The Qur'anic Solomon and the Jinn
- Date of account
- Qur'anic text, seventh century CE; later exegetical and folkloric expansion
- Location
- Arabia and the wider Islamic textual world
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Several Qur'anic passages describe Solomon's divinely granted command over wind, jinn, birds, and other forces, while the Queen of Sheba narrative includes extraordinary transport and courtly marvels. Later tafsir, storytelling, and popular literature greatly expanded the identities and activities of Solomon's jinn. This lead is valuable for tracing how a concise scriptural motif becomes a long-duration legendary complex involving architecture, occult knowledge, and supernatural service. The Qur'anic passages, medieval commentary, and later folklore should be separated rather than treated as one unchanged tradition.
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