Motif
bodily penalty mirrors the offending body part
bodily_penalty_mirrors_the_offending_body_part
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Mirrored Retribution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN. / SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS.; lines 6672-6726 confidence: medium
Theft is described as punished by cutting off the hand, while the Sonna is said to require the stolen object to be of a certain value before this punishment is inflicted.
Theft is described as punished by cutting off the offending part, the hand.
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