Motif
exemplary ancestor renounces idolatrous people
exemplary_ancestor_renounces_idolatrous_people
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Idolatry and False Worship. 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) CHAPTER LIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 35818-35898 confidence: high
Abraham and those with him are called an excellent pattern when they renounce their people and the idols worshipped besides God; Abraham's statement about asking pardon for his father is excepted, and the prayer states trust in God and future assembly before him.
Abraham and those with him are presented as an excellent pattern for declaring separation from their people and from idols worshipped besides God until belief in God alone.
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