The Jinn, like the Angels, are creatures of Allah but created from a flame of fire. Qur'an 15:27 asserts 'And the Jinn race, we had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind'.

Amira el-Zein, author of Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn, suggests the beings were worshipped by pre-Islamic Arabs, who associated them with elements of nature.