Motif
deceptive speaker as destroyer of land
deceptive_speaker_as_destroyer_of_land
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 19459-19571 confidence: high
A man surprises with speech about present life and invokes God, yet opposes, causes disorder in the land, wastes fields and flocks, rejects fear of God through pride, and is assigned Hell.
A man impresses with speech and invokes God but then causes disorders and lays waste fields and flocks.
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