Motif
worldly splendor contrasted with the next life
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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.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 8364-8516 confidence: high
The passage imagines silver roofs, stairs, doors, and couches and gold ornaments for unbelievers, then states these are goods of the present life and that the next life is reserved for those who fear God.
Silver architectural luxuries and gold ornaments are described as goods of the present life, while the next life is reserved for those who fear God.
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