batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10394-l10454
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10394-l10454
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 10394-10454
start: '10394'
end: '10454'
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: A prophet announces that Talut's kingship will be confirmed by the arrival
of an ark containing tranquility from God and relics of the families of Moses
and Aaron, brought by angels. Talut tests his soldiers at a river; most drink,
while a few continue with him. The smaller faithful group prays for patience and
victory against Jalut, and by God's will they defeat Jalut's forces. David slays
Jalut and receives kingdom and wisdom from God. The passage then comments on God's
signs, the apostles' differing ranks, Jesus son of Mary being given manifest signs
and strengthened by the holy spirit, and later contention among followers.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A prophet tells the people that the sign of Talut's kingdom will be the ark
coming to them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The ark is said to contain tranquility from God and relics left by the families
of Moses and Aaron.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: obs:3
text: Angels are said to bring the ark.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Talut departs with his soldiers and announces that God will test them by a
river.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Those who drink from the river are excluded from Talut's side, except for
one who drinks a draught from his hand; most drink, but a few do not.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: After crossing the river, some followers fear they lack strength against Jalut
and his forces.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Those who expect to meet God at the resurrection say that small armies have
often defeated great ones by God's will.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Before battle, the group prays for patience, firm feet, and help against the
unbelieving people.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The opposing force is defeated by God's will, and David slays Jalut.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: God gives David kingdom and wisdom and teaches him what he wills, according
to the translation and note.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The passage states that God has preferred some apostles over others, spoken
to some, and exalted others in degree.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Jesus son of Mary is said to receive manifest signs and to be strengthened
with the holy spirit.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: The translator's note relates the ark episode to traditions about the ark
being taken and returned by the Philistines.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: The translator's note relates the river-test episode to Gideon's selection
of men who lapped water from their hands in Judges.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine agent whose will tests the soldiers, grants victory, gives
David kingdom and wisdom, and strengthens Jesus with the holy spirit.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Unnamed prophet
description: A prophet who announces the sign of Talut's kingdom.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Talut
description: Leader whose kingship is signaled by the ark and who departs with soldiers
and tests them at the river.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Talut's soldiers / those who believed with him
description: The group accompanying Talut; many drink from the river, while a few
continue and pray before battle.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Jalut
description: Opponent of Talut's group; identified in the note as Goliath.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Jalut's forces
description: The army opposed to Talut and his followers.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: David
description: Figure who slays Jalut and receives kingdom and wisdom from God.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Angels
description: Beings said to bring the ark.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Family of Moses
description: Family associated with relics contained in the ark.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Family of Aaron
description: Family associated with relics contained in the ark.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Apostles
description: Messengers among whom God makes distinctions in rank and communication.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Jesus son of Mary
description: An apostolic figure given manifest signs and strengthened with the
holy spirit.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Holy spirit
description: Power or being by which Jesus son of Mary is strengthened in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine sovereign and giver of victory
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God tests, grants victory, gives David kingdom and wisdom, and acts according
to divine will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: announcer of royal sign
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The prophet declares the sign of Talut's kingdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: king-designate and military leader
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Talut's kingdom is marked by the ark, and he leads soldiers to the river
and battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: tested faithful remnant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Only a few pass the river test and continue with Talut; they pray before
battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: enemy force
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Jalut and his forces are opposed in battle and are defeated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: victorious slayer and recipient of kingship and wisdom
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: David slays Jalut and receives kingdom and wisdom from God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: bearers of sacred object
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Angels are said to bring the ark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: ancestral source of relics
assigned_to:
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: The ark contains relics left by the families of Moses and Aaron.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: ranked messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The passage states that some apostles are preferred or exalted above others.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: recipient of manifest signs
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Jesus son of Mary is given manifest signs and strengthened with the holy
spirit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: strengthening agent
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The holy spirit strengthens Jesus son of Mary.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ark as royal sign and sacred container
literal_form: Ark containing tranquility from God and relics of the families of
Moses and Aaron
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
- royal_legitimacy
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: relics of Moses and Aaron's families
literal_form: Shoes and rod of Moses, mitre of Aaron, pot of manna, and broken pieces
of the tables of the law, according to the note
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: river as test boundary
literal_form: River from which the soldiers are forbidden to drink except a draught
from the hand
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: small army defeating a great one
literal_form: A few faithful fighters against Jalut and his forces
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: kingdom and wisdom
literal_form: Gifts given by God to David after Jalut is slain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- royal_legitimacy
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: resurrection expectation
literal_form: Expectation of meeting God at the resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Ark confirms Talut's kingdom
summary: A prophet announces that Talut's kingship will be confirmed when angels
bring an ark containing divine tranquility and ancestral relics.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: scene:2
label: River test of Talut's soldiers
summary: Talut leads his soldiers and declares that God will test them by a river;
most drink, but a few continue with him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Faithful remnant before battle
summary: After crossing the river, the small faithful group faces Jalut's forces,
recalls that small armies can defeat great ones by God's will, and prays for patience
and victory.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Defeat of Jalut and David's elevation
summary: Jalut's forces are defeated by God's will; David slays Jalut and receives
kingdom and wisdom from God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Apostles, Jesus, and later contention
summary: The passage describes different ranks among apostles, Jesus son of Mary
receiving manifest signs and the holy spirit, and later divisions among people
after signs were shown.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: sacred ark legitimating kingship
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The ark's arrival is explicitly named as the sign of Talut's kingdom and
contains divine tranquility and ancestral relics.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the ark as a sign, not as a narrative vessel carrying
people or animals.
- id: motif:2
label: trial by water separating the faithful remnant
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Talut announces a divine test at the river; those who drink are excluded
except for a limited hand-draught, leaving only a few who continue.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames the event as a test, but does not explicitly call it
initiation.
- id: motif:3
label: small faithful army defeats greater force by divine will
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The faithful group says small armies often defeat great ones by God's will,
then Jalut's forces are defeated by God's will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No specific taxonomy reference among the supplied motif families directly
names this battle pattern.
- id: motif:4
label: prayer for steadiness before battle
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The fighters ask God to pour patience on them, confirm their feet, and help
them against the unbelieving people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is devotional and martial; no supplied taxonomy reference closely
matches it.
- id: motif:5
label: hero slays enemy champion and receives kingship and wisdom
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
- wisdom
basis: David slays Jalut, after which God gives David kingdom and wisdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate the duel in detail; it only states the result.
- id: motif:6
label: resurrection as ground of courage
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Those who expect to meet God at the resurrection respond to fear by affirming
that God can grant victory to a smaller army.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The resurrection reference supports a theological attitude rather than
a full afterlife-journey episode.
- id: motif:7
label: apostolic hierarchy and manifest signs
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage says some apostles are preferred over others and that Jesus receives
manifest signs and support from the holy spirit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a doctrinal summary more than a developed narrative motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator's note cautiously relates the ark episode to the taking and
sending back of the ark by the Philistines in 1 Samuel.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Ark tradition in 1 Samuel iv-v-vi / Philistine taking and return of the
ark
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supplied by the translator's note, which describes
the relation as seeming to arise from an imperfect tradition; the passage itself
does not name the Philistines.
- id: claim:2
claim: The translator's note compares Talut's river test with Gideon's selection
of men who lapped water from their hands in Judges.
claim_level: same_function
target: Gideon's water test in Judges vii
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The note says Mohammed has confounded Saul with Gideon; this is the
translator's interpretive claim, not a statement made by the translated passage.
- id: claim:3
claim: The note identifies Jalut as Goliath, linking David's slaying of Jalut to
the David and Goliath battle pattern.
claim_level: same_motif
target: David and Goliath combat tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage gives only a brief statement that David slew Jalut; it
does not include detailed combat elements.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 10394-10400
quote_or_summary: The prophet says the sign of Talut's kingdom will be the ark coming
with tranquility from God and relics of the families of Moses and Aaron, brought
by angels.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10400-10406
quote_or_summary: Talut departs with soldiers and says God will test them by the
river; whoever drinks is not on his side, except for a draught from the hand;
most drink except a few.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 10406-10411
quote_or_summary: After passing the river, some fear Jalut's forces, while those
expecting to meet God at the resurrection say a small army often defeats a great
one by God's will.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 10411-10414
quote_or_summary: Going out to battle, the group prays for patience, firm feet,
and help against the unbelieving people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 10415-10420
quote_or_summary: They defeat the enemy by God's will; David slays Jalut, and God
gives David kingdom and wisdom and teaches him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: notes l, lines 10438-10439
quote_or_summary: The relics are identified in the note as Moses' shoes and rod,
Aaron's mitre, a pot of manna, and broken pieces of the two tables of the law.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation and notes; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: note i, lines 10425-10432
quote_or_summary: The note says commentators describe the ark as sent from heaven,
carried before Israel's army, taken by the Amalekites, and returned by angels;
the translator relates this to the ark's taking and return by the Philistines
in 1 Samuel.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation and notes; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: note m, lines 10440-10444
quote_or_summary: The note gives a number for those who drank from their hands and
compares the episode to Gideon's selection of men by how they drank water in Judges
vii.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation and notes; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: note o, lines 10446-10450
quote_or_summary: The note explains the teaching given to David as either divine
revelations or, in another commentary, the art of making coats of mail and knowledge
of the language of birds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation and notes; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 10420-10429
quote_or_summary: The passage says these are signs of God; some apostles are preferred
over others, Jesus son of Mary receives manifest signs and the holy spirit, and
later people contend after signs have come.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Main narrative features are explicit in the passage. Some comparison claims
depend on the translator's notes rather than the translated sacred text itself.
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'
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