Motif
path obstructed by corrupt opponents
path_obstructed_by_corrupt_opponents
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Rescue Quests and Passage Through Hostile Obstacles. 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 VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VII / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 16321-16403 confidence: medium
The people are warned not to beset every way, threaten passengers, turn believers from God's path, or make it crooked; they are reminded that God multiplied them and of the end of corrupt people.
The passage depicts opponents as threatening travelers or believers and turning people aside from the path of God.
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