Motif
Storm as divine manifestation and instrument
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Divine Aid in Battle. 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) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 18471-18596 confidence: high
God makes lightning shine for fear and hope, brings laden clouds, thunder praises him, angels praise from awe, and bolts strike whom he wills.
Lightning, laden clouds, thunder's praise, angelic awe, and bolts striking whom God wills are joined in a single storm-theophanic passage.
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