(Al-Hijr) 15 : 27
وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ مِنْ نَارِ السَّمُومِ
And before that, We had created Jinn from the scorching flame.
Angels who are not given freedom are created from light. Before mankind was created, the vicegerents of the Lord on the Earth were ‘Jinns’—Sprites—whose bodies were created from the flame. Afterward, when they all became transgressors on the Earth without bearing Lord’s representation, Angels wiped out them completely under the leadership of Iblis. At that time Iblis who belonged to the Jinn as per verse 18: 50 had not turned as a Kafir. Then mankind was created in Paradise to depute them to the Earth as Lord’s vicegerents.