Motif
Deliverance from peril followed by ingratitude
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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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1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IX. / CHAPTER X. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 18935-19011 confidence: high
God provides travel by land and sea; people in ships enjoy favorable wind, then tempest and waves surround them, and they call on God, promising thanks if delivered.
Sea travelers call on God in danger and promise thanks if delivered, but after deliverance behave insolently.
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