Motif
rival prophetic claimants recur after the founder's death
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A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Civic, Marriage, and Communal Signs. 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) SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS. / SECTION VII. / SECTION VIII.; lines 8363-8410 confidence: high
Toleiha Ebn Khowailed sets up for a prophet, gathers support, is defeated by Khaled, withdraws to Syria, later comes to Omar, embraces Mohammedism, and takes an oath of fidelity.
The passage names Toleiha and Sejj as later claimants to prophecy and states that later ages produced additional impostors and sects.
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