In folklore however, many consider them to be punished and turned into the weakest class of jinn, comparable to the way in which Dead Sea apes are seen as transformed humans.
Jann (from the Semitic root JNN) is an Arabic term, whose primary meaning is "to hide" and can also refer to an agile snake.
[11] Quranic exegesis links the angels' complaining about the creation of Adam (Surah 2:30) to witnessing the corruption of the offspring of al-jann, the previous ruler of the world.
Thereupon God sent the angels from heaven under the command of Azazil to defeat the jinn and drive them to the far islands.
[16] In another account, attributed to Abu Bakr al-Shibli, the pre-Adamite jinn are all referred to as jânn.
[18] The Medieval Asharite mystic Ibn Arabi, famous for his teachings of Unity of Existence, describes Jann, the father of jinn, as the origin of human's animalistic desires.
Accordingly, God created Jann as the interior of human being, the animal soul hidden from the senses.