Motif
Rejected human messenger
rejected_human_messenger
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.
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islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24885-24979 confidence: high
The account draws near for the people of Mecca; they treat the newly revealed admonition as sport and privately call Mohammed merely a man, the message sorcery, dreams, forgery, or poetry, and ask for a miracle.
Earlier apostles and Mohammed are presented as human messengers receiving revelation, while opponents dismiss the message as sorcery, dreams, forgery, or poetry.
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