Motif
Community represented as flourishing seed
community_represented_as_flourishing_seed
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Community as a Growing Seed. 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) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 24722-24835 confidence: high
Muhammad is called the Apostle of God; his comrades are tender among themselves, severe against infidels, bowing and prostrating with marks on their faces, and are compared to a seed that grows strong; this is called their picture in the Law and Evangel.
Muhammad's comrades are likened to seed that grows into a strong stalk and pleases the husbandman.
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