Motif
Blessed tree and self-luminous oil
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A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light 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) ENTITLED, THE TRUE BELIEVERS; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 26498-26587 confidence: medium
God is called the light of heaven and earth; his light is compared to a niche with a lamp, glass like a shining star, and oil from a blessed olive tree that almost gives light without fire.
The light parable includes oil from a blessed olive tree, neither eastern nor western, nearly giving light without fire.
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