Motif
family and wealth as tests of fidelity
family_and_wealth_as_tests_of_fidelity
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Sacred Calling, Conversion, and Faith Tests. 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) ENTITLED, THE HYPOCRITES; REVEALED AT MEDINA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXIV / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 36178-36249 confidence: medium
True believers are warned that wives and children may be an enemy, and are told to beware, yet pardon and forgive them.
Wives, children, and wealth are described as enemies or temptations, and believers are exhorted to fear God, obey, and give alms.
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