Motif
Oath by sacred natural objects and places
oath_by_sacred_natural_objects_and_places
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XCV. / ENTITLED, THE FIG; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38723-38779 confidence: medium
“BY the fig, and the olive; and by mount Sinai”
The chapter swears by fig, olive, Mount Sinai, and a secure territory.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 2254-2504 confidence: high
The passage swears by the fig, olive, Mount Sinai, and inviolate soil; man is created in goodliest fabric then brought low except believers who do right; God is called the most just of judges.
The text swears by the fig, olive, Mount Sinai, inviolate soil, declining day, starry heaven, promised Day, witness, and witnessed.
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