Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Outward profession contrasted with inward faith

outward_profession_contrasted_with_inward_faith

A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Revealed Command and Divine Authorization. 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 25113-25238 confidence: high

    The desert Arabs say they believe; the reply says they should say they profess Islam because faith has not entered their hearts, and obedience to God and His Apostle will not be unrewarded.

    The desert Arabs' claim to believe is corrected to profession of Islam because faith has not entered their hearts, while true believers are defined separately.

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