There gathered to him on a certain day his entire army of men, birds, and jinns in the Valley of Ants.
Najm al-Munkazzi," making the envious spy one of the prying Jinns at whom is launched the Shiháb or shooting-star by the angels who prevent them listening at the gates of Heaven.
So he arose and cried, "Meseems there be Jinns in the chest.
The Jinns worked night and day till the temple was finished.
Therefore he commanded the Jinns to cease from their work, and he asked them if there was no means whereby the metals and stones could be shaped and cut without making so much noise.
This journey had so exhausted Solomon, that on his return to Jerusalem he ordered the Jinns to weave him stout silk carpets on which he and all his servants, his throne, tables, and kitchen could be accommodated.
The great king immediately ordered his Jinns to spread his carpet seven leagues long, leading from his throne towards Sheba.
The Jinns and devils sat at iron tables, the poor at tables of wood, the heads of the people at silver tables, the wise and pious at tables of gold; and these latter were served by Solomon in person.
The number of pilgrims was so great, that Solomon was obliged to have a new carpet woven by the Jinns of such vast size that it could serve the whole caravan, with the camels and oxen and sheep they destined for sacrifice.
On the morrow, accordingly, Solomon bade the Jinns lade a hundred thousand camels and the same number of mules with corn, and lead them to the sea-shore.
He therefore directed the Jinns to lay down in front of the throne a pavement of crystal one hundred cubits square.
Now the Jinns were envious of Balkis, and they sought to turn away the heart of Solomon away from her; so they told him that she had hairy legs.
Then he commanded all the male Jinns to collect every sort of material for the construction of the temple he was about to build.
Then she shook and became like unto the Jinns and taking in her hand a mace of stone, said to him, "Fie upon thee!
So Maymun was silent and Iblis turned to Tohfah and said to her, "Sing to the kings of the Jinns this day and to- night until the morrow, when the boy will be circumcised and each shall return to his own place.
Then she rose to her feet, hending lute in hand, and played and sang, whilst the Jinns and the Shaykh Abu al-Tawáif danced.
The Jinns have assuredly carried her off, and we trust in Allah Almighty that she will return.
Then he went in to Tohfah and kissing her, said, "Know that thou art this day my life of the world, and indeed the Jinns are gathered together to wage war on me for thy sake.
When I saw her muslins and silks all a-flutter, I sang my French again, and it was more of being ready for a visit in the night than of the efreets and jinns that aid a true magician.
Verily, O Richard, I think if the rebel jinns were to gather a squadron of Franks about them, they could shake even the throne of Allah!
It was hard; I was tempted; often the power of Eblees and hisjinns was strong.
The answer was a curse upon jinns and angels who should stand between him and his prey.
Once he thought he caught her cry, despite the yells of the flying Moslems, who were invoking all the jinns to give them speed.
But the fury of a thousand jinns was in his arm; still he fought.
How he told you the tales of his people and sang you the wondrous song of Antar, and the stories of the jinns and the spirits of the air?
But the jinns of a headlong passion had mastery of Iftikhar that day.
Without you the palace is dungeon; the earth, wilderness; the fairest of Arabian maidens, jinns of black night.
But in the morning, while Iftikhar foamed and the eunuchs dragged the pond, there came on me the desire to breathe the hemp smoke, and when the craving comes, not all the jinns of the abyss may stop me.
A city of the Chosroes transported by Jinns into our own time.
It was a place of gems ensorcelled, gems in which imprisoned hosts of the Jinns of Light beat sparkling against their crystal walls to escape.
In India, when Europeans deride the existence of Jinns and Rakshasas, and declare that they never saw one, the people receive this information with a smile which means only, "I should think not!
An thou throw Prince Ahmad into gaol, so must thou also do with all his knights and their esquires; and inasmuch as they are Jinns and Mßrids, who can tell their power of reprisals?
FN#32] Learn also that this stead belongeth to the King of the Jinns and that everything thou beholdest is the work of the Jann.
But presently appeared the King of the Jinns who said to her, "O my lady, fear not!
Thou knowest well that to Jinns and Fairies is power given of doing in one short moment deeds marvellous and wondrous, which mortals fail to effect after long years of toil and trouble.
Then came in a troop of Jinns and fairies who danced and sang before them with wondrous grace and art; and this pretty show pleased Peri-Banu and Prince Ahmad, who watched the sports and displays with ever-renewed delight.
Seeing this the Sorceress bethought her that it must surely lead to some cavern or haply to a subterraneous passage, or to a souterrain the abode of Jinns and fairies; when suddenly the Prince and all his suite vanished from her view.
At this the Jinns flocked to him from every side and site crying, "O thou foulest of mankind, wherefore dost thou provoke us and disturb us from our stead?
The Angels and the Spirits, the Jinns and the Jann.
So he took patience for a full-told hour when behold, a smoke which spired in air thickened and brooded low, and the sound ceased and the Jinns departed.
Then he walked up to the curtain whereupon Jinns and Ifrits appeared from every site and side, and voices and shrieks so loudened in his ears that his wits well-nigh flew from his head.
The Arabs, their fear of the jinns increased considerably by the non-return of their comrades, attempted no further pursuit.
When night came Solomon still remained standing in his accustomed place, and the Jinns worked on, afraid to cease their toil for a moment.
She gnawed a little every day, until at last the staff became hollow from one end to the other; and on the day when she finished her work, the work of the Jinns was also finished.
This greatly troubled him, for he knew that when the Jinns should find that his watchful eye would be no more upon them, they would rebel and refuse to work, and the temple would not be finished during his reign.
Standing thus, Solomon died; but the Jinns did not know it, and their toil and labor continued, by night and by day.
But that story of the dead Solomon and the Jinns who were at work on the temple gives a good idea of one of the most important characteristics of this great ruler.
Once when travelling in the desert, a spot was pointed out to us as being the abode of Jinns and Genii.
I told you just now that theJinns rebelled, and were punished.
Some of the stories of the Jinns are to be found in the book of the Thousand and One Nights.
Since their dispersion the Jinns are not immortal; they are to live longer than man, but they must die before the general resurrection.
Y: Such are they against whom is proved the sentence among the previous generations of jinnsand men, that have passed away; for they will be (utterly) lost.
Y: Yet they make the jinns equals with Allah, though Allah did create the jinns; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute to Him sons and daughters.
Y: Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of jinns listened (to the Qur'an).
Y: Many are the jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not.
Y: If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every soul its true guidance: but the Word from Me will come true, "I will fill Hell with jinns and men all together.
Y: Except those on whom thy Lord hath bestowed His Mercy: and for this did He create them: and the Word of thy Lord shall be fulfilled: "I will fill Hell with jinns and men all together.
Y: I have only created jinnsand men, that they may serve Me.
Y: And He created jinns from fire free of smoke: P: And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire.
Y: And before Solomon were marshalled his hosts,- of jinns and men and birds, and they were all kept in order and ranks.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jinns" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
