949 Jinns are spirits-here evil spirits. See
6:100, n. 929. 950 It is common experience that the forces of evil make an alliance with each other, and seem thus to make a profit by their mutual log-rolling. But this is only in this material world. When the limited term expires, their unholy bargains will be exposed, and there will be nothing but regrets. A1:J6237951 Eternity and infinity are abstract terms. They have no precise meaning in our human experience. The qualification, "except as Allah willeth," makes it more intelligible, as we can form some idea-howev-er sinadequate-of a Will and Plan, and we know Allah by His attribute of Mercy as well as of justice.