Motif
Holy captive liberated after hidden sanctity is revealed
holy_captive_liberated_after_hidden_sanctity_is_revealed
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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Mystics and Saints of Islam III.--THE LOVE OF GOD AND ECSTASY / CHAPTER II / CHAPTER III / RABIA, THE WOMAN SUFI; lines 921-1016 confidence: medium
After her parents die during famine in Basra, Rabia is sold as a slave, treated harshly, falls while avoiding a stranger’s gaze, and breaks her wrist.
Rabia is enslaved and mistreated; her master hears her prayer and frees her, recognizing that he can no longer treat her as a slave.
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