Jann (Arabic: جان‎, romanized: Jānn, plural Arabic: جِنَّان‎, romanized: Jinnān or Arabic: جَوَان‎, romanized: Jawān) is the ancestor of the jinn in Islam-related beliefs. They are said to have inhabited the earth before Adam, ruled by a king called Jann ibn Jann. In folklore however, many consider them to be punished and turned into the weakest class of jinn, comparable how apes are seen as transformed humans. The father of the jinn is also called Abu Al-Jann.