hard work taking over the world, enslaving an entire species and trying to invade a distant solar system.

The worship of Horus was brought from the outside by neighboring tribes who invaded and then settled into Egypt. He was their god of war, but was quickly absorbed into the state religion, first as a son of Ra, then changing to become the son of Osiris. Thus, it was  that the masses were, in actuality, largely ignorant of his TRUE parentage.

The Debt

"And the YHWH Elohim said unto the woman: 'What is this you have done?' And the woman said: 'The Nachash beguiled me, and I did eat.'" Sefer Ha'Berashit (Genesis) 3:13

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים לָאִשָּׁה, מַה-זֹּאת עָשִׂית; וַתֹּאמֶר, הָאִשָּׁה, הַנָּחָשׁ הִשִּׁיאַנִי, וָאֹכֵל.

The Hebrew Genesis is rife with plays on words that are not translated into English. This Hebrew word for serpent, nachash (נָחָשׁ), also means "copper" or "brass," as in the play on words in the story of the fiery serpent, made of brass, that Moses set up in the desert (Numbers 21:9). Copper was money, the common metal of currency throughout the civilized world. Copper was also symbolic of Venus in ancient astrology. Venus, the "Morning Star," is said to represent Iblis in mythology; both being feiry. Furthermore, copper is the metal of the Cobra.

Nechesh (נִחֵשׁ) means to speculate, to deceive, or guess; drawing our minds to gambling in all its forms, including the most modern and widespread and socially acceptable form, known as market speculation or market timing.

The above word for deceive, nasha, means both "to deceive" and "to lend money on interest" or "to be a creditor." The related word, nashak (נָשַׁךְ), means both "snakebite" and "to lend money on interest!" Islam of course is notorious for prohibiting interest.

Hence, Sefer Ha'Berashit 3:13 could also be translated both as "The serpent bit me" and "the serpent gave me a loan!" Throughout the Tanakh, it is clear that the Serpent represents the Lender and Borrower, the Creditor and Debtor.

The book of Ayub (as) speaks of Leviathan as a fire-breathing Serpent or Dragon:

"Firebrands stream from his mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.

Smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth." Job 41:11-13

מִפִּיו, לַפִּידִים יַהֲלֹכוּ;    כִּידוֹדֵי אֵשׁ, יִתְמַלָּטוּ.מִנְּחִירָיו, יֵצֵא עָשָׁן--    כְּדוּד נָפוּחַ וְאַגְמֹן. נַפְשׁוֹ, גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט;    וְלַהַב, מִפִּיו יֵצֵא.

Playing on the Greek notion of the seven headed "Hydra" - who once one head was cut of it would grow back two-fold - the Book of Revelation refers to this Leviathan as the "seven-headed serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world." Revelation 12:9

וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ אֶת־הַתַּנִּין הַגָּדוֹל הוּא הַנָּחָשׁ הַקַּדְמֹנִי אֲשֶׁר קָרְאוּ לוֹ שׂוֹטֵן וְשָׂטָן אֲשֶׁר הִדִּיחַ כָּל־ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־מַלְאָכָיו עִמּוֹ הִשְׁלִיכוּ אָרְצָה׃

The root of the word Leviathan is lavah (לָוָה), meaning "to bind" (through the idea of twisting), and "to lend or borrow." Lavah is also the root of Levi (לֵוִי ), the name of the Priests of the Bani Isra'il and the namesake of the third book of the Torah, Leviticus. Levi represents the binding Mosaic Law, the system of Credit and Debt.

Interestingly in `Arabic and Hebrew the term for religion is "Din" (דִּין ) meaning "Spiritual practice." If you change only the diacritical markings on the consonants, then you have the word "Dayn" which means debt. The implication is that we are in debt, and to repay that debt to Allah, one must partake in the "Din" or spiritual practice.

The Dajjal taught that one need not do this "for it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith, and this is not of works so that no man may boast." Yet if any were in debt to their Father a large sum of money, they would not say "i cannot repay such a large amount." The Father is aware of what you can and cannot repay. Yet He expects to receive some consistent payment of this debt.

So if the Father knows that you cannot repay one million dollars, He will nonetheless ask you to pay a set rate per month. You may die before that debt is repaid, but righteousness is repaying the rate that your Father has required of you. The rate of repayment of this debt is called Shariah, it is the Torah, it is the Religious Law that tells us, pay the Zakah tax to the poor, pay Khums to our Imam (atfs), pray Salah at the appointed times daily, fast during the daylight hours of Ramadan, enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, Strive in the Cause of Allah, and so on and so forth. These are those things which our "Father" requires of us in the repayment of the Dayn. It is these at a bare minimum which we must do if we wish to obey what He has commanded us in the repayment of this debt. Payment beyond this minimum is always received by our Father with pleasure, but it is not required.

So it is by the grace and mercy of Allah that we are only required to repay this Dayn through the Din, through the outlined Shariah that He has proscribed. Yet it is blasphemous folly to say that because we cannot necessarily repay what is owed, then we should not pay one cent. It is for this reason that `Isa Al-Masih (as) said:

"Therefore the Malkhut Ha'Shamayim (Kingdom of Heaven) is like a Certain King who wanted to settle accounts with his servants." Basar Ha'Mattityahu (Gospel of Matthew) 18:23

לָכֵן דָּמְתָה מַלְכוּת הַשָּׁמַיִם לְמֶלֶ אֲשֶׁר בִּקֵּשׁ חֶשְׁבּוֹן מִן־עֲבָדָיו׃

Isaiah (as) plays on this idea of the twisting, binding Leviathan, and he refers to him as the "nachash," the same word used in the Genesis myth:

"In that day YHWH will punish Leviathan the fleeing nachash, with Hu's fierce and great and mighty sword, even Leviathan the twisted nachash; and He will kill the tanniyn who lives in the sea. " Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 27:1

Isaiah was re-telling the ancient Canaanite myth of Ba'al defeating Seven-Headed Lotan. Leviathan is a Semitic variation of Lotan. In Ugaritic literature, it is stated:

"Though you did slay Lotan the fleeing serpent,

Did make an end of the twisting serpent,

The Foul-Fanged with Seven Heads."

The Canaanite "Lotan" is also referred to as "Tannim," like the "tanniyn" of Isaiah. Curiously, these other Hebrew words for dragon, tan, tanniyn and tannah, are akin to "tanah," which means "to bargain or hire," usually to hire for prostitution (the word used in Hoshea 8:9). In the Hitgalut L'Yochanan Ha'Talmid (Book of Revelation), the Prostitute sits on the Seven-Headed Dragon.

Indeed, other Tanakhi references to Leviathan refer to him as being multi-headed, clearly referring to the Canaanite Lotan:

"You divided the sea [yam] by Your strength; you broke the heads of the sea serpents [tanniynim] in the waters. You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness." Psalm 74:13-14

אַתָּה פוֹרַרְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ יָם;    שִׁבַּרְתָּ רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים, עַל-הַמָּיִם.  אַתָּה רִצַּצְתָּ, רָאשֵׁי לִוְיָתָן;    תִּתְּנֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל, לְעָם לְצִיִּים.

The idea of conquering Yam, the Sea God, is also a Canaanite myth. Yam may be one and the same as Lotan. The Greek Hydra is a variation of this Leviathan.

`Isa Al-Masih (as) alludes to the Seven-Headed Serpent when he says,

"The Queen of the South [Sheba, "Seven"] will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here. When an evil spirit comes out of a man, he goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then he says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When he arrives, he finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation." Matthew 12:42-45

מַלְכַּת תֵּימָן תָּקוּם בַּמִּשְׁפָּט עִם־הַדּוֹר הַזֶּה וְתַרְשִׁיעַ אֹתוֹ כִּי בָאָה מִקְצוֹת הָאָרֶץ לִשְׁמֹעַ חָכְמַת שְׁמֹה וְהִנֵּה יֶשְׁנוֹ בָזֶה גָּדוֹל מִשְּׁמֹה׃

וְרוּחַ הַטֻּמְאָה בְּצֵאתָהּ מִן־הָאָדָם תְּשׁוֹטֵט בְּאֶרֶץ תַּלְאוּבֹת תְּבַקֵּשׁ וְא־תִמְצָא מַרְגֵּעָה׃

אָז תֹּאמַר אָשׁוּבָה אֶל־מִשְׁכָּנִי אֲשֶׁר יָצָאתִי מִשָּׁם וּבְשׁוּבָהּ תִּמְצָאֶנּוּ רֵק מִבְּלִי יֹשֵׁב וּמְנֻקֶּה וּמְפֹאָר׃

אָז תֵּלֵ וְלָקְחָה לָּהּ שֶׁבַע רוּחוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת רָעוֹת מִמֶּנָּה וּבָאוּ וְשָׁכְנוּ שָׁם וְהָיְתָה אַחֲרִית הָאִישׁ הַהוּא רָעָה מֵרֵאשִׁיתוֹ וְכֵן יִהְיֶה לַדּוֹר הָרָע הַזֶּה׃

Destroy one thing and seven replace it. The Leviathan of seven-fold-returns represents compounded interest. It represents payback, vengeance, lending and borrowing. The first reference to this idea is in the story of Qabil and Habil. After Qabil killed Habil, this seemingly enigmatic statement was made:

"And YHWH said unto him: 'Therefore whosoever slays Qayin, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.' And YHWH set a sign for Qayin, lest any finding him should smite him." Genesis 4:15

וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יְהוָה, לָכֵן כָּל-הֹרֵג קַיִן, שִׁבְעָתַיִם, יֻקָּם; וַיָּשֶׂם יְהוָה לְקַיִן אוֹת, לְבִלְתִּי הַכּוֹת-אֹתוֹ כָּל-מֹצְאוֹ.

The compounded interest keeps compounding. Qayin's descendent, Lamech, of the Seventh Generation from Adam, makes this statement:

"If Qayin shall be avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold." Genesis 4:24

כִּי שִׁבְעָתַיִם, יֻקַּם-קָיִן; וְלֶמֶךְ, שִׁבְעִים וְשִׁבְעָה.

The word Qayin (קַיִן) is a play on the Hebrew word qena (קִנֵּא), which means both "jealous" and "to purchase." The Hebrew words for wealth and merchandise come from this root. For example, the word "Canaanite" or "kena'ani (כְנַעֲנִי) means "merchant". Zakariyah (as) stated,

"Yea, every pot in Yerushalayim and in Y'hudah shall be holy unto the YHWH Ha'Tzabaot (YHWH of the Armies); and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein; and in that day there shall no longer be a kena'ani (merchant) in the house of the YHWH Ha'Tzabaot." Z'khariyah 14:21

וְהָיָה כָּל-סִיר בִּירוּשָׁלִַם וּבִיהוּדָה, קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה צְבָאוֹת, וּבָאוּ כָּל-הַזֹּבְחִים, וְלָקְחוּ מֵהֶם וּבִשְּׁלוּ בָהֶם; וְלֹא-יִהְיֶה כְנַעֲנִי עוֹד בְּבֵית-יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא.

In the Basar Ha'Mattityahu 21:12-13, `Isa Al-Masih (as) drives the merchants from the temple, acting out the above statement.

Nachash Ha'Ammoni

"Then Nachash Ha'Ammoni came up, and encamped against Yabesh-Gilead: and all the men of Yabesh said unto Nachash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you." Sh'muel Alef (1st Samuel) 11:1

וַיַּעַל, נָחָשׁ הָעַמּוֹנִי, וַיִּחַן, עַל-יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד; וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל-אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ, אֶל-נָחָשׁ, כְּרָת-לָנוּ בְרִית, וְנַעַבְדֶךָּ.

These sound like quite cruel terms of surrender. To say this would be a reproach, that it would be humiliating is an understatement, but from the Ammonites perspective, it served several purposes.

In those days, warriors held their shields with their left hand and so the left eye was generally covered. A soldier would try to shield as much of his face as possible, so that only the right eye was used primarily on offense. So if the Bani Isra'il had their right eyes plucked out, it would be very difficult for them to wage any kind of effective warfare, but they could still see well enough with one eye to be able to be servants for the Ammonim. That's the strategy of Nachash and his Ammonim here.

Let us look symbolically at a couple of the elements in the story. First, it must be remembered that in the Tanakh, the left side stands for judgment and the right side symbolizes mercy and blessing. Secondly, this leader of the Ammonim has a revealing, and unusual name: "Nachash." Meaning "serpent," and it is the same word found in Sefer Ha'Berashit (Genesis) 3 which was the tempter in the Garden of `Eden. So here in Sh'muel Alef, symbolically, we have the serpent wanting to take away the right eyes of all the men of Israel. Why?..... So that Israel would be partially blind!

"And Nachash Ha'Ammoni answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Yisrael."

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם, נָחָשׁ הָעַמּוֹנִי, בְּזֹאת אֶכְרֹת לָכֶם, בִּנְקוֹר לָכֶם כָּל-עֵין יָמִין; וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ חֶרְפָּה, עַל-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל.

The correlation with Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal is almost too obvious to need mentioning.

The Refaim and the Tribe of Benyamin

"Benyamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Achrach the third, Nochah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera , and Avihud, and Avishua, and Na`aman, and Achoach, and Gera , and Shefufan, and Churam. These are the sons of Echud: these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geva, and they carried them captive to Manachat: and Na`aman, and Achiyah, and Gera , he carried them captive: and he became the father of Uzza and Achichud. Shacharayim became the father of children in the field of Mo'av, after he had sent them away; Chushim and Ba`ara were his wives. He became the father of Chodesh his wife, Yovav, and Tzivyah, and Mesha, and Malkam, and Ye`utz, and Sokhyah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses. Of Chushim he became the father of Avituv and Elpa`al. The sons of Elpa`al: `Ever, and Mish`am, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns of it; and Beri`ah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Ayalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gat; and Achyo, Shashak, and Yeremot, and Zevadyah, and `Arad, and `Eder, and Mikha'el, and Yishpah, and Yocha, the sons of Beri`ah, and Zevadyah, and Meshullam, and Chizki, and Chever, and Ishmerai, and Yizli'ah, and Yovav, the sons of Elpa`al, and Yakim, and Zikhri, and Zavdi, and Eli`esenai, and Tzilletai, and Eli'el, and `Adayah, and Berayah, and Shimrat, the sons of Shim`i, and Yishpan, and `Ever, and Eli'el, and `Avdon, and Zikhri, and Chanan, and Chananyah, and `Elam, and `Antotiyah, and Yifdeyah, and Penu'el, the sons of Shashak, and Shamsherai, and Shecharyah, and `Atalyah, and Ya`areshyah, and Eliyahu, and Zikhri, the sons of Yerocham. These were heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men: these lived in Yerushalayim. In Giv`on there lived the father of Giv`on, Ye`i'el, whose wife's name was Ma`akhah; and his firstborn son `Avdon, and Tzur, and Kish, and Ba`al, and Nadav, and Gedor, and Achyo, and Zekher. Miklot became the father of Shim`a. They also lived with their brothers in Yerushalayim, over against their brothers." Divre HaYamim Alef (1 Chronicles) 8:1-32  

The Torah claims that Binyamin was the favorite son of Ya'qob (as). However, the tribe of Benjamin was considered particularly warlike. To this tribe belonged Sha'ul the imposter king of Yisrael; the one appointed by men, not Allah. The symbol of the tribe was the wolf, a predatory animal. The biblical phrase on the tab reads, "Benyamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey." Sefer Ha'Berashit (Genesis) 49:27

בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב יִטְרָף, בַּבֹּקֶר יֹאכַל עַד; וְלָעֶרֶב, יְחַלֵּק שָׁלָל.

It is written in Berashit (Genesis) 35:11: "And El said to him, 'I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply, a nation and a congregation of nations shall descend from you, and kings shall issue from your loins."

וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אֱלֹהִים אֲנִי אֵל שַׁדַּי, פְּרֵה וּרְבֵה--גּוֹי וּקְהַל גּוֹיִם, יִהְיֶה מִמֶּךָּ; וּמְלָכִים, מֵחֲלָצֶיךָ יֵצֵאוּ.

Yet at this time Binyamin had not yet been born. So the Tribes of the Bani Isra'il said to each other:

"Now the men of Yisrael had sworn in Mizpah, saying: 'There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benyamin to wife.'" Shoftim (Judges) 21:1

וְאִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל, נִשְׁבַּע בַּמִּצְפָּה לֵאמֹר:  אִישׁ מִמֶּנּוּ, לֹא-יִתֵּן בִּתּוֹ לְבִנְיָמִן לְאִשָּׁה.

But they retracted, and said, "If Benyamin would not be counted among the Tribes, the Holy One, Blessed is Hu, would not have said to Ya'qob, 'And kings shall issue from your loins.'" (Rashi) So these "kings" were considered to be Sha'ul and Ish Bosheth who were from the Tribe of Benyamin who was not yet born. Yet the Qur'an clarifies that the first king of Isra'il was not Sha'ul, but rather "Gideon," as appointed by Allah, not man.

Talut is not Sha'ul

"Then YHWH said to Gideon, 'The people are still too many; bring them down to the water and I will test them for you there. Therefore it shall be that he of whom I say to you, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go with you; but everyone of whom I say to you, 'This one shall not go with you,' he shall not go." 5 So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, 'You shall separate everyone who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, as well as everyone who kneels to drink.' Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water. And YHWH said to Gideon, 'I will deliver you with the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his home.' 8 So the 300 men took the people's provisions and their trumpets into their hands. And Gideon sent all the other men of Israel, each to his tent, but retained the 300 men and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley." Sofetim  (Judges) 7:5-7

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-גִּדְעוֹן, עוֹד הָעָם רָב, הוֹרֵד אוֹתָם אֶל-הַמַּיִם, וְאֶצְרְפֶנּוּ לְךָ שָׁם; וְהָיָה אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ זֶה יֵלֵךְ אִתָּךְ, הוּא יֵלֵךְ אִתָּךְ, וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר-אֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ זֶה לֹא-יֵלֵךְ עִמָּךְ, הוּא לֹא יֵלֵךְ. וַיּוֹרֶד אֶת-הָעָם, אֶל-הַמָּיִם; וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-גִּדְעוֹן, כֹּל אֲשֶׁר-יָלֹק בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ מִן-הַמַּיִם כַּאֲשֶׁר יָלֹק הַכֶּלֶב תַּצִּיג אוֹתוֹ לְבָד, וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר-יִכְרַע עַל-בִּרְכָּיו, לִשְׁתּוֹת. וַיְהִי, מִסְפַּר הַמְלַקְקִים בְּיָדָם אֶל-פִּיהֶם--שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת, אִישׁ; וְכֹל יֶתֶר הָעָם, כָּרְעוּ עַל-בִּרְכֵיהֶם לִשְׁתּוֹת מָיִם. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-גִּדְעוֹן, בִּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת הָאִישׁ הַמְלַקְקִים אוֹשִׁיעַ אֶתְכֶם, וְנָתַתִּי אֶת-מִדְיָן, בְּיָדֶךָ; וְכָל-הָעָם--יֵלְכוּ, אִישׁ לִמְקֹמוֹ. וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת-צֵדָה הָעָם בְּיָדָם וְאֵת שׁוֹפְרֹתֵיהֶם, וְאֵת כָּל-אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל שִׁלַּח אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו, וּבִשְׁלֹשׁ-מֵאוֹת הָאִישׁ, הֶחֱזִיק; וּמַחֲנֵה מִדְיָן, הָיָה לוֹ מִתַּחַת בָּעֵמֶק.

This passage is quite significant, as we are told that Al-Qa'im (atfs) will Rise with 313; one the Mahdi himself, another his Wazir and 11 in their Inner Circle. The remainder is composed of 300, 50 of which are Mujahidaat. It is also significant that there are "Sufi" Ahadith that tell of there only being 300 true Sufi's at any given time. The 300 referred to in the Tanakh represent the necessity of quality over quantity. Time and time again Allah says that there are still too many, that the wheat needs further to be separated from chaff, that the gold need be refined by fire, purging those who lack discipline and inner strength from the true Mu'minin. It is these who are prophesied of the Mahdi (atfs) in the Tanakh:

"Blow the horn in Tzion, and sound an alarm in My Holy Mountain; let all the inhabitants of the Land tremble; for the Day of YHWH comes, for it is at hand; A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spread upon the mountains; a great people and a mighty, there has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations. A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame blazes; the land is as the Garden of `Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing escapes them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run. Like the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a mighty people set in battle array. At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces have gathered blackness. They run like mighty men, they climb the wall like men of war; and they move on every one in his ways, and they entangle not their paths. Neither does one thrust another, they march every one in his highway; and they break through the weapons, and suffer no harm. They leap upon the city, they run upon the wall, they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief. Before them the earth quakes, the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining. And YHWH utters Hu's Voice before Hu's Army; for Hu's camp is very great, for he is mighty that executes Hu's word; for great is the Day of YHWH and very terrible; and who can abide it?" Yo'el (Joel) 2:1-11

תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בְּצִיּוֹן, וְהָרִיעוּ בְּהַר קָדְשִׁי--יִרְגְּזוּ, כֹּל יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ:  כִּי בָא יוֹם יְהוָה, כִּי קָרוֹב.  יוֹם חֹשֶׁךְ וַאֲפֵלָה, יוֹם עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל, כְּשַׁחַר, פָּרֻשׂ עַל הֶהָרִים; עַם, רַב וְעָצוּם--כָּמֹהוּ לֹא נִהְיָה מִן הָעוֹלָם, וְאַחֲרָיו לֹא יוֹסֵף עַד שְׁנֵי דּוֹר וָדוֹר.  לְפָנָיו אָכְלָה אֵשׁ, וְאַחֲרָיו תְּלַהֵט לֶהָבָה; כְּגַן עֵדֶן הָאָרֶץ לְפָנָיו, וְאַחֲרָיו מִדְבַּר שְׁמָמָה, וְגַם פְּלֵיטָה, לֹא הָיְתָה לּוֹ.  כְּמַרְאֵה סוּסִים, מַרְאֵהוּ; וּכְפָרָשִׁים, כֵּן יְרוּצוּן.  כְּקוֹל מַרְכָּבוֹת, עַל רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים יְרַקֵּדוּן--כְּקוֹל לַהַב אֵשׁ, אֹכְלָה קָשׁ; כְּעַם עָצוּם, עֱרוּךְ מִלְחָמָה.  מִפָּנָיו, יָחִילוּ עַמִּים; כָּל פָּנִים, קִבְּצוּ פָארוּר.  כְּגִבּוֹרִים יְרֻצוּן, כְּאַנְשֵׁי מִלְחָמָה יַעֲלוּ חוֹמָה; וְאִישׁ בִּדְרָכָיו יֵלֵכוּן, וְלֹא יְעַבְּטוּן אֹרְחוֹתָם.  וְאִישׁ אָחִיו לֹא יִדְחָקוּן, גֶּבֶר בִּמְסִלָּתוֹ יֵלֵכוּן; וּבְעַד הַשֶּׁלַח יִפֹּלוּ, לֹא יִבְצָעוּ.  בָּעִיר יָשֹׁקּוּ, בַּחוֹמָה יְרֻצוּן--בַּבָּתִּים, יַעֲלוּ; בְּעַד הַחַלּוֹנִים יָבֹאוּ, כַּגַּנָּב.  לְפָנָיו רָגְזָה אֶרֶץ, רָעֲשׁוּ שָׁמָיִם; שֶׁמֶשׁ וְיָרֵחַ קָדָרוּ, וְכוֹכָבִים אָסְפוּ נָגְהָם.  וַיהוָה, נָתַן קוֹלוֹ לִפְנֵי חֵילוֹ--כִּי רַב מְאֹד מַחֲנֵהוּ, כִּי עָצוּם עֹשֵׂה דְבָרוֹ:  כִּי גָדוֹל יוֹם יְהוָה וְנוֹרָא מְאֹד, וּמִי יְכִילֶנּוּ.

We must compare Softim (Judges) 7:5-7 with the Qur'an's Sura 2:249. Clearly only Gideon can be identified with Talut, not Sha'ul. Bear in mind that "Gideon" need not be considered the proper name of Talut (as). In Hebrew "Gideon" means simply "wood cutter." The Qur'an tells us of the physique of Talut (as) which would be logical to expect from a woodcutter.

"So when Talut departed with the forces, he said: Surely Allah will try you with a river; whoever then drinks from it, he is not of me, and whoever does not taste of it, he is surely of me, except he who takes with his hand as much of it as fills the hand; but with the exception of a few of them they drank from it. So when he had crossed it, he and those who believed with him, they said: We have today no power against Jalut and his forces. Those who were sure that they would meet their Rabb said: How often has a small party vanquished a numerous host by Allah's permission, and Allah is with the patient." Al-Qur'an, Sura 2:249

فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِالْجُنُودِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُم بِنَهَرٍ فَمَن شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي وَمَن لَّمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي إِلاَّ مَنِ اغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةً بِيَدِهِ فَشَرِبُواْ مِنْهُ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً مِّنْهُمْ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ هُوَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ مَعَهُ قَالُواْ لاَ طَاقَةَ لَنَا الْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنودِهِ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلاَقُو اللّهِ كَم مِّن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةً بِإِذْنِ اللّهِ وَاللّهُ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ

In Sh'muel Alef 10:17-27, we read how Sha'ul is made king and we find that the majority of people are very pleased to receive him as king (Sh'muel Alef 10:24). Only a very small minority of a few trouble makers despised him (Sh'muel Alef 10:27). In the Qur'an, Sura 2:247 it looks as if most (of the leaders) rejected his authority and appointment as king.

"And their Nabi (Prophet) said to them: 'Surely Allah has raised Talut to be a king over you.' They said: 'How can he hold kingship over us while we have a greater right to kingship than he, and he has not been granted an abundance of wealth?' He said: 'Surely Allah has chosen him in preference to you, and He has increased him abundantly in knowledge and physique, and Allah grants His kingdom to whom He pleases, and Allah is Amplegiving, Knowing.'"

وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ اللّهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ لَكُمْ طَالُوتَ مَلِكًا قَالُوَاْ أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِالْمُلْكِ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِّنَ الْمَالِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللّهَ اصْطَفَاهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَزَادَهُ بَسْطَةً فِي الْعِلْمِ وَالْجِسْمِ وَاللّهُ يُؤْتِي مُلْكَهُ مَن يَشَاء وَاللّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

The Qur'an declares the return of the Ark to the Israelites to be the sign of Allah's election of Talut as king. Indeed, the Ark was captured at some time by the Philistines (Sh'muel Alef 5), but the ark had been returned (Sh'muel Alef 6) long before Sha'ul became king (Sh'muel Alef 10).

According to Sh'muel Alef 7:2, the Ark had come back to Israel over 20 years before the events in chapter 7 happen, and only after that, Israel asks for an elected king, rather than the Divinely appointed Gideon (Sh'muel Alef 8:1-5). The Ark was continually in Israel's possession long before and all the time throughout Sha'ul's reign. This is the first detail of the historical compressions in this account.

In at many respects Sha'ul correlates with Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal: Almost the first thing told us about Sha'ul is that he was "from his shoulders and upward higher than any of the people" (Sh'muel Alef  9:2, which is repeated in 10:23). Thus, it is not said that he is merely "taller" than the masses, but that from the "shoulders and up" he is higher, often taken as meaning Sha'ul was king of Isra'il (Sh'muel Alef  10:24). However, quite clearly, a literal understanding of his height would make sense in light of his jinni origins. As well, the Bani Isra'il were reputedly shorter and stockier than many of these surrounding tribes. This was well known even in the days of Muhammad (sal) who foretold the stature of Imam al-Mahdi (atfs) as being similar to that of the Bani Isra'il. Thus, the juxtaposition of Sha'ul's height to his subjects is a hint at his origins not actually being of the Bani Isra'il at all. Sha'ul of course, like Bulus ad-Dajjal, claimed descent from the Tribe of Benyamin. Moreover, Sha'ul was acting as a priest-king, blatantly performing the office of the Levite (see Sh'muel Alef 13:9, and Ezekiel 21:25,26).

The time of his reign was immediately before that of Dawud (as), as that of the Dajjal will immediately precede that of "Mashiach Ben David" the rightful King of Isra'il. He was a mighty warrior (see 1 Samuel 11:11; 13:1-4; 15:4; 7:8). He was a rebel against Allah (Sh'muel Alef 15:11). Sh'muel Alef 18:7,8,11; 26:2, etc. all bear witness to his hatred of Dawud an-Nabi (as). He slew the servants of Allah (Sh'muel Alef 22:17,18). He had intercourse with the powers of evil (Sh'muel Alef 29). He allegedly died by the sword (Sh'muel Alef 31:4), as the Dajjal is destined to die at the hands of `Isa Al-Masih (atfs) - May Allah hasten that day!

So in the same way that the Greeks called the enigmatic figure they knew as "Hades" by this same name as their underworld, the Bani Israil (as) also called Hades "Sheol" and called the Dajjal by the name "Sha'ul." This occurred when he manifested under this name in the Tanakh as the so-called "Sha'ul HaMelekh" or "King Saul" (who, again, is NOT Talut in the Qur'an), as well as when he manifested as "Sha'ul Ha'Parushi" or "Saul the Pharisee."

In BOTH cases he claimed to be of the Tribe of Binyamin, EVEN THOUGH it is a historical fact that 2,000 years ago there was no longer any such distinct Tribe of Benyamin. Thus for Paul to have claimed to be Benyamini 2,000 years ago, he was in fact subtly claiming to be a MUCH MORE ancient figure.

The Valley of the Refaim

"And the P'lishtim (Philistines) came up yet again, and spread themselves in the Emek Refaim." - Sh'muel Bet 5:22  

וַיֹּסִפוּ עוֹד פְּלִשְׁתִּים, לַעֲלוֹת; וַיִּנָּטְשׁוּ, בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִים.

Emek Refaim (עֵמֶק רְפָאִים) means "the lush/fertile valley of Refaim," which is near the location Dawud an-Nabi (as) called "Baalperazim" - which means "The Master Breaks Through" - because of his victory over them (Sh'muel Beyt 5:20; Divre HaYamim Alef 14:11). Called Mount Perazim (Yeshayahu 28:21)

"And David did so, as YHWH had commanded him; and smote the P'lishtim from Geba until you come to Gazer." - Sh'muel Beyt 5:25  

וַיַּעַשׂ דָּוִד כֵּן, כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּהוּ יְהוָה; וַיַּךְ, אֶת-פְּלִשְׁתִּים, מִגֶּבַע, עַד-בֹּאֲךָ גָזֶר.

Gazer, literally meaning "portion," was a Levitical city on the border of Efrayim. It was in the tribe of Benyamin, but the P'lishtim possessed it. The P'lishtim were themselves a later, conquering breed of Refaim. The "giant" Jalut is one of the indications of their identity. As well, we are told in Sh'muel Beyt that Jalut hated Dawud (as) because he was "dark and handsome" - thus presuming Jalut to be of pale, or perhaps even bluish complexion.

"He took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had in his waist; and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Pelishti. The Pelisti came on and drew near to David. And the man who bore the shield went before him. When the Pelishti looked around and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, and of [darker] ruddy [skin color]; and handsome." Sh'muel Alef 17:40-42

וַיִּקַּח מַקְלוֹ בְּיָדוֹ, וַיִּבְחַר-לוֹ חֲמִשָּׁה חַלֻּקֵי-אֲבָנִים מִן-הַנַּחַל וַיָּשֶׂם אֹתָם בִּכְלִי הָרֹעִים אֲשֶׁר-לוֹ וּבַיַּלְקוּט--וְקַלְעוֹ בְיָדוֹ; וַיִּגַּשׁ, אֶל-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי. וַיֵּלֶךְ, הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי, הֹלֵךְ וְקָרֵב, אֶל-דָּוִד; וְהָאִישׁ נֹשֵׂא הַצִּנָּה, לְפָנָיו. וַיַּבֵּט הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיִּרְאֶה אֶת-דָּוִד, וַיִּבְזֵהוּ:  כִּי-הָיָה נַעַר, וְאַדְמֹנִי עִם-יְפֵה מַרְאֶה.

"Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Sha'ul; and Sha'ul became the father of Yonatan, and Malki-Shua, and Avinadav, and Eshba`al. The son of Yonatan was Meriv-Ba`al; and Meriv-Ba`al became the father of Mikhah. The sons of Mikhah: Piton, and Melekh, and Ta'rea, and Achaz. Achaz became the father of Yeho`addah; and Yeho`addah became the father of `Alemet, and `Azmavet, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Motzah. Motzah became the father of Bin`a; Rafah was his son, El`asah his son, Atzel his son. Atzel had six sons, whose names are these: `Azrikam, Bokhru, and Yishma'el, and She`aryah, and `Ovadyah, and Chanan. All these were the sons of Atzel. The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Ye`ush the second, and Elifelet the third. The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Binyamin." Divre HaYamim Alef (1 Chronicles) 8:33-40

וְנֵר הוֹלִיד אֶת-קִישׁ, וְקִישׁ הוֹלִיד אֶת-שָׁאוּל; וְשָׁאוּל, הוֹלִיד אֶת-יְהוֹנָתָן וְאֶת-מַלְכִּישׁוּעַ, וְאֶת-אֲבִינָדָב, וְאֶת-אֶשְׁבָּעַל.  וּבֶן-יְהוֹנָתָן, מְרִיב בָּעַל; וּמְרִיב בַּעַל, הוֹלִיד אֶת-מִיכָה.  וּבְנֵי, מִיכָה--פִּיתוֹן וָמֶלֶךְ, וְתַאְרֵעַ וְאָחָז.  וְאָחָז, הוֹלִיד אֶת-יְהוֹעַדָּה, וִיהוֹעַדָּה הוֹלִיד אֶת-עָלֶמֶת וְאֶת-עַזְמָוֶת, וְאֶת-זִמְרִי; וְזִמְרִי, הוֹלִיד אֶת-מוֹצָא.  וּמוֹצָא, הוֹלִיד אֶת-בִּנְעָא; רָפָה בְנוֹ אֶלְעָשָׂה בְנוֹ, אָצֵל בְּנוֹ.  וּלְאָצֵל, שִׁשָּׁה בָנִים--וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹתָם עַזְרִיקָם בֹּכְרוּ וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל וּשְׁעַרְיָה, וְעֹבַדְיָה וְחָנָן; כָּל-אֵלֶּה, בְּנֵי אָצַל.  וּבְנֵי, עֵשֶׁק אָחִיו:  אוּלָם בְּכֹרוֹ--יְעוּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי, וֶאֱלִיפֶלֶט הַשְּׁלִשִׁי.  וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי-אוּלָם אֲנָשִׁים גִּבּוֹרֵי-חַיִל דֹּרְכֵי קֶשֶׁת, וּמַרְבִּים בָּנִים וּבְנֵי בָנִים--מֵאָה, וַחֲמִשִּׁים; כָּל-אֵלֶּה, מִבְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן.

The Circle of the Refaim

One of the last great barely known wonders of the ancient world is a Stonehenge-like monument sitting atop Israel's Golan Heights. Called Gilgal Refaim (The Circle Of The Refaim) in Hebrew, the monument consists of five concentric stone rings whose diameter is 155 meters. The best preserved of the rings is the outermost, whose height reaches 2 meters and thickness 3.3 meters. Some of the stones used to create the ring weigh twenty tons. The total weight of the stones is 37,000 tons. In the middle of the rings is a cairn, topped by a tumulus, measuring twenty meters across.

One feature of the rings has particularly fascinated the few people who have studied them. It is the meaning of two large openings, somewhat like doorways, one facing northeast, the other southeast.

In 1968 Professor Yonathan Mizrahi of the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University and Professor Anthony Aveni of Colgate University discovered that in 3000 BCE, the first rays of the summer solstice would have appeared directly through the northeast opening as seen from the central tumulus. At the same time, the southeast opening provided a direct view of Sirius.

Many imagine that the function of the circles then, was merely an astronomical observatory and stellar calendar. Yet why would they have undertaken such a massive building project, collecting 37,000 tons of stone and painstakingly laying them down to last forever, when the same task could have been completed using one rock and a stick?

In fact, no one knows why the site was built -- thus speculation is rife. Micah Ankouri, for instance, writing in Teva Ve'aretz (Land and Nature) spends five pages trying to provide a connection between the circles and Far Eastern mandalas. He concludes that Gilgal Refaim was an "astronomical observatory providing social harmony through its communal construction and proof of the perfection of the universe."

The astronomical dating confirms lichenometric tests and carbon dating of potsherds found on the site. In fact, the professors erred on the side of conservatism. The shards dated to the Early Bronze Age, 3rd millennium BCE, 5000 years ago. A three layered burial monument was added to the central cairn a thousand years later. Thus, the circles pre-date the pyramids and Babylonian temples, making them the oldest astronomical complex in the Middle East.

The mysteries continue. Gilgal Refaim is the only megalithic astronomical complex on earth built of loose stones. It resembles ruins found on Malta and in Zimbabwe more so than European sites built at the same time and possibly for the same purpose.

But despite the similarity of purpose, supposedly the simple nomads of the region had no contact with Europe. Nor were the shepherd tribes prone to massive building projects. Gilgal Refaim was the only such undertaking in the Middle East at the time. There was no apparent cultural reason for this unique engineering project.

The circles were built on a flat plateau. No one could have seen the shape of the monument from ground level and there were no hills nearby to gaze upon it. Yet the monument could only have been appreciated from above...

In the general region of the rings are hundreds of dolmens, similar in appearance to those found in northern Britain and France. Moshe Hartal, Chief Archaeologist of the Golan explains, "We have identified 8,500 dolmens of twenty separate styles on the Golan Heights. Each tribe had its own dolmen style. The biggest dolmen stones weigh over 50 tons and are seven meters in height. Graves are found within some domens but not all. Their function was not purely funereal."

If the local inhabitants didn't build the rings, then who did? Surprisingly, there is strong evidence that the biblical giants or "Refaim" were the architects and engineers who constructed the monument.

In Sefer Ha'Berashit (Genesis) 14:5, we are told the Refaim inhabit the place called Ashtherot-Karnaim. Just ten miles from the rings is the site of an ancient Canaanite city called Ashtarot. It is named after the Canaanite goddess of war and, contradictorily, love. Ashtherot was the Canaanite name for Sirius, from which the Hebrew name Esther was derived.

In Yehoshuah/Yashua (Joshua) 12:4, we learn that "King Og of Bashan, the last of the Refaim, who lived at Ashtherot ... ruled a territory stretching From Mount Hermon in the north." We know from the Books of Enoch that Mount Hermon was in fact the place where the Nefilim landed on Earth. In  Divre Ha'Yamim Alef (1st Chronicles) 6:71, we are told that the half-tribe of Manasseh later inhabited "Golan," in Bashan.

The most explicit description of the size of the people of Bashan is found in Deuteronomy. King Og is attacked and defeated. "King Og of Bashan was the last of the great Refaim. His iron bedstead is kept at Rabbah... and measures thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide." In the same chapter we are informed that "The Sidonians called Mount Hermon , 'Sirion.'" Thus we are drawn linguistically again to the modern term Sirius, as we are in the near by " Syria ."

In Deuteronomy, we are told that the Refaim "were a large and powerful tribe, as tall as the Anakim (giants)." In  Divre Ha'Yamim Alef (1st Chronicles) 20, the last of the Anakim is killed. "A giant with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, whose father was also a giant,... was killed by David's nephew Jonathan. These giants were descendants of the giants of Gath and were killed by David and his soldiers."

The Jewish oral tradition says Og, the King of Bashan, stowed away on Noah's ark and was the only survivor of the flood outside Noah's family. Og was descended from the Nefilim, deities who fell from the heavens. More on this specific subject will be provided in the following text: "Interventionism and the Creation of Man: The Angelic Creation and Descent of the Human Species."

Moreover we see the connection to "Gath" which is related to the European term "Goth" meaning "God" as we see in the Germanic "Got." Thus, reference to all things "Gothic" implies that it is "God-like" as being derived from the vampiric Eastern European origins of the jinn who set themselves up as "gods" or "Goths."

Conclusion

To be sure, there is much more to this subject than what has been presented here. What has been omitted was omitted not out of inexplicability, but rather due to the sheer profundity of this information. Many reading this have at first either little or no exposure to such notions.

Accordingly, the psyche, in an effort to defend itself, will either accept paradigm-shifting memes incrementally - as eyes gradually adjust to the rising sun - or it will out rightly reject and block out all such data; just as a sudden illumination of light in the darkness will cause the individual to clench their eyes tightly shut.

Moreover, `Isa al-Masih (as) instructed us to not "caste your pearls among swine." There are undoubtedly those who will NEVER accept verifiable data that shatters the cognitive distortion of the illusory world of comfort and stability that the individual has psychologically developed within. Accordingly, Al-Qur'an has explicitly informed us:

"The worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the deaf, the dumb, who have no sense." Al-Qur'an, Sura 8:22

إِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَابَّ عِندَ اللّهِ الصُّمُّ الْبُكْمُ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ

"Those who were blind in this world will be blind in the Hereafter and most astray from the Path." Al-Qur'an, Sura 17:72

وَمَن كَانَ فِي هَـذِهِ أَعْمَى فَهُوَ فِي الآخِرَةِ أَعْمَى وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلاً

"If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect." Al-Qur'an 7:176

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَـكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ذَّلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Therefore, each of these texts are given incrementally, just as evolution itself is incremental, and just as the body gradually acclimates to changes in season and temperature, and just as the eyes gradually adjust to take in more or less light.

"And (it is) a Qur'an which We have divided, in order that you might recite it to men at intervals. And We have revealed it by stages." Al-Qur'an 17:106