Motif
moral reciprocity of good and ill
moral_reciprocity_of_good_and_ill
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Justice, Mercy, and Judicial Procedure. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
-
The Persian Mystics: Jámí REASON / THE MOON OF LOVE / MORTAL PARAMOUR / THE DIVINE UNION; lines 948-977 confidence: high
The maxim says to do well so that well may come to one, and to turn from ill so that ill may turn aside.
The appended maxim states that doing well causes well to betide one, and turning from ill causes ill to turn aside.
read in the book →