Motif
Revelation confirming earlier revelation
revelation_confirming_earlier_revelation
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Revelation and Scripture. 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 II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10709-10808 confidence: high
God is sole, living, and self-subsisting; he sends down the Koran with truth, confirming earlier revelation, and formerly sent the law and gospel as guidance and the distinction between good and evil; he forms people in wombs as he pleases.
The Koran is said to confirm what was revealed before it, and the law and gospel are named as earlier divine guidance.
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