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While some Muslim scholars in the past have had ambivalent attitudes towards sorcery, believing that good jinn do not require one to commit sin, most contemporary Muslim scholars associate dealing with jinn with idolatry. A commonly-held belief maintains that jinn cannot hurt someone who wears something with the name of God written upon it. Many people who believe in jinn wear amulets to protect themselves against the assaults of jinn, sent out by sorcerers and witches. They are called upon for protection or magical aid, often under the leadership of a king. Individual jinn appear on charms and talismans. Jinn do not usually meddle in human affairs, preferring to live with their own kind in tribes similar to those of pre-Islamic Arabia. If they are injured by someone, they usually seek revenge or possess the assailant's body, refusing to leave it until forced to do so by exorcism. They may even engage in sexual affairs with humans and produce offspring. They favour a snake form, but can also choose to appear as scorpions, lizards, or as humans.

Īlthough generally invisible, jinn are supposed to be composed of thin and subtle bodies ( Arabic: أَجْسَام, romanized: ʾajsām), and can change at will. The Quran condemns the pre-Islamic Arabian practice of worshipping or seeking protection from them. To assert a strict monotheism and the Islamic concept of tawhid (oneness of God), Islam denies all affinities between the jinn and God, thus placing the jinn parallel to humans, also subject to God's judgment and afterlife.

Jinn are not a strictly Islamic concept they may represent several pagan beliefs integrated into Islam. Since jinn are neither innately evil nor innately good, Islam acknowledged spirits from other religions and was able to adapt them during its expansion. Like humans, they are accountable for their deeds, can be either believers ( muslims) or unbelievers ( kafir) depending on whether they accept God's guidance. Jinn ( Arabic: جن‎, jinn) – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies – are invisible creatures in early religion in pre-Islamic Arabia and later in Islamic culture and beliefs. Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia, Islamic folklore Illustration in an illuminated manuscript of the Iranian epic Shahnameh Jinn, recognisable by their characteristic hooves, gather to do battle with the hero Faramarz.