Motif
Invulnerable saint and reversed weapons
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Saintly Miracle and Holy Power. 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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The Mystics of Islam CHAPTER IV / DIVINE LOVE / CHAPTER V / SAINTS AND MIRACLES; lines 3178-3271 confidence: high
The disciples strike Bayazid's body with knives; each stroke is reversed and wounds the striker, while no stroke affects Bayazid.
Disciples stab at Bayazid's holy body, but the strokes are reversed and wound the strikers, while no stroke affects him.
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