Motif
False sanctuary versus pious foundation
false_sanctuary_versus_pious_foundation
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Sanctuary and Asylum. 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 25595-25711 confidence: high
Some built a mosque for mischief, infidelity, disuniting the faithful, and expectation of one who fought God and His Apostle; they swear good intent, but God witnesses that they lie.
A mosque built for mischief is contrasted with a mosque founded in piety and with a building founded either on fear of God or on an undermined collapsing bank.
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