Motif
miraculous contest between prophet and magicians
miraculous_contest_between_prophet_and_magicians
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 6440-6654 confidence: high
The nobles advise delaying Moses and his brother and summoning magicians; the magicians gather on a solemn day and ask Pharaoh about reward.
Magicians publicly cast ropes and rods, but Moses' rod swallows their wonders and the magicians convert.
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