Motif
Humbling of overconfident believers
humbling_of_overconfident_believers
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Defiance of Deities and Divine Humbling. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IX.; lines 17903-17958 confidence: medium
The note says the words warn believers against excessive confidence in their merits and deter unbelievers.
The notes warn believers against overconfidence, and the Honein account says the Muslims were confident because of numbers, then were initially put to flight.
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