Motif
Overwhelming beauty causing bodily wounding
overwhelming_beauty_causing_bodily_wounding
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family, within the sub-family Overwhelming Beauty Causing Bodily and Self-Wounding. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20403-20499 confidence: medium
The note says the women cut themselves from surprise at Joseph’s beauty, and that Zoleikha put knives in their hands anticipating the accident.
The commentary says the invited women cut themselves because of extreme surprise at Joseph’s beauty, with knives placed in their hands by Zoleikha.
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