Motif
Corruption of sacred writing for material gain
corruption_of_sacred_writing_for_material_gain
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Revealed Command and Divine Authorization. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 9244-9320 confidence: high
The passage condemns illiterate or corrupt handlers of the law who write and sell false claims as from God, rejects claims that hell fire lasts only a limited number of days, and contrasts eternal hell for evil-doers with eternal paradise for believers who do good works.
The passage condemns those who transcribe the law corruptly and claim it is from God in order to sell it for a small price.
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