Motif
Prophet confronts idols and survives fiery persecution
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Messengers and Prophets. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 4957-5183 confidence: high
Abraham questions his father and people about worship, asks the carved gods why they do not eat or speak, strikes them with his right hand, and asks whether the people worship what they carve.
Abraham challenges carved worship, strikes the gods, and his opponents propose burning him, but their plot fails.
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