Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

demand for divine signs

demand_for_divine_signs

A motif of the Theophany and Divine Manifestation 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) CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 9551-9615 confidence: high

    People who do not know the scriptures demand that God speak or a sign be shown; similar earlier speech is noted; manifest signs have been shown; the addressed figure is sent as bearer of good tidings and preacher.

    A group refuses belief unless God speaks directly or a sign is shown, and the passage states that similar speech occurred before.

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