Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Sacred precinct access and rightful guardianship

sacred_precinct_access_and_rightful_guardianship

A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Sanctuary and Asylum. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER VII / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 17338-17403 confidence: high

    God is not disposed to punish while Mohammed is with them or while they ask pardon; the unbelievers are faulted for hindering believers from the holy temple though they are not its guardians, whose guardians are only those who fear God.

    The passage states that unbelievers hinder believers from visiting the holy temple and denies that they are its guardians, assigning guardianship to those who fear God.

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