Motif
saintly miraculous intervention in distant battle
saintly_miraculous_intervention_in_distant_battle
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.
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1 traditions
sufi
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The Mesnevi THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 1494-1601 confidence: high
Jelāl returns on successive days to ask the butcher for horses; each horse is returned at sunset in pitiable condition.
Jelāl's exhausted rides are followed by news that he was seen at Damascus aiding the forces of Islam and defeating the besieging army; the passage explicitly calls this a miracle of power.
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