Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

competing or false prophet defeated

competing_or_false_prophet_defeated

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


sufi

  • The Mesnevi XIII. / XVII. / THE END. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 14765-14911 confidence: high

    Musaylama claims prophethood, writes to Muhammad proposing division of Arabia, is called a liar in Muhammad's answer, and is later slain by Wahshi, who had also killed Hamza and was later forgiven after submission.

    Musaylama claims apostolic status alongside Muhammad, is named as a liar in Muhammad's response, and is later killed after defeat.

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