batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10045-l10130
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10045-l10130
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10045-10130
start: '10045'
end: '10130'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage includes Sale's notes on pilgrimage rites and sacred places
near Mecca, followed by Qur'anic material contrasting a fair-spoken corrupt man
with one who gives himself for God's pleasure, exhorting believers to enter religion
fully and avoid Satan, warning of God's judgment, recalling signs to Israel and
prophetic scriptures, describing trials before paradise, and giving instructions
about almsgiving and war.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The notes describe completion of pilgrimage ceremonies, possible expiation
by fasting, feeding the poor, or sacrificing a sheep, and movement from Arafat
to Mozdalifa.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Arafat is described as a mountain near Mecca associated in the note with Adam
meeting his wife after separation or with Gabriel instructing Abraham in sacred
ceremonies.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Al Masher al harm is described as a mountain in Mozdalifa where Mohammed is
said to have prayed and praised God until his face shone strongly.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: One man is described as impressive in speech about present life and calling
God as witness to his heart, yet opposing the addressee and causing corruption
on earth.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The corrupt man is said to destroy what is sown and growing, and a note explains
this as setting fire to a neighbor's corn and killing asses by night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: When told to fear God, the corrupt man's pride and wickedness seize him, and
hell is named as his reward.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Another man is described as selling his soul for what pleases God; a note
identifies him as Soheib, who forsook his possessions and fled to Medina under
persecution.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: True believers are commanded to enter the true religion wholly and not follow
the steps of Satan, who is called their open enemy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The passage asks whether the infidels expect God and the angels to come to
them overshadowed with clouds, and states that all things return to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The children of Israel are mentioned as having received many evident signs,
with punishment threatened for changing God's grace after receiving it.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The passage states that those who fear God will be above unbelievers on the
day of resurrection.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Mankind is said to have been of one faith before God sent prophets with good
tidings, threats, and scripture to judge disagreements.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Entry into paradise is linked rhetorically with undergoing calamity, tribulation,
and affliction like earlier believers, who ask when God's help will come.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: Alms are directed to parents, kindred, orphans, the poor, and the stranger.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: War against the infidels is said to be enjoined though hateful, with the statement
that God knows while the audience does not.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine authority who knows, judges, directs, punishes, is gracious,
and to whom all things return.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Fair-spoken corrupt man
description: A man whose speech about present life causes marvel, who calls God
to witness his heart, opposes the addressee, and corrupts the earth.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Man who sells his soul for God's pleasure
description: A man who gives or sells his soul for what pleases God; Sale's note
identifies him as Soheib.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: True believers
description: The addressed believers commanded to enter religion wholly, avoid Satan's
steps, give alms, and endure trials.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Satan
description: Named as the open enemy whose steps believers are told not to follow.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Infidels / unbelievers
description: Those who disbelieve, scorn the faithful, may expect judgment, and
against whom war is enjoined.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:15
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Angels
description: Angels mentioned in the question about God's coming overshadowed with
clouds.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: A group said to have been shown many evident signs.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Prophets
description: Bearers of good tidings and threats, sent with scripture in truth.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: In Sale's note, said to have stood at al Masher al harm praying and
praising God until his face became extremely shining.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Adam and his wife
description: In Sale's note, associated with Arafat as the place where Adam met
and knew his wife after a long separation.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Gabriel and Abraham
description: In Sale's note, Gabriel instructs Abraham in sacred ceremonies and
questions him at Arafat about whether he knows them.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that all things return to God, that God punishes severely,
and that hell is the reward of the wicked man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: divine guide
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends prophets and scripture and directs believers to truth and the right
way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:3
label: divine knower and giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to know good deeds, know what humans do not, be gracious, and
give bounty without measure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:11
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: role:4
label: hypocritical corrupter
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The man speaks impressively and invokes God while opposing and corrupting
the earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: self-giving righteous person
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The man sells his soul for what pleases God and is linked in the note with
leaving possessions under persecution.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: addressed religious community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The believers are instructed to enter religion wholly, avoid Satan's steps,
endure trials, and give alms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: role:7
label: open enemy
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Satan is explicitly called the believers' open enemy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: opponents of belief
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Unbelievers are described as scorning the faithful and as the group against
whom war is enjoined.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:15
- id: role:9
label: heavenly attendants in judgment scene
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Angels are mentioned alongside God's coming overshadowed with clouds in a
decreed event.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:10
label: recipients of signs
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The children of Israel are said to have been shown many evident signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: messengers with scripture
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Prophets are said to bring good tidings, threats, and scripture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:12
label: praying prophet in note
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Sale's note says Mohammed prayed and praised God at al Masher al harm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:13
label: reunited primordial couple in note
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Sale's note says Adam met and knew his wife at Arafat after long separation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:14
label: ritual instructor and instructed patriarch in note
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Sale's note reports Gabriel instructing Abraham in sacred ceremonies and
Abraham affirming that he knew them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sacred mountain
literal_form: Arafat, a mountain near Mecca; al Masher al harm, a mountain in Mozdalifa
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: sacrifice in pilgrimage expiation
literal_form: A sheep sacrificed as one possible expiation in pilgrimage-related
rites
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: fire used in corruption
literal_form: Fire set to a neighbor's corn in Sale's explanatory note
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: steps of Satan
literal_form: The steps of Satan, which believers are told not to follow
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: cloud-overcast divine coming
literal_form: God's coming overshadowed with clouds, with angels also mentioned
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: scripture as judge
literal_form: Scripture sent in truth to judge between men concerning disagreements
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:7
label: hell as couch
literal_form: Hell described as the reward and unhappy couch of the prideful wicked
man
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Pilgrimage rites and sacred stations in Sale's notes
summary: The notes explain pilgrimage completion, expiatory acts, movement toward
Mozdalifa, and sacred mountains associated with Adam, Gabriel, Abraham, and Mohammed.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Contrasting the corrupt speaker and the self-giving man
summary: A fair-spoken man is exposed as an opponent who corrupts the earth and
is destined for hell, while another man gives himself for God's pleasure and is
linked with divine grace.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Exhortation to believers against Satan
summary: Believers are told to enter religion wholly, avoid Satan's steps, and remember
God's might and wisdom if they slip after receiving divine declarations.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Decreed return and judgment
summary: The passage asks whether unbelievers expect God and angels to come overshadowed
with clouds, says the matter is decreed, and states that all things return to
God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Signs, scripture, and guidance
summary: The passage recalls signs shown to the children of Israel and states that
God sent prophets with scripture to judge disagreements and guide believers to
truth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: scene:6
label: Trials before paradise and practical obligations
summary: Believers are reminded that earlier communities endured calamity and asked
for God's help; instructions follow about almsgiving and enjoined war.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment and return to God
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage states that hell is the reward of the wicked, God punishes severely,
a decreed event involves God and angels, and all things return to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and exhortatory; it does not narrate an extended
judgment scene.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection reversal of status
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The faithful who fear God are said to be above unbelievers on the day of
resurrection, reversing the unbelievers' present scorn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: Only a brief statement of resurrection and reversal appears in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: scriptural mediation of human disagreement
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: God sends prophets with scripture in truth so that it may judge between people
concerning their disagreements and direct believers to truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact category for revelation or scripture;
'wisdom' is an approximate family label.
- id: motif:4
label: trial before entrance into paradise
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: The passage asks whether the audience expects to enter paradise without undergoing
calamity and tribulation like earlier believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The wording is exhortative rather than a formal initiation narrative.
- id: motif:5
label: self-surrender for divine favor
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: A man is described as selling his soul for the sake of what pleases God,
and the note links this with forsaking possessions under persecution.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif is moral and devotional; no ritual killing or altar sacrifice
is involved.
- id: motif:6
label: pilgrimage sacrifice and sacred mountain stations
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The notes describe pilgrimage rites, possible sheep sacrifice, Arafat, and
al Masher al harm as sacred mountain locations tied to ritual knowledge and prayer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: These details are in Sale's explanatory notes rather than the translated
Qur'anic verses in the line range.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 10045-10064
quote_or_summary: Sale's notes describe completion of a vow and pilgrimage ceremonies,
expiation by fasting, feeding poor people, or sacrificing a sheep, pilgrimage
months, and pilgrims rushing from Arafat to Mozdalifa.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10065-10071
quote_or_summary: Arafat is described as a mountain near Mecca; Sale's note gives
traditions about Adam meeting his wife there and Gabriel instructing Abraham in
sacred ceremonies there.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 10072-10077
quote_or_summary: Al Masher al harm is described as a mountain in Mozdalifa where
Mohammed is said to have prayed and praised God until his face became extremely
shining.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 10087-10091
quote_or_summary: A man causes marvel by speech about present life, calls God to
witness his heart, yet opposes the addressee and hastens to corrupt the earth
and destroy what is sown and springing up.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 10122-10127
quote_or_summary: Sale's note identifies the fair-spoken dissembler as al Akhnas
Ebn Shoraik and explains the destruction as setting fire to a neighbor's corn
and killing asses by night.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 10092-10094
quote_or_summary: When told to fear God, the corrupt man's pride and wickedness
seize him; hell is stated as his reward and an unhappy couch.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 10095-10097 and 10128-10130
quote_or_summary: A man sells his soul for what pleases God, and God is gracious
to servants; Sale's note identifies him as Soheib, who left possessions and fled
to Medina under persecution.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 10098-10101
quote_or_summary: True believers are told to enter the true religion wholly, not
follow Satan's steps, and know God is mighty and wise if they slip after divine
declarations come to them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 10102-10105
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether the infidels expect God to come overshadowed
with clouds with the angels; the thing is decreed and all things return to God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 10106-10108
quote_or_summary: The children of Israel are asked how many evident signs they have
been shown, and severe punishment is warned for changing God's grace after it
comes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 10109-10112
quote_or_summary: Present life is ordained for unbelievers, who laugh the faithful
to scorn; those who fear God will be above them on the day of resurrection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 10113-10119
quote_or_summary: Mankind was of one faith; God sent prophets with good tidings,
threats, and scripture in truth to judge disagreements, and God directed believers
to truth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 10120-10123
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether the audience thought they would enter
paradise without suffering calamity and tribulation like earlier believers, who
asked when God's help would come.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 10124-10126
quote_or_summary: When asked what to bestow in alms, the answer directs good gifts
to parents, kindred, orphans, the poor, and the stranger, and says God knows whatever
good is done.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 10127-10130
quote_or_summary: War against the infidels is enjoined though hateful; the passage
says people may hate what is better and love what is worse, while God knows and
they do not.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied line range. Some details derive
from Sale's notes rather than the translated Qur'anic verses, and line numbering
in the supplied passage includes embedded verse numbers and notes.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No comparison claims were added because the supplied passage does not itself support a specific cross-textual or cross-traditional comparison beyond internal references to Israel, prophets, and pilgrimage traditions.
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