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
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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.
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