Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Soul-taking at night and at death

soul_taking_at_night_and_at_death

A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family, within the sub-family Death-Linked Soul Taking and Fatal Loss. 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) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 17850-17975 confidence: high

    God takes souls at night, knows daytime merits, awakens people until the set life-term, and then people return to Him for disclosure of their deeds.

    God takes souls at night and awakens people until their set life-term, while guardians watch and messengers take the soul at death before return to God.

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