Motif
posthumous sign from saint
posthumous_sign_from_saint
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Saintly Miracle and Holy Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Mesnevi THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 3767-3892 confidence: high
When the washer folds Jelāl’s arms over his breast, a tremor appears to pass over the corpse; the washer falls on the breast weeping and feels his ear pulled by the dead saint’s hand.
A tremor passes over Jelāl’s corpse, the washer feels his ear pulled by the dead saint’s hand, and a heavenly cry explains that saints and believers do not truly die in an ordinary sense.
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