Motif
Blessing and anger as channels of saintly power
blessing_and_anger_as_channels_of_saintly_power
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Saintly Miracle and Holy Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
sufi
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The Mesnevi JAMES W. REDHOUSE, M.R.A.S., ETC. / CONTENTS. / INTRODUCTION.--PLAINT OF THE REED-FLUTE 1 / CONCLUSION 289; lines 314-412 confidence: high
The passage says Muslim saints are held to be successors and spiritual inheritors of prophets from Adam to Muhammad; through communion with God they know mysteries and can overrule nature, give death or disease by anger, and health or prosperity by blessing, in accord with divine will.
The passage reports a belief that saints can deal out death or disease by anger and health or prosperity by blessing, within divine will.
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