Motif
repentance before punishment and divine mercy
repentance_before_punishment_and_divine_mercy
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Repentance and Mercy. 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 IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 13786-13838 confidence: high
God sends a raven scratching the earth to show how to hide the brother's shame; Cain laments and becomes one of those who repent.
Cain becomes one of those who repent, and the later legal passage excepts those who repent before being overcome because God is forgiving and merciful.
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