Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

faithful remnant escaping collective destruction

faithful_remnant_escaping_collective_destruction

A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Righteous Remnants and the Few Spared. 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) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1114-1189 confidence: high

    The descendants of Ad fall into idolatry; God sends Hud, generally identified with Heber, but they refuse him, and a hot suffocating wind destroys them except for a few believers who retire with Hud.

    A few believers in Hud retire with him to another place and are excepted from the destruction; Lokman and some companions also escape by remaining at Mecca.

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