Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Death fixed by divine writing

death_fixed_by_divine_writing

A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 21966-22110 confidence: medium

    A note gives the literal sense as death occurring according to a definite writing of God and compares rabbinic books in which God has written each individual's lifetime.

    A note states that no soul can die except according to a definite writing of God and compares written books of lifetimes.

    read in the book