Motif
Beauty as decisive temptation
beauty_as_decisive_temptation
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: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí THE LOVE OF THE BELOVED / THE LOVE OF THE SOUL AND THE LOVE OF THE BODY / DESTROY NOT EARTHLY BEAUTY: IT BEAUTIFIES THE SOUL / THE DEVIL MAKES USE OF THE BEAUTY OF WOMEN; lines 1755-1795 confidence: high
God shows Iblis the beauty of women, described as bereaving men of reason and self-control; Iblis claps, dances, and says he will quickly prevail with these.
When shown the beauty of women, Iblis celebrates and says he will quickly prevail with these.
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