Motif
Mistaken helper harms the one he intends to comfort
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A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. 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 IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE. / VIII. / XIII.; lines 13062-13166 confidence: high
The deaf man rehearses imagined answers, visits the sick man, asks how he is, and replies with gladness when the patient says he is near dead.
The deaf man visits as a neighbor and thinks he has acted kindly, but his guessed replies offend the sick man and provoke anger.
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