Motif
Saintly miracle as divine favour rather than personal act
saintly_miracle_as_divine_favour_rather_than_personal_act
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Saintly Miracle and Holy Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Mystics of Islam CHAPTER IV / DIVINE LOVE / CHAPTER V / SAINTS AND MIRACLES; lines 3178-3271 confidence: high
The passage defines karāmāt as a divine favour granted to a saint and muʿjizat as an inimitable prophetic act; Sufi apologists say both are substantially the same but distinguish them and make saintly miracles derivative from the Prophet, like a drop from a full skin of honey.
The passage defines karāmāt as a favour God bestows and says the saint speaks of a miracle as granted or manifested rather than self-wrought.
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The Mystics of Islam CHAPTER IV / DIVINE LOVE / CHAPTER V / SAINTS AND MIRACLES; lines 3178-3271 confidence: high
A saint's miracle is called karāmāt, a favour God bestows; a prophet's miracle is called muʿjizat, an inimitable act.
The saint does not claim to perform a miracle himself; the miracle is granted or manifested to him by God.
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