Motif
Teacher’s curse or prayer fulfilled through disciple
teacher_s_curse_or_prayer_fulfilled_through_disciple
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Curses with Deferred or Mediated Fulfillment. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Mystics and Saints of Islam CHAPTER VIII / CHAPTER IX / CHAPTER X / CHAPTER XI; lines 3108-3198 confidence: medium
Ibn Tumart tells Ghazzali of the burning; Ghazzali raises his hands toward heaven and says, "O God, destroy his kingdom as he has destroyed my books, and take all power from him." Ibn Tumart asks that the wish be accomplished by his means.
Ghazzali prays for Ali’s kingdom to be destroyed, Ibn Tumart asks to be the means of fulfillment, and later overthrows Ali’s dynasty.
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