Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Divine maintenance of cosmic order

divine_maintenance_of_cosmic_order

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.

2 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 25815-25887 confidence: medium

    God owns heaven and earth, subjects earthly things and ships at sea to human service, and withholds heaven from falling except by permission.

    God subjects earthly things and ships to human service and withholds the heaven from falling on earth unless by permission.

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  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 24584-24720 confidence: high

    All in heaven and earth belongs to God; God subjects earthly things and ships to humans and holds back heaven from falling unless permitted.

    God owns heaven and earth, subjects ships and earthly things, and holds heaven back from falling upon earth.

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