Motif
rival prophet imitates established revelation
rival_prophet_imitates_established_revelation
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Falsehood and False Teaching. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS. / SECTION VII. / SECTION VIII.; lines 8310-8360 confidence: high
Mohammed's success is said to draw imitators; Moseilama and al Aswad are named as chief competitors in the prophetic office and called the two liars.
The passage explicitly presents Moseilama and al Aswad as competitors to Mohammed, and Moseilama's writings are described as imitations of the Koran.
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