Motif
chosen assistant or deputy from among hesitant kin
chosen_assistant_or_deputy_from_among_hesitant_kin
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Messengers and Prophets. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I. / SECTION II.; lines 2664-2711 confidence: high
"I offer you happiness, both in this life and in that which is to come."
Mohammed asks his kin who will assist him; all hesitate except Ali, who is then embraced and presented as deputy.
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