Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

divine suppression of war

divine_suppression_of_war

A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Withheld and Restrained Divine Power. 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) CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 14049-14140 confidence: high

    The Jews say God's hand is tied; the reply says their hands shall be tied, God's hands are stretched forth, enmity remains until resurrection, and God extinguishes every war-fire they kindle.

    The passage says that whenever a fire for war is kindled, God extinguishes it.

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