=== ディヴの起源 ===
[[Abu Ali Balアブ・アリ・バルアミは、ワーブ・イブン・ムナビから、ムハンマドは「神はまず悪魔('ami]] reports from [[Wahb ibn Munabbih]] that [[Muhammad]] said, [[God in Islam|God]] first created the demons ('ディヴ'div')を創造し、それから7万年後に妖精('), then 70,000 years later the fairies ('ペリ'peri''), 5000 years later the angels (''fereshtegan''), and then the jinn. )を、5000年後に天使を、そしてジンを創造した」と述べたと記している。 Subsequently, God sent [[Iblis|Satan]] (''Iblis'') as the arbiter on earth, whereupon he became proud of himself. Thus, God created Adam and gave him dominion over the earth as the jinn's successor. A similar account is provided by [[Tabari]], who however, omits the existence of fairies and demons, only referring to the jinn as predecessor to mankind, a narration attributed to [[ibn Abbas]].<ref>''Persian Literature as World Literature''. (2021). USA: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 40</ref>
[[Edward Smedley]] (1788–1836) retells Bal'ami's account as an [[Arab-Persians|Arabian-Persian legend]] (not attributed to Bal'ami but to Arabian and Persian authors in general) in greater detail. Accordingly, the jinn were ruled by [[Jann (legendary creature)#Pre-Adamite Era|Jann ibn Jann]] for 2000 years, before Iblis was sent. After the creation of Adam, Iblis and his angels were sent to [[Jahannam|hell]], along with demons who sided with them. The rest of the demons linger around the surface as a constant threat and test for the [[Mumin|faithful]]. Arab and Persian writers locate their home in Ahriman-abad, the abode of [[Prince of Darkness (Manichaeism)|Ahriman]] the personification of evil and darkness.