Motif
Miraculous healing by saintly touch
miraculous_healing_by_saintly_touch
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. 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 Mesnevi THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 2823-2930 confidence: high
Jelāl asks the hunchback why he does not stand erect, then pats and strokes his back; the man immediately rises erect and graceful as a cypress.
Jelāl's patting and stroking of the hunchback's back immediately removes the deformity and restores uprightness.
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