Motif
Human stewardship or succession as a divine test
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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.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 18329-18469 confidence: high
God made people successors of others on earth, raised some above others by grades to prove them by gifts, and is swift to punish yet gracious and merciful.
The text says God made people successors on earth, raised some above others in grades, and tests them by gifts.
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