Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

purity, separation, and cleansing

purity_separation_and_cleansing

A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10133-10199 confidence: medium

    Question about women’s courses; they are called a pollution, and men are instructed to separate from women during them until cleansing; God loves those who repent and are clean.

    The passage treats menstruation as a pollution, requires separation until cleansing, and says God loves those who repent and are clean.

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