Motif
miracle-working holy person
miracle_working_holy_person
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.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Mystics of Islam CHAPTER IV / DIVINE LOVE / CHAPTER V / SAINTS AND MIRACLES; lines 3379-3472 confidence: high
Through prayer the saints can stop fish in the sea and make the earth tremble so people think it is an earthquake.
Saints are described as stopping fish, shaking the earth, walking on water, flying, healing, reviving the dead, predicting events, reading thoughts, and performing other wonders.
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The Mystics of Islam CHAPTER IV / DIVINE LOVE / CHAPTER V / SAINTS AND MIRACLES; lines 3379-3472 confidence: high
The author lists many classes of miracles related in saints’ lives: walking on water, flying, rain-making, bilocation, healing, raising the dead, prediction, thought-reading, telekinesis, disabling or killing by word or gesture, conversing with animals or plants, transmutation, and producing food and drink.
The passage catalogs multiple miraculous powers attributed to saints, including walking on water, flying, healing, reviving the dead, and telekinesis.
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