Is Magi based on religion?


I started reading the manga Magi recently and can't help but get the feeling
that it is based on Islam.

I couldn't find anything online, and neither do I have enough knowledge about
the religion to really confirm this either.

So is the story of Magi based on Islam? Or does it use certain key points from
this religion?




## Precaution: The following may contain spoilers from Magi

This was too long to be posted in comments so I had to make it here and since
it serves the purpose too, why not.

So I did a bit of research after the few pointers given out by Dimitri.

On the reference manga page given by Dimitri, I found this:

![magi-chapter219-page18](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NxtB2.png)

After looking up the two names **David** and **Solomon** , I found the
interesting:

> Solomōn), also called Jedidiah (Hebrew יְדִידְיָהּ), was, according to the
> Book of Kings, the Book of Chronicles, Hidden Words and the Qur'an[2] a king
> of Israel and the son of **David**. [1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NxtB2.png)

Book of Chronicles are the final books of the Hebrew Bible.

When you search about Solomon in Islam, the first line you see in wikipedia:

> **Solomon** (Arabic سليمان Sulaymān) was, according to the Qur'an, a king of
> ancient Israel as well as the son of **David**. 2

Solomon in Islam is more usually called as _Sulaymān_ and David as _Daud or
Dawud_.

The name **Jehoahaz** also seems to have a reference in the
[Bible](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=II%20Kings%2023:31-25:30),
but not the Quran. So judging from the names used in the anime, they might be
relating it more to Christianity.

More information about the names
[here](http://magi.wikia.com/wiki/David_Jehoahaz_Abraham#Trivia)

And about the **Ilah** :

ʾIlāh (Arabic: إله‎; plural: آلهة ʾālihah) is an Arabic term meaning "deity".
, it simply means **deity** in Arabic. So you might be confusing it with Allah
who is the God of Muslims.

Summing it up, we can say that Solomon's identity and his Father, David's
identity has been taken from religion (more like Christianity) but most part
of Magi is derived from fictional characters.

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### References

1 [Solomon reference from Bible](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon)

2 [Solomon reference from
Quran](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_in_Islam)




The short answer is no. It is not based on the Islamic religion. It is based
on a several middle eastern originating stories and historical characters.

The main characters names such as Ali Baba and Cassim are from [1001
Nights](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights) also known
as the Arabian nights. [Sinbad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad) is also a
character from a series of arabian stories. Solomon was a real king back in
970BC.

Basically what they have done is pulled in several popular names from Arab
stories and literature and Middle Eastern history and mixed it in with their
story. I'm too new to link more references, but you get the idea.

