Motif
religious community likened to growing seed
religious_community_likened_to_growing_seed
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Community as a Growing Seed. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLVIII. / ENTITLED, THE VICTORY; REVEALED AT MEDINA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 33986-34065 confidence: high
Mohammed is named as God's apostle; his companions are fierce toward unbelievers and compassionate among themselves, bowing and prostrating, bearing facial marks of prostration, described in the Pentateuch and Gospel, compared to growing seed, and promised pardon and great reward if they believe and do good works.
The believers are compared to seed that grows a stalk, strengthens, swells, and delights the sower.
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