Motif
refusal of commanded homage
refusal_of_commanded_homage
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 6133-6277 confidence: high
God made a covenant with Adam, but Adam forgot; the angels were told to worship Adam, all did so except Eblis, and Adam and his wife were warned about a foe and the garden.
The angels are commanded to worship Adam; all do so except Eblis, who refuses.
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