Motif
divine foreknowledge used to defend forbidden or disputed drinking
divine_foreknowledge_used_to_defend_forbidden_or_disputed_drinking
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Drinking, Social Disorder, and Religious Dispute. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XLIII. / XLIV. / XLVIII. / LVIII.; lines 3456-3549 confidence: high
The cited translation says God knew on the Day of Creation that the speaker would drink wine, so not drinking would imply ignorance in God’s knowledge.
The source quatrain says God knew on the Day of Creation that the speaker would drink wine and argues that not drinking would make God’s knowledge ignorance.
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