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1 The Bin Sultan Al Nahayan Foundation.

2 The Encyclopedia ofIslam: International journal ofIslamica ndArabic Studies, Vol. V
(1989).

1 An alpha particle is actually a nucleus of the element helium having two protons and
two neutrons. Its mass is 4 atomic mass units and has a charge of +2.

2 Stephen Hawking, The Hawking Paradox, Discovery Channel, 2005.

3 Iman Ibn Taymeeyah (1263-1328) was a famous Muslim scholar born in what is
now Turkey, close to the Syrian border. Writings from the latter part of his life warned
people of the djinn and how to deal with them.

4 Documented in the book Celtic Mysteries in New England: Windows to Another
Dimension in America's Northeast by Philip J. Imbrogno and Marianne Horrigan
(Cosimo Publishing, 2005).

1 The word Iblis is Arabic that translates into to English as "he who is despaired."
The name was given to this djinni after he lost favor with God. His original name is
unknown. However, many Muslim scholars and holy men believe his original name
was Iblis, and after his fall from grace his name became "Shaitan" or "the deceiver." In
some stories he is also identified as the fallen angel Azazel.

2 AI-A Raf, 11-18

3 1 Kings 3:5.

4 Ibid., 3:12.

5 John D. Seymour, Tales ofKing Solomon (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1924), p.
124.

6 F. C. Conybeare, The Testament of Solomon. Revised English and partial translation
by Jeremy Kapp. http://www.scribd.com/doc/2228881/The-Testament-of-Solomon-
Revised-English, verse 7. Accessed November 2010.

7 Ibid., verse 1.

8 Iron has the power to weaken or repel supernatural entities, especially malevolent
ones, including fairies, demons, and djinn.

9 A corruption of the name of the Canaanite deity Baal-zeboul, "lord of the divine
abode." Beelzeboul is also given as Beelzebub, the lord of the flies.

10 The Greeks described Tartarus as the lowest region of the earth, a gloomy pit or
abyss where wayward souls were imprisoned and tortured.

11 Conybeare, op.cit., verse 27.

12 Ibid., verse 18.

13 Genesis 6:1-4 and the book of Enoch tell of the Watchers or Sons of Gods, angels
who broke the rules by descending from heaven to take human wives and birth
monstrous offspring called the Nephilim. Here Asmodeus makes no claim to this
particular origin despite his hybrid nature.

14 Conybeare, op.cit., verse 21.

15 Told in detail in the apochryphal book of Tobit, probably written c. the 2nd century
BCE.