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Thanks. It still seems that the difference is the desire of the beings. The angels desire what God desires wholly under God's direction. The jinn seem to have gone against the direction of God. I understand the reason for the separation of the two. Just not sure that they came at different times or from different force. I was under the impression that all angels were of the fire of God which is somewhat synonymous with the light of God. One third of them strayed from God's path in pursuit of their own selfish desires. This clarification is very welcome. Again, please take no offence to my input. I am learning and comparing notes basically.
Only for your information:
Satan's name was Azaazeel and not Iblees. Iblees means extremely hopless person. As Satan became jealous to Adam alaihi salaam, and disobeyed Allah's Command to prostrate to Adam, Allah cursed him and he became extremely hopeless from any mercy of Allah. Therefore, his name became Iblees.
Regarding God's Unity and Uniqueness, we must be very careful to abstain from associating any partner to Allah in any sense. This is a very delicate matter because a mushrik (the one who associates a partner with Allah in any sense) shall never enter Paradise.
So we can say that God created angels from light but we should not say that angels are a part of the light of Allah. Allah is a very Unique Being separate from HIS creation.