Motif
divine totality encoded in speech
divine_totality_encoded_in_speech
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Magic Through Speech and Name. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III; lines 3321-3372 confidence: medium
Another interpretation links A, L, and M to the lower throat, palate, and lips, making them signify God as beginning, middle, and end; a numerical reading gives their value as seventy-one years until the religion is fully established.
A.L.M. is interpreted through the sequence of speech organs and made to signify God as beginning, middle, and end, or as the one to be praised in all words and actions.
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