Motif
Sea vessels subject to divine wind and judgment
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XLI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 32737-32811 confidence: medium
Ships run in the sea like high mountains; if God makes the wind cease, they lie still on the water.
Ships at sea depend on wind under God's control and may be stilled or destroyed by shipwreck because of the crews' deeds.
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