Motif
Dietary holiness with necessity exception
dietary_holiness_with_necessity_exception
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. 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) CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 9774-9860 confidence: high
"eat of that which is lawful and good on the earth; and tread not in the steps of the devil, for he is your open enemy"; the devil commands evil and wickedness.
The passage distinguishes lawful good food from forbidden foods, while allowing an exception for one forced by necessity without desire to transgress.
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