Shaitan

'... hence, we are always malā'ika (angels), forgetting that ashayṭān was once a malāk (angel).

'... 'A man and a jinni became friends. One day, the man asked the jinni, 'How come you look like a real human being?' [The jinni answered,]'We... shayāṭīn 'devils/demons' appear to people in whatever form we want, and we disappear whenever we want.'.

Dust columns are called shaitans or devils by the Beloochees, who have a superstitious feeling with regard to them.

The dust borne in these shaitans of wind is often carried for vast distances […]