Re: Discussion on jins, ghosts, spirits and ang*el*s
So there is no concept of the spirit world i.e. like in Islam it known as Alam-i-arwah?
Then which of the four categories does the "Holy Spirit" belong in?
Peace SindSagar
According to Christianity Holy Spirit is in the God category, audzubillah, but Islam put Ar-Ruh specifically into the Angel category.
Perhaps in the links that have already been provided there is a distinction between nature and characteristic.
Nature is angel characteristic is angelic
But sometimes if characteristic is angelic the nature may be human or jinn.
As described earlier Iblis was not singled out when the angels were referred to as a group. He was also appointed as the head of the angels, which means he forms as part of the group of angels by status rather than by nature.
The Old Man may have missed out another category that is in the Bible which is not consistent with Islam ... the giants or Nephilim. According to Islam the giants were human races, I believe this is not the case in Christianity. (Genesis Chapter 6)
The word Djinn is a romanticised word taken from Islamic and Arabic literature, it doesn't originate in Christianity.
Demons as related in the Bible can be considered equivalent to evil Jinn by Muslims.