Curse - Curses in the Quran

A curse is the effective action of supernatural (or psychological) cause in an individual, group, or object's existence, distinguished solely by the quality of adversity that it brings, else it would be considered a "charm" or a "blessing." A curse may also be said to be the evocation of the spell or prayer, imprecation or execration, or other imposition as by magic or witchcraft, asking that a god, natural forces (e.g. see alchemical eleme ...

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A more philosophical kind of curse may be said to arise by violating religious or social principles and establishing a kind of irrevocable fate, in some cases of supernatural power. (e.g. see Blasphemy.) Ordinary belief in curses seems to be a vague sort of animism of nature typical of folk religion and superstition. However very similar ideas are a large part of the founding beliefs of the established religions, even as their authoritative varieties typically forbid any practice among communicants, or even knowledge. H ...

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Roman curses, true to the orderly Roman mind, were somewhat more formal and official. They were called tabulae defixionis. They were written on lead or other materials and then were posted in some place considered effective, such as in a tomb, or tossed into a sacred spring. In the text you uttered a prayer or formula that your enemy suffer injury in some specific way, along with the reason thereof. Perhaps someone stole a possession or harmed you or yours. The Romans, Etruscans and Greeks in Italy all practiced this custom. Fortunately for us, they hid the curses so well that today we have a body of c ...

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Some passages in the Tanakh treat curses as being effective techniques; they see a curse as an objective reality with real power. However, most sections of the Bible conceive a curse to be merely a wish, to be fulfilled by God only when just and deserved. According to the Book of Proverbs, an undeserved curse has no effect (Proverbs 26:2), but may fall back upon the head of him who utters it (Genesis 12:3; Sirach 21:27), or may b ...

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A number of sections of the Talmud show a belief in the power of curses (Berachot 19a, 56a.) In some cases, a curse is described as related to the nature of a prayer (Ta'an. 23b); an undeserved curse is described as ineffective (Makkot 11a) and falls back upon the head of him who utters it (Sanhedrin 49a). Not only is a curse uttered by a scholar unfailing in its effect, even if undeserved (Mak. 11a), but one should not regard lightl ...

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