Islamic Djinn Tradition · Reference
عفريتة

Ifreetah

The feminine form of Ifrit — a class of powerful jinn described across Quran, hadith, and centuries of Arabic folklore as beings of fire, strength, and rebellion. This is a sourced reference on her name, her textual origins, and the tradition that shaped her.

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01 · LANGUAGE

Etymology & Classification

Where the word ʿifrīt comes from, how philologists trace it, and why most Islamic scholarship treats it as a description rather than a species.

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02 · SCRIPTURE

Textual Sources

The Ifrit's one confirmed Quranic appearance in Surah An-Naml, and how hadith and Mi'raj literature expanded on the figure.

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03 · THE FEMININE FORM

The Ifreetah

How ʿifrītah functions grammatically and in folklore, and where she appears distinct from her male counterpart in popular tradition.

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04 · RECORD

Sources

Every claim on this site traced to a citation — scholarly, scriptural, or folkloric — with no invented lineage.

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A note on method. This reference distinguishes between what appears in the Quran (one epithet, one scene), what appears in hadith and later Islamic literature (elaboration), and what belongs to folklore and popular culture (the "genie" of story and screen). Where a claim can't be traced to a source, it is marked as tradition or omitted.