Motif
Refusal to honor the human ancestor
refusal_to_honor_the_human_ancestor
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
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 22863-22955 confidence: high
God says to the angels, "Worship Adam"; all worship except Eblis, who asks whether he should worship one created of clay.
The angels are commanded to worship Adam, but Eblis refuses and objects to Adam's clay origin.
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