Motif
Human helplessness before command and prohibition
human_helplessness_before_command_and_prohibition
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Revealed Command and Divine Authorization. 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 Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXIII. / LXXV. / LXXVI. / LXXVII.; lines 3831-3898 confidence: high
A cited source says abstinence is impossible despite being ordered and ordained; mortals stand helpless between order and prohibition, with a cup-slanting image.
Mortals are described as helpless between an order and prohibition, and the creature cannot answer a debt it never contracted.
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