Motif
Challenge to powerless idols
challenge_to_powerless_idols
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Idolatry and False Gods. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 25070-25157 confidence: high
In the people's absence Abraham goes into the temple, breaks the idols in pieces except the biggest, and the returning people ask who has done this to their gods.
Abraham breaks the images and argues that they cannot speak, profit, or hurt, exposing their impotence within the passage's logic.
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