Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

development from inspired prophet to political founder

development_from_inspired_prophet_to_political_founder

A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Founders, Migrations, and Conquest. 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) The Koran (Al-Qur'an) / INTRODUCTION; lines 287-351 confidence: medium

    Rodwell's chronological arrangement of the suras is described as based on historical and literary evidence and as allowing readers to trace the prophet's development from early inspiration to warrior, politician, and founder of an empire.

    The chronological arrangement is said to reveal a movement from early inspiration to the roles of warrior, politician, and founder of an empire.

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