Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

prophetic signs rejected as sorcery

prophetic_signs_rejected_as_sorcery

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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1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 27602-27686 confidence: high

    Moses sees fire, approaches it, hears a divine voice, is told to cast down his rod, sees it move as though a serpent, and receives the white hand sign as one of nine signs to Pharaoh and his people.

    The signs given to Moses are brought to Pharaoh's people, who call them manifest sorcery and deny them.

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