Motif
Sea peril, divine rescue, and human ingratitude
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. 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) CHAPTER XVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 22863-22955 confidence: high
God drives ships on the sea for commerce; in sea misfortune people forget false deities except God, but after reaching dry land they return to idols.
People in danger at sea turn from false deities to God, are brought safely to dry land, and then return to idols.
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