Motif
angelically sanctioned marriage
angelically_sanctioned_marriage
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Persian Mystics: Jámí CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION; lines 578-687 confidence: medium
Yúsuf asks who the bedeswoman is, meets the poor disgraced woman, hears Zulaikha ask for beauty, youth, and his love, grants her first two wishes, sees her restored to youthful beauty, prays to Heaven, and accepts Gabriel’s word about marrying her.
Before marrying Zulaikha, Yúsuf prays to Heaven and accepts Gabriel’s word that the marriage is right.
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