Do jinns actually exist, or are they folklore? Dr. Shabir Ally says that from the Quranic perspective, jinns do exist, but the Quran is silent about whether they can possess people. Dr. Shabir says that it's hard to imagine that God would have given jinns power to overcome human beings. Human beings have a responsibility before God for their actions. If they can claim that a jinn possessed them when doing wrong, no one would be able to disprove that claim. He says that the most commonly cited ha