Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

spiritual incapacity figured as deadness, deafness, and blindness

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A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. 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) CHAPTER XXVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 27921-28007 confidence: medium

    The addressee cannot make the dead hear, the deaf hear the call, or the blind escape error; only those who believe in the signs will hear.

    The addressee is told he cannot make the dead hear, the deaf hear the call, or the blind escape error; only believers in the signs hear.

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