Arabian Nights and Days Written by Naguib Mahfouz - Book Report/Review Example

Religion is the main theme of this novel. The importance of religion in the book is brought about by the genie story where the genie deceives a religious man from his religious ways into committing rape and murder to an innocent man only to fail to fulfill its promises to the man. The moral of this story according to the author is that if only the man (called Sanaan) had not distanced himself from religious ways and teachings and become greedy, then nothing bad would have happened to him, and neither would he have committed the atrocities he did which are contrary to the religious teachings (Mahfouz, 1995).

His insistence about religious deeds always surpassing evil also explains how important religion is in society according to the book and hence urging people to always embrace religion first despite the circumstances and temptations as it can save you.