Motif
Divine trial, repentance, and restoration
divine_trial_repentance_and_restoration
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Repentance and Mercy. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7693-7858 confidence: high
Two pleaders enter upon David and describe a dispute over ninety-nine ewes and one ewe; David judges, perceives he has been tried, asks pardon, bows, repents, and is forgiven.
David perceives a trial and repents, Solomon is tried by a phantom and repents, and Job is afflicted but restored after crying to God.
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