Dear Hasan,
You mean genies or jinn, not genius. :-}
Besides the quote from the letter written on behalf of the Guardian
which you cited, I can add a little more which I think I got from
Khazeh at one point or another. According to the Qur'an the Jinn are
made from fire, unlike humanity which was made from clay. It was for
this reason that Shaytan (Satan) one of the Jinn refused to bow down
and worship Adam which God commanded him, saying arrogantly that he
was of pure fire whereas Adam was made of clay. It was this sin which
caused Satan's fall.
The Baha'i Writings consistently use the term 'jinn' in a symbolic
manner and reject the notion of ghosts, goblins and things that go
bump in the night as the quote you cited indicated. In the Amr va
Khalq, vol. 2, pp 161-164 'Abdu'l-Baha suggests that while the jinn
might signify be people who are created with the fire of the love of
God, etc. it can also refer to people who reject God's Manifestation
(hence Adam) because of their haughtiness and arrogance. But there
is another passage, where He suggests that jinn are those persons
whose belief or denial is hidden and unknown.
warmest, Susan
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