Motif
Divine decree overrides individual choice
divine_decree_overrides_individual_choice
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) CHAPTER XXXII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 29806-29859 confidence: high
“It is not fit for a true believer of either sex, when GOD and his apostle have decreed a thing, that they should have the liberty of choosing a different matter of their own.”
The text explicitly says believers should not choose a different matter after God and his apostle have decreed something, and calls disobedience manifest error.
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