Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

burden removed and heart opened

burden_removed_and_heart_opened

A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 1437-1607 confidence: high

    The sura asks whether God opened the addressee's heart, removed the burden that galled his back, and raised his name; it repeats that ease comes with trouble and tells him to continue toil and seek the Lord fervently.

    Sura XCIV uses the images of opening the heart and taking a burden from the back as divine acts toward the addressed person.

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