Motif
appointment of twelve authorized representatives
appointment_of_twelve_authorized_representatives
A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship 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) THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I. / SECTION II.; lines 2815-2861 confidence: medium
Mohammed chooses twelve from their number to have the same authority among them as the twelve apostles of Christ had among his disciples.
Mohammed chooses twelve from the Medinan group to have authority among them, and the passage explicitly compares their authority to that of Christ's twelve apostles among his disciples.
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