Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Human ingratitude toward the divine

human_ingratitude_toward_the_divine

A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER C. / ENTITLED, THE WAR-HORSES WHICH RUN SWIFTLY; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38966-38988 confidence: high

    “verily man is ungrateful unto his LORD” and “he is immoderate in the love of worldly good.”

    The passage explicitly says man is ungrateful to his Lord and excessively attached to worldly good.

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