batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10328-l10391
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10328-l10391
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 10328-10391
start: '10328'
end: '10391'
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: And GOD said unto them, Die; then he restored them to life
summary: The passage gives instructions on prayer, danger, remembrance of God, maintenance
for widows and divorced women, and then recounts people who fled death and were
restored to life by God. It also exhorts fighting for God’s religion, describes
lending to God as a multiplied return, and recounts the children of Israel asking
Samuel for a king; God appoints Talt/Saul despite objections, citing divine choice,
knowledge, and stature. Translator notes connect the resurrection episode with
Ezekiel’s dry bones and identify Talt with Saul.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The audience is instructed to observe the appointed prayers and the middle
prayer with devotion toward God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: If danger is feared, the audience may pray on foot or on horseback, and when
safe they are to remember God’s teaching.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Men who die leaving wives are instructed to bequeath a year’s maintenance
without expelling the wives from their houses.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Divorced women are said to be due a reasonable provision.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A group numbered in the thousands left their habitations out of fear of death.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: God said to the group, “Die,” and then restored them to life.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The audience is told to fight for the religion of God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: A rhetorical question describes lending to God on good usury, with God multiplying
the return.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: An assembly of the children of Israel asked their prophet Samuel to set a
king over them so that they might fight for the religion of God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: When war was enjoined, most of the children of Israel turned back except a
few.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Samuel announced that God had set Talt as king over the children of Israel.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: The people objected to Talt’s kingship because they considered themselves
more worthy and because he lacked great riches.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: Samuel answered that God chose Talt and increased him in knowledge and stature.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:14
text: A translator note explains the resurrection episode through a story in which
Ezekiel calls dead Israelites back to life in a valley of bones.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure who teaches, declares signs, commands death, restores
life, hears and knows, multiplies what is lent, and gives kingdom to whom he pleases.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Audience / believers addressed as 'you'
description: The addressed community instructed in prayer, remembrance, provision
for women, fighting for God’s religion, and lending to God.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Wives left by deceased men
description: Women for whom a year’s maintenance is to be bequeathed without expulsion
from their houses.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Divorced women
description: Women to whom a reasonable provision is said to be due.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Those who left their habitations for fear of death
description: A group described as thousands who fled their dwellings and were commanded
to die, then restored to life by God.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Children of Israel assembly
description: An assembly after Moses who asked Samuel for a king, promised to fight,
but mostly turned back when war was enjoined.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Samuel
description: The prophet of the children of Israel who responded to their request
for a king and announced God’s appointment of Talt.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Talt / Saul
description: The king appointed by God over the children of Israel, identified in
a note as Saul.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Ezekiel
description: In the translator note, the prophet who calls to dead Israelites in
a valley so that God restores them to life.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine lawgiver and teacher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to teach what was not known and to declare signs so that the
audience may understand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: restorer of life
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God commands a group to die and then restores them to life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: giver of kingship
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Samuel says God chose Talt and gives his kingdom to whom he pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: devotional and martial community
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressed group is instructed to pray, remember God, provide for women,
fight for God’s religion, and lend to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: protected recipients of provision
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The passage specifies maintenance for widows and reasonable provision for
divorced women.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: death-fearing group restored to life
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They leave their habitations from fear of death, are made to die, and are
restored to life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: requesting and reluctant assembly
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They ask for a king to fight but later mostly turn back when fighting is
enjoined.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: prophetic mediator of kingship
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Samuel answers the people and announces God’s appointment of Talt as king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: divinely chosen king
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Talt is said to be appointed by God and increased in knowledge and stature.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: prophet associated with resurrection of bones in commentary
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The translator note says Ezekiel calls to dead Israelites and God restores
them to life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: appointed prayers
literal_form: prayers, including the middle prayer
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: prayer during danger
literal_form: prayer on foot or on horseback
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: year’s maintenance
literal_form: a year’s maintenance for wives left by deceased men
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: abandoned habitations
literal_form: habitations left by thousands for fear of death
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: restoration to life
literal_form: the dead group restored to life by God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: loan to God
literal_form: lending unto God on good usury, doubled manifold
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: kingdom
literal_form: kingship given by God to Talt
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: knowledge and stature
literal_form: increase in knowledge and stature as grounds for Talt’s appointment
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:9
label: valley of bones
literal_form: a valley containing corrupted bodies or bones in the translator note
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Instruction on prayer under ordinary conditions and danger
summary: The audience is told to keep the appointed prayers and, if in danger, to
pray while on foot or horseback, then remember God when safe.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Provision for widows and divorced women
summary: The passage prescribes maintenance for wives left by dead men and reasonable
provision for divorced women.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Those who fled death are restored to life
summary: Thousands leave their habitations from fear of death; God tells them to
die and then restores them to life.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Exhortation to fight and lend to God
summary: The audience is urged to fight for God’s religion and to lend to God, with
the promised return multiplied and all returning to God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Children of Israel request a king
summary: The children of Israel ask Samuel to appoint a king for warfare, but most
later turn back when fighting is commanded.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Talt appointed king despite objections
summary: Samuel announces that God appointed Talt king; the people object based
on status and wealth, and Samuel answers that God chose him and increased him
in knowledge and stature.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Commentarial expansion of resurrection through Ezekiel
summary: A note explains the death-and-restoration episode as Israelites struck
dead in a valley and later called back to life by Ezekiel, comparing it to Ezekiel’s
vision of dry bones.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divinely granted resurrection after death
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: A group fleeing death is commanded to die by God and is then restored to
life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the episode briefly; detailed circumstances come from
the translator note.
- id: motif:2
label: flight from death followed by death
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: Thousands leave their homes because they fear death, but God commands them
to die before restoring them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The 'rebirth' framing is interpretive; the literal wording is restoration
to life.
- id: motif:3
label: sacred exchange with multiplied divine return
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The passage describes lending to God and receiving a manifold doubled return,
explained in a note as contributing to the establishment of true religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The language is metaphorical and tied to religious contribution; no material
transaction is narrated.
- id: motif:4
label: divine selection of a king over human objections
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Samuel says God appointed Talt king and chose him despite objections about
wealth and worthiness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents legitimation through divine choice, knowledge, and
stature, not through genealogy.
- id: motif:5
label: wisdom or knowledge as sign of divine qualification
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Talt’s appointment is justified in part by God increasing him in knowledge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: Knowledge is one qualification among others, including stature and divine
choice.
- id: motif:6
label: reluctant warriors after requesting leadership
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The children of Israel ask for a king to fight, yet most turn back when war
is commanded.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: low
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact 'reluctant warriors' category; 'departure'
is only approximate and should be reviewed.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator note explicitly compares or derives the resurrection episode
from Ezekiel’s vision of the resurrection of dry bones.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Ezekiel 37:1-10 dry bones resurrection tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This comparison is made in the translator/commentarial note, not in
the main passage text; it should not by itself establish historical dependence.
- id: claim:2
claim: The figure named Talt in the passage is identified in the note with Saul,
connecting the king-selection episode to the Saul tradition of the children of
Israel.
claim_level: linguistic_similarity
target: Saul / Talt naming correspondence in Israelite kingship tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The identification is supplied by the note; the passage itself uses
the name Talt and does not elaborate the broader Saul narrative.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 10328-10333
quote_or_summary: The audience is told to observe appointed prayers, including the
middle prayer; if danger is feared, they may pray on foot or horseback and later
remember God’s teaching when safe.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; passage supplied by user.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10334-10342
quote_or_summary: The passage prescribes a year’s maintenance for wives of deceased
men and reasonable provision for divorced women, then says God declares signs
so the audience may understand.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; passage supplied by user.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 10343-10346
quote_or_summary: A group who left their habitations from fear of death is described;
“GOD said unto them, Die; then he restored them to life.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; passage supplied by user.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 10347-10350
quote_or_summary: The audience is urged to fight for God’s religion and to lend
to God, who will multiply the return; to God they shall return.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; passage supplied by user.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 10351-10364
quote_or_summary: The children of Israel ask Samuel for a king to fight for God’s
religion; most later turn back. Samuel announces that God set Talt as king, and
answers objections by saying God chose him and increased him in knowledge and
stature.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; passage supplied by user.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 10373-10384 and notes 1-3
quote_or_summary: A translator note says the dead were Israelites struck in a valley;
Ezekiel calls them and God restores them to life. The note says the story seems
taken from Ezekiel’s vision of dry bones and cites Ezekiel 37:1-10.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; passage supplied by user.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 10366-10372
quote_or_summary: A translator note reports differing interpretations of the 'middle
prayer,' including the evening prayer and other daily prayers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; passage supplied by user.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 10385-10388
quote_or_summary: Translator notes explain lending to God as contributing toward
the establishment of true religion and identify Talt as the Muslim name for Saul.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; passage supplied by user.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage and translator notes. Motif
labels are candidates and require human review, especially where taxonomy refs
are approximate.
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 unsupported taxonomy IDs were added. Comparison claims are limited to explicit translator-note links in the supplied passage.
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