Ancient Wisdom Atlas

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

  • 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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