Motif
Envy as an active source of harm
envy_as_an_active_source_of_harm
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER CXIII. / ENTITLED, THE DAYBREAK; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER CXIV.; lines 39448-39466 confidence: high
“and from the mischief of the envious, when he envieth”
The envious person, when he envies, is named as a source of mischief from which deliverance is sought.
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