Motif
Angelic prostration before a newly made human with one rebel exception
angelic_prostration_before_a_newly_made_human_with_one_rebel_exception
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7860-8026 confidence: high
God tells the angels He is about to make man of clay and that, after forming him and breathing His spirit into him, they should fall down before him.
The angels are commanded to prostrate before the formed man; they prostrate with one accord, but Eblis refuses.
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