Motif
punitive destruction of an opposing group
punitive_destruction_of_an_opposing_group
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Rejected Warner and Communal Destruction. 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) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER CV. / ENTITLED, THE ELEPHANT; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 39189-39204 confidence: medium
“and send against them flocks of birds,”
The birds are sent against a group and the group is rendered like eaten corn leaves, suggesting a destructive punitive episode within the passage.
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