Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

afterlife precedence of the poor

afterlife_precedence_of_the_poor

A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 4848-4897 confidence: high

    The gates are first opened for Mohammed; the poor enter paradise five hundred years before the rich, and Mohammed is reported to have seen the majority in paradise as poor and the greater part in hell as women.

    The poor are said to enter paradise five hundred years before the rich and to be the majority of paradise's inhabitants.

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