Re: Discussion on jins, ghosts, spirits and angles
Iblees was/is/and will remain a Jinn. He was and is "not an angel" OR was not "angel at first and then turned into Jinn". *There is misconception among us where some of us think that he used to be an angel and then turned into Jinn. In arabic, there is a gramatical rule called *"Taghleeb" where if you have the majority of people present, you do not need to mention the minority. Similar is also present is Spanish as well. For example, if you have 3 boys and 1 girl present, you would go with the majortiy and call them ellos in spanish and not 3 ellos and 1 ella. In a similar manner, Allah refers to angels in the Quran where Iblees is also present. Angels are majority in number, hence, Iblees does not need to be mentioned exclusively.
As for others such as ghost, churails, etc etc, I do not believe in it and only believe in Jinn because that is what is mentioned in Quran and Ahadith. A whole surah called Al-Jinn is present in Quran so that is a reality and that is what I believe. When I come across something that tells us there are things like churails as well, then I'll think about it believing it but as of now, we only know of Jinns.