batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10133-l10199
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10133-l10199
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 10133-10199
start: '10133'
end: '10199'
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 gives answers to questions about fighting in the sacred month,
apostasy, migration and fighting for God’s cause, wine and games of chance, almsgiving,
orphans, marriage with idolaters, menstruation, marital intercourse, devotion
or charity, fear of God, and the expected meeting with God. It contrasts hell
fire with paradise and pardon, and includes translator notes on wine, lots, orphans,
menstruation, and marital conduct.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: War in the sacred month is described as grievous, while obstructing God’s
way, unbelief, barring access to the holy temple, expelling God’s people, and
temptation to idolatry are described as more grievous.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Those who turn back from their religion and die as infidels are said to have
vain works in this world and the next and to remain forever as companions of hell
fire.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Those who believe, flee for religion, and fight in God’s cause are said to
hope for God’s mercy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Wine and lots are described as containing great sin and some use for humans,
with sinfulness greater than their use.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The answer about alms says to bestow what one has to spare.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Righteous dealing with orphans is described as best, and those managing what
belongs to orphans are warned not to wrong them.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Marriage between believers and idolaters is prohibited until the idolaters
believe; believing servants are said to be better than pleasing idolaters.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Idolaters are said to invite toward hell fire, while God invites toward paradise
and pardon.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Menstruation is described as a pollution; men are told to separate themselves
from women during their courses until they are cleansed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Wives are described as tillage, and the faithful are told to fear God and
know that they must meet him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Translator notes explain that wine includes strong and inebriating liquors,
and that lots refers to games of chance or hazard.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The deity who judges grievous acts, gives signs, knows corrupt and
righteous dealing, invites to paradise and pardon, loves repentance and cleanliness,
and will be met by the faithful.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: thee
description: The addressed recipient who is asked questions and instructed to answer
them.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: questioners
description: Unspecified people who ask concerning the sacred month, wine and lots,
alms, orphans, and women’s courses.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: believers / faithful
description: Those who believe, may flee for religion and fight in God’s cause,
are addressed in rules about marriage and conduct, and receive good tidings.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: infidels / idolaters
description: Those associated with unbelief, idolatry, fighting against believers,
and inviting toward hell fire.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: orphans
description: Persons whose property may be managed by others and who are called
brethren.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: women / wives
description: Women addressed in rules about marriage, menstruation, cleansing, and
marital relations; wives are described as tillage.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God evaluates acts as grievous, knows the corrupt and righteous, and is associated
with future meeting and recompense.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: divine lawgiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The answers present commands and prohibitions as God’s signs and commands.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: giver of mercy and pardon
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as gracious and merciful and as inviting to paradise and
pardon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: instructed respondent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage repeatedly says that people ask the addressed figure and commands
him to answer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: petitioners asking legal-religious questions
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They ask about sacred time, wine and lots, alms, orphans, and menstruation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: obedient community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Believers are instructed about conduct and are promised hope for mercy and
good tidings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: role:7
label: religious opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Infidels and idolaters are associated with opposition, apostasy, prohibited
marriage, and invitation toward hell fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: protected vulnerable persons
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage requires righteous dealing with orphans and warns against wronging
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: regulated marital partners
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Women and wives appear in rules about marriage eligibility, menstruation,
cleansing, and marital intercourse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hell fire
literal_form: fire of hell
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: paradise and pardon
literal_form: paradise and pardon
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: sacred month
literal_form: sacred month
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: holy temple
literal_form: holy temple
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: wine
literal_form: wine / strong and inebriating liquors
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:11
- id: sym:6
label: lots
literal_form: lots / games of chance or hazard
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:12
- id: sym:7
label: tillage image
literal_form: wives as tillage
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Answer about fighting in the sacred month
summary: The addressed figure is told to answer that fighting in the sacred month
is grievous, but religious obstruction, unbelief, exclusion from the holy temple,
expulsion, and temptation to idolatry are more grievous.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Apostasy, hell fire, and mercy for believers
summary: The passage states that those who abandon religion and die as infidels
lose their works and remain in hell fire, while believers who flee and fight for
God’s cause hope for God’s mercy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Answers about wine, lots, alms, and orphans
summary: The passage gives rulings on wine and lots, almsgiving from surplus, and
righteous treatment of orphans and their property.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Marriage boundary and opposed invitations
summary: Believers are prohibited from marrying idolaters until they believe; idolaters
are said to invite toward hell fire, while God invites toward paradise and pardon.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Menstruation, cleansing, and marital conduct
summary: The passage instructs separation during women’s courses until cleansing,
describes wives as tillage, and tells the faithful to fear God and know they must
meet him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment with afterlife recompense
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts the fate of apostates who remain in hell fire with
God’s invitation to paradise and pardon, and tells the faithful they must meet
God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is primarily legal and exhortative rather than a narrative
judgment scene.
- id: motif:2
label: sacred boundary and transgression
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage marks the sacred month and holy temple as protected contexts
and ranks violations involving worship, expulsion, and idolatry as especially
grievous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names sacred time or sanctuary boundary.
- id: motif:3
label: purity, separation, and cleansing
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage treats menstruation as a pollution, requires separation until
cleansing, and says God loves those who repent and are clean.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a legal-purity instruction, not a developed mythic episode.
- id: motif:4
label: divine guidance through signs
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: God is said to show or declare signs so that people may think and remember.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom taxonomy link is general; the passage does not personify wisdom
or narrate a quest for it.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 10133-10140
quote_or_summary: Question and answer concerning war in the sacred month; war is
grievous, but obstruction of God’s way, unbelief, exclusion from the holy temple,
expulsion of God’s people, and temptation to idolatry are more grievous.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10140-10144
quote_or_summary: Opponents will not cease fighting until believers are turned from
religion; those who turn back and die as infidels have vain works in this world
and the next and remain forever in hell fire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 10145-10147
quote_or_summary: Those who believe, flee for religion, and fight in God’s cause
may hope for God’s mercy; God is gracious and merciful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 10148-10151
quote_or_summary: Question and answer concerning wine and lots; both contain great
sin and some use, but their sinfulness is greater than their use.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 10151-10154
quote_or_summary: Question about what to bestow in alms; the answer is what one
has to spare, and God shows signs so people may think about this world and the
next.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 10154-10159
quote_or_summary: Question about orphans; righteous dealing is best, those managing
their property must not wrong them, they are brethren, and God knows the corrupt
dealer from the righteous.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 10160-10166
quote_or_summary: Believers are told not to marry idolatrous women or give believing
women to idolaters until the idolaters believe; believing servants are better
than pleasing idolaters.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: line 10167
quote_or_summary: "“They invite unto hell fire, but GOD inviteth unto paradise and
pardon”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 10169-10174
quote_or_summary: Question about women’s courses; they are called a pollution, and
men are instructed to separate from women during them until cleansing; God loves
those who repent and are clean.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 10175-10178
quote_or_summary: Wives are described as tillage; the faithful are told to perform
a profitable act for their souls, fear God, know they must meet him, and receive
good tidings.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 10179-10180
quote_or_summary: 'Translator note: under the name of wine, all strong and inebriating
liquors are included.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 10181-10185
quote_or_summary: 'Translator note: al Meiser properly signifies a game with arrows
used by pagan Arabs; lots here is understood as games of chance or hazard.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit. Motif candidates
are more cautious because the passage is mostly legal-exhortative rather than
mythic narrative. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does
not establish a specific cross-textual comparison.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used; translator footnotes were treated as evidence for lexical clarification where relevant.
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