Motif
heavenly object corrupted by the decaying world
heavenly_object_corrupted_by_the_decaying_world
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION; lines 255-332 confidence: high
Al-Halláj produces an apple from the air, claims it was plucked from Paradise, faces objection that it is maggot-eaten, and explains that corruption entered it after it came from the Mansion of Eternity to the Abode of Decay.
Al-Halláj produces an apple said to be from Paradise; its maggot-eaten state is explained as corruption entering when it came from the Mansion of Eternity to the Abode of Decay.
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