Motif
Futile works as mirage and darkness without divine light
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Pride, Greed, and Hubris. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 23974-24086 confidence: high
The works of infidels are likened to vapour in a plain that a thirsty person imagines to be water, but finds nothing; God is found with him and pays his account swiftly.
Infidels' works are compared to a mirage that yields no water and to darkness upon darkness in the deep sea, ending with the statement that one to whom God gives no light has no light.
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