physicality and asserted, they could only affect the mind by waswās (Arabic: وَسْوَاس, 'demonic whisperings in the mind').(p 73) Some scholars, like ibn Sina...

within or next to the heart, and so "devilish whisperings" (Arabic: waswās وَسْوَاس) are sometimes thought of as a kind of possession. Unlike possession by...

nafs (ego or soul) of the human, whispering temptation (Arabic: waswās وَسْوَاس) to them Hadiths suggest that the demons/devils whisper from within the...