Motif
astral causality corrected to divine providence
astral_causality_corrected_to_divine_providence
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 2144-2221 confidence: high
The passage says Arabs ascribed divine power to stars and spoke of rain from a star; Mohammed condemned the old sense unless it meant that God ordered seasons around lunar or stellar positions.
The passage says Arabs attributed rain to stars, while Mohammed condemned that old sense and permitted only the meaning that God ordered seasonal weather in relation to celestial positions.
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