divine will
Example Sentences
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Islamic fasting is oriented toward submission to divine will, while Christian penance is animated by gratitude for the incarnate God who suffered, died and rose again for the salvation of humanity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Thus the authority of elites such as the Brahmans was sanctified as reflecting the divine will of the cosmos.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The script gains its authority, however, precisely through the claim that these norms are not a product of the culture but a fact of the natural order or divine will.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022
To the Mughals, who commandeered the land four centuries later, Kashmir became a synonym for paradise, its splendor a testament to the presence of a divine will on earth, enshrined in verse and myth.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
The reasoning employed in reference to the human will, applies in all its force to the divine will, as has been already abundantly shown.
From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip
